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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 5976 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 5975 
DHT Milq? 5975 
The DHT journey. 5975 
DHT tone 5975 
Well, why not? 5974 
Holding the Fort 5974 
My DHT experiment: Preface 5974 
Input tube and DC heaters 5973 
Reimyo Pat 777 5973 
My DHT experiment: Observations 5969 
DHT or 300B? 5969 
300B 5969 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 5969 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 5968 
Hence the confusion 5968 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 5968 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 5968 
My experience with DHTs 5968 
Pigmented coloration? 5968 
Dht-dht 5968 
Dynamic viscosity? 5968 
The Pallette preamp... 5968 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 5968 
"soul" of tubes 5968 
There is a difference... 5968 
Vibration injection? 5968 
Homework # 4334 5968 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 5968 
Old valves have more soul! 5967 
Was it soul or soil? 5967 
It was just a heading 5967 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 5967 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 5967 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 5967 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 5967 
Injection of analog dither? 5967 
Subliminal signal 5967 
The idea of analog randomanization. 5967 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 5967 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 5966 
Avicenna = Arabian 5966 
Persian, not Arab 5966 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 5966 
More words to describe "sux" please 5966 
Revolution 5966 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 5966 
One-stage DHTs 5965 
One other thing 5965 
One stage 5965 
Brewing, thinking and heating 5965 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 5965 
I see the things differently. 5965 
Don't waste time being "creative" 5965 
The audiophile attitude 5965 
The where and why of design choices 5965 
Blah blah blah 5965 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 5965 
Do I need to be hissing? 5965 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 5965 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 5965 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 5964 
What is randomness? 5964 
Those least three possibilities… 5964 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 5964 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 5964 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 5962 
A Beautiful Mind 5961 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 5959 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 5944 
Tubes for your DHT amp 5944 
Abandoning Milq? 5944 
Will see how it goes.... 5944 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 5942 
Topology and 2A3? 5942 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 5942 
Type Casting 5942 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 5942 
6sn7-2a3 5942 
Topology vs parts 5942 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 5942 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 5942 
Parts Frenzy 5942 
Too many new sounds 5942 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 5941 
New tubes 5940 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 5940 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 5940 
Swimming the ocean at night? 5940 
New 2A3 5940 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 5939 
The JJ Electronic amp. 5938 
JJ 2A3 and amp 5938 
Czech tubes 5936 
Single plated vs Double plated? 5936 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 5936 
I suggested once VT52 tube 5935 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 5935 
YO-186 as the output tube. 5932 
Here she is. 5931 
Some talks about the new production tubes 5927 
New 2A3 tubes 5927 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 5927 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 5926 
Multistage DHT circuits 5925 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 5924 
Emission Labs 2A3 5924 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 5924 
Which Chinese 2A3? 5924 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 5924 
The YO186 Strip Show 5924 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 5923 
It will be interesting…. 5923 
OPT impedence 5923 
More about the Plate Loading 5923 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 5918 
2A3 data 5918 
The New 2A3 tubes 5918 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 5918 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 5917 
Everything about everything. 5917 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 5917 
Options, options, options.... 5917 
I think we agree overall 5917 
An IDHT with more gain? 5916 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 5916 
2A3 tube impressions 5911 
Interesting analogy 5911 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 5911 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 5911 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 5911 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 5911 
I have more interest in the period tubes 5911 
Why NOS tubes? 5910 
The Holly Ignorance 5910 
Tube tasting 5910 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 5910 
Make mine thoriated please 5910 
Any Germans out there? 5910 
6E5P VS 6E6P 5910 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 5910 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 5910 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 5909 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 5909 
Tube sound and vibration 5909 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 5903 
The lights look green for the YO tube 5902 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 5902 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 5901 
The YO186 tube sockets. 5901 
B4/B5 British made 5900 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 5900 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 5899 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 5899 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 5898 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 5897 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 5894 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 5894 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 5893 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 5893 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 5893 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 5893 
The identical operation environment? 5893 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 5893 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 5893 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 5892 
How to get max power from 2A3 5892 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 5892 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 5892 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 5892 
Gain is not power. 5892 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 5892 
Specialized DSET approach 5892 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 5892 
SET usable power and making the most of it 5892 
The 2A3 loading 5892 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 5892 
Optimizing the 2A3 5892 
How much to DSET a DSET 5892 
DSET for Titan 5892 
The Best of All Worlds 5892 
Multiamp setup 5891 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 5891 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 5891 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 5891 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 5885 
2A3 and 400V supply 5885 
Pudding and the chicken wires 5884 
Another shot at numbers 5884 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 5884 
Okay, so this might work.... 5884 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 5884 
Looks good, but.... 5883 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 5883 
Less is more... usually. 5883 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 5882 
Stepping Out 5882 
Said to be good, but 5882 
Gain to lose 5882 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 5882 
Another idea for losing gain 5882 
What's best 5882 
Options, options... 5882 
Actually, it is not so bad. 5882 
Other compromises... 5881 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 5880 
Is it glowing yet? 5860 
It is comming.... 5860 
The new MF channel. 5854 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5853 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5845 
The intestage loading talk. 5842 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5837 
1 in 50? 5837 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5837 
Die Walküre soldering. 5836 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5835 
Another amp arond YO186 5834 
Gain? 5834 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5834 
Simple is good 5833 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5833 
The Milq DSET is up. 5832 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5830 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5830 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5829 
Ok, what do I want? 5829 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5829 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5829 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5829 
How about the tweeter? 5828 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5828 
Safe and Sound 5828 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5828 
Some clarifications. 5828 
How about that?!!! 5828 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5826 
Head Room 5826 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5825 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5825 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5825 
Again with the PS 5825 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5823 
Parallel Universe 5823 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5821 
Why I let other people build them... 5821 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5821 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5820 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5817 
MF: the pre-final version. 5817 
Loftin-White? 5817 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5817 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5817 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5813 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5813 
Define really quiet 5812 
Another variable of sound 5812 
Backlash? 5812 
Alternative filament supplies 5812 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5812 
Going down the DC path 5811 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5811 
Molecular sound 5811 
AC-DC heater supply 5811 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5811 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5811 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5811 
Hiss or Hum 5811 
AC transformers 5811 
I have seen the Promised Land 5810 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5810 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5809 
Divide and Conquer 5809 
The design phase is over. 5808 
The unexpected insanity! 5807 
Loading 5807 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5807 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5807 
Going the Distance 5807 
Read the f*** manual! 5807 
Agreed. 5807 
I agree 5807 
The filament transformer 5807 
Center-tap and options 5807 
Something like this…. 5807 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5807 
The foreplay is going on. 5807 
Split balance 5806 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5806 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5806 
SHuguang 5806 
Going through…. 5805 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5804 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5804 
Hum vs voltage 5804 
Meow about the tubes… 5804 
To Be a Content Cat 5804 
Completed! 5801 
Tradition 5801 
Absolutely beautiful! 5801 
The 'film' caps in PS 5800 
Science or religion 5800 
Mass Extinction 5800 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5800 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5800 
Capacitor choices 5800 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5799 
The minor day of Quartets. 5799 
Them's the Breaks 5799 
Eventually! 5798 
So Soon? 5798 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5798 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5797 
The wire for DC-coupling 5797 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5797 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5797 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5796 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5795 
The DHT live reserve 5794 
Some interestng models 5794 
Eaten alive. 5794 
The tubey déjà vu? 5793 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5789 
The 4V takes a lead. 5785 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5782 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5782 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5780 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5779 
Exiting the design mode? 5779 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5779 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5775 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5774 
Setting up the new Playback 5773 
And the winner is… so far 5770 
If you like type 45... 5770 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5770 
Favorite Flavor? 5770 
The 45 times Meow... 5770 
The problem that I see is… 5770 
Running the 45 5770 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5769 
The commentaries about everything. 5769 
Driver tube and biasing 5769 
DHT drivers 5769 
The ideas are worth trying? 5769 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5765 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5765 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5764 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5764 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5764 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5764 
Operating points and cathode current 5764 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5764 
Actually it is not so simple. 5764 
Resistors at the front 5763 
A minor alternation of a position 5763 
The era of enlightenment. 5760 
The devil is in the details.... 5760 
Constructing Sound 5760 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5759 
The “strange” YO186 5750 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5705 
2S4S and 2A3 5696 
Ho to use the YO186 5689 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5689 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5689 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5687 
Not anymore! 5676 
The very good YoYonisation! 5675 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5674 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5661 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5661 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5608 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5607 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5604 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5594 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5356 
All the Best from Burgundy 5356 
Cheesy tubes 5355 
Me and my DHT references… 5246 
Y0-186 in winter. 5149 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5148 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5117 
In My Dreams 5117 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5117 
Blame? 5116 
When good is not good enough. 5116 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5116 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5115 
How the YO186 was used. 4699 
What is old is new? 4698 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4697 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4246 
That sucks. 4246 
YO186 4244 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4244 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4244 
A hallucination? 4241 
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