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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6368 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6367 
DHT Milq? 6367 
The DHT journey. 6367 
DHT tone 6367 
Well, why not? 6366 
Holding the Fort 6366 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6366 
Input tube and DC heaters 6365 
Reimyo Pat 777 6365 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6361 
DHT or 300B? 6361 
300B 6361 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6361 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6360 
Hence the confusion 6360 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6360 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6360 
My experience with DHTs 6360 
Pigmented coloration? 6360 
Dht-dht 6360 
Dynamic viscosity? 6360 
The Pallette preamp... 6360 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6360 
"soul" of tubes 6360 
There is a difference... 6360 
Vibration injection? 6360 
Homework # 4334 6360 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6360 
Old valves have more soul! 6359 
Was it soul or soil? 6359 
It was just a heading 6359 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6359 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6359 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6359 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6359 
Injection of analog dither? 6359 
Subliminal signal 6359 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6359 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6359 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6358 
Avicenna = Arabian 6358 
Persian, not Arab 6358 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6358 
More words to describe "sux" please 6358 
Revolution 6358 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6358 
One-stage DHTs 6357 
One other thing 6357 
One stage 6357 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6357 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6357 
I see the things differently. 6357 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6357 
The audiophile attitude 6357 
The where and why of design choices 6357 
Blah blah blah 6357 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6357 
Do I need to be hissing? 6357 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6357 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6357 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6356 
What is randomness? 6356 
Those least three possibilities… 6356 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6356 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6356 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6354 
A Beautiful Mind 6353 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6351 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6336 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6336 
Abandoning Milq? 6336 
Will see how it goes.... 6336 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6334 
Topology and 2A3? 6334 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6334 
Type Casting 6334 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6334 
6sn7-2a3 6334 
Topology vs parts 6334 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6334 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6334 
Parts Frenzy 6334 
Too many new sounds 6334 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6333 
New tubes 6332 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6332 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6332 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6332 
New 2A3 6332 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6331 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6330 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6330 
Czech tubes 6328 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6328 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6328 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6327 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6327 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6324 
Here she is. 6323 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6319 
New 2A3 tubes 6319 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6319 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6318 
Multistage DHT circuits 6317 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6316 
Emission Labs 2A3 6316 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6316 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6316 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6316 
The YO186 Strip Show 6316 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6315 
It will be interesting…. 6315 
OPT impedence 6315 
More about the Plate Loading 6315 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6310 
2A3 data 6310 
The New 2A3 tubes 6310 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6310 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6309 
Everything about everything. 6309 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6309 
Options, options, options.... 6309 
I think we agree overall 6309 
An IDHT with more gain? 6308 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6308 
2A3 tube impressions 6303 
Interesting analogy 6303 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6303 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6303 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6303 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6303 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6303 
Why NOS tubes? 6302 
The Holly Ignorance 6302 
Tube tasting 6302 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6302 
Make mine thoriated please 6302 
Any Germans out there? 6302 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6302 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6302 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6302 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6301 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6301 
Tube sound and vibration 6301 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6295 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6294 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6294 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6293 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6293 
B4/B5 British made 6292 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6292 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6291 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6291 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6290 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6289 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6286 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6286 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6285 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6285 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6285 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6285 
The identical operation environment? 6285 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6285 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6285 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6284 
How to get max power from 2A3 6284 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6284 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6284 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6284 
Gain is not power. 6284 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6284 
Specialized DSET approach 6284 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6284 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6284 
The 2A3 loading 6284 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6284 
Optimizing the 2A3 6284 
How much to DSET a DSET 6284 
DSET for Titan 6284 
The Best of All Worlds 6284 
Multiamp setup 6283 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6283 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6283 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6283 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6277 
2A3 and 400V supply 6277 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6276 
Another shot at numbers 6276 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6276 
Okay, so this might work.... 6276 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6276 
Looks good, but.... 6275 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6275 
Less is more... usually. 6275 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6274 
Stepping Out 6274 
Said to be good, but 6274 
Gain to lose 6274 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6274 
Another idea for losing gain 6274 
What's best 6274 
Options, options... 6274 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6274 
Other compromises... 6273 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6272 
Is it glowing yet? 6252 
It is comming.... 6252 
The new MF channel. 6246 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6245 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6237 
The intestage loading talk. 6234 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6229 
1 in 50? 6229 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6229 
Die Walküre soldering. 6228 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6227 
Another amp arond YO186 6226 
Gain? 6226 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6226 
Simple is good 6225 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6225 
The Milq DSET is up. 6224 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6222 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6222 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6221 
Ok, what do I want? 6221 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6221 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6221 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6221 
How about the tweeter? 6220 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6220 
Safe and Sound 6220 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6220 
Some clarifications. 6220 
How about that?!!! 6220 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6218 
Head Room 6218 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6217 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6217 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6217 
Again with the PS 6217 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6215 
Parallel Universe 6215 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6213 
Why I let other people build them... 6213 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6213 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6212 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6209 
MF: the pre-final version. 6209 
Loftin-White? 6209 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6209 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6209 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6205 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6205 
Define really quiet 6204 
Another variable of sound 6204 
Backlash? 6204 
Alternative filament supplies 6204 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6204 
Going down the DC path 6203 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6203 
Molecular sound 6203 
AC-DC heater supply 6203 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6203 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6203 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6203 
Hiss or Hum 6203 
AC transformers 6203 
I have seen the Promised Land 6202 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6202 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6201 
Divide and Conquer 6201 
The design phase is over. 6200 
The unexpected insanity! 6199 
Loading 6199 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6199 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6199 
Going the Distance 6199 
Read the f*** manual! 6199 
Agreed. 6199 
I agree 6199 
The filament transformer 6199 
Center-tap and options 6199 
Something like this…. 6199 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6199 
The foreplay is going on. 6199 
Split balance 6198 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6198 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6198 
SHuguang 6198 
Going through…. 6197 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6196 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6196 
Hum vs voltage 6196 
Meow about the tubes… 6196 
To Be a Content Cat 6196 
Completed! 6193 
Tradition 6193 
Absolutely beautiful! 6193 
The 'film' caps in PS 6192 
Science or religion 6192 
Mass Extinction 6192 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6192 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6192 
Capacitor choices 6192 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6191 
The minor day of Quartets. 6191 
Them's the Breaks 6191 
Eventually! 6190 
So Soon? 6190 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6190 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6189 
The wire for DC-coupling 6189 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6189 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6189 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6188 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6187 
The DHT live reserve 6186 
Some interestng models 6186 
Eaten alive. 6186 
The tubey déjà vu? 6185 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6181 
The 4V takes a lead. 6177 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6174 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6174 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6172 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6171 
Exiting the design mode? 6171 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6171 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6167 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6166 
Setting up the new Playback 6165 
And the winner is… so far 6162 
If you like type 45... 6162 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6162 
Favorite Flavor? 6162 
The 45 times Meow... 6162 
The problem that I see is… 6162 
Running the 45 6162 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6161 
The commentaries about everything. 6161 
Driver tube and biasing 6161 
DHT drivers 6161 
The ideas are worth trying? 6161 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6157 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6157 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6156 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6156 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6156 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6156 
Operating points and cathode current 6156 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6156 
Actually it is not so simple. 6156 
Resistors at the front 6155 
A minor alternation of a position 6155 
The era of enlightenment. 6152 
The devil is in the details.... 6152 
Constructing Sound 6152 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6151 
The “strange” YO186 6142 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6097 
2S4S and 2A3 6088 
Ho to use the YO186 6081 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6081 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6081 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6079 
Not anymore! 6068 
The very good YoYonisation! 6067 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6066 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6053 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6053 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6000 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5999 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5996 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5986 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5748 
All the Best from Burgundy 5748 
Cheesy tubes 5747 
Me and my DHT references… 5638 
Y0-186 in winter. 5541 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5540 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5509 
In My Dreams 5509 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5509 
Blame? 5508 
When good is not good enough. 5508 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5508 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5507 
How the YO186 was used. 5091 
What is old is new? 5090 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5089 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4638 
That sucks. 4638 
YO186 4636 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4636 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4636 
A hallucination? 4633 
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