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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6411 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6410 
DHT Milq? 6410 
The DHT journey. 6410 
DHT tone 6410 
Well, why not? 6409 
Holding the Fort 6409 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6409 
Input tube and DC heaters 6408 
Reimyo Pat 777 6408 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6404 
DHT or 300B? 6404 
300B 6404 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6404 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6403 
Hence the confusion 6403 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6403 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6403 
My experience with DHTs 6403 
Pigmented coloration? 6403 
Dht-dht 6403 
Dynamic viscosity? 6403 
The Pallette preamp... 6403 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6403 
"soul" of tubes 6403 
There is a difference... 6403 
Vibration injection? 6403 
Homework # 4334 6403 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6403 
Old valves have more soul! 6402 
Was it soul or soil? 6402 
It was just a heading 6402 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6402 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6402 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6402 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6402 
Injection of analog dither? 6402 
Subliminal signal 6402 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6402 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6402 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6401 
Avicenna = Arabian 6401 
Persian, not Arab 6401 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6401 
More words to describe "sux" please 6401 
Revolution 6401 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6401 
One-stage DHTs 6400 
One other thing 6400 
One stage 6400 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6400 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6400 
I see the things differently. 6400 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6400 
The audiophile attitude 6400 
The where and why of design choices 6400 
Blah blah blah 6400 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6400 
Do I need to be hissing? 6400 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6400 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6400 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6399 
What is randomness? 6399 
Those least three possibilities… 6399 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6399 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6399 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6397 
A Beautiful Mind 6396 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6394 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6379 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6379 
Abandoning Milq? 6379 
Will see how it goes.... 6379 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6377 
Topology and 2A3? 6377 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6377 
Type Casting 6377 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6377 
6sn7-2a3 6377 
Topology vs parts 6377 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6377 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6377 
Parts Frenzy 6377 
Too many new sounds 6377 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6376 
New tubes 6375 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6375 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6375 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6375 
New 2A3 6375 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6374 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6373 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6373 
Czech tubes 6371 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6371 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6371 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6370 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6370 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6367 
Here she is. 6366 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6362 
New 2A3 tubes 6362 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6362 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6361 
Multistage DHT circuits 6360 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6359 
Emission Labs 2A3 6359 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6359 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6359 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6359 
The YO186 Strip Show 6359 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6358 
It will be interesting…. 6358 
OPT impedence 6358 
More about the Plate Loading 6358 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6353 
2A3 data 6353 
The New 2A3 tubes 6353 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6353 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6352 
Everything about everything. 6352 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6352 
Options, options, options.... 6352 
I think we agree overall 6352 
An IDHT with more gain? 6351 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6351 
2A3 tube impressions 6346 
Interesting analogy 6346 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6346 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6346 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6346 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6346 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6346 
Why NOS tubes? 6345 
The Holly Ignorance 6345 
Tube tasting 6345 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6345 
Make mine thoriated please 6345 
Any Germans out there? 6345 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6345 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6345 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6345 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6344 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6344 
Tube sound and vibration 6344 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6338 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6337 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6337 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6336 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6336 
B4/B5 British made 6335 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6335 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6334 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6334 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6333 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6332 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6329 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6329 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6328 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6328 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6328 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6328 
The identical operation environment? 6328 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6328 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6328 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6327 
How to get max power from 2A3 6327 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6327 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6327 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6327 
Gain is not power. 6327 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6327 
Specialized DSET approach 6327 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6327 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6327 
The 2A3 loading 6327 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6327 
Optimizing the 2A3 6327 
How much to DSET a DSET 6327 
DSET for Titan 6327 
The Best of All Worlds 6327 
Multiamp setup 6326 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6326 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6326 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6326 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6320 
2A3 and 400V supply 6320 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6319 
Another shot at numbers 6319 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6319 
Okay, so this might work.... 6319 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6319 
Looks good, but.... 6318 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6318 
Less is more... usually. 6318 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6317 
Stepping Out 6317 
Said to be good, but 6317 
Gain to lose 6317 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6317 
Another idea for losing gain 6317 
What's best 6317 
Options, options... 6317 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6317 
Other compromises... 6316 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6315 
Is it glowing yet? 6295 
It is comming.... 6295 
The new MF channel. 6289 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6288 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6280 
The intestage loading talk. 6277 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6272 
1 in 50? 6272 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6272 
Die Walküre soldering. 6271 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6270 
Another amp arond YO186 6269 
Gain? 6269 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6269 
Simple is good 6268 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6268 
The Milq DSET is up. 6267 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6265 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6265 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6264 
Ok, what do I want? 6264 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6264 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6264 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6264 
How about the tweeter? 6263 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6263 
Safe and Sound 6263 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6263 
Some clarifications. 6263 
How about that?!!! 6263 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6261 
Head Room 6261 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6260 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6260 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6260 
Again with the PS 6260 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6258 
Parallel Universe 6258 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6256 
Why I let other people build them... 6256 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6256 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6255 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6252 
MF: the pre-final version. 6252 
Loftin-White? 6252 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6252 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6252 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6248 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6248 
Define really quiet 6247 
Another variable of sound 6247 
Backlash? 6247 
Alternative filament supplies 6247 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6247 
Going down the DC path 6246 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6246 
Molecular sound 6246 
AC-DC heater supply 6246 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6246 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6246 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6246 
Hiss or Hum 6246 
AC transformers 6246 
I have seen the Promised Land 6245 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6245 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6244 
Divide and Conquer 6244 
The design phase is over. 6243 
The unexpected insanity! 6242 
Loading 6242 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6242 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6242 
Going the Distance 6242 
Read the f*** manual! 6242 
Agreed. 6242 
I agree 6242 
The filament transformer 6242 
Center-tap and options 6242 
Something like this…. 6242 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6242 
The foreplay is going on. 6242 
Split balance 6241 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6241 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6241 
SHuguang 6241 
Going through…. 6240 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6239 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6239 
Hum vs voltage 6239 
Meow about the tubes… 6239 
To Be a Content Cat 6239 
Completed! 6236 
Tradition 6236 
Absolutely beautiful! 6236 
The 'film' caps in PS 6235 
Science or religion 6235 
Mass Extinction 6235 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6235 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6235 
Capacitor choices 6235 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6234 
The minor day of Quartets. 6234 
Them's the Breaks 6234 
Eventually! 6233 
So Soon? 6233 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6233 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6232 
The wire for DC-coupling 6232 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6232 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6232 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6231 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6230 
The DHT live reserve 6229 
Some interestng models 6229 
Eaten alive. 6229 
The tubey déjà vu? 6228 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6224 
The 4V takes a lead. 6220 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6217 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6217 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6215 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6214 
Exiting the design mode? 6214 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6214 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6210 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6209 
Setting up the new Playback 6208 
And the winner is… so far 6205 
If you like type 45... 6205 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6205 
Favorite Flavor? 6205 
The 45 times Meow... 6205 
The problem that I see is… 6205 
Running the 45 6205 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6204 
The commentaries about everything. 6204 
Driver tube and biasing 6204 
DHT drivers 6204 
The ideas are worth trying? 6204 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6200 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6200 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6199 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6199 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6199 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6199 
Operating points and cathode current 6199 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6199 
Actually it is not so simple. 6199 
Resistors at the front 6198 
A minor alternation of a position 6198 
The era of enlightenment. 6195 
The devil is in the details.... 6195 
Constructing Sound 6195 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6194 
The “strange” YO186 6185 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6140 
2S4S and 2A3 6131 
Ho to use the YO186 6124 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6124 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6124 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6122 
Not anymore! 6111 
The very good YoYonisation! 6110 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6109 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6096 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6096 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6043 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6042 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6039 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6029 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5791 
All the Best from Burgundy 5791 
Cheesy tubes 5790 
Me and my DHT references… 5681 
Y0-186 in winter. 5584 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5583 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5552 
In My Dreams 5552 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5552 
Blame? 5551 
When good is not good enough. 5551 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5551 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5550 
How the YO186 was used. 5134 
What is old is new? 5133 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5132 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4681 
That sucks. 4681 
YO186 4679 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4679 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4679 
A hallucination? 4676 
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