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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6456 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6455 
DHT Milq? 6455 
The DHT journey. 6455 
DHT tone 6455 
Well, why not? 6454 
Holding the Fort 6454 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6454 
Input tube and DC heaters 6453 
Reimyo Pat 777 6453 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6449 
DHT or 300B? 6449 
300B 6449 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6449 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6448 
Hence the confusion 6448 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6448 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6448 
My experience with DHTs 6448 
Pigmented coloration? 6448 
Dht-dht 6448 
Dynamic viscosity? 6448 
The Pallette preamp... 6448 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6448 
"soul" of tubes 6448 
There is a difference... 6448 
Vibration injection? 6448 
Homework # 4334 6448 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6448 
Old valves have more soul! 6447 
Was it soul or soil? 6447 
It was just a heading 6447 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6447 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6447 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6447 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6447 
Injection of analog dither? 6447 
Subliminal signal 6447 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6447 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6447 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6446 
Avicenna = Arabian 6446 
Persian, not Arab 6446 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6446 
More words to describe "sux" please 6446 
Revolution 6446 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6446 
One-stage DHTs 6445 
One other thing 6445 
One stage 6445 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6445 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6445 
I see the things differently. 6445 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6445 
The audiophile attitude 6445 
The where and why of design choices 6445 
Blah blah blah 6445 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6445 
Do I need to be hissing? 6445 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6445 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6445 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6444 
What is randomness? 6444 
Those least three possibilities… 6444 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6444 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6444 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6442 
A Beautiful Mind 6441 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6439 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6424 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6424 
Abandoning Milq? 6424 
Will see how it goes.... 6424 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6422 
Topology and 2A3? 6422 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6422 
Type Casting 6422 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6422 
6sn7-2a3 6422 
Topology vs parts 6422 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6422 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6422 
Parts Frenzy 6422 
Too many new sounds 6422 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6421 
New tubes 6420 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6420 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6420 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6420 
New 2A3 6420 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6419 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6418 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6418 
Czech tubes 6416 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6416 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6416 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6415 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6415 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6412 
Here she is. 6411 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6407 
New 2A3 tubes 6407 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6407 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6406 
Multistage DHT circuits 6405 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6404 
Emission Labs 2A3 6404 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6404 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6404 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6404 
The YO186 Strip Show 6404 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6403 
It will be interesting…. 6403 
OPT impedence 6403 
More about the Plate Loading 6403 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6398 
2A3 data 6398 
The New 2A3 tubes 6398 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6398 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6397 
Everything about everything. 6397 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6397 
Options, options, options.... 6397 
I think we agree overall 6397 
An IDHT with more gain? 6396 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6396 
2A3 tube impressions 6391 
Interesting analogy 6391 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6391 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6391 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6391 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6391 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6391 
Why NOS tubes? 6390 
The Holly Ignorance 6390 
Tube tasting 6390 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6390 
Make mine thoriated please 6390 
Any Germans out there? 6390 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6390 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6390 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6390 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6389 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6389 
Tube sound and vibration 6389 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6383 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6382 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6382 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6381 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6381 
B4/B5 British made 6380 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6380 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6379 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6379 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6378 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6377 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6374 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6374 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6373 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6373 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6373 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6373 
The identical operation environment? 6373 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6373 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6373 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6372 
How to get max power from 2A3 6372 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6372 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6372 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6372 
Gain is not power. 6372 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6372 
Specialized DSET approach 6372 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6372 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6372 
The 2A3 loading 6372 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6372 
Optimizing the 2A3 6372 
How much to DSET a DSET 6372 
DSET for Titan 6372 
The Best of All Worlds 6372 
Multiamp setup 6371 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6371 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6371 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6371 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6365 
2A3 and 400V supply 6365 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6364 
Another shot at numbers 6364 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6364 
Okay, so this might work.... 6364 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6364 
Looks good, but.... 6363 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6363 
Less is more... usually. 6363 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6362 
Stepping Out 6362 
Said to be good, but 6362 
Gain to lose 6362 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6362 
Another idea for losing gain 6362 
What's best 6362 
Options, options... 6362 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6362 
Other compromises... 6361 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6360 
Is it glowing yet? 6340 
It is comming.... 6340 
The new MF channel. 6334 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6333 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6325 
The intestage loading talk. 6322 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6317 
1 in 50? 6317 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6317 
Die Walküre soldering. 6316 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6315 
Another amp arond YO186 6314 
Gain? 6314 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6314 
Simple is good 6313 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6313 
The Milq DSET is up. 6312 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6310 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6310 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6309 
Ok, what do I want? 6309 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6309 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6309 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6309 
How about the tweeter? 6308 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6308 
Safe and Sound 6308 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6308 
Some clarifications. 6308 
How about that?!!! 6308 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6306 
Head Room 6306 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6305 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6305 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6305 
Again with the PS 6305 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6303 
Parallel Universe 6303 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6301 
Why I let other people build them... 6301 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6301 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6300 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6297 
MF: the pre-final version. 6297 
Loftin-White? 6297 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6297 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6297 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6293 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6293 
Define really quiet 6292 
Another variable of sound 6292 
Backlash? 6292 
Alternative filament supplies 6292 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6292 
Going down the DC path 6291 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6291 
Molecular sound 6291 
AC-DC heater supply 6291 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6291 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6291 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6291 
Hiss or Hum 6291 
AC transformers 6291 
I have seen the Promised Land 6290 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6290 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6289 
Divide and Conquer 6289 
The design phase is over. 6288 
The unexpected insanity! 6287 
Loading 6287 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6287 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6287 
Going the Distance 6287 
Read the f*** manual! 6287 
Agreed. 6287 
I agree 6287 
The filament transformer 6287 
Center-tap and options 6287 
Something like this…. 6287 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6287 
The foreplay is going on. 6287 
Split balance 6286 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6286 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6286 
SHuguang 6286 
Going through…. 6285 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6284 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6284 
Hum vs voltage 6284 
Meow about the tubes… 6284 
To Be a Content Cat 6284 
Completed! 6281 
Tradition 6281 
Absolutely beautiful! 6281 
The 'film' caps in PS 6280 
Science or religion 6280 
Mass Extinction 6280 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6280 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6280 
Capacitor choices 6280 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6279 
The minor day of Quartets. 6279 
Them's the Breaks 6279 
Eventually! 6278 
So Soon? 6278 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6278 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6277 
The wire for DC-coupling 6277 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6277 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6277 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6276 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6275 
The DHT live reserve 6274 
Some interestng models 6274 
Eaten alive. 6274 
The tubey déjà vu? 6273 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6269 
The 4V takes a lead. 6265 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6262 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6262 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6260 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6259 
Exiting the design mode? 6259 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6259 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6255 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6254 
Setting up the new Playback 6253 
And the winner is… so far 6250 
If you like type 45... 6250 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6250 
Favorite Flavor? 6250 
The 45 times Meow... 6250 
The problem that I see is… 6250 
Running the 45 6250 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6249 
The commentaries about everything. 6249 
Driver tube and biasing 6249 
DHT drivers 6249 
The ideas are worth trying? 6249 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6245 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6245 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6244 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6244 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6244 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6244 
Operating points and cathode current 6244 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6244 
Actually it is not so simple. 6244 
Resistors at the front 6243 
A minor alternation of a position 6243 
The era of enlightenment. 6240 
The devil is in the details.... 6240 
Constructing Sound 6240 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6239 
The “strange” YO186 6230 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6185 
2S4S and 2A3 6176 
Ho to use the YO186 6169 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6169 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6169 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6167 
Not anymore! 6156 
The very good YoYonisation! 6155 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6154 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6141 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6141 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6088 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6087 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6084 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6074 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5836 
All the Best from Burgundy 5836 
Cheesy tubes 5835 
Me and my DHT references… 5726 
Y0-186 in winter. 5629 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5628 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5597 
In My Dreams 5597 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5597 
Blame? 5596 
When good is not good enough. 5596 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5596 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5595 
How the YO186 was used. 5179 
What is old is new? 5178 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5177 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4726 
That sucks. 4726 
YO186 4724 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4724 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4724 
A hallucination? 4721 
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