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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6449 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6448 
DHT Milq? 6448 
The DHT journey. 6448 
DHT tone 6448 
Well, why not? 6447 
Holding the Fort 6447 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6447 
Input tube and DC heaters 6446 
Reimyo Pat 777 6446 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6442 
DHT or 300B? 6442 
300B 6442 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6442 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6441 
Hence the confusion 6441 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6441 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6441 
My experience with DHTs 6441 
Pigmented coloration? 6441 
Dht-dht 6441 
Dynamic viscosity? 6441 
The Pallette preamp... 6441 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6441 
"soul" of tubes 6441 
There is a difference... 6441 
Vibration injection? 6441 
Homework # 4334 6441 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6441 
Old valves have more soul! 6440 
Was it soul or soil? 6440 
It was just a heading 6440 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6440 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6440 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6440 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6440 
Injection of analog dither? 6440 
Subliminal signal 6440 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6440 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6440 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6439 
Avicenna = Arabian 6439 
Persian, not Arab 6439 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6439 
More words to describe "sux" please 6439 
Revolution 6439 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6439 
One-stage DHTs 6438 
One other thing 6438 
One stage 6438 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6438 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6438 
I see the things differently. 6438 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6438 
The audiophile attitude 6438 
The where and why of design choices 6438 
Blah blah blah 6438 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6438 
Do I need to be hissing? 6438 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6438 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6438 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6437 
What is randomness? 6437 
Those least three possibilities… 6437 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6437 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6437 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6435 
A Beautiful Mind 6434 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6432 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6417 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6417 
Abandoning Milq? 6417 
Will see how it goes.... 6417 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6415 
Topology and 2A3? 6415 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6415 
Type Casting 6415 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6415 
6sn7-2a3 6415 
Topology vs parts 6415 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6415 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6415 
Parts Frenzy 6415 
Too many new sounds 6415 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6414 
New tubes 6413 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6413 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6413 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6413 
New 2A3 6413 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6412 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6411 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6411 
Czech tubes 6409 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6409 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6409 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6408 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6408 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6405 
Here she is. 6404 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6400 
New 2A3 tubes 6400 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6400 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6399 
Multistage DHT circuits 6398 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6397 
Emission Labs 2A3 6397 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6397 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6397 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6397 
The YO186 Strip Show 6397 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6396 
It will be interesting…. 6396 
OPT impedence 6396 
More about the Plate Loading 6396 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6391 
2A3 data 6391 
The New 2A3 tubes 6391 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6391 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6390 
Everything about everything. 6390 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6390 
Options, options, options.... 6390 
I think we agree overall 6390 
An IDHT with more gain? 6389 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6389 
2A3 tube impressions 6384 
Interesting analogy 6384 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6384 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6384 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6384 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6384 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6384 
Why NOS tubes? 6383 
The Holly Ignorance 6383 
Tube tasting 6383 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6383 
Make mine thoriated please 6383 
Any Germans out there? 6383 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6383 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6383 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6383 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6382 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6382 
Tube sound and vibration 6382 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6376 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6375 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6375 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6374 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6374 
B4/B5 British made 6373 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6373 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6372 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6372 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6371 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6370 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6367 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6367 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6366 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6366 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6366 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6366 
The identical operation environment? 6366 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6366 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6366 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6365 
How to get max power from 2A3 6365 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6365 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6365 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6365 
Gain is not power. 6365 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6365 
Specialized DSET approach 6365 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6365 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6365 
The 2A3 loading 6365 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6365 
Optimizing the 2A3 6365 
How much to DSET a DSET 6365 
DSET for Titan 6365 
The Best of All Worlds 6365 
Multiamp setup 6364 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6364 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6364 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6364 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6358 
2A3 and 400V supply 6358 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6357 
Another shot at numbers 6357 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6357 
Okay, so this might work.... 6357 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6357 
Looks good, but.... 6356 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6356 
Less is more... usually. 6356 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6355 
Stepping Out 6355 
Said to be good, but 6355 
Gain to lose 6355 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6355 
Another idea for losing gain 6355 
What's best 6355 
Options, options... 6355 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6355 
Other compromises... 6354 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6353 
Is it glowing yet? 6333 
It is comming.... 6333 
The new MF channel. 6327 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6326 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6318 
The intestage loading talk. 6315 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6310 
1 in 50? 6310 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6310 
Die Walküre soldering. 6309 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6308 
Another amp arond YO186 6307 
Gain? 6307 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6307 
Simple is good 6306 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6306 
The Milq DSET is up. 6305 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6303 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6303 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6302 
Ok, what do I want? 6302 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6302 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6302 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6302 
How about the tweeter? 6301 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6301 
Safe and Sound 6301 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6301 
Some clarifications. 6301 
How about that?!!! 6301 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6299 
Head Room 6299 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6298 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6298 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6298 
Again with the PS 6298 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6296 
Parallel Universe 6296 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6294 
Why I let other people build them... 6294 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6294 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6293 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6290 
MF: the pre-final version. 6290 
Loftin-White? 6290 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6290 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6290 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6286 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6286 
Define really quiet 6285 
Another variable of sound 6285 
Backlash? 6285 
Alternative filament supplies 6285 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6285 
Going down the DC path 6284 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6284 
Molecular sound 6284 
AC-DC heater supply 6284 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6284 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6284 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6284 
Hiss or Hum 6284 
AC transformers 6284 
I have seen the Promised Land 6283 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6283 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6282 
Divide and Conquer 6282 
The design phase is over. 6281 
The unexpected insanity! 6280 
Loading 6280 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6280 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6280 
Going the Distance 6280 
Read the f*** manual! 6280 
Agreed. 6280 
I agree 6280 
The filament transformer 6280 
Center-tap and options 6280 
Something like this…. 6280 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6280 
The foreplay is going on. 6280 
Split balance 6279 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6279 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6279 
SHuguang 6279 
Going through…. 6278 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6277 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6277 
Hum vs voltage 6277 
Meow about the tubes… 6277 
To Be a Content Cat 6277 
Completed! 6274 
Tradition 6274 
Absolutely beautiful! 6274 
The 'film' caps in PS 6273 
Science or religion 6273 
Mass Extinction 6273 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6273 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6273 
Capacitor choices 6273 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6272 
The minor day of Quartets. 6272 
Them's the Breaks 6272 
Eventually! 6271 
So Soon? 6271 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6271 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6270 
The wire for DC-coupling 6270 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6270 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6270 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6269 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6268 
The DHT live reserve 6267 
Some interestng models 6267 
Eaten alive. 6267 
The tubey déjà vu? 6266 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6262 
The 4V takes a lead. 6258 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6255 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6255 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6253 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6252 
Exiting the design mode? 6252 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6252 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6248 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6247 
Setting up the new Playback 6246 
And the winner is… so far 6243 
If you like type 45... 6243 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6243 
Favorite Flavor? 6243 
The 45 times Meow... 6243 
The problem that I see is… 6243 
Running the 45 6243 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6242 
The commentaries about everything. 6242 
Driver tube and biasing 6242 
DHT drivers 6242 
The ideas are worth trying? 6242 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6238 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6238 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6237 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6237 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6237 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6237 
Operating points and cathode current 6237 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6237 
Actually it is not so simple. 6237 
Resistors at the front 6236 
A minor alternation of a position 6236 
The era of enlightenment. 6233 
The devil is in the details.... 6233 
Constructing Sound 6233 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6232 
The “strange” YO186 6223 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6178 
2S4S and 2A3 6169 
Ho to use the YO186 6162 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6162 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6162 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6160 
Not anymore! 6149 
The very good YoYonisation! 6148 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6147 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6134 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6134 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6081 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6080 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6077 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6067 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5829 
All the Best from Burgundy 5829 
Cheesy tubes 5828 
Me and my DHT references… 5719 
Y0-186 in winter. 5622 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5621 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5590 
In My Dreams 5590 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5590 
Blame? 5589 
When good is not good enough. 5589 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5589 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5588 
How the YO186 was used. 5172 
What is old is new? 5171 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5170 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4719 
That sucks. 4719 
YO186 4717 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4717 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4717 
A hallucination? 4714 
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