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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6374 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6373 
DHT Milq? 6373 
The DHT journey. 6373 
DHT tone 6373 
Well, why not? 6372 
Holding the Fort 6372 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6372 
Input tube and DC heaters 6371 
Reimyo Pat 777 6371 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6367 
DHT or 300B? 6367 
300B 6367 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6367 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6366 
Hence the confusion 6366 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6366 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6366 
My experience with DHTs 6366 
Pigmented coloration? 6366 
Dht-dht 6366 
Dynamic viscosity? 6366 
The Pallette preamp... 6366 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6366 
"soul" of tubes 6366 
There is a difference... 6366 
Vibration injection? 6366 
Homework # 4334 6366 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6366 
Old valves have more soul! 6365 
Was it soul or soil? 6365 
It was just a heading 6365 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6365 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6365 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6365 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6365 
Injection of analog dither? 6365 
Subliminal signal 6365 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6365 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6365 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6364 
Avicenna = Arabian 6364 
Persian, not Arab 6364 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6364 
More words to describe "sux" please 6364 
Revolution 6364 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6364 
One-stage DHTs 6363 
One other thing 6363 
One stage 6363 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6363 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6363 
I see the things differently. 6363 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6363 
The audiophile attitude 6363 
The where and why of design choices 6363 
Blah blah blah 6363 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6363 
Do I need to be hissing? 6363 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6363 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6363 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6362 
What is randomness? 6362 
Those least three possibilities… 6362 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6362 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6362 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6360 
A Beautiful Mind 6359 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6357 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6342 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6342 
Abandoning Milq? 6342 
Will see how it goes.... 6342 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6340 
Topology and 2A3? 6340 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6340 
Type Casting 6340 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6340 
6sn7-2a3 6340 
Topology vs parts 6340 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6340 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6340 
Parts Frenzy 6340 
Too many new sounds 6340 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6339 
New tubes 6338 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6338 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6338 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6338 
New 2A3 6338 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6337 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6336 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6336 
Czech tubes 6334 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6334 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6334 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6333 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6333 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6330 
Here she is. 6329 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6325 
New 2A3 tubes 6325 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6325 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6324 
Multistage DHT circuits 6323 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6322 
Emission Labs 2A3 6322 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6322 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6322 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6322 
The YO186 Strip Show 6322 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6321 
It will be interesting…. 6321 
OPT impedence 6321 
More about the Plate Loading 6321 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6316 
2A3 data 6316 
The New 2A3 tubes 6316 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6316 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6315 
Everything about everything. 6315 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6315 
Options, options, options.... 6315 
I think we agree overall 6315 
An IDHT with more gain? 6314 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6314 
2A3 tube impressions 6309 
Interesting analogy 6309 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6309 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6309 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6309 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6309 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6309 
Why NOS tubes? 6308 
The Holly Ignorance 6308 
Tube tasting 6308 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6308 
Make mine thoriated please 6308 
Any Germans out there? 6308 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6308 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6308 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6308 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6307 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6307 
Tube sound and vibration 6307 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6301 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6300 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6300 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6299 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6299 
B4/B5 British made 6298 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6298 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6297 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6297 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6296 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6295 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6292 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6292 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6291 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6291 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6291 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6291 
The identical operation environment? 6291 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6291 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6291 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6290 
How to get max power from 2A3 6290 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6290 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6290 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6290 
Gain is not power. 6290 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6290 
Specialized DSET approach 6290 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6290 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6290 
The 2A3 loading 6290 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6290 
Optimizing the 2A3 6290 
How much to DSET a DSET 6290 
DSET for Titan 6290 
The Best of All Worlds 6290 
Multiamp setup 6289 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6289 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6289 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6289 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6283 
2A3 and 400V supply 6283 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6282 
Another shot at numbers 6282 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6282 
Okay, so this might work.... 6282 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6282 
Looks good, but.... 6281 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6281 
Less is more... usually. 6281 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6280 
Stepping Out 6280 
Said to be good, but 6280 
Gain to lose 6280 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6280 
Another idea for losing gain 6280 
What's best 6280 
Options, options... 6280 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6280 
Other compromises... 6279 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6278 
Is it glowing yet? 6258 
It is comming.... 6258 
The new MF channel. 6252 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6251 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6243 
The intestage loading talk. 6240 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6235 
1 in 50? 6235 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6235 
Die Walküre soldering. 6234 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6233 
Another amp arond YO186 6232 
Gain? 6232 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6232 
Simple is good 6231 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6231 
The Milq DSET is up. 6230 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6228 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6228 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6227 
Ok, what do I want? 6227 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6227 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6227 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6227 
How about the tweeter? 6226 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6226 
Safe and Sound 6226 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6226 
Some clarifications. 6226 
How about that?!!! 6226 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6224 
Head Room 6224 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6223 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6223 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6223 
Again with the PS 6223 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6221 
Parallel Universe 6221 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6219 
Why I let other people build them... 6219 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6219 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6218 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6215 
MF: the pre-final version. 6215 
Loftin-White? 6215 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6215 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6215 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6211 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6211 
Define really quiet 6210 
Another variable of sound 6210 
Backlash? 6210 
Alternative filament supplies 6210 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6210 
Going down the DC path 6209 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6209 
Molecular sound 6209 
AC-DC heater supply 6209 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6209 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6209 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6209 
Hiss or Hum 6209 
AC transformers 6209 
I have seen the Promised Land 6208 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6208 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6207 
Divide and Conquer 6207 
The design phase is over. 6206 
The unexpected insanity! 6205 
Loading 6205 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6205 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6205 
Going the Distance 6205 
Read the f*** manual! 6205 
Agreed. 6205 
I agree 6205 
The filament transformer 6205 
Center-tap and options 6205 
Something like this…. 6205 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6205 
The foreplay is going on. 6205 
Split balance 6204 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6204 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6204 
SHuguang 6204 
Going through…. 6203 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6202 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6202 
Hum vs voltage 6202 
Meow about the tubes… 6202 
To Be a Content Cat 6202 
Completed! 6199 
Tradition 6199 
Absolutely beautiful! 6199 
The 'film' caps in PS 6198 
Science or religion 6198 
Mass Extinction 6198 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6198 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6198 
Capacitor choices 6198 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6197 
The minor day of Quartets. 6197 
Them's the Breaks 6197 
Eventually! 6196 
So Soon? 6196 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6196 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6195 
The wire for DC-coupling 6195 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6195 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6195 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6194 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6193 
The DHT live reserve 6192 
Some interestng models 6192 
Eaten alive. 6192 
The tubey déjà vu? 6191 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6187 
The 4V takes a lead. 6183 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6180 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6180 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6178 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6177 
Exiting the design mode? 6177 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6177 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6173 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6172 
Setting up the new Playback 6171 
And the winner is… so far 6168 
If you like type 45... 6168 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6168 
Favorite Flavor? 6168 
The 45 times Meow... 6168 
The problem that I see is… 6168 
Running the 45 6168 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6167 
The commentaries about everything. 6167 
Driver tube and biasing 6167 
DHT drivers 6167 
The ideas are worth trying? 6167 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6163 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6163 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6162 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6162 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6162 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6162 
Operating points and cathode current 6162 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6162 
Actually it is not so simple. 6162 
Resistors at the front 6161 
A minor alternation of a position 6161 
The era of enlightenment. 6158 
The devil is in the details.... 6158 
Constructing Sound 6158 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6157 
The “strange” YO186 6148 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6103 
2S4S and 2A3 6094 
Ho to use the YO186 6087 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6087 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6087 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6085 
Not anymore! 6074 
The very good YoYonisation! 6073 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6072 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6059 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6059 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6006 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6005 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6002 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5992 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5754 
All the Best from Burgundy 5754 
Cheesy tubes 5753 
Me and my DHT references… 5644 
Y0-186 in winter. 5547 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5546 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5515 
In My Dreams 5515 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5515 
Blame? 5514 
When good is not good enough. 5514 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5514 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5513 
How the YO186 was used. 5097 
What is old is new? 5096 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5095 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4644 
That sucks. 4644 
YO186 4642 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4642 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4642 
A hallucination? 4639 
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