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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6292 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6291 
DHT Milq? 6291 
The DHT journey. 6291 
DHT tone 6291 
Well, why not? 6290 
Holding the Fort 6290 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6290 
Input tube and DC heaters 6289 
Reimyo Pat 777 6289 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6285 
DHT or 300B? 6285 
300B 6285 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6285 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6284 
Hence the confusion 6284 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6284 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6284 
My experience with DHTs 6284 
Pigmented coloration? 6284 
Dht-dht 6284 
Dynamic viscosity? 6284 
The Pallette preamp... 6284 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6284 
"soul" of tubes 6284 
There is a difference... 6284 
Vibration injection? 6284 
Homework # 4334 6284 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6284 
Old valves have more soul! 6283 
Was it soul or soil? 6283 
It was just a heading 6283 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6283 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6283 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6283 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6283 
Injection of analog dither? 6283 
Subliminal signal 6283 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6283 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6283 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6282 
Avicenna = Arabian 6282 
Persian, not Arab 6282 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6282 
More words to describe "sux" please 6282 
Revolution 6282 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6282 
One-stage DHTs 6281 
One other thing 6281 
One stage 6281 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6281 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6281 
I see the things differently. 6281 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6281 
The audiophile attitude 6281 
The where and why of design choices 6281 
Blah blah blah 6281 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6281 
Do I need to be hissing? 6281 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6281 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6281 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6280 
What is randomness? 6280 
Those least three possibilities… 6280 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6280 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6280 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6278 
A Beautiful Mind 6277 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6275 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6260 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6260 
Abandoning Milq? 6260 
Will see how it goes.... 6260 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6258 
Topology and 2A3? 6258 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6258 
Type Casting 6258 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6258 
6sn7-2a3 6258 
Topology vs parts 6258 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6258 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6258 
Parts Frenzy 6258 
Too many new sounds 6258 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6257 
New tubes 6256 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6256 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6256 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6256 
New 2A3 6256 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6255 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6254 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6254 
Czech tubes 6252 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6252 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6252 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6251 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6251 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6248 
Here she is. 6247 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6243 
New 2A3 tubes 6243 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6243 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6242 
Multistage DHT circuits 6241 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6240 
Emission Labs 2A3 6240 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6240 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6240 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6240 
The YO186 Strip Show 6240 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6239 
It will be interesting…. 6239 
OPT impedence 6239 
More about the Plate Loading 6239 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6234 
2A3 data 6234 
The New 2A3 tubes 6234 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6234 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6233 
Everything about everything. 6233 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6233 
Options, options, options.... 6233 
I think we agree overall 6233 
An IDHT with more gain? 6232 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6232 
2A3 tube impressions 6227 
Interesting analogy 6227 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6227 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6227 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6227 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6227 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6227 
Why NOS tubes? 6226 
The Holly Ignorance 6226 
Tube tasting 6226 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6226 
Make mine thoriated please 6226 
Any Germans out there? 6226 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6226 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6226 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6226 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6225 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6225 
Tube sound and vibration 6225 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6219 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6218 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6218 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6217 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6217 
B4/B5 British made 6216 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6216 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6215 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6215 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6214 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6213 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6210 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6210 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6209 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6209 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6209 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6209 
The identical operation environment? 6209 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6209 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6209 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6208 
How to get max power from 2A3 6208 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6208 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6208 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6208 
Gain is not power. 6208 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6208 
Specialized DSET approach 6208 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6208 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6208 
The 2A3 loading 6208 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6208 
Optimizing the 2A3 6208 
How much to DSET a DSET 6208 
DSET for Titan 6208 
The Best of All Worlds 6208 
Multiamp setup 6207 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6207 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6207 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6207 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6201 
2A3 and 400V supply 6201 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6200 
Another shot at numbers 6200 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6200 
Okay, so this might work.... 6200 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6200 
Looks good, but.... 6199 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6199 
Less is more... usually. 6199 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6198 
Stepping Out 6198 
Said to be good, but 6198 
Gain to lose 6198 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6198 
Another idea for losing gain 6198 
What's best 6198 
Options, options... 6198 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6198 
Other compromises... 6197 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6196 
Is it glowing yet? 6176 
It is comming.... 6176 
The new MF channel. 6170 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6169 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6161 
The intestage loading talk. 6158 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6153 
1 in 50? 6153 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6153 
Die Walküre soldering. 6152 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6151 
Another amp arond YO186 6150 
Gain? 6150 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6150 
Simple is good 6149 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6149 
The Milq DSET is up. 6148 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6146 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6146 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6145 
Ok, what do I want? 6145 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6145 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6145 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6145 
How about the tweeter? 6144 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6144 
Safe and Sound 6144 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6144 
Some clarifications. 6144 
How about that?!!! 6144 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6142 
Head Room 6142 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6141 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6141 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6141 
Again with the PS 6141 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6139 
Parallel Universe 6139 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6137 
Why I let other people build them... 6137 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6137 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6136 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6133 
MF: the pre-final version. 6133 
Loftin-White? 6133 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6133 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6133 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6129 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6129 
Define really quiet 6128 
Another variable of sound 6128 
Backlash? 6128 
Alternative filament supplies 6128 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6128 
Going down the DC path 6127 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6127 
Molecular sound 6127 
AC-DC heater supply 6127 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6127 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6127 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6127 
Hiss or Hum 6127 
AC transformers 6127 
I have seen the Promised Land 6126 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6126 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6125 
Divide and Conquer 6125 
The design phase is over. 6124 
The unexpected insanity! 6123 
Loading 6123 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6123 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6123 
Going the Distance 6123 
Read the f*** manual! 6123 
Agreed. 6123 
I agree 6123 
The filament transformer 6123 
Center-tap and options 6123 
Something like this…. 6123 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6123 
The foreplay is going on. 6123 
Split balance 6122 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6122 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6122 
SHuguang 6122 
Going through…. 6121 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6120 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6120 
Hum vs voltage 6120 
Meow about the tubes… 6120 
To Be a Content Cat 6120 
Completed! 6117 
Tradition 6117 
Absolutely beautiful! 6117 
The 'film' caps in PS 6116 
Science or religion 6116 
Mass Extinction 6116 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6116 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6116 
Capacitor choices 6116 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6115 
The minor day of Quartets. 6115 
Them's the Breaks 6115 
Eventually! 6114 
So Soon? 6114 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6114 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6113 
The wire for DC-coupling 6113 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6113 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6113 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6112 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6111 
The DHT live reserve 6110 
Some interestng models 6110 
Eaten alive. 6110 
The tubey déjà vu? 6109 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6105 
The 4V takes a lead. 6101 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6098 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6098 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6096 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6095 
Exiting the design mode? 6095 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6095 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6091 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6090 
Setting up the new Playback 6089 
And the winner is… so far 6086 
If you like type 45... 6086 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6086 
Favorite Flavor? 6086 
The 45 times Meow... 6086 
The problem that I see is… 6086 
Running the 45 6086 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6085 
The commentaries about everything. 6085 
Driver tube and biasing 6085 
DHT drivers 6085 
The ideas are worth trying? 6085 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6081 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6081 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6080 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6080 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6080 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6080 
Operating points and cathode current 6080 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6080 
Actually it is not so simple. 6080 
Resistors at the front 6079 
A minor alternation of a position 6079 
The era of enlightenment. 6076 
The devil is in the details.... 6076 
Constructing Sound 6076 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6075 
The “strange” YO186 6066 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6021 
2S4S and 2A3 6012 
Ho to use the YO186 6005 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6005 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6005 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6003 
Not anymore! 5992 
The very good YoYonisation! 5991 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5990 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5977 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5977 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5924 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5923 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5920 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5910 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5672 
All the Best from Burgundy 5672 
Cheesy tubes 5671 
Me and my DHT references… 5562 
Y0-186 in winter. 5465 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5464 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5433 
In My Dreams 5433 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5433 
Blame? 5432 
When good is not good enough. 5432 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5432 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5431 
How the YO186 was used. 5015 
What is old is new? 5014 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5013 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4562 
That sucks. 4562 
YO186 4560 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4560 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4560 
A hallucination? 4557 
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