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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6304 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6303 
DHT Milq? 6303 
The DHT journey. 6303 
DHT tone 6303 
Well, why not? 6302 
Holding the Fort 6302 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6302 
Input tube and DC heaters 6301 
Reimyo Pat 777 6301 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6297 
DHT or 300B? 6297 
300B 6297 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6297 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6296 
Hence the confusion 6296 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6296 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6296 
My experience with DHTs 6296 
Pigmented coloration? 6296 
Dht-dht 6296 
Dynamic viscosity? 6296 
The Pallette preamp... 6296 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6296 
"soul" of tubes 6296 
There is a difference... 6296 
Vibration injection? 6296 
Homework # 4334 6296 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6296 
Old valves have more soul! 6295 
Was it soul or soil? 6295 
It was just a heading 6295 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6295 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6295 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6295 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6295 
Injection of analog dither? 6295 
Subliminal signal 6295 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6295 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6295 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6294 
Avicenna = Arabian 6294 
Persian, not Arab 6294 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6294 
More words to describe "sux" please 6294 
Revolution 6294 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6294 
One-stage DHTs 6293 
One other thing 6293 
One stage 6293 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6293 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6293 
I see the things differently. 6293 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6293 
The audiophile attitude 6293 
The where and why of design choices 6293 
Blah blah blah 6293 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6293 
Do I need to be hissing? 6293 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6293 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6293 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6292 
What is randomness? 6292 
Those least three possibilities… 6292 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6292 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6292 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6290 
A Beautiful Mind 6289 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6287 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6272 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6272 
Abandoning Milq? 6272 
Will see how it goes.... 6272 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6270 
Topology and 2A3? 6270 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6270 
Type Casting 6270 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6270 
6sn7-2a3 6270 
Topology vs parts 6270 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6270 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6270 
Parts Frenzy 6270 
Too many new sounds 6270 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6269 
New tubes 6268 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6268 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6268 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6268 
New 2A3 6268 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6267 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6266 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6266 
Czech tubes 6264 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6264 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6264 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6263 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6263 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6260 
Here she is. 6259 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6255 
New 2A3 tubes 6255 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6255 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6254 
Multistage DHT circuits 6253 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6252 
Emission Labs 2A3 6252 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6252 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6252 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6252 
The YO186 Strip Show 6252 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6251 
It will be interesting…. 6251 
OPT impedence 6251 
More about the Plate Loading 6251 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6246 
2A3 data 6246 
The New 2A3 tubes 6246 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6246 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6245 
Everything about everything. 6245 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6245 
Options, options, options.... 6245 
I think we agree overall 6245 
An IDHT with more gain? 6244 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6244 
2A3 tube impressions 6239 
Interesting analogy 6239 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6239 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6239 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6239 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6239 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6239 
Why NOS tubes? 6238 
The Holly Ignorance 6238 
Tube tasting 6238 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6238 
Make mine thoriated please 6238 
Any Germans out there? 6238 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6238 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6238 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6238 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6237 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6237 
Tube sound and vibration 6237 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6231 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6230 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6230 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6229 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6229 
B4/B5 British made 6228 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6228 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6227 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6227 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6226 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6225 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6222 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6222 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6221 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6221 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6221 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6221 
The identical operation environment? 6221 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6221 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6221 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6220 
How to get max power from 2A3 6220 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6220 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6220 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6220 
Gain is not power. 6220 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6220 
Specialized DSET approach 6220 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6220 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6220 
The 2A3 loading 6220 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6220 
Optimizing the 2A3 6220 
How much to DSET a DSET 6220 
DSET for Titan 6220 
The Best of All Worlds 6220 
Multiamp setup 6219 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6219 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6219 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6219 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6213 
2A3 and 400V supply 6213 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6212 
Another shot at numbers 6212 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6212 
Okay, so this might work.... 6212 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6212 
Looks good, but.... 6211 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6211 
Less is more... usually. 6211 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6210 
Stepping Out 6210 
Said to be good, but 6210 
Gain to lose 6210 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6210 
Another idea for losing gain 6210 
What's best 6210 
Options, options... 6210 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6210 
Other compromises... 6209 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6208 
Is it glowing yet? 6188 
It is comming.... 6188 
The new MF channel. 6182 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6181 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6173 
The intestage loading talk. 6170 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6165 
1 in 50? 6165 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6165 
Die Walküre soldering. 6164 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6163 
Another amp arond YO186 6162 
Gain? 6162 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6162 
Simple is good 6161 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6161 
The Milq DSET is up. 6160 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6158 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6158 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6157 
Ok, what do I want? 6157 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6157 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6157 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6157 
How about the tweeter? 6156 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6156 
Safe and Sound 6156 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6156 
Some clarifications. 6156 
How about that?!!! 6156 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6154 
Head Room 6154 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6153 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6153 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6153 
Again with the PS 6153 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6151 
Parallel Universe 6151 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6149 
Why I let other people build them... 6149 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6149 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6148 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6145 
MF: the pre-final version. 6145 
Loftin-White? 6145 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6145 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6145 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6141 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6141 
Define really quiet 6140 
Another variable of sound 6140 
Backlash? 6140 
Alternative filament supplies 6140 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6140 
Going down the DC path 6139 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6139 
Molecular sound 6139 
AC-DC heater supply 6139 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6139 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6139 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6139 
Hiss or Hum 6139 
AC transformers 6139 
I have seen the Promised Land 6138 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6138 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6137 
Divide and Conquer 6137 
The design phase is over. 6136 
The unexpected insanity! 6135 
Loading 6135 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6135 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6135 
Going the Distance 6135 
Read the f*** manual! 6135 
Agreed. 6135 
I agree 6135 
The filament transformer 6135 
Center-tap and options 6135 
Something like this…. 6135 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6135 
The foreplay is going on. 6135 
Split balance 6134 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6134 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6134 
SHuguang 6134 
Going through…. 6133 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6132 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6132 
Hum vs voltage 6132 
Meow about the tubes… 6132 
To Be a Content Cat 6132 
Completed! 6129 
Tradition 6129 
Absolutely beautiful! 6129 
The 'film' caps in PS 6128 
Science or religion 6128 
Mass Extinction 6128 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6128 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6128 
Capacitor choices 6128 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6127 
The minor day of Quartets. 6127 
Them's the Breaks 6127 
Eventually! 6126 
So Soon? 6126 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6126 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6125 
The wire for DC-coupling 6125 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6125 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6125 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6124 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6123 
The DHT live reserve 6122 
Some interestng models 6122 
Eaten alive. 6122 
The tubey déjà vu? 6121 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6117 
The 4V takes a lead. 6113 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6110 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6110 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6108 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6107 
Exiting the design mode? 6107 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6107 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6103 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6102 
Setting up the new Playback 6101 
And the winner is… so far 6098 
If you like type 45... 6098 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6098 
Favorite Flavor? 6098 
The 45 times Meow... 6098 
The problem that I see is… 6098 
Running the 45 6098 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6097 
The commentaries about everything. 6097 
Driver tube and biasing 6097 
DHT drivers 6097 
The ideas are worth trying? 6097 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6093 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6093 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6092 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6092 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6092 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6092 
Operating points and cathode current 6092 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6092 
Actually it is not so simple. 6092 
Resistors at the front 6091 
A minor alternation of a position 6091 
The era of enlightenment. 6088 
The devil is in the details.... 6088 
Constructing Sound 6088 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6087 
The “strange” YO186 6078 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6033 
2S4S and 2A3 6024 
Ho to use the YO186 6017 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6017 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6017 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6015 
Not anymore! 6004 
The very good YoYonisation! 6003 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6002 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5989 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5989 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5936 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5935 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5932 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5922 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5684 
All the Best from Burgundy 5684 
Cheesy tubes 5683 
Me and my DHT references… 5574 
Y0-186 in winter. 5477 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5476 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5445 
In My Dreams 5445 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5445 
Blame? 5444 
When good is not good enough. 5444 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5444 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5443 
How the YO186 was used. 5027 
What is old is new? 5026 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5025 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4574 
That sucks. 4574 
YO186 4572 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4572 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4572 
A hallucination? 4569 
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