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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6285 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6284 
DHT Milq? 6284 
The DHT journey. 6284 
DHT tone 6284 
Well, why not? 6283 
Holding the Fort 6283 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6283 
Input tube and DC heaters 6282 
Reimyo Pat 777 6282 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6278 
DHT or 300B? 6278 
300B 6278 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6278 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6277 
Hence the confusion 6277 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6277 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6277 
My experience with DHTs 6277 
Pigmented coloration? 6277 
Dht-dht 6277 
Dynamic viscosity? 6277 
The Pallette preamp... 6277 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6277 
"soul" of tubes 6277 
There is a difference... 6277 
Vibration injection? 6277 
Homework # 4334 6277 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6277 
Old valves have more soul! 6276 
Was it soul or soil? 6276 
It was just a heading 6276 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6276 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6276 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6276 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6276 
Injection of analog dither? 6276 
Subliminal signal 6276 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6276 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6276 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6275 
Avicenna = Arabian 6275 
Persian, not Arab 6275 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6275 
More words to describe "sux" please 6275 
Revolution 6275 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6275 
One-stage DHTs 6274 
One other thing 6274 
One stage 6274 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6274 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6274 
I see the things differently. 6274 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6274 
The audiophile attitude 6274 
The where and why of design choices 6274 
Blah blah blah 6274 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6274 
Do I need to be hissing? 6274 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6274 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6274 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6273 
What is randomness? 6273 
Those least three possibilities… 6273 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6273 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6273 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6271 
A Beautiful Mind 6270 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6268 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6253 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6253 
Abandoning Milq? 6253 
Will see how it goes.... 6253 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6251 
Topology and 2A3? 6251 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6251 
Type Casting 6251 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6251 
6sn7-2a3 6251 
Topology vs parts 6251 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6251 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6251 
Parts Frenzy 6251 
Too many new sounds 6251 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6250 
New tubes 6249 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6249 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6249 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6249 
New 2A3 6249 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6248 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6247 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6247 
Czech tubes 6245 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6245 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6245 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6244 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6244 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6241 
Here she is. 6240 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6236 
New 2A3 tubes 6236 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6236 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6235 
Multistage DHT circuits 6234 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6233 
Emission Labs 2A3 6233 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6233 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6233 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6233 
The YO186 Strip Show 6233 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6232 
It will be interesting…. 6232 
OPT impedence 6232 
More about the Plate Loading 6232 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6227 
2A3 data 6227 
The New 2A3 tubes 6227 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6227 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6226 
Everything about everything. 6226 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6226 
Options, options, options.... 6226 
I think we agree overall 6226 
An IDHT with more gain? 6225 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6225 
2A3 tube impressions 6220 
Interesting analogy 6220 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6220 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6220 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6220 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6220 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6220 
Why NOS tubes? 6219 
The Holly Ignorance 6219 
Tube tasting 6219 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6219 
Make mine thoriated please 6219 
Any Germans out there? 6219 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6219 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6219 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6219 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6218 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6218 
Tube sound and vibration 6218 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6212 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6211 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6211 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6210 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6210 
B4/B5 British made 6209 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6209 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6208 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6208 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6207 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6206 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6203 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6203 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6202 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6202 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6202 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6202 
The identical operation environment? 6202 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6202 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6202 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6201 
How to get max power from 2A3 6201 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6201 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6201 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6201 
Gain is not power. 6201 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6201 
Specialized DSET approach 6201 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6201 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6201 
The 2A3 loading 6201 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6201 
Optimizing the 2A3 6201 
How much to DSET a DSET 6201 
DSET for Titan 6201 
The Best of All Worlds 6201 
Multiamp setup 6200 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6200 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6200 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6200 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6194 
2A3 and 400V supply 6194 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6193 
Another shot at numbers 6193 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6193 
Okay, so this might work.... 6193 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6193 
Looks good, but.... 6192 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6192 
Less is more... usually. 6192 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6191 
Stepping Out 6191 
Said to be good, but 6191 
Gain to lose 6191 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6191 
Another idea for losing gain 6191 
What's best 6191 
Options, options... 6191 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6191 
Other compromises... 6190 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6189 
Is it glowing yet? 6169 
It is comming.... 6169 
The new MF channel. 6163 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6162 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6154 
The intestage loading talk. 6151 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6146 
1 in 50? 6146 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6146 
Die Walküre soldering. 6145 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6144 
Another amp arond YO186 6143 
Gain? 6143 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6143 
Simple is good 6142 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6142 
The Milq DSET is up. 6141 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6139 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6139 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6138 
Ok, what do I want? 6138 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6138 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6138 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6138 
How about the tweeter? 6137 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6137 
Safe and Sound 6137 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6137 
Some clarifications. 6137 
How about that?!!! 6137 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6135 
Head Room 6135 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6134 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6134 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6134 
Again with the PS 6134 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6132 
Parallel Universe 6132 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6130 
Why I let other people build them... 6130 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6130 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6129 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6126 
MF: the pre-final version. 6126 
Loftin-White? 6126 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6126 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6126 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6122 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6122 
Define really quiet 6121 
Another variable of sound 6121 
Backlash? 6121 
Alternative filament supplies 6121 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6121 
Going down the DC path 6120 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6120 
Molecular sound 6120 
AC-DC heater supply 6120 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6120 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6120 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6120 
Hiss or Hum 6120 
AC transformers 6120 
I have seen the Promised Land 6119 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6119 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6118 
Divide and Conquer 6118 
The design phase is over. 6117 
The unexpected insanity! 6116 
Loading 6116 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6116 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6116 
Going the Distance 6116 
Read the f*** manual! 6116 
Agreed. 6116 
I agree 6116 
The filament transformer 6116 
Center-tap and options 6116 
Something like this…. 6116 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6116 
The foreplay is going on. 6116 
Split balance 6115 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6115 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6115 
SHuguang 6115 
Going through…. 6114 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6113 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6113 
Hum vs voltage 6113 
Meow about the tubes… 6113 
To Be a Content Cat 6113 
Completed! 6110 
Tradition 6110 
Absolutely beautiful! 6110 
The 'film' caps in PS 6109 
Science or religion 6109 
Mass Extinction 6109 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6109 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6109 
Capacitor choices 6109 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6108 
The minor day of Quartets. 6108 
Them's the Breaks 6108 
Eventually! 6107 
So Soon? 6107 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6107 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6106 
The wire for DC-coupling 6106 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6106 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6106 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6105 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6104 
The DHT live reserve 6103 
Some interestng models 6103 
Eaten alive. 6103 
The tubey déjà vu? 6102 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6098 
The 4V takes a lead. 6094 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6091 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6091 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6089 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6088 
Exiting the design mode? 6088 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6088 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6084 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6083 
Setting up the new Playback 6082 
And the winner is… so far 6079 
If you like type 45... 6079 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6079 
Favorite Flavor? 6079 
The 45 times Meow... 6079 
The problem that I see is… 6079 
Running the 45 6079 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6078 
The commentaries about everything. 6078 
Driver tube and biasing 6078 
DHT drivers 6078 
The ideas are worth trying? 6078 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6074 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6074 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6073 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6073 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6073 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6073 
Operating points and cathode current 6073 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6073 
Actually it is not so simple. 6073 
Resistors at the front 6072 
A minor alternation of a position 6072 
The era of enlightenment. 6069 
The devil is in the details.... 6069 
Constructing Sound 6069 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6068 
The “strange” YO186 6059 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6014 
2S4S and 2A3 6005 
Ho to use the YO186 5998 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5998 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5998 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5996 
Not anymore! 5985 
The very good YoYonisation! 5984 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5983 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5970 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5970 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5917 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5916 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5913 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5903 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5665 
All the Best from Burgundy 5665 
Cheesy tubes 5664 
Me and my DHT references… 5555 
Y0-186 in winter. 5458 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5457 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5426 
In My Dreams 5426 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5426 
Blame? 5425 
When good is not good enough. 5425 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5425 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5424 
How the YO186 was used. 5008 
What is old is new? 5007 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5006 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4555 
That sucks. 4555 
YO186 4553 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4553 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4553 
A hallucination? 4550 
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