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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6307 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6306 
DHT Milq? 6306 
The DHT journey. 6306 
DHT tone 6306 
Well, why not? 6305 
Holding the Fort 6305 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6305 
Input tube and DC heaters 6304 
Reimyo Pat 777 6304 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6300 
DHT or 300B? 6300 
300B 6300 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6300 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6299 
Hence the confusion 6299 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6299 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6299 
My experience with DHTs 6299 
Pigmented coloration? 6299 
Dht-dht 6299 
Dynamic viscosity? 6299 
The Pallette preamp... 6299 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6299 
"soul" of tubes 6299 
There is a difference... 6299 
Vibration injection? 6299 
Homework # 4334 6299 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6299 
Old valves have more soul! 6298 
Was it soul or soil? 6298 
It was just a heading 6298 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6298 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6298 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6298 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6298 
Injection of analog dither? 6298 
Subliminal signal 6298 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6298 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6298 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6297 
Avicenna = Arabian 6297 
Persian, not Arab 6297 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6297 
More words to describe "sux" please 6297 
Revolution 6297 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6297 
One-stage DHTs 6296 
One other thing 6296 
One stage 6296 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6296 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6296 
I see the things differently. 6296 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6296 
The audiophile attitude 6296 
The where and why of design choices 6296 
Blah blah blah 6296 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6296 
Do I need to be hissing? 6296 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6296 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6296 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6295 
What is randomness? 6295 
Those least three possibilities… 6295 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6295 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6295 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6293 
A Beautiful Mind 6292 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6290 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6275 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6275 
Abandoning Milq? 6275 
Will see how it goes.... 6275 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6273 
Topology and 2A3? 6273 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6273 
Type Casting 6273 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6273 
6sn7-2a3 6273 
Topology vs parts 6273 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6273 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6273 
Parts Frenzy 6273 
Too many new sounds 6273 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6272 
New tubes 6271 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6271 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6271 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6271 
New 2A3 6271 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6270 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6269 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6269 
Czech tubes 6267 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6267 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6267 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6266 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6266 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6263 
Here she is. 6262 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6258 
New 2A3 tubes 6258 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6258 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6257 
Multistage DHT circuits 6256 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6255 
Emission Labs 2A3 6255 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6255 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6255 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6255 
The YO186 Strip Show 6255 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6254 
It will be interesting…. 6254 
OPT impedence 6254 
More about the Plate Loading 6254 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6249 
2A3 data 6249 
The New 2A3 tubes 6249 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6249 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6248 
Everything about everything. 6248 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6248 
Options, options, options.... 6248 
I think we agree overall 6248 
An IDHT with more gain? 6247 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6247 
2A3 tube impressions 6242 
Interesting analogy 6242 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6242 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6242 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6242 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6242 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6242 
Why NOS tubes? 6241 
The Holly Ignorance 6241 
Tube tasting 6241 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6241 
Make mine thoriated please 6241 
Any Germans out there? 6241 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6241 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6241 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6241 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6240 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6240 
Tube sound and vibration 6240 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6234 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6233 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6233 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6232 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6232 
B4/B5 British made 6231 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6231 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6230 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6230 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6229 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6228 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6225 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6225 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6224 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6224 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6224 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6224 
The identical operation environment? 6224 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6224 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6224 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6223 
How to get max power from 2A3 6223 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6223 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6223 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6223 
Gain is not power. 6223 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6223 
Specialized DSET approach 6223 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6223 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6223 
The 2A3 loading 6223 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6223 
Optimizing the 2A3 6223 
How much to DSET a DSET 6223 
DSET for Titan 6223 
The Best of All Worlds 6223 
Multiamp setup 6222 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6222 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6222 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6222 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6216 
2A3 and 400V supply 6216 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6215 
Another shot at numbers 6215 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6215 
Okay, so this might work.... 6215 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6215 
Looks good, but.... 6214 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6214 
Less is more... usually. 6214 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6213 
Stepping Out 6213 
Said to be good, but 6213 
Gain to lose 6213 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6213 
Another idea for losing gain 6213 
What's best 6213 
Options, options... 6213 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6213 
Other compromises... 6212 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6211 
Is it glowing yet? 6191 
It is comming.... 6191 
The new MF channel. 6185 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6184 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6176 
The intestage loading talk. 6173 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6168 
1 in 50? 6168 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6168 
Die Walküre soldering. 6167 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6166 
Another amp arond YO186 6165 
Gain? 6165 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6165 
Simple is good 6164 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6164 
The Milq DSET is up. 6163 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6161 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6161 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6160 
Ok, what do I want? 6160 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6160 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6160 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6160 
How about the tweeter? 6159 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6159 
Safe and Sound 6159 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6159 
Some clarifications. 6159 
How about that?!!! 6159 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6157 
Head Room 6157 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6156 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6156 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6156 
Again with the PS 6156 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6154 
Parallel Universe 6154 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6152 
Why I let other people build them... 6152 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6152 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6151 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6148 
MF: the pre-final version. 6148 
Loftin-White? 6148 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6148 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6148 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6144 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6144 
Define really quiet 6143 
Another variable of sound 6143 
Backlash? 6143 
Alternative filament supplies 6143 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6143 
Going down the DC path 6142 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6142 
Molecular sound 6142 
AC-DC heater supply 6142 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6142 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6142 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6142 
Hiss or Hum 6142 
AC transformers 6142 
I have seen the Promised Land 6141 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6141 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6140 
Divide and Conquer 6140 
The design phase is over. 6139 
The unexpected insanity! 6138 
Loading 6138 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6138 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6138 
Going the Distance 6138 
Read the f*** manual! 6138 
Agreed. 6138 
I agree 6138 
The filament transformer 6138 
Center-tap and options 6138 
Something like this…. 6138 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6138 
The foreplay is going on. 6138 
Split balance 6137 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6137 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6137 
SHuguang 6137 
Going through…. 6136 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6135 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6135 
Hum vs voltage 6135 
Meow about the tubes… 6135 
To Be a Content Cat 6135 
Completed! 6132 
Tradition 6132 
Absolutely beautiful! 6132 
The 'film' caps in PS 6131 
Science or religion 6131 
Mass Extinction 6131 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6131 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6131 
Capacitor choices 6131 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6130 
The minor day of Quartets. 6130 
Them's the Breaks 6130 
Eventually! 6129 
So Soon? 6129 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6129 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6128 
The wire for DC-coupling 6128 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6128 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6128 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6127 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6126 
The DHT live reserve 6125 
Some interestng models 6125 
Eaten alive. 6125 
The tubey déjà vu? 6124 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6120 
The 4V takes a lead. 6116 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6113 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6113 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6111 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6110 
Exiting the design mode? 6110 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6110 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6106 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6105 
Setting up the new Playback 6104 
And the winner is… so far 6101 
If you like type 45... 6101 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6101 
Favorite Flavor? 6101 
The 45 times Meow... 6101 
The problem that I see is… 6101 
Running the 45 6101 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6100 
The commentaries about everything. 6100 
Driver tube and biasing 6100 
DHT drivers 6100 
The ideas are worth trying? 6100 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6096 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6096 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6095 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6095 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6095 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6095 
Operating points and cathode current 6095 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6095 
Actually it is not so simple. 6095 
Resistors at the front 6094 
A minor alternation of a position 6094 
The era of enlightenment. 6091 
The devil is in the details.... 6091 
Constructing Sound 6091 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6090 
The “strange” YO186 6081 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6036 
2S4S and 2A3 6027 
Ho to use the YO186 6020 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6020 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6020 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6018 
Not anymore! 6007 
The very good YoYonisation! 6006 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6005 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5992 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5992 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5939 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5938 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5935 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5925 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5687 
All the Best from Burgundy 5687 
Cheesy tubes 5686 
Me and my DHT references… 5577 
Y0-186 in winter. 5480 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5479 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5448 
In My Dreams 5448 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5448 
Blame? 5447 
When good is not good enough. 5447 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5447 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5446 
How the YO186 was used. 5030 
What is old is new? 5029 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5028 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4577 
That sucks. 4577 
YO186 4575 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4575 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4575 
A hallucination? 4572 
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