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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6435 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6434 
DHT Milq? 6434 
The DHT journey. 6434 
DHT tone 6434 
Well, why not? 6433 
Holding the Fort 6433 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6433 
Input tube and DC heaters 6432 
Reimyo Pat 777 6432 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6428 
DHT or 300B? 6428 
300B 6428 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6428 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6427 
Hence the confusion 6427 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6427 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6427 
My experience with DHTs 6427 
Pigmented coloration? 6427 
Dht-dht 6427 
Dynamic viscosity? 6427 
The Pallette preamp... 6427 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6427 
"soul" of tubes 6427 
There is a difference... 6427 
Vibration injection? 6427 
Homework # 4334 6427 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6427 
Old valves have more soul! 6426 
Was it soul or soil? 6426 
It was just a heading 6426 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6426 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6426 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6426 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6426 
Injection of analog dither? 6426 
Subliminal signal 6426 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6426 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6426 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6425 
Avicenna = Arabian 6425 
Persian, not Arab 6425 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6425 
More words to describe "sux" please 6425 
Revolution 6425 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6425 
One-stage DHTs 6424 
One other thing 6424 
One stage 6424 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6424 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6424 
I see the things differently. 6424 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6424 
The audiophile attitude 6424 
The where and why of design choices 6424 
Blah blah blah 6424 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6424 
Do I need to be hissing? 6424 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6424 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6424 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6423 
What is randomness? 6423 
Those least three possibilities… 6423 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6423 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6423 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6421 
A Beautiful Mind 6420 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6418 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6403 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6403 
Abandoning Milq? 6403 
Will see how it goes.... 6403 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6401 
Topology and 2A3? 6401 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6401 
Type Casting 6401 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6401 
6sn7-2a3 6401 
Topology vs parts 6401 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6401 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6401 
Parts Frenzy 6401 
Too many new sounds 6401 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6400 
New tubes 6399 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6399 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6399 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6399 
New 2A3 6399 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6398 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6397 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6397 
Czech tubes 6395 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6395 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6395 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6394 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6394 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6391 
Here she is. 6390 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6386 
New 2A3 tubes 6386 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6386 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6385 
Multistage DHT circuits 6384 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6383 
Emission Labs 2A3 6383 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6383 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6383 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6383 
The YO186 Strip Show 6383 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6382 
It will be interesting…. 6382 
OPT impedence 6382 
More about the Plate Loading 6382 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6377 
2A3 data 6377 
The New 2A3 tubes 6377 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6377 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6376 
Everything about everything. 6376 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6376 
Options, options, options.... 6376 
I think we agree overall 6376 
An IDHT with more gain? 6375 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6375 
2A3 tube impressions 6370 
Interesting analogy 6370 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6370 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6370 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6370 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6370 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6370 
Why NOS tubes? 6369 
The Holly Ignorance 6369 
Tube tasting 6369 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6369 
Make mine thoriated please 6369 
Any Germans out there? 6369 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6369 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6369 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6369 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6368 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6368 
Tube sound and vibration 6368 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6362 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6361 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6361 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6360 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6360 
B4/B5 British made 6359 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6359 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6358 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6358 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6357 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6356 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6353 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6353 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6352 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6352 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6352 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6352 
The identical operation environment? 6352 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6352 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6352 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6351 
How to get max power from 2A3 6351 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6351 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6351 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6351 
Gain is not power. 6351 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6351 
Specialized DSET approach 6351 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6351 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6351 
The 2A3 loading 6351 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6351 
Optimizing the 2A3 6351 
How much to DSET a DSET 6351 
DSET for Titan 6351 
The Best of All Worlds 6351 
Multiamp setup 6350 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6350 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6350 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6350 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6344 
2A3 and 400V supply 6344 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6343 
Another shot at numbers 6343 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6343 
Okay, so this might work.... 6343 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6343 
Looks good, but.... 6342 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6342 
Less is more... usually. 6342 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6341 
Stepping Out 6341 
Said to be good, but 6341 
Gain to lose 6341 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6341 
Another idea for losing gain 6341 
What's best 6341 
Options, options... 6341 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6341 
Other compromises... 6340 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6339 
Is it glowing yet? 6319 
It is comming.... 6319 
The new MF channel. 6313 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6312 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6304 
The intestage loading talk. 6301 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6296 
1 in 50? 6296 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6296 
Die Walküre soldering. 6295 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6294 
Another amp arond YO186 6293 
Gain? 6293 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6293 
Simple is good 6292 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6292 
The Milq DSET is up. 6291 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6289 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6289 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6288 
Ok, what do I want? 6288 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6288 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6288 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6288 
How about the tweeter? 6287 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6287 
Safe and Sound 6287 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6287 
Some clarifications. 6287 
How about that?!!! 6287 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6285 
Head Room 6285 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6284 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6284 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6284 
Again with the PS 6284 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6282 
Parallel Universe 6282 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6280 
Why I let other people build them... 6280 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6280 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6279 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6276 
MF: the pre-final version. 6276 
Loftin-White? 6276 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6276 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6276 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6272 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6272 
Define really quiet 6271 
Another variable of sound 6271 
Backlash? 6271 
Alternative filament supplies 6271 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6271 
Going down the DC path 6270 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6270 
Molecular sound 6270 
AC-DC heater supply 6270 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6270 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6270 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6270 
Hiss or Hum 6270 
AC transformers 6270 
I have seen the Promised Land 6269 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6269 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6268 
Divide and Conquer 6268 
The design phase is over. 6267 
The unexpected insanity! 6266 
Loading 6266 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6266 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6266 
Going the Distance 6266 
Read the f*** manual! 6266 
Agreed. 6266 
I agree 6266 
The filament transformer 6266 
Center-tap and options 6266 
Something like this…. 6266 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6266 
The foreplay is going on. 6266 
Split balance 6265 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6265 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6265 
SHuguang 6265 
Going through…. 6264 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6263 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6263 
Hum vs voltage 6263 
Meow about the tubes… 6263 
To Be a Content Cat 6263 
Completed! 6260 
Tradition 6260 
Absolutely beautiful! 6260 
The 'film' caps in PS 6259 
Science or religion 6259 
Mass Extinction 6259 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6259 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6259 
Capacitor choices 6259 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6258 
The minor day of Quartets. 6258 
Them's the Breaks 6258 
Eventually! 6257 
So Soon? 6257 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6257 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6256 
The wire for DC-coupling 6256 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6256 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6256 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6255 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6254 
The DHT live reserve 6253 
Some interestng models 6253 
Eaten alive. 6253 
The tubey déjà vu? 6252 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6248 
The 4V takes a lead. 6244 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6241 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6241 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6239 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6238 
Exiting the design mode? 6238 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6238 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6234 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6233 
Setting up the new Playback 6232 
And the winner is… so far 6229 
If you like type 45... 6229 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6229 
Favorite Flavor? 6229 
The 45 times Meow... 6229 
The problem that I see is… 6229 
Running the 45 6229 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6228 
The commentaries about everything. 6228 
Driver tube and biasing 6228 
DHT drivers 6228 
The ideas are worth trying? 6228 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6224 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6224 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6223 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6223 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6223 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6223 
Operating points and cathode current 6223 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6223 
Actually it is not so simple. 6223 
Resistors at the front 6222 
A minor alternation of a position 6222 
The era of enlightenment. 6219 
The devil is in the details.... 6219 
Constructing Sound 6219 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6218 
The “strange” YO186 6209 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6164 
2S4S and 2A3 6155 
Ho to use the YO186 6148 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6148 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6148 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6146 
Not anymore! 6135 
The very good YoYonisation! 6134 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6133 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6120 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6120 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6067 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6066 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6063 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6053 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5815 
All the Best from Burgundy 5815 
Cheesy tubes 5814 
Me and my DHT references… 5705 
Y0-186 in winter. 5608 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5607 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5576 
In My Dreams 5576 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5576 
Blame? 5575 
When good is not good enough. 5575 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5575 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5574 
How the YO186 was used. 5158 
What is old is new? 5157 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5156 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4705 
That sucks. 4705 
YO186 4703 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4703 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4703 
A hallucination? 4700 
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