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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6400 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6399 
DHT Milq? 6399 
The DHT journey. 6399 
DHT tone 6399 
Well, why not? 6398 
Holding the Fort 6398 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6398 
Input tube and DC heaters 6397 
Reimyo Pat 777 6397 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6393 
DHT or 300B? 6393 
300B 6393 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6393 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6392 
Hence the confusion 6392 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6392 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6392 
My experience with DHTs 6392 
Pigmented coloration? 6392 
Dht-dht 6392 
Dynamic viscosity? 6392 
The Pallette preamp... 6392 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6392 
"soul" of tubes 6392 
There is a difference... 6392 
Vibration injection? 6392 
Homework # 4334 6392 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6392 
Old valves have more soul! 6391 
Was it soul or soil? 6391 
It was just a heading 6391 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6391 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6391 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6391 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6391 
Injection of analog dither? 6391 
Subliminal signal 6391 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6391 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6391 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6390 
Avicenna = Arabian 6390 
Persian, not Arab 6390 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6390 
More words to describe "sux" please 6390 
Revolution 6390 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6390 
One-stage DHTs 6389 
One other thing 6389 
One stage 6389 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6389 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6389 
I see the things differently. 6389 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6389 
The audiophile attitude 6389 
The where and why of design choices 6389 
Blah blah blah 6389 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6389 
Do I need to be hissing? 6389 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6389 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6389 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6388 
What is randomness? 6388 
Those least three possibilities… 6388 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6388 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6388 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6386 
A Beautiful Mind 6385 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6383 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6368 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6368 
Abandoning Milq? 6368 
Will see how it goes.... 6368 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6366 
Topology and 2A3? 6366 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6366 
Type Casting 6366 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6366 
6sn7-2a3 6366 
Topology vs parts 6366 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6366 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6366 
Parts Frenzy 6366 
Too many new sounds 6366 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6365 
New tubes 6364 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6364 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6364 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6364 
New 2A3 6364 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6363 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6362 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6362 
Czech tubes 6360 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6360 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6360 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6359 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6359 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6356 
Here she is. 6355 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6351 
New 2A3 tubes 6351 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6351 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6350 
Multistage DHT circuits 6349 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6348 
Emission Labs 2A3 6348 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6348 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6348 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6348 
The YO186 Strip Show 6348 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6347 
It will be interesting…. 6347 
OPT impedence 6347 
More about the Plate Loading 6347 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6342 
2A3 data 6342 
The New 2A3 tubes 6342 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6342 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6341 
Everything about everything. 6341 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6341 
Options, options, options.... 6341 
I think we agree overall 6341 
An IDHT with more gain? 6340 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6340 
2A3 tube impressions 6335 
Interesting analogy 6335 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6335 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6335 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6335 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6335 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6335 
Why NOS tubes? 6334 
The Holly Ignorance 6334 
Tube tasting 6334 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6334 
Make mine thoriated please 6334 
Any Germans out there? 6334 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6334 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6334 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6334 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6333 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6333 
Tube sound and vibration 6333 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6327 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6326 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6326 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6325 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6325 
B4/B5 British made 6324 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6324 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6323 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6323 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6322 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6321 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6318 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6318 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6317 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6317 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6317 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6317 
The identical operation environment? 6317 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6317 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6317 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6316 
How to get max power from 2A3 6316 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6316 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6316 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6316 
Gain is not power. 6316 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6316 
Specialized DSET approach 6316 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6316 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6316 
The 2A3 loading 6316 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6316 
Optimizing the 2A3 6316 
How much to DSET a DSET 6316 
DSET for Titan 6316 
The Best of All Worlds 6316 
Multiamp setup 6315 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6315 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6315 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6315 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6309 
2A3 and 400V supply 6309 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6308 
Another shot at numbers 6308 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6308 
Okay, so this might work.... 6308 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6308 
Looks good, but.... 6307 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6307 
Less is more... usually. 6307 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6306 
Stepping Out 6306 
Said to be good, but 6306 
Gain to lose 6306 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6306 
Another idea for losing gain 6306 
What's best 6306 
Options, options... 6306 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6306 
Other compromises... 6305 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6304 
Is it glowing yet? 6284 
It is comming.... 6284 
The new MF channel. 6278 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6277 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6269 
The intestage loading talk. 6266 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6261 
1 in 50? 6261 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6261 
Die Walküre soldering. 6260 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6259 
Another amp arond YO186 6258 
Gain? 6258 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6258 
Simple is good 6257 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6257 
The Milq DSET is up. 6256 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6254 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6254 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6253 
Ok, what do I want? 6253 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6253 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6253 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6253 
How about the tweeter? 6252 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6252 
Safe and Sound 6252 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6252 
Some clarifications. 6252 
How about that?!!! 6252 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6250 
Head Room 6250 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6249 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6249 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6249 
Again with the PS 6249 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6247 
Parallel Universe 6247 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6245 
Why I let other people build them... 6245 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6245 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6244 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6241 
MF: the pre-final version. 6241 
Loftin-White? 6241 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6241 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6241 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6237 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6237 
Define really quiet 6236 
Another variable of sound 6236 
Backlash? 6236 
Alternative filament supplies 6236 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6236 
Going down the DC path 6235 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6235 
Molecular sound 6235 
AC-DC heater supply 6235 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6235 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6235 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6235 
Hiss or Hum 6235 
AC transformers 6235 
I have seen the Promised Land 6234 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6234 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6233 
Divide and Conquer 6233 
The design phase is over. 6232 
The unexpected insanity! 6231 
Loading 6231 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6231 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6231 
Going the Distance 6231 
Read the f*** manual! 6231 
Agreed. 6231 
I agree 6231 
The filament transformer 6231 
Center-tap and options 6231 
Something like this…. 6231 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6231 
The foreplay is going on. 6231 
Split balance 6230 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6230 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6230 
SHuguang 6230 
Going through…. 6229 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6228 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6228 
Hum vs voltage 6228 
Meow about the tubes… 6228 
To Be a Content Cat 6228 
Completed! 6225 
Tradition 6225 
Absolutely beautiful! 6225 
The 'film' caps in PS 6224 
Science or religion 6224 
Mass Extinction 6224 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6224 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6224 
Capacitor choices 6224 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6223 
The minor day of Quartets. 6223 
Them's the Breaks 6223 
Eventually! 6222 
So Soon? 6222 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6222 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6221 
The wire for DC-coupling 6221 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6221 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6221 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6220 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6219 
The DHT live reserve 6218 
Some interestng models 6218 
Eaten alive. 6218 
The tubey déjà vu? 6217 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6213 
The 4V takes a lead. 6209 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6206 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6206 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6204 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6203 
Exiting the design mode? 6203 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6203 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6199 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6198 
Setting up the new Playback 6197 
And the winner is… so far 6194 
If you like type 45... 6194 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6194 
Favorite Flavor? 6194 
The 45 times Meow... 6194 
The problem that I see is… 6194 
Running the 45 6194 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6193 
The commentaries about everything. 6193 
Driver tube and biasing 6193 
DHT drivers 6193 
The ideas are worth trying? 6193 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6189 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6189 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6188 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6188 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6188 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6188 
Operating points and cathode current 6188 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6188 
Actually it is not so simple. 6188 
Resistors at the front 6187 
A minor alternation of a position 6187 
The era of enlightenment. 6184 
The devil is in the details.... 6184 
Constructing Sound 6184 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6183 
The “strange” YO186 6174 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6129 
2S4S and 2A3 6120 
Ho to use the YO186 6113 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6113 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6113 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6111 
Not anymore! 6100 
The very good YoYonisation! 6099 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6098 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6085 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6085 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6032 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6031 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6028 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6018 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5780 
All the Best from Burgundy 5780 
Cheesy tubes 5779 
Me and my DHT references… 5670 
Y0-186 in winter. 5573 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5572 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5541 
In My Dreams 5541 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5541 
Blame? 5540 
When good is not good enough. 5540 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5540 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5539 
How the YO186 was used. 5123 
What is old is new? 5122 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5121 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4670 
That sucks. 4670 
YO186 4668 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4668 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4668 
A hallucination? 4665 
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