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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6465 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6464 
DHT Milq? 6464 
The DHT journey. 6464 
DHT tone 6464 
Well, why not? 6463 
Holding the Fort 6463 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6463 
Input tube and DC heaters 6462 
Reimyo Pat 777 6462 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6458 
DHT or 300B? 6458 
300B 6458 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6458 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6457 
Hence the confusion 6457 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6457 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6457 
My experience with DHTs 6457 
Pigmented coloration? 6457 
Dht-dht 6457 
Dynamic viscosity? 6457 
The Pallette preamp... 6457 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6457 
"soul" of tubes 6457 
There is a difference... 6457 
Vibration injection? 6457 
Homework # 4334 6457 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6457 
Old valves have more soul! 6456 
Was it soul or soil? 6456 
It was just a heading 6456 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6456 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6456 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6456 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6456 
Injection of analog dither? 6456 
Subliminal signal 6456 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6456 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6456 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6455 
Avicenna = Arabian 6455 
Persian, not Arab 6455 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6455 
More words to describe "sux" please 6455 
Revolution 6455 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6455 
One-stage DHTs 6454 
One other thing 6454 
One stage 6454 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6454 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6454 
I see the things differently. 6454 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6454 
The audiophile attitude 6454 
The where and why of design choices 6454 
Blah blah blah 6454 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6454 
Do I need to be hissing? 6454 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6454 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6454 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6453 
What is randomness? 6453 
Those least three possibilities… 6453 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6453 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6453 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6451 
A Beautiful Mind 6450 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6448 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6433 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6433 
Abandoning Milq? 6433 
Will see how it goes.... 6433 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6431 
Topology and 2A3? 6431 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6431 
Type Casting 6431 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6431 
6sn7-2a3 6431 
Topology vs parts 6431 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6431 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6431 
Parts Frenzy 6431 
Too many new sounds 6431 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6430 
New tubes 6429 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6429 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6429 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6429 
New 2A3 6429 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6428 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6427 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6427 
Czech tubes 6425 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6425 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6425 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6424 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6424 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6421 
Here she is. 6420 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6416 
New 2A3 tubes 6416 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6416 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6415 
Multistage DHT circuits 6414 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6413 
Emission Labs 2A3 6413 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6413 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6413 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6413 
The YO186 Strip Show 6413 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6412 
It will be interesting…. 6412 
OPT impedence 6412 
More about the Plate Loading 6412 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6407 
2A3 data 6407 
The New 2A3 tubes 6407 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6407 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6406 
Everything about everything. 6406 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6406 
Options, options, options.... 6406 
I think we agree overall 6406 
An IDHT with more gain? 6405 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6405 
2A3 tube impressions 6400 
Interesting analogy 6400 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6400 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6400 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6400 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6400 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6400 
Why NOS tubes? 6399 
The Holly Ignorance 6399 
Tube tasting 6399 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6399 
Make mine thoriated please 6399 
Any Germans out there? 6399 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6399 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6399 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6399 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6398 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6398 
Tube sound and vibration 6398 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6392 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6391 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6391 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6390 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6390 
B4/B5 British made 6389 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6389 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6388 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6388 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6387 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6386 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6383 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6383 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6382 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6382 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6382 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6382 
The identical operation environment? 6382 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6382 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6382 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6381 
How to get max power from 2A3 6381 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6381 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6381 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6381 
Gain is not power. 6381 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6381 
Specialized DSET approach 6381 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6381 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6381 
The 2A3 loading 6381 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6381 
Optimizing the 2A3 6381 
How much to DSET a DSET 6381 
DSET for Titan 6381 
The Best of All Worlds 6381 
Multiamp setup 6380 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6380 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6380 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6380 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6374 
2A3 and 400V supply 6374 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6373 
Another shot at numbers 6373 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6373 
Okay, so this might work.... 6373 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6373 
Looks good, but.... 6372 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6372 
Less is more... usually. 6372 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6371 
Stepping Out 6371 
Said to be good, but 6371 
Gain to lose 6371 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6371 
Another idea for losing gain 6371 
What's best 6371 
Options, options... 6371 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6371 
Other compromises... 6370 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6369 
Is it glowing yet? 6349 
It is comming.... 6349 
The new MF channel. 6343 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6342 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6334 
The intestage loading talk. 6331 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6326 
1 in 50? 6326 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6326 
Die Walküre soldering. 6325 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6324 
Another amp arond YO186 6323 
Gain? 6323 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6323 
Simple is good 6322 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6322 
The Milq DSET is up. 6321 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6319 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6319 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6318 
Ok, what do I want? 6318 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6318 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6318 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6318 
How about the tweeter? 6317 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6317 
Safe and Sound 6317 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6317 
Some clarifications. 6317 
How about that?!!! 6317 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6315 
Head Room 6315 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6314 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6314 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6314 
Again with the PS 6314 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6312 
Parallel Universe 6312 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6310 
Why I let other people build them... 6310 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6310 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6309 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6306 
MF: the pre-final version. 6306 
Loftin-White? 6306 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6306 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6306 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6302 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6302 
Define really quiet 6301 
Another variable of sound 6301 
Backlash? 6301 
Alternative filament supplies 6301 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6301 
Going down the DC path 6300 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6300 
Molecular sound 6300 
AC-DC heater supply 6300 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6300 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6300 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6300 
Hiss or Hum 6300 
AC transformers 6300 
I have seen the Promised Land 6299 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6299 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6298 
Divide and Conquer 6298 
The design phase is over. 6297 
The unexpected insanity! 6296 
Loading 6296 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6296 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6296 
Going the Distance 6296 
Read the f*** manual! 6296 
Agreed. 6296 
I agree 6296 
The filament transformer 6296 
Center-tap and options 6296 
Something like this…. 6296 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6296 
The foreplay is going on. 6296 
Split balance 6295 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6295 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6295 
SHuguang 6295 
Going through…. 6294 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6293 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6293 
Hum vs voltage 6293 
Meow about the tubes… 6293 
To Be a Content Cat 6293 
Completed! 6290 
Tradition 6290 
Absolutely beautiful! 6290 
The 'film' caps in PS 6289 
Science or religion 6289 
Mass Extinction 6289 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6289 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6289 
Capacitor choices 6289 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6288 
The minor day of Quartets. 6288 
Them's the Breaks 6288 
Eventually! 6287 
So Soon? 6287 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6287 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6286 
The wire for DC-coupling 6286 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6286 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6286 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6285 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6284 
The DHT live reserve 6283 
Some interestng models 6283 
Eaten alive. 6283 
The tubey déjà vu? 6282 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6278 
The 4V takes a lead. 6274 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6271 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6271 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6269 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6268 
Exiting the design mode? 6268 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6268 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6264 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6263 
Setting up the new Playback 6262 
And the winner is… so far 6259 
If you like type 45... 6259 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6259 
Favorite Flavor? 6259 
The 45 times Meow... 6259 
The problem that I see is… 6259 
Running the 45 6259 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6258 
The commentaries about everything. 6258 
Driver tube and biasing 6258 
DHT drivers 6258 
The ideas are worth trying? 6258 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6254 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6254 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6253 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6253 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6253 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6253 
Operating points and cathode current 6253 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6253 
Actually it is not so simple. 6253 
Resistors at the front 6252 
A minor alternation of a position 6252 
The era of enlightenment. 6249 
The devil is in the details.... 6249 
Constructing Sound 6249 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6248 
The “strange” YO186 6239 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6194 
2S4S and 2A3 6185 
Ho to use the YO186 6178 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6178 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6178 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6176 
Not anymore! 6165 
The very good YoYonisation! 6164 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6163 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6150 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6150 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6097 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6096 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6093 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6083 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5845 
All the Best from Burgundy 5845 
Cheesy tubes 5844 
Me and my DHT references… 5735 
Y0-186 in winter. 5638 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5637 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5606 
In My Dreams 5606 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5606 
Blame? 5605 
When good is not good enough. 5605 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5605 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5604 
How the YO186 was used. 5188 
What is old is new? 5187 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5186 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4735 
That sucks. 4735 
YO186 4733 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4733 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4733 
A hallucination? 4730 
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