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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6293 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6292 
DHT Milq? 6292 
The DHT journey. 6292 
DHT tone 6292 
Well, why not? 6291 
Holding the Fort 6291 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6291 
Input tube and DC heaters 6290 
Reimyo Pat 777 6290 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6286 
DHT or 300B? 6286 
300B 6286 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6286 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6285 
Hence the confusion 6285 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6285 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6285 
My experience with DHTs 6285 
Pigmented coloration? 6285 
Dht-dht 6285 
Dynamic viscosity? 6285 
The Pallette preamp... 6285 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6285 
"soul" of tubes 6285 
There is a difference... 6285 
Vibration injection? 6285 
Homework # 4334 6285 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6285 
Old valves have more soul! 6284 
Was it soul or soil? 6284 
It was just a heading 6284 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6284 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6284 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6284 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6284 
Injection of analog dither? 6284 
Subliminal signal 6284 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6284 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6284 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6283 
Avicenna = Arabian 6283 
Persian, not Arab 6283 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6283 
More words to describe "sux" please 6283 
Revolution 6283 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6283 
One-stage DHTs 6282 
One other thing 6282 
One stage 6282 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6282 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6282 
I see the things differently. 6282 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6282 
The audiophile attitude 6282 
The where and why of design choices 6282 
Blah blah blah 6282 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6282 
Do I need to be hissing? 6282 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6282 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6282 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6281 
What is randomness? 6281 
Those least three possibilities… 6281 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6281 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6281 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6279 
A Beautiful Mind 6278 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6276 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6261 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6261 
Abandoning Milq? 6261 
Will see how it goes.... 6261 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6259 
Topology and 2A3? 6259 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6259 
Type Casting 6259 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6259 
6sn7-2a3 6259 
Topology vs parts 6259 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6259 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6259 
Parts Frenzy 6259 
Too many new sounds 6259 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6258 
New tubes 6257 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6257 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6257 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6257 
New 2A3 6257 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6256 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6255 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6255 
Czech tubes 6253 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6253 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6253 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6252 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6252 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6249 
Here she is. 6248 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6244 
New 2A3 tubes 6244 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6244 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6243 
Multistage DHT circuits 6242 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6241 
Emission Labs 2A3 6241 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6241 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6241 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6241 
The YO186 Strip Show 6241 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6240 
It will be interesting…. 6240 
OPT impedence 6240 
More about the Plate Loading 6240 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6235 
2A3 data 6235 
The New 2A3 tubes 6235 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6235 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6234 
Everything about everything. 6234 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6234 
Options, options, options.... 6234 
I think we agree overall 6234 
An IDHT with more gain? 6233 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6233 
2A3 tube impressions 6228 
Interesting analogy 6228 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6228 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6228 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6228 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6228 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6228 
Why NOS tubes? 6227 
The Holly Ignorance 6227 
Tube tasting 6227 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6227 
Make mine thoriated please 6227 
Any Germans out there? 6227 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6227 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6227 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6227 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6226 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6226 
Tube sound and vibration 6226 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6220 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6219 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6219 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6218 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6218 
B4/B5 British made 6217 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6217 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6216 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6216 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6215 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6214 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6211 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6211 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6210 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6210 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6210 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6210 
The identical operation environment? 6210 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6210 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6210 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6209 
How to get max power from 2A3 6209 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6209 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6209 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6209 
Gain is not power. 6209 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6209 
Specialized DSET approach 6209 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6209 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6209 
The 2A3 loading 6209 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6209 
Optimizing the 2A3 6209 
How much to DSET a DSET 6209 
DSET for Titan 6209 
The Best of All Worlds 6209 
Multiamp setup 6208 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6208 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6208 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6208 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6202 
2A3 and 400V supply 6202 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6201 
Another shot at numbers 6201 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6201 
Okay, so this might work.... 6201 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6201 
Looks good, but.... 6200 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6200 
Less is more... usually. 6200 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6199 
Stepping Out 6199 
Said to be good, but 6199 
Gain to lose 6199 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6199 
Another idea for losing gain 6199 
What's best 6199 
Options, options... 6199 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6199 
Other compromises... 6198 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6197 
Is it glowing yet? 6177 
It is comming.... 6177 
The new MF channel. 6171 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6170 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6162 
The intestage loading talk. 6159 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6154 
1 in 50? 6154 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6154 
Die Walküre soldering. 6153 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6152 
Another amp arond YO186 6151 
Gain? 6151 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6151 
Simple is good 6150 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6150 
The Milq DSET is up. 6149 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6147 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6147 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6146 
Ok, what do I want? 6146 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6146 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6146 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6146 
How about the tweeter? 6145 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6145 
Safe and Sound 6145 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6145 
Some clarifications. 6145 
How about that?!!! 6145 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6143 
Head Room 6143 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6142 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6142 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6142 
Again with the PS 6142 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6140 
Parallel Universe 6140 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6138 
Why I let other people build them... 6138 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6138 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6137 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6134 
MF: the pre-final version. 6134 
Loftin-White? 6134 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6134 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6134 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6130 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6130 
Define really quiet 6129 
Another variable of sound 6129 
Backlash? 6129 
Alternative filament supplies 6129 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6129 
Going down the DC path 6128 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6128 
Molecular sound 6128 
AC-DC heater supply 6128 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6128 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6128 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6128 
Hiss or Hum 6128 
AC transformers 6128 
I have seen the Promised Land 6127 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6127 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6126 
Divide and Conquer 6126 
The design phase is over. 6125 
The unexpected insanity! 6124 
Loading 6124 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6124 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6124 
Going the Distance 6124 
Read the f*** manual! 6124 
Agreed. 6124 
I agree 6124 
The filament transformer 6124 
Center-tap and options 6124 
Something like this…. 6124 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6124 
The foreplay is going on. 6124 
Split balance 6123 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6123 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6123 
SHuguang 6123 
Going through…. 6122 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6121 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6121 
Hum vs voltage 6121 
Meow about the tubes… 6121 
To Be a Content Cat 6121 
Completed! 6118 
Tradition 6118 
Absolutely beautiful! 6118 
The 'film' caps in PS 6117 
Science or religion 6117 
Mass Extinction 6117 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6117 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6117 
Capacitor choices 6117 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6116 
The minor day of Quartets. 6116 
Them's the Breaks 6116 
Eventually! 6115 
So Soon? 6115 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6115 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6114 
The wire for DC-coupling 6114 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6114 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6114 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6113 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6112 
The DHT live reserve 6111 
Some interestng models 6111 
Eaten alive. 6111 
The tubey déjà vu? 6110 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6106 
The 4V takes a lead. 6102 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6099 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6099 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6097 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6096 
Exiting the design mode? 6096 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6096 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6092 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6091 
Setting up the new Playback 6090 
And the winner is… so far 6087 
If you like type 45... 6087 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6087 
Favorite Flavor? 6087 
The 45 times Meow... 6087 
The problem that I see is… 6087 
Running the 45 6087 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6086 
The commentaries about everything. 6086 
Driver tube and biasing 6086 
DHT drivers 6086 
The ideas are worth trying? 6086 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6082 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6082 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6081 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6081 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6081 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6081 
Operating points and cathode current 6081 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6081 
Actually it is not so simple. 6081 
Resistors at the front 6080 
A minor alternation of a position 6080 
The era of enlightenment. 6077 
The devil is in the details.... 6077 
Constructing Sound 6077 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6076 
The “strange” YO186 6067 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6022 
2S4S and 2A3 6013 
Ho to use the YO186 6006 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6006 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6006 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6004 
Not anymore! 5993 
The very good YoYonisation! 5992 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5991 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5978 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5978 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5925 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5924 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5921 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5911 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5673 
All the Best from Burgundy 5673 
Cheesy tubes 5672 
Me and my DHT references… 5563 
Y0-186 in winter. 5466 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5465 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5434 
In My Dreams 5434 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5434 
Blame? 5433 
When good is not good enough. 5433 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5433 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5432 
How the YO186 was used. 5016 
What is old is new? 5015 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5014 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4563 
That sucks. 4563 
YO186 4561 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4561 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4561 
A hallucination? 4558 
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