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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6349 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6348 
DHT Milq? 6348 
The DHT journey. 6348 
DHT tone 6348 
Well, why not? 6347 
Holding the Fort 6347 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6347 
Input tube and DC heaters 6346 
Reimyo Pat 777 6346 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6342 
DHT or 300B? 6342 
300B 6342 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6342 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6341 
Hence the confusion 6341 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6341 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6341 
My experience with DHTs 6341 
Pigmented coloration? 6341 
Dht-dht 6341 
Dynamic viscosity? 6341 
The Pallette preamp... 6341 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6341 
"soul" of tubes 6341 
There is a difference... 6341 
Vibration injection? 6341 
Homework # 4334 6341 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6341 
Old valves have more soul! 6340 
Was it soul or soil? 6340 
It was just a heading 6340 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6340 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6340 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6340 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6340 
Injection of analog dither? 6340 
Subliminal signal 6340 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6340 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6340 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6339 
Avicenna = Arabian 6339 
Persian, not Arab 6339 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6339 
More words to describe "sux" please 6339 
Revolution 6339 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6339 
One-stage DHTs 6338 
One other thing 6338 
One stage 6338 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6338 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6338 
I see the things differently. 6338 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6338 
The audiophile attitude 6338 
The where and why of design choices 6338 
Blah blah blah 6338 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6338 
Do I need to be hissing? 6338 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6338 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6338 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6337 
What is randomness? 6337 
Those least three possibilities… 6337 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6337 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6337 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6335 
A Beautiful Mind 6334 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6332 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6317 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6317 
Abandoning Milq? 6317 
Will see how it goes.... 6317 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6315 
Topology and 2A3? 6315 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6315 
Type Casting 6315 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6315 
6sn7-2a3 6315 
Topology vs parts 6315 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6315 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6315 
Parts Frenzy 6315 
Too many new sounds 6315 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6314 
New tubes 6313 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6313 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6313 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6313 
New 2A3 6313 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6312 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6311 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6311 
Czech tubes 6309 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6309 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6309 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6308 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6308 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6305 
Here she is. 6304 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6300 
New 2A3 tubes 6300 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6300 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6299 
Multistage DHT circuits 6298 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6297 
Emission Labs 2A3 6297 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6297 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6297 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6297 
The YO186 Strip Show 6297 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6296 
It will be interesting…. 6296 
OPT impedence 6296 
More about the Plate Loading 6296 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6291 
2A3 data 6291 
The New 2A3 tubes 6291 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6291 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6290 
Everything about everything. 6290 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6290 
Options, options, options.... 6290 
I think we agree overall 6290 
An IDHT with more gain? 6289 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6289 
2A3 tube impressions 6284 
Interesting analogy 6284 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6284 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6284 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6284 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6284 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6284 
Why NOS tubes? 6283 
The Holly Ignorance 6283 
Tube tasting 6283 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6283 
Make mine thoriated please 6283 
Any Germans out there? 6283 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6283 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6283 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6283 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6282 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6282 
Tube sound and vibration 6282 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6276 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6275 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6275 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6274 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6274 
B4/B5 British made 6273 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6273 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6272 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6272 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6271 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6270 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6267 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6267 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6266 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6266 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6266 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6266 
The identical operation environment? 6266 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6266 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6266 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6265 
How to get max power from 2A3 6265 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6265 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6265 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6265 
Gain is not power. 6265 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6265 
Specialized DSET approach 6265 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6265 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6265 
The 2A3 loading 6265 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6265 
Optimizing the 2A3 6265 
How much to DSET a DSET 6265 
DSET for Titan 6265 
The Best of All Worlds 6265 
Multiamp setup 6264 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6264 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6264 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6264 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6258 
2A3 and 400V supply 6258 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6257 
Another shot at numbers 6257 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6257 
Okay, so this might work.... 6257 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6257 
Looks good, but.... 6256 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6256 
Less is more... usually. 6256 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6255 
Stepping Out 6255 
Said to be good, but 6255 
Gain to lose 6255 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6255 
Another idea for losing gain 6255 
What's best 6255 
Options, options... 6255 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6255 
Other compromises... 6254 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6253 
Is it glowing yet? 6233 
It is comming.... 6233 
The new MF channel. 6227 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6226 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6218 
The intestage loading talk. 6215 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6210 
1 in 50? 6210 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6210 
Die Walküre soldering. 6209 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6208 
Another amp arond YO186 6207 
Gain? 6207 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6207 
Simple is good 6206 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6206 
The Milq DSET is up. 6205 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6203 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6203 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6202 
Ok, what do I want? 6202 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6202 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6202 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6202 
How about the tweeter? 6201 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6201 
Safe and Sound 6201 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6201 
Some clarifications. 6201 
How about that?!!! 6201 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6199 
Head Room 6199 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6198 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6198 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6198 
Again with the PS 6198 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6196 
Parallel Universe 6196 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6194 
Why I let other people build them... 6194 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6194 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6193 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6190 
MF: the pre-final version. 6190 
Loftin-White? 6190 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6190 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6190 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6186 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6186 
Define really quiet 6185 
Another variable of sound 6185 
Backlash? 6185 
Alternative filament supplies 6185 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6185 
Going down the DC path 6184 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6184 
Molecular sound 6184 
AC-DC heater supply 6184 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6184 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6184 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6184 
Hiss or Hum 6184 
AC transformers 6184 
I have seen the Promised Land 6183 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6183 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6182 
Divide and Conquer 6182 
The design phase is over. 6181 
The unexpected insanity! 6180 
Loading 6180 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6180 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6180 
Going the Distance 6180 
Read the f*** manual! 6180 
Agreed. 6180 
I agree 6180 
The filament transformer 6180 
Center-tap and options 6180 
Something like this…. 6180 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6180 
The foreplay is going on. 6180 
Split balance 6179 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6179 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6179 
SHuguang 6179 
Going through…. 6178 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6177 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6177 
Hum vs voltage 6177 
Meow about the tubes… 6177 
To Be a Content Cat 6177 
Completed! 6174 
Tradition 6174 
Absolutely beautiful! 6174 
The 'film' caps in PS 6173 
Science or religion 6173 
Mass Extinction 6173 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6173 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6173 
Capacitor choices 6173 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6172 
The minor day of Quartets. 6172 
Them's the Breaks 6172 
Eventually! 6171 
So Soon? 6171 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6171 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6170 
The wire for DC-coupling 6170 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6170 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6170 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6169 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6168 
The DHT live reserve 6167 
Some interestng models 6167 
Eaten alive. 6167 
The tubey déjà vu? 6166 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6162 
The 4V takes a lead. 6158 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6155 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6155 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6153 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6152 
Exiting the design mode? 6152 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6152 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6148 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6147 
Setting up the new Playback 6146 
And the winner is… so far 6143 
If you like type 45... 6143 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6143 
Favorite Flavor? 6143 
The 45 times Meow... 6143 
The problem that I see is… 6143 
Running the 45 6143 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6142 
The commentaries about everything. 6142 
Driver tube and biasing 6142 
DHT drivers 6142 
The ideas are worth trying? 6142 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6138 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6138 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6137 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6137 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6137 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6137 
Operating points and cathode current 6137 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6137 
Actually it is not so simple. 6137 
Resistors at the front 6136 
A minor alternation of a position 6136 
The era of enlightenment. 6133 
The devil is in the details.... 6133 
Constructing Sound 6133 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6132 
The “strange” YO186 6123 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6078 
2S4S and 2A3 6069 
Ho to use the YO186 6062 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6062 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6062 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6060 
Not anymore! 6049 
The very good YoYonisation! 6048 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6047 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6034 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6034 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5981 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5980 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5977 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5967 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5729 
All the Best from Burgundy 5729 
Cheesy tubes 5728 
Me and my DHT references… 5619 
Y0-186 in winter. 5522 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5521 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5490 
In My Dreams 5490 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5490 
Blame? 5489 
When good is not good enough. 5489 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5489 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5488 
How the YO186 was used. 5072 
What is old is new? 5071 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5070 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4619 
That sucks. 4619 
YO186 4617 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4617 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4617 
A hallucination? 4614 
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