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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6314 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6313 
DHT Milq? 6313 
The DHT journey. 6313 
DHT tone 6313 
Well, why not? 6312 
Holding the Fort 6312 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6312 
Input tube and DC heaters 6311 
Reimyo Pat 777 6311 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6307 
DHT or 300B? 6307 
300B 6307 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6307 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6306 
Hence the confusion 6306 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6306 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6306 
My experience with DHTs 6306 
Pigmented coloration? 6306 
Dht-dht 6306 
Dynamic viscosity? 6306 
The Pallette preamp... 6306 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6306 
"soul" of tubes 6306 
There is a difference... 6306 
Vibration injection? 6306 
Homework # 4334 6306 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6306 
Old valves have more soul! 6305 
Was it soul or soil? 6305 
It was just a heading 6305 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6305 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6305 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6305 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6305 
Injection of analog dither? 6305 
Subliminal signal 6305 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6305 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6305 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6304 
Avicenna = Arabian 6304 
Persian, not Arab 6304 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6304 
More words to describe "sux" please 6304 
Revolution 6304 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6304 
One-stage DHTs 6303 
One other thing 6303 
One stage 6303 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6303 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6303 
I see the things differently. 6303 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6303 
The audiophile attitude 6303 
The where and why of design choices 6303 
Blah blah blah 6303 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6303 
Do I need to be hissing? 6303 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6303 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6303 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6302 
What is randomness? 6302 
Those least three possibilities… 6302 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6302 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6302 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6300 
A Beautiful Mind 6299 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6297 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6282 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6282 
Abandoning Milq? 6282 
Will see how it goes.... 6282 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6280 
Topology and 2A3? 6280 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6280 
Type Casting 6280 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6280 
6sn7-2a3 6280 
Topology vs parts 6280 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6280 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6280 
Parts Frenzy 6280 
Too many new sounds 6280 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6279 
New tubes 6278 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6278 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6278 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6278 
New 2A3 6278 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6277 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6276 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6276 
Czech tubes 6274 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6274 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6274 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6273 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6273 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6270 
Here she is. 6269 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6265 
New 2A3 tubes 6265 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6265 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6264 
Multistage DHT circuits 6263 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6262 
Emission Labs 2A3 6262 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6262 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6262 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6262 
The YO186 Strip Show 6262 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6261 
It will be interesting…. 6261 
OPT impedence 6261 
More about the Plate Loading 6261 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6256 
2A3 data 6256 
The New 2A3 tubes 6256 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6256 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6255 
Everything about everything. 6255 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6255 
Options, options, options.... 6255 
I think we agree overall 6255 
An IDHT with more gain? 6254 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6254 
2A3 tube impressions 6249 
Interesting analogy 6249 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6249 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6249 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6249 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6249 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6249 
Why NOS tubes? 6248 
The Holly Ignorance 6248 
Tube tasting 6248 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6248 
Make mine thoriated please 6248 
Any Germans out there? 6248 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6248 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6248 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6248 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6247 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6247 
Tube sound and vibration 6247 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6241 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6240 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6240 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6239 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6239 
B4/B5 British made 6238 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6238 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6237 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6237 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6236 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6235 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6232 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6232 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6231 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6231 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6231 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6231 
The identical operation environment? 6231 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6231 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6231 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6230 
How to get max power from 2A3 6230 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6230 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6230 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6230 
Gain is not power. 6230 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6230 
Specialized DSET approach 6230 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6230 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6230 
The 2A3 loading 6230 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6230 
Optimizing the 2A3 6230 
How much to DSET a DSET 6230 
DSET for Titan 6230 
The Best of All Worlds 6230 
Multiamp setup 6229 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6229 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6229 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6229 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6223 
2A3 and 400V supply 6223 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6222 
Another shot at numbers 6222 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6222 
Okay, so this might work.... 6222 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6222 
Looks good, but.... 6221 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6221 
Less is more... usually. 6221 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6220 
Stepping Out 6220 
Said to be good, but 6220 
Gain to lose 6220 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6220 
Another idea for losing gain 6220 
What's best 6220 
Options, options... 6220 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6220 
Other compromises... 6219 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6218 
Is it glowing yet? 6198 
It is comming.... 6198 
The new MF channel. 6192 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6191 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6183 
The intestage loading talk. 6180 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6175 
1 in 50? 6175 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6175 
Die Walküre soldering. 6174 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6173 
Another amp arond YO186 6172 
Gain? 6172 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6172 
Simple is good 6171 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6171 
The Milq DSET is up. 6170 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6168 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6168 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6167 
Ok, what do I want? 6167 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6167 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6167 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6167 
How about the tweeter? 6166 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6166 
Safe and Sound 6166 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6166 
Some clarifications. 6166 
How about that?!!! 6166 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6164 
Head Room 6164 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6163 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6163 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6163 
Again with the PS 6163 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6161 
Parallel Universe 6161 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6159 
Why I let other people build them... 6159 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6159 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6158 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6155 
MF: the pre-final version. 6155 
Loftin-White? 6155 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6155 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6155 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6151 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6151 
Define really quiet 6150 
Another variable of sound 6150 
Backlash? 6150 
Alternative filament supplies 6150 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6150 
Going down the DC path 6149 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6149 
Molecular sound 6149 
AC-DC heater supply 6149 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6149 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6149 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6149 
Hiss or Hum 6149 
AC transformers 6149 
I have seen the Promised Land 6148 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6148 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6147 
Divide and Conquer 6147 
The design phase is over. 6146 
The unexpected insanity! 6145 
Loading 6145 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6145 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6145 
Going the Distance 6145 
Read the f*** manual! 6145 
Agreed. 6145 
I agree 6145 
The filament transformer 6145 
Center-tap and options 6145 
Something like this…. 6145 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6145 
The foreplay is going on. 6145 
Split balance 6144 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6144 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6144 
SHuguang 6144 
Going through…. 6143 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6142 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6142 
Hum vs voltage 6142 
Meow about the tubes… 6142 
To Be a Content Cat 6142 
Completed! 6139 
Tradition 6139 
Absolutely beautiful! 6139 
The 'film' caps in PS 6138 
Science or religion 6138 
Mass Extinction 6138 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6138 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6138 
Capacitor choices 6138 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6137 
The minor day of Quartets. 6137 
Them's the Breaks 6137 
Eventually! 6136 
So Soon? 6136 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6136 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6135 
The wire for DC-coupling 6135 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6135 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6135 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6134 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6133 
The DHT live reserve 6132 
Some interestng models 6132 
Eaten alive. 6132 
The tubey déjà vu? 6131 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6127 
The 4V takes a lead. 6123 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6120 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6120 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6118 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6117 
Exiting the design mode? 6117 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6117 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6113 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6112 
Setting up the new Playback 6111 
And the winner is… so far 6108 
If you like type 45... 6108 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6108 
Favorite Flavor? 6108 
The 45 times Meow... 6108 
The problem that I see is… 6108 
Running the 45 6108 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6107 
The commentaries about everything. 6107 
Driver tube and biasing 6107 
DHT drivers 6107 
The ideas are worth trying? 6107 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6103 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6103 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6102 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6102 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6102 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6102 
Operating points and cathode current 6102 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6102 
Actually it is not so simple. 6102 
Resistors at the front 6101 
A minor alternation of a position 6101 
The era of enlightenment. 6098 
The devil is in the details.... 6098 
Constructing Sound 6098 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6097 
The “strange” YO186 6088 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6043 
2S4S and 2A3 6034 
Ho to use the YO186 6027 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6027 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6027 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6025 
Not anymore! 6014 
The very good YoYonisation! 6013 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6012 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5999 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5999 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5946 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5945 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5942 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5932 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5694 
All the Best from Burgundy 5694 
Cheesy tubes 5693 
Me and my DHT references… 5584 
Y0-186 in winter. 5487 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5486 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5455 
In My Dreams 5455 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5455 
Blame? 5454 
When good is not good enough. 5454 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5454 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5453 
How the YO186 was used. 5037 
What is old is new? 5036 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5035 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4584 
That sucks. 4584 
YO186 4582 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4582 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4582 
A hallucination? 4579 
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