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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6287 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6286 
DHT Milq? 6286 
The DHT journey. 6286 
DHT tone 6286 
Well, why not? 6285 
Holding the Fort 6285 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6285 
Input tube and DC heaters 6284 
Reimyo Pat 777 6284 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6280 
DHT or 300B? 6280 
300B 6280 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6280 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6279 
Hence the confusion 6279 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6279 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6279 
My experience with DHTs 6279 
Pigmented coloration? 6279 
Dht-dht 6279 
Dynamic viscosity? 6279 
The Pallette preamp... 6279 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6279 
"soul" of tubes 6279 
There is a difference... 6279 
Vibration injection? 6279 
Homework # 4334 6279 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6279 
Old valves have more soul! 6278 
Was it soul or soil? 6278 
It was just a heading 6278 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6278 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6278 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6278 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6278 
Injection of analog dither? 6278 
Subliminal signal 6278 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6278 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6278 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6277 
Avicenna = Arabian 6277 
Persian, not Arab 6277 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6277 
More words to describe "sux" please 6277 
Revolution 6277 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6277 
One-stage DHTs 6276 
One other thing 6276 
One stage 6276 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6276 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6276 
I see the things differently. 6276 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6276 
The audiophile attitude 6276 
The where and why of design choices 6276 
Blah blah blah 6276 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6276 
Do I need to be hissing? 6276 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6276 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6276 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6275 
What is randomness? 6275 
Those least three possibilities… 6275 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6275 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6275 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6273 
A Beautiful Mind 6272 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6270 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6255 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6255 
Abandoning Milq? 6255 
Will see how it goes.... 6255 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6253 
Topology and 2A3? 6253 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6253 
Type Casting 6253 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6253 
6sn7-2a3 6253 
Topology vs parts 6253 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6253 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6253 
Parts Frenzy 6253 
Too many new sounds 6253 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6252 
New tubes 6251 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6251 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6251 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6251 
New 2A3 6251 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6250 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6249 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6249 
Czech tubes 6247 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6247 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6247 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6246 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6246 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6243 
Here she is. 6242 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6238 
New 2A3 tubes 6238 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6238 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6237 
Multistage DHT circuits 6236 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6235 
Emission Labs 2A3 6235 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6235 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6235 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6235 
The YO186 Strip Show 6235 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6234 
It will be interesting…. 6234 
OPT impedence 6234 
More about the Plate Loading 6234 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6229 
2A3 data 6229 
The New 2A3 tubes 6229 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6229 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6228 
Everything about everything. 6228 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6228 
Options, options, options.... 6228 
I think we agree overall 6228 
An IDHT with more gain? 6227 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6227 
2A3 tube impressions 6222 
Interesting analogy 6222 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6222 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6222 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6222 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6222 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6222 
Why NOS tubes? 6221 
The Holly Ignorance 6221 
Tube tasting 6221 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6221 
Make mine thoriated please 6221 
Any Germans out there? 6221 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6221 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6221 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6221 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6220 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6220 
Tube sound and vibration 6220 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6214 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6213 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6213 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6212 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6212 
B4/B5 British made 6211 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6211 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6210 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6210 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6209 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6208 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6205 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6205 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6204 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6204 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6204 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6204 
The identical operation environment? 6204 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6204 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6204 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6203 
How to get max power from 2A3 6203 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6203 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6203 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6203 
Gain is not power. 6203 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6203 
Specialized DSET approach 6203 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6203 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6203 
The 2A3 loading 6203 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6203 
Optimizing the 2A3 6203 
How much to DSET a DSET 6203 
DSET for Titan 6203 
The Best of All Worlds 6203 
Multiamp setup 6202 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6202 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6202 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6202 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6196 
2A3 and 400V supply 6196 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6195 
Another shot at numbers 6195 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6195 
Okay, so this might work.... 6195 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6195 
Looks good, but.... 6194 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6194 
Less is more... usually. 6194 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6193 
Stepping Out 6193 
Said to be good, but 6193 
Gain to lose 6193 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6193 
Another idea for losing gain 6193 
What's best 6193 
Options, options... 6193 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6193 
Other compromises... 6192 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6191 
Is it glowing yet? 6171 
It is comming.... 6171 
The new MF channel. 6165 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6164 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6156 
The intestage loading talk. 6153 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6148 
1 in 50? 6148 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6148 
Die Walküre soldering. 6147 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6146 
Another amp arond YO186 6145 
Gain? 6145 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6145 
Simple is good 6144 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6144 
The Milq DSET is up. 6143 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6141 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6141 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6140 
Ok, what do I want? 6140 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6140 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6140 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6140 
How about the tweeter? 6139 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6139 
Safe and Sound 6139 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6139 
Some clarifications. 6139 
How about that?!!! 6139 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6137 
Head Room 6137 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6136 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6136 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6136 
Again with the PS 6136 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6134 
Parallel Universe 6134 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6132 
Why I let other people build them... 6132 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6132 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6131 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6128 
MF: the pre-final version. 6128 
Loftin-White? 6128 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6128 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6128 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6124 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6124 
Define really quiet 6123 
Another variable of sound 6123 
Backlash? 6123 
Alternative filament supplies 6123 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6123 
Going down the DC path 6122 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6122 
Molecular sound 6122 
AC-DC heater supply 6122 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6122 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6122 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6122 
Hiss or Hum 6122 
AC transformers 6122 
I have seen the Promised Land 6121 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6121 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6120 
Divide and Conquer 6120 
The design phase is over. 6119 
The unexpected insanity! 6118 
Loading 6118 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6118 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6118 
Going the Distance 6118 
Read the f*** manual! 6118 
Agreed. 6118 
I agree 6118 
The filament transformer 6118 
Center-tap and options 6118 
Something like this…. 6118 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6118 
The foreplay is going on. 6118 
Split balance 6117 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6117 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6117 
SHuguang 6117 
Going through…. 6116 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6115 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6115 
Hum vs voltage 6115 
Meow about the tubes… 6115 
To Be a Content Cat 6115 
Completed! 6112 
Tradition 6112 
Absolutely beautiful! 6112 
The 'film' caps in PS 6111 
Science or religion 6111 
Mass Extinction 6111 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6111 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6111 
Capacitor choices 6111 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6110 
The minor day of Quartets. 6110 
Them's the Breaks 6110 
Eventually! 6109 
So Soon? 6109 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6109 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6108 
The wire for DC-coupling 6108 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6108 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6108 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6107 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6106 
The DHT live reserve 6105 
Some interestng models 6105 
Eaten alive. 6105 
The tubey déjà vu? 6104 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6100 
The 4V takes a lead. 6096 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6093 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6093 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6091 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6090 
Exiting the design mode? 6090 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6090 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6086 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6085 
Setting up the new Playback 6084 
And the winner is… so far 6081 
If you like type 45... 6081 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6081 
Favorite Flavor? 6081 
The 45 times Meow... 6081 
The problem that I see is… 6081 
Running the 45 6081 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6080 
The commentaries about everything. 6080 
Driver tube and biasing 6080 
DHT drivers 6080 
The ideas are worth trying? 6080 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6076 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6076 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6075 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6075 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6075 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6075 
Operating points and cathode current 6075 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6075 
Actually it is not so simple. 6075 
Resistors at the front 6074 
A minor alternation of a position 6074 
The era of enlightenment. 6071 
The devil is in the details.... 6071 
Constructing Sound 6071 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6070 
The “strange” YO186 6061 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6016 
2S4S and 2A3 6007 
Ho to use the YO186 6000 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6000 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6000 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5998 
Not anymore! 5987 
The very good YoYonisation! 5986 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5985 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5972 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5972 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5919 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5918 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5915 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5905 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5667 
All the Best from Burgundy 5667 
Cheesy tubes 5666 
Me and my DHT references… 5557 
Y0-186 in winter. 5460 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5459 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5428 
In My Dreams 5428 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5428 
Blame? 5427 
When good is not good enough. 5427 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5427 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5426 
How the YO186 was used. 5010 
What is old is new? 5009 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5008 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4557 
That sucks. 4557 
YO186 4555 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4555 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4555 
A hallucination? 4552 
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