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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 5635 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 5634 
DHT Milq? 5634 
The DHT journey. 5634 
DHT tone 5634 
Well, why not? 5633 
Holding the Fort 5633 
My DHT experiment: Preface 5633 
Input tube and DC heaters 5632 
Reimyo Pat 777 5632 
My DHT experiment: Observations 5628 
DHT or 300B? 5628 
300B 5628 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 5628 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 5627 
Hence the confusion 5627 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 5627 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 5627 
My experience with DHTs 5627 
Pigmented coloration? 5627 
Dht-dht 5627 
Dynamic viscosity? 5627 
The Pallette preamp... 5627 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 5627 
"soul" of tubes 5627 
There is a difference... 5627 
Vibration injection? 5627 
Homework # 4334 5627 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 5627 
Old valves have more soul! 5626 
Was it soul or soil? 5626 
It was just a heading 5626 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 5626 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 5626 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 5626 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 5626 
Injection of analog dither? 5626 
Subliminal signal 5626 
The idea of analog randomanization. 5626 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 5626 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 5625 
Avicenna = Arabian 5625 
Persian, not Arab 5625 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 5625 
More words to describe "sux" please 5625 
Revolution 5625 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 5625 
One-stage DHTs 5624 
One other thing 5624 
One stage 5624 
Brewing, thinking and heating 5624 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 5624 
I see the things differently. 5624 
Don't waste time being "creative" 5624 
The audiophile attitude 5624 
The where and why of design choices 5624 
Blah blah blah 5624 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 5624 
Do I need to be hissing? 5624 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 5624 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 5624 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 5623 
What is randomness? 5623 
Those least three possibilities… 5623 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 5623 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 5623 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 5621 
A Beautiful Mind 5620 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 5618 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 5603 
Tubes for your DHT amp 5603 
Abandoning Milq? 5603 
Will see how it goes.... 5603 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 5601 
Topology and 2A3? 5601 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 5601 
Type Casting 5601 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 5601 
6sn7-2a3 5601 
Topology vs parts 5601 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 5601 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 5601 
Parts Frenzy 5601 
Too many new sounds 5601 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 5600 
New tubes 5599 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 5599 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 5599 
Swimming the ocean at night? 5599 
New 2A3 5599 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 5598 
The JJ Electronic amp. 5597 
JJ 2A3 and amp 5597 
Czech tubes 5595 
Single plated vs Double plated? 5595 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 5595 
I suggested once VT52 tube 5594 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 5594 
YO-186 as the output tube. 5591 
Here she is. 5590 
Some talks about the new production tubes 5586 
New 2A3 tubes 5586 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 5586 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 5585 
Multistage DHT circuits 5584 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 5583 
Emission Labs 2A3 5583 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 5583 
Which Chinese 2A3? 5583 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 5583 
The YO186 Strip Show 5583 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 5582 
It will be interesting…. 5582 
OPT impedence 5582 
More about the Plate Loading 5582 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 5577 
2A3 data 5577 
The New 2A3 tubes 5577 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 5577 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 5576 
Everything about everything. 5576 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 5576 
Options, options, options.... 5576 
I think we agree overall 5576 
An IDHT with more gain? 5575 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 5575 
2A3 tube impressions 5570 
Interesting analogy 5570 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 5570 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 5570 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 5570 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 5570 
I have more interest in the period tubes 5570 
Why NOS tubes? 5569 
The Holly Ignorance 5569 
Tube tasting 5569 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 5569 
Make mine thoriated please 5569 
Any Germans out there? 5569 
6E5P VS 6E6P 5569 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 5569 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 5569 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 5568 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 5568 
Tube sound and vibration 5568 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 5562 
The lights look green for the YO tube 5561 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 5561 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 5560 
The YO186 tube sockets. 5560 
B4/B5 British made 5559 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 5559 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 5558 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 5558 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 5557 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 5556 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 5553 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 5553 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 5552 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 5552 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 5552 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 5552 
The identical operation environment? 5552 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 5552 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 5552 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 5551 
How to get max power from 2A3 5551 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 5551 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 5551 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 5551 
Gain is not power. 5551 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 5551 
Specialized DSET approach 5551 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 5551 
SET usable power and making the most of it 5551 
The 2A3 loading 5551 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 5551 
Optimizing the 2A3 5551 
How much to DSET a DSET 5551 
DSET for Titan 5551 
The Best of All Worlds 5551 
Multiamp setup 5550 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 5550 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 5550 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 5550 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 5544 
2A3 and 400V supply 5544 
Pudding and the chicken wires 5543 
Another shot at numbers 5543 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 5543 
Okay, so this might work.... 5543 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 5543 
Looks good, but.... 5542 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 5542 
Less is more... usually. 5542 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 5541 
Stepping Out 5541 
Said to be good, but 5541 
Gain to lose 5541 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 5541 
Another idea for losing gain 5541 
What's best 5541 
Options, options... 5541 
Actually, it is not so bad. 5541 
Other compromises... 5540 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 5539 
Is it glowing yet? 5519 
It is comming.... 5519 
The new MF channel. 5513 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5512 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5504 
The intestage loading talk. 5501 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5496 
1 in 50? 5496 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5496 
Die Walküre soldering. 5495 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5494 
Another amp arond YO186 5493 
Gain? 5493 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5493 
Simple is good 5492 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5492 
The Milq DSET is up. 5491 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5489 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5489 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5488 
Ok, what do I want? 5488 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5488 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5488 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5488 
How about the tweeter? 5487 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5487 
Safe and Sound 5487 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5487 
Some clarifications. 5487 
How about that?!!! 5487 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5485 
Head Room 5485 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5484 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5484 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5484 
Again with the PS 5484 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5482 
Parallel Universe 5482 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5480 
Why I let other people build them... 5480 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5480 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5479 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5476 
MF: the pre-final version. 5476 
Loftin-White? 5476 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5476 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5476 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5472 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5472 
Define really quiet 5471 
Another variable of sound 5471 
Backlash? 5471 
Alternative filament supplies 5471 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5471 
Going down the DC path 5470 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5470 
Molecular sound 5470 
AC-DC heater supply 5470 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5470 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5470 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5470 
Hiss or Hum 5470 
AC transformers 5470 
I have seen the Promised Land 5469 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5469 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5468 
Divide and Conquer 5468 
The design phase is over. 5467 
The unexpected insanity! 5466 
Loading 5466 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5466 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5466 
Going the Distance 5466 
Read the f*** manual! 5466 
Agreed. 5466 
I agree 5466 
The filament transformer 5466 
Center-tap and options 5466 
Something like this…. 5466 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5466 
The foreplay is going on. 5466 
Split balance 5465 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5465 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5465 
SHuguang 5465 
Going through…. 5464 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5463 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5463 
Hum vs voltage 5463 
Meow about the tubes… 5463 
To Be a Content Cat 5463 
Completed! 5460 
Tradition 5460 
Absolutely beautiful! 5460 
The 'film' caps in PS 5459 
Science or religion 5459 
Mass Extinction 5459 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5459 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5459 
Capacitor choices 5459 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5458 
The minor day of Quartets. 5458 
Them's the Breaks 5458 
Eventually! 5457 
So Soon? 5457 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5457 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5456 
The wire for DC-coupling 5456 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5456 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5456 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5455 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5454 
The DHT live reserve 5453 
Some interestng models 5453 
Eaten alive. 5453 
The tubey déjà vu? 5452 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5448 
The 4V takes a lead. 5444 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5441 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5441 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5439 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5438 
Exiting the design mode? 5438 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5438 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5434 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5433 
Setting up the new Playback 5432 
And the winner is… so far 5429 
If you like type 45... 5429 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5429 
Favorite Flavor? 5429 
The 45 times Meow... 5429 
The problem that I see is… 5429 
Running the 45 5429 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5428 
The commentaries about everything. 5428 
Driver tube and biasing 5428 
DHT drivers 5428 
The ideas are worth trying? 5428 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5424 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5424 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5423 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5423 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5423 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5423 
Operating points and cathode current 5423 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5423 
Actually it is not so simple. 5423 
Resistors at the front 5422 
A minor alternation of a position 5422 
The era of enlightenment. 5419 
The devil is in the details.... 5419 
Constructing Sound 5419 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5418 
The “strange” YO186 5409 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5364 
2S4S and 2A3 5355 
Ho to use the YO186 5348 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5348 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5348 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5346 
Not anymore! 5335 
The very good YoYonisation! 5334 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5333 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5320 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5320 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5267 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5266 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5263 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5253 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5015 
All the Best from Burgundy 5015 
Cheesy tubes 5014 
Me and my DHT references… 4905 
Y0-186 in winter. 4808 
Y0-186 sounds like… 4807 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 4776 
In My Dreams 4776 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 4776 
Blame? 4775 
When good is not good enough. 4775 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 4775 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 4774 
How the YO186 was used. 4358 
What is old is new? 4357 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4356 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 3905 
That sucks. 3905 
YO186 3903 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 3903 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 3903 
A hallucination? 3900 
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