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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6321 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6320 
DHT Milq? 6320 
The DHT journey. 6320 
DHT tone 6320 
Well, why not? 6319 
Holding the Fort 6319 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6319 
Input tube and DC heaters 6318 
Reimyo Pat 777 6318 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6314 
DHT or 300B? 6314 
300B 6314 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6314 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6313 
Hence the confusion 6313 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6313 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6313 
My experience with DHTs 6313 
Pigmented coloration? 6313 
Dht-dht 6313 
Dynamic viscosity? 6313 
The Pallette preamp... 6313 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6313 
"soul" of tubes 6313 
There is a difference... 6313 
Vibration injection? 6313 
Homework # 4334 6313 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6313 
Old valves have more soul! 6312 
Was it soul or soil? 6312 
It was just a heading 6312 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6312 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6312 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6312 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6312 
Injection of analog dither? 6312 
Subliminal signal 6312 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6312 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6312 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6311 
Avicenna = Arabian 6311 
Persian, not Arab 6311 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6311 
More words to describe "sux" please 6311 
Revolution 6311 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6311 
One-stage DHTs 6310 
One other thing 6310 
One stage 6310 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6310 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6310 
I see the things differently. 6310 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6310 
The audiophile attitude 6310 
The where and why of design choices 6310 
Blah blah blah 6310 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6310 
Do I need to be hissing? 6310 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6310 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6310 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6309 
What is randomness? 6309 
Those least three possibilities… 6309 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6309 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6309 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6307 
A Beautiful Mind 6306 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6304 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6289 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6289 
Abandoning Milq? 6289 
Will see how it goes.... 6289 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6287 
Topology and 2A3? 6287 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6287 
Type Casting 6287 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6287 
6sn7-2a3 6287 
Topology vs parts 6287 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6287 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6287 
Parts Frenzy 6287 
Too many new sounds 6287 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6286 
New tubes 6285 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6285 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6285 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6285 
New 2A3 6285 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6284 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6283 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6283 
Czech tubes 6281 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6281 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6281 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6280 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6280 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6277 
Here she is. 6276 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6272 
New 2A3 tubes 6272 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6272 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6271 
Multistage DHT circuits 6270 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6269 
Emission Labs 2A3 6269 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6269 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6269 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6269 
The YO186 Strip Show 6269 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6268 
It will be interesting…. 6268 
OPT impedence 6268 
More about the Plate Loading 6268 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6263 
2A3 data 6263 
The New 2A3 tubes 6263 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6263 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6262 
Everything about everything. 6262 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6262 
Options, options, options.... 6262 
I think we agree overall 6262 
An IDHT with more gain? 6261 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6261 
2A3 tube impressions 6256 
Interesting analogy 6256 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6256 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6256 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6256 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6256 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6256 
Why NOS tubes? 6255 
The Holly Ignorance 6255 
Tube tasting 6255 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6255 
Make mine thoriated please 6255 
Any Germans out there? 6255 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6255 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6255 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6255 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6254 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6254 
Tube sound and vibration 6254 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6248 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6247 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6247 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6246 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6246 
B4/B5 British made 6245 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6245 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6244 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6244 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6243 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6242 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6239 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6239 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6238 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6238 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6238 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6238 
The identical operation environment? 6238 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6238 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6238 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6237 
How to get max power from 2A3 6237 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6237 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6237 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6237 
Gain is not power. 6237 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6237 
Specialized DSET approach 6237 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6237 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6237 
The 2A3 loading 6237 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6237 
Optimizing the 2A3 6237 
How much to DSET a DSET 6237 
DSET for Titan 6237 
The Best of All Worlds 6237 
Multiamp setup 6236 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6236 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6236 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6236 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6230 
2A3 and 400V supply 6230 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6229 
Another shot at numbers 6229 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6229 
Okay, so this might work.... 6229 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6229 
Looks good, but.... 6228 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6228 
Less is more... usually. 6228 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6227 
Stepping Out 6227 
Said to be good, but 6227 
Gain to lose 6227 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6227 
Another idea for losing gain 6227 
What's best 6227 
Options, options... 6227 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6227 
Other compromises... 6226 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6225 
Is it glowing yet? 6205 
It is comming.... 6205 
The new MF channel. 6199 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6198 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6190 
The intestage loading talk. 6187 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6182 
1 in 50? 6182 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6182 
Die Walküre soldering. 6181 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6180 
Another amp arond YO186 6179 
Gain? 6179 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6179 
Simple is good 6178 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6178 
The Milq DSET is up. 6177 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6175 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6175 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6174 
Ok, what do I want? 6174 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6174 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6174 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6174 
How about the tweeter? 6173 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6173 
Safe and Sound 6173 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6173 
Some clarifications. 6173 
How about that?!!! 6173 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6171 
Head Room 6171 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6170 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6170 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6170 
Again with the PS 6170 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6168 
Parallel Universe 6168 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6166 
Why I let other people build them... 6166 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6166 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6165 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6162 
MF: the pre-final version. 6162 
Loftin-White? 6162 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6162 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6162 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6158 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6158 
Define really quiet 6157 
Another variable of sound 6157 
Backlash? 6157 
Alternative filament supplies 6157 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6157 
Going down the DC path 6156 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6156 
Molecular sound 6156 
AC-DC heater supply 6156 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6156 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6156 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6156 
Hiss or Hum 6156 
AC transformers 6156 
I have seen the Promised Land 6155 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6155 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6154 
Divide and Conquer 6154 
The design phase is over. 6153 
The unexpected insanity! 6152 
Loading 6152 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6152 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6152 
Going the Distance 6152 
Read the f*** manual! 6152 
Agreed. 6152 
I agree 6152 
The filament transformer 6152 
Center-tap and options 6152 
Something like this…. 6152 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6152 
The foreplay is going on. 6152 
Split balance 6151 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6151 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6151 
SHuguang 6151 
Going through…. 6150 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6149 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6149 
Hum vs voltage 6149 
Meow about the tubes… 6149 
To Be a Content Cat 6149 
Completed! 6146 
Tradition 6146 
Absolutely beautiful! 6146 
The 'film' caps in PS 6145 
Science or religion 6145 
Mass Extinction 6145 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6145 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6145 
Capacitor choices 6145 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6144 
The minor day of Quartets. 6144 
Them's the Breaks 6144 
Eventually! 6143 
So Soon? 6143 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6143 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6142 
The wire for DC-coupling 6142 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6142 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6142 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6141 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6140 
The DHT live reserve 6139 
Some interestng models 6139 
Eaten alive. 6139 
The tubey déjà vu? 6138 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6134 
The 4V takes a lead. 6130 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6127 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6127 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6125 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6124 
Exiting the design mode? 6124 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6124 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6120 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6119 
Setting up the new Playback 6118 
And the winner is… so far 6115 
If you like type 45... 6115 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6115 
Favorite Flavor? 6115 
The 45 times Meow... 6115 
The problem that I see is… 6115 
Running the 45 6115 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6114 
The commentaries about everything. 6114 
Driver tube and biasing 6114 
DHT drivers 6114 
The ideas are worth trying? 6114 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6110 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6110 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6109 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6109 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6109 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6109 
Operating points and cathode current 6109 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6109 
Actually it is not so simple. 6109 
Resistors at the front 6108 
A minor alternation of a position 6108 
The era of enlightenment. 6105 
The devil is in the details.... 6105 
Constructing Sound 6105 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6104 
The “strange” YO186 6095 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6050 
2S4S and 2A3 6041 
Ho to use the YO186 6034 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6034 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6034 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6032 
Not anymore! 6021 
The very good YoYonisation! 6020 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6019 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6006 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6006 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5953 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5952 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5949 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5939 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5701 
All the Best from Burgundy 5701 
Cheesy tubes 5700 
Me and my DHT references… 5591 
Y0-186 in winter. 5494 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5493 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5462 
In My Dreams 5462 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5462 
Blame? 5461 
When good is not good enough. 5461 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5461 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5460 
How the YO186 was used. 5044 
What is old is new? 5043 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5042 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4591 
That sucks. 4591 
YO186 4589 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4589 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4589 
A hallucination? 4586 
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