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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6262 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6261 
DHT Milq? 6261 
The DHT journey. 6261 
DHT tone 6261 
Well, why not? 6260 
Holding the Fort 6260 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6260 
Input tube and DC heaters 6259 
Reimyo Pat 777 6259 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6255 
DHT or 300B? 6255 
300B 6255 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6255 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6254 
Hence the confusion 6254 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6254 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6254 
My experience with DHTs 6254 
Pigmented coloration? 6254 
Dht-dht 6254 
Dynamic viscosity? 6254 
The Pallette preamp... 6254 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6254 
"soul" of tubes 6254 
There is a difference... 6254 
Vibration injection? 6254 
Homework # 4334 6254 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6254 
Old valves have more soul! 6253 
Was it soul or soil? 6253 
It was just a heading 6253 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6253 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6253 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6253 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6253 
Injection of analog dither? 6253 
Subliminal signal 6253 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6253 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6253 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6252 
Avicenna = Arabian 6252 
Persian, not Arab 6252 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6252 
More words to describe "sux" please 6252 
Revolution 6252 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6252 
One-stage DHTs 6251 
One other thing 6251 
One stage 6251 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6251 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6251 
I see the things differently. 6251 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6251 
The audiophile attitude 6251 
The where and why of design choices 6251 
Blah blah blah 6251 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6251 
Do I need to be hissing? 6251 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6251 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6251 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6250 
What is randomness? 6250 
Those least three possibilities… 6250 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6250 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6250 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6248 
A Beautiful Mind 6247 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6245 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6230 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6230 
Abandoning Milq? 6230 
Will see how it goes.... 6230 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6228 
Topology and 2A3? 6228 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6228 
Type Casting 6228 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6228 
6sn7-2a3 6228 
Topology vs parts 6228 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6228 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6228 
Parts Frenzy 6228 
Too many new sounds 6228 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6227 
New tubes 6226 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6226 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6226 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6226 
New 2A3 6226 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6225 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6224 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6224 
Czech tubes 6222 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6222 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6222 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6221 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6221 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6218 
Here she is. 6217 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6213 
New 2A3 tubes 6213 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6213 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6212 
Multistage DHT circuits 6211 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6210 
Emission Labs 2A3 6210 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6210 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6210 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6210 
The YO186 Strip Show 6210 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6209 
It will be interesting…. 6209 
OPT impedence 6209 
More about the Plate Loading 6209 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6204 
2A3 data 6204 
The New 2A3 tubes 6204 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6204 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6203 
Everything about everything. 6203 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6203 
Options, options, options.... 6203 
I think we agree overall 6203 
An IDHT with more gain? 6202 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6202 
2A3 tube impressions 6197 
Interesting analogy 6197 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6197 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6197 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6197 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6197 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6197 
Why NOS tubes? 6196 
The Holly Ignorance 6196 
Tube tasting 6196 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6196 
Make mine thoriated please 6196 
Any Germans out there? 6196 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6196 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6196 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6196 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6195 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6195 
Tube sound and vibration 6195 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6189 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6188 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6188 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6187 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6187 
B4/B5 British made 6186 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6186 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6185 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6185 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6184 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6183 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6180 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6180 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6179 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6179 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6179 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6179 
The identical operation environment? 6179 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6179 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6179 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6178 
How to get max power from 2A3 6178 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6178 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6178 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6178 
Gain is not power. 6178 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6178 
Specialized DSET approach 6178 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6178 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6178 
The 2A3 loading 6178 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6178 
Optimizing the 2A3 6178 
How much to DSET a DSET 6178 
DSET for Titan 6178 
The Best of All Worlds 6178 
Multiamp setup 6177 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6177 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6177 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6177 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6171 
2A3 and 400V supply 6171 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6170 
Another shot at numbers 6170 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6170 
Okay, so this might work.... 6170 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6170 
Looks good, but.... 6169 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6169 
Less is more... usually. 6169 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6168 
Stepping Out 6168 
Said to be good, but 6168 
Gain to lose 6168 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6168 
Another idea for losing gain 6168 
What's best 6168 
Options, options... 6168 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6168 
Other compromises... 6167 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6166 
Is it glowing yet? 6146 
It is comming.... 6146 
The new MF channel. 6140 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6139 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6131 
The intestage loading talk. 6128 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6123 
1 in 50? 6123 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6123 
Die Walküre soldering. 6122 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6121 
Another amp arond YO186 6120 
Gain? 6120 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6120 
Simple is good 6119 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6119 
The Milq DSET is up. 6118 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6116 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6116 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6115 
Ok, what do I want? 6115 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6115 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6115 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6115 
How about the tweeter? 6114 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6114 
Safe and Sound 6114 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6114 
Some clarifications. 6114 
How about that?!!! 6114 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6112 
Head Room 6112 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6111 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6111 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6111 
Again with the PS 6111 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6109 
Parallel Universe 6109 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6107 
Why I let other people build them... 6107 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6107 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6106 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6103 
MF: the pre-final version. 6103 
Loftin-White? 6103 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6103 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6103 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6099 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6099 
Define really quiet 6098 
Another variable of sound 6098 
Backlash? 6098 
Alternative filament supplies 6098 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6098 
Going down the DC path 6097 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6097 
Molecular sound 6097 
AC-DC heater supply 6097 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6097 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6097 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6097 
Hiss or Hum 6097 
AC transformers 6097 
I have seen the Promised Land 6096 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6096 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6095 
Divide and Conquer 6095 
The design phase is over. 6094 
The unexpected insanity! 6093 
Loading 6093 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6093 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6093 
Going the Distance 6093 
Read the f*** manual! 6093 
Agreed. 6093 
I agree 6093 
The filament transformer 6093 
Center-tap and options 6093 
Something like this…. 6093 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6093 
The foreplay is going on. 6093 
Split balance 6092 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6092 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6092 
SHuguang 6092 
Going through…. 6091 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6090 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6090 
Hum vs voltage 6090 
Meow about the tubes… 6090 
To Be a Content Cat 6090 
Completed! 6087 
Tradition 6087 
Absolutely beautiful! 6087 
The 'film' caps in PS 6086 
Science or religion 6086 
Mass Extinction 6086 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6086 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6086 
Capacitor choices 6086 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6085 
The minor day of Quartets. 6085 
Them's the Breaks 6085 
Eventually! 6084 
So Soon? 6084 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6084 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6083 
The wire for DC-coupling 6083 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6083 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6083 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6082 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6081 
The DHT live reserve 6080 
Some interestng models 6080 
Eaten alive. 6080 
The tubey déjà vu? 6079 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6075 
The 4V takes a lead. 6071 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6068 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6068 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6066 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6065 
Exiting the design mode? 6065 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6065 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6061 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6060 
Setting up the new Playback 6059 
And the winner is… so far 6056 
If you like type 45... 6056 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6056 
Favorite Flavor? 6056 
The 45 times Meow... 6056 
The problem that I see is… 6056 
Running the 45 6056 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6055 
The commentaries about everything. 6055 
Driver tube and biasing 6055 
DHT drivers 6055 
The ideas are worth trying? 6055 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6051 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6051 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6050 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6050 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6050 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6050 
Operating points and cathode current 6050 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6050 
Actually it is not so simple. 6050 
Resistors at the front 6049 
A minor alternation of a position 6049 
The era of enlightenment. 6046 
The devil is in the details.... 6046 
Constructing Sound 6046 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6045 
The “strange” YO186 6036 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5991 
2S4S and 2A3 5982 
Ho to use the YO186 5975 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5975 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5975 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5973 
Not anymore! 5962 
The very good YoYonisation! 5961 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5960 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5947 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5947 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5894 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5893 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5890 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5880 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5642 
All the Best from Burgundy 5642 
Cheesy tubes 5641 
Me and my DHT references… 5532 
Y0-186 in winter. 5435 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5434 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5403 
In My Dreams 5403 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5403 
Blame? 5402 
When good is not good enough. 5402 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5402 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5401 
How the YO186 was used. 4985 
What is old is new? 4984 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4983 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4532 
That sucks. 4532 
YO186 4530 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4530 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4530 
A hallucination? 4527 
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