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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6386 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6385 
DHT Milq? 6385 
The DHT journey. 6385 
DHT tone 6385 
Well, why not? 6384 
Holding the Fort 6384 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6384 
Input tube and DC heaters 6383 
Reimyo Pat 777 6383 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6379 
DHT or 300B? 6379 
300B 6379 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6379 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6378 
Hence the confusion 6378 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6378 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6378 
My experience with DHTs 6378 
Pigmented coloration? 6378 
Dht-dht 6378 
Dynamic viscosity? 6378 
The Pallette preamp... 6378 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6378 
"soul" of tubes 6378 
There is a difference... 6378 
Vibration injection? 6378 
Homework # 4334 6378 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6378 
Old valves have more soul! 6377 
Was it soul or soil? 6377 
It was just a heading 6377 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6377 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6377 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6377 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6377 
Injection of analog dither? 6377 
Subliminal signal 6377 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6377 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6377 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6376 
Avicenna = Arabian 6376 
Persian, not Arab 6376 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6376 
More words to describe "sux" please 6376 
Revolution 6376 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6376 
One-stage DHTs 6375 
One other thing 6375 
One stage 6375 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6375 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6375 
I see the things differently. 6375 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6375 
The audiophile attitude 6375 
The where and why of design choices 6375 
Blah blah blah 6375 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6375 
Do I need to be hissing? 6375 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6375 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6375 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6374 
What is randomness? 6374 
Those least three possibilities… 6374 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6374 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6374 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6372 
A Beautiful Mind 6371 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6369 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6354 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6354 
Abandoning Milq? 6354 
Will see how it goes.... 6354 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6352 
Topology and 2A3? 6352 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6352 
Type Casting 6352 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6352 
6sn7-2a3 6352 
Topology vs parts 6352 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6352 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6352 
Parts Frenzy 6352 
Too many new sounds 6352 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6351 
New tubes 6350 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6350 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6350 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6350 
New 2A3 6350 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6349 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6348 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6348 
Czech tubes 6346 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6346 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6346 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6345 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6345 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6342 
Here she is. 6341 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6337 
New 2A3 tubes 6337 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6337 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6336 
Multistage DHT circuits 6335 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6334 
Emission Labs 2A3 6334 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6334 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6334 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6334 
The YO186 Strip Show 6334 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6333 
It will be interesting…. 6333 
OPT impedence 6333 
More about the Plate Loading 6333 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6328 
2A3 data 6328 
The New 2A3 tubes 6328 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6328 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6327 
Everything about everything. 6327 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6327 
Options, options, options.... 6327 
I think we agree overall 6327 
An IDHT with more gain? 6326 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6326 
2A3 tube impressions 6321 
Interesting analogy 6321 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6321 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6321 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6321 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6321 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6321 
Why NOS tubes? 6320 
The Holly Ignorance 6320 
Tube tasting 6320 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6320 
Make mine thoriated please 6320 
Any Germans out there? 6320 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6320 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6320 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6320 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6319 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6319 
Tube sound and vibration 6319 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6313 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6312 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6312 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6311 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6311 
B4/B5 British made 6310 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6310 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6309 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6309 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6308 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6307 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6304 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6304 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6303 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6303 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6303 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6303 
The identical operation environment? 6303 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6303 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6303 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6302 
How to get max power from 2A3 6302 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6302 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6302 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6302 
Gain is not power. 6302 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6302 
Specialized DSET approach 6302 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6302 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6302 
The 2A3 loading 6302 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6302 
Optimizing the 2A3 6302 
How much to DSET a DSET 6302 
DSET for Titan 6302 
The Best of All Worlds 6302 
Multiamp setup 6301 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6301 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6301 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6301 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6295 
2A3 and 400V supply 6295 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6294 
Another shot at numbers 6294 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6294 
Okay, so this might work.... 6294 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6294 
Looks good, but.... 6293 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6293 
Less is more... usually. 6293 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6292 
Stepping Out 6292 
Said to be good, but 6292 
Gain to lose 6292 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6292 
Another idea for losing gain 6292 
What's best 6292 
Options, options... 6292 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6292 
Other compromises... 6291 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6290 
Is it glowing yet? 6270 
It is comming.... 6270 
The new MF channel. 6264 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6263 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6255 
The intestage loading talk. 6252 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6247 
1 in 50? 6247 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6247 
Die Walküre soldering. 6246 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6245 
Another amp arond YO186 6244 
Gain? 6244 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6244 
Simple is good 6243 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6243 
The Milq DSET is up. 6242 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6240 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6240 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6239 
Ok, what do I want? 6239 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6239 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6239 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6239 
How about the tweeter? 6238 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6238 
Safe and Sound 6238 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6238 
Some clarifications. 6238 
How about that?!!! 6238 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6236 
Head Room 6236 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6235 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6235 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6235 
Again with the PS 6235 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6233 
Parallel Universe 6233 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6231 
Why I let other people build them... 6231 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6231 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6230 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6227 
MF: the pre-final version. 6227 
Loftin-White? 6227 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6227 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6227 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6223 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6223 
Define really quiet 6222 
Another variable of sound 6222 
Backlash? 6222 
Alternative filament supplies 6222 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6222 
Going down the DC path 6221 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6221 
Molecular sound 6221 
AC-DC heater supply 6221 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6221 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6221 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6221 
Hiss or Hum 6221 
AC transformers 6221 
I have seen the Promised Land 6220 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6220 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6219 
Divide and Conquer 6219 
The design phase is over. 6218 
The unexpected insanity! 6217 
Loading 6217 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6217 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6217 
Going the Distance 6217 
Read the f*** manual! 6217 
Agreed. 6217 
I agree 6217 
The filament transformer 6217 
Center-tap and options 6217 
Something like this…. 6217 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6217 
The foreplay is going on. 6217 
Split balance 6216 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6216 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6216 
SHuguang 6216 
Going through…. 6215 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6214 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6214 
Hum vs voltage 6214 
Meow about the tubes… 6214 
To Be a Content Cat 6214 
Completed! 6211 
Tradition 6211 
Absolutely beautiful! 6211 
The 'film' caps in PS 6210 
Science or religion 6210 
Mass Extinction 6210 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6210 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6210 
Capacitor choices 6210 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6209 
The minor day of Quartets. 6209 
Them's the Breaks 6209 
Eventually! 6208 
So Soon? 6208 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6208 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6207 
The wire for DC-coupling 6207 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6207 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6207 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6206 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6205 
The DHT live reserve 6204 
Some interestng models 6204 
Eaten alive. 6204 
The tubey déjà vu? 6203 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6199 
The 4V takes a lead. 6195 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6192 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6192 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6190 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6189 
Exiting the design mode? 6189 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6189 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6185 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6184 
Setting up the new Playback 6183 
And the winner is… so far 6180 
If you like type 45... 6180 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6180 
Favorite Flavor? 6180 
The 45 times Meow... 6180 
The problem that I see is… 6180 
Running the 45 6180 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6179 
The commentaries about everything. 6179 
Driver tube and biasing 6179 
DHT drivers 6179 
The ideas are worth trying? 6179 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6175 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6175 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6174 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6174 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6174 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6174 
Operating points and cathode current 6174 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6174 
Actually it is not so simple. 6174 
Resistors at the front 6173 
A minor alternation of a position 6173 
The era of enlightenment. 6170 
The devil is in the details.... 6170 
Constructing Sound 6170 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6169 
The “strange” YO186 6160 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6115 
2S4S and 2A3 6106 
Ho to use the YO186 6099 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6099 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6099 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6097 
Not anymore! 6086 
The very good YoYonisation! 6085 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6084 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6071 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6071 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6018 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6017 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6014 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6004 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5766 
All the Best from Burgundy 5766 
Cheesy tubes 5765 
Me and my DHT references… 5656 
Y0-186 in winter. 5559 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5558 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5527 
In My Dreams 5527 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5527 
Blame? 5526 
When good is not good enough. 5526 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5526 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5525 
How the YO186 was used. 5109 
What is old is new? 5108 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5107 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4656 
That sucks. 4656 
YO186 4654 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4654 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4654 
A hallucination? 4651 
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