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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6294 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6293 
DHT Milq? 6293 
The DHT journey. 6293 
DHT tone 6293 
Well, why not? 6292 
Holding the Fort 6292 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6292 
Input tube and DC heaters 6291 
Reimyo Pat 777 6291 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6287 
DHT or 300B? 6287 
300B 6287 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6287 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6286 
Hence the confusion 6286 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6286 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6286 
My experience with DHTs 6286 
Pigmented coloration? 6286 
Dht-dht 6286 
Dynamic viscosity? 6286 
The Pallette preamp... 6286 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6286 
"soul" of tubes 6286 
There is a difference... 6286 
Vibration injection? 6286 
Homework # 4334 6286 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6286 
Old valves have more soul! 6285 
Was it soul or soil? 6285 
It was just a heading 6285 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6285 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6285 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6285 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6285 
Injection of analog dither? 6285 
Subliminal signal 6285 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6285 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6285 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6284 
Avicenna = Arabian 6284 
Persian, not Arab 6284 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6284 
More words to describe "sux" please 6284 
Revolution 6284 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6284 
One-stage DHTs 6283 
One other thing 6283 
One stage 6283 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6283 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6283 
I see the things differently. 6283 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6283 
The audiophile attitude 6283 
The where and why of design choices 6283 
Blah blah blah 6283 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6283 
Do I need to be hissing? 6283 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6283 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6283 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6282 
What is randomness? 6282 
Those least three possibilities… 6282 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6282 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6282 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6280 
A Beautiful Mind 6279 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6277 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6262 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6262 
Abandoning Milq? 6262 
Will see how it goes.... 6262 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6260 
Topology and 2A3? 6260 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6260 
Type Casting 6260 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6260 
6sn7-2a3 6260 
Topology vs parts 6260 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6260 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6260 
Parts Frenzy 6260 
Too many new sounds 6260 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6259 
New tubes 6258 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6258 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6258 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6258 
New 2A3 6258 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6257 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6256 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6256 
Czech tubes 6254 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6254 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6254 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6253 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6253 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6250 
Here she is. 6249 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6245 
New 2A3 tubes 6245 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6245 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6244 
Multistage DHT circuits 6243 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6242 
Emission Labs 2A3 6242 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6242 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6242 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6242 
The YO186 Strip Show 6242 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6241 
It will be interesting…. 6241 
OPT impedence 6241 
More about the Plate Loading 6241 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6236 
2A3 data 6236 
The New 2A3 tubes 6236 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6236 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6235 
Everything about everything. 6235 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6235 
Options, options, options.... 6235 
I think we agree overall 6235 
An IDHT with more gain? 6234 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6234 
2A3 tube impressions 6229 
Interesting analogy 6229 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6229 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6229 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6229 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6229 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6229 
Why NOS tubes? 6228 
The Holly Ignorance 6228 
Tube tasting 6228 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6228 
Make mine thoriated please 6228 
Any Germans out there? 6228 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6228 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6228 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6228 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6227 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6227 
Tube sound and vibration 6227 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6221 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6220 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6220 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6219 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6219 
B4/B5 British made 6218 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6218 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6217 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6217 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6216 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6215 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6212 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6212 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6211 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6211 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6211 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6211 
The identical operation environment? 6211 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6211 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6211 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6210 
How to get max power from 2A3 6210 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6210 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6210 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6210 
Gain is not power. 6210 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6210 
Specialized DSET approach 6210 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6210 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6210 
The 2A3 loading 6210 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6210 
Optimizing the 2A3 6210 
How much to DSET a DSET 6210 
DSET for Titan 6210 
The Best of All Worlds 6210 
Multiamp setup 6209 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6209 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6209 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6209 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6203 
2A3 and 400V supply 6203 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6202 
Another shot at numbers 6202 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6202 
Okay, so this might work.... 6202 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6202 
Looks good, but.... 6201 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6201 
Less is more... usually. 6201 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6200 
Stepping Out 6200 
Said to be good, but 6200 
Gain to lose 6200 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6200 
Another idea for losing gain 6200 
What's best 6200 
Options, options... 6200 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6200 
Other compromises... 6199 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6198 
Is it glowing yet? 6178 
It is comming.... 6178 
The new MF channel. 6172 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6171 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6163 
The intestage loading talk. 6160 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6155 
1 in 50? 6155 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6155 
Die Walküre soldering. 6154 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6153 
Another amp arond YO186 6152 
Gain? 6152 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6152 
Simple is good 6151 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6151 
The Milq DSET is up. 6150 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6148 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6148 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6147 
Ok, what do I want? 6147 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6147 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6147 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6147 
How about the tweeter? 6146 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6146 
Safe and Sound 6146 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6146 
Some clarifications. 6146 
How about that?!!! 6146 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6144 
Head Room 6144 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6143 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6143 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6143 
Again with the PS 6143 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6141 
Parallel Universe 6141 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6139 
Why I let other people build them... 6139 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6139 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6138 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6135 
MF: the pre-final version. 6135 
Loftin-White? 6135 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6135 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6135 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6131 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6131 
Define really quiet 6130 
Another variable of sound 6130 
Backlash? 6130 
Alternative filament supplies 6130 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6130 
Going down the DC path 6129 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6129 
Molecular sound 6129 
AC-DC heater supply 6129 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6129 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6129 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6129 
Hiss or Hum 6129 
AC transformers 6129 
I have seen the Promised Land 6128 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6128 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6127 
Divide and Conquer 6127 
The design phase is over. 6126 
The unexpected insanity! 6125 
Loading 6125 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6125 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6125 
Going the Distance 6125 
Read the f*** manual! 6125 
Agreed. 6125 
I agree 6125 
The filament transformer 6125 
Center-tap and options 6125 
Something like this…. 6125 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6125 
The foreplay is going on. 6125 
Split balance 6124 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6124 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6124 
SHuguang 6124 
Going through…. 6123 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6122 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6122 
Hum vs voltage 6122 
Meow about the tubes… 6122 
To Be a Content Cat 6122 
Completed! 6119 
Tradition 6119 
Absolutely beautiful! 6119 
The 'film' caps in PS 6118 
Science or religion 6118 
Mass Extinction 6118 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6118 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6118 
Capacitor choices 6118 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6117 
The minor day of Quartets. 6117 
Them's the Breaks 6117 
Eventually! 6116 
So Soon? 6116 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6116 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6115 
The wire for DC-coupling 6115 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6115 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6115 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6114 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6113 
The DHT live reserve 6112 
Some interestng models 6112 
Eaten alive. 6112 
The tubey déjà vu? 6111 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6107 
The 4V takes a lead. 6103 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6100 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6100 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6098 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6097 
Exiting the design mode? 6097 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6097 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6093 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6092 
Setting up the new Playback 6091 
And the winner is… so far 6088 
If you like type 45... 6088 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6088 
Favorite Flavor? 6088 
The 45 times Meow... 6088 
The problem that I see is… 6088 
Running the 45 6088 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6087 
The commentaries about everything. 6087 
Driver tube and biasing 6087 
DHT drivers 6087 
The ideas are worth trying? 6087 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6083 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6083 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6082 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6082 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6082 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6082 
Operating points and cathode current 6082 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6082 
Actually it is not so simple. 6082 
Resistors at the front 6081 
A minor alternation of a position 6081 
The era of enlightenment. 6078 
The devil is in the details.... 6078 
Constructing Sound 6078 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6077 
The “strange” YO186 6068 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6023 
2S4S and 2A3 6014 
Ho to use the YO186 6007 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6007 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6007 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6005 
Not anymore! 5994 
The very good YoYonisation! 5993 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5992 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5979 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5979 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5926 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5925 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5922 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5912 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5674 
All the Best from Burgundy 5674 
Cheesy tubes 5673 
Me and my DHT references… 5564 
Y0-186 in winter. 5467 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5466 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5435 
In My Dreams 5435 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5435 
Blame? 5434 
When good is not good enough. 5434 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5434 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5433 
How the YO186 was used. 5017 
What is old is new? 5016 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5015 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4564 
That sucks. 4564 
YO186 4562 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4562 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4562 
A hallucination? 4559 
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