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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6439 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6438 
DHT Milq? 6438 
The DHT journey. 6438 
DHT tone 6438 
Well, why not? 6437 
Holding the Fort 6437 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6437 
Input tube and DC heaters 6436 
Reimyo Pat 777 6436 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6432 
DHT or 300B? 6432 
300B 6432 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6432 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6431 
Hence the confusion 6431 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6431 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6431 
My experience with DHTs 6431 
Pigmented coloration? 6431 
Dht-dht 6431 
Dynamic viscosity? 6431 
The Pallette preamp... 6431 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6431 
"soul" of tubes 6431 
There is a difference... 6431 
Vibration injection? 6431 
Homework # 4334 6431 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6431 
Old valves have more soul! 6430 
Was it soul or soil? 6430 
It was just a heading 6430 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6430 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6430 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6430 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6430 
Injection of analog dither? 6430 
Subliminal signal 6430 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6430 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6430 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6429 
Avicenna = Arabian 6429 
Persian, not Arab 6429 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6429 
More words to describe "sux" please 6429 
Revolution 6429 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6429 
One-stage DHTs 6428 
One other thing 6428 
One stage 6428 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6428 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6428 
I see the things differently. 6428 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6428 
The audiophile attitude 6428 
The where and why of design choices 6428 
Blah blah blah 6428 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6428 
Do I need to be hissing? 6428 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6428 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6428 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6427 
What is randomness? 6427 
Those least three possibilities… 6427 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6427 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6427 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6425 
A Beautiful Mind 6424 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6422 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6407 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6407 
Abandoning Milq? 6407 
Will see how it goes.... 6407 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6405 
Topology and 2A3? 6405 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6405 
Type Casting 6405 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6405 
6sn7-2a3 6405 
Topology vs parts 6405 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6405 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6405 
Parts Frenzy 6405 
Too many new sounds 6405 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6404 
New tubes 6403 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6403 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6403 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6403 
New 2A3 6403 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6402 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6401 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6401 
Czech tubes 6399 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6399 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6399 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6398 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6398 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6395 
Here she is. 6394 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6390 
New 2A3 tubes 6390 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6390 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6389 
Multistage DHT circuits 6388 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6387 
Emission Labs 2A3 6387 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6387 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6387 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6387 
The YO186 Strip Show 6387 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6386 
It will be interesting…. 6386 
OPT impedence 6386 
More about the Plate Loading 6386 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6381 
2A3 data 6381 
The New 2A3 tubes 6381 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6381 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6380 
Everything about everything. 6380 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6380 
Options, options, options.... 6380 
I think we agree overall 6380 
An IDHT with more gain? 6379 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6379 
2A3 tube impressions 6374 
Interesting analogy 6374 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6374 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6374 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6374 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6374 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6374 
Why NOS tubes? 6373 
The Holly Ignorance 6373 
Tube tasting 6373 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6373 
Make mine thoriated please 6373 
Any Germans out there? 6373 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6373 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6373 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6373 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6372 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6372 
Tube sound and vibration 6372 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6366 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6365 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6365 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6364 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6364 
B4/B5 British made 6363 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6363 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6362 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6362 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6361 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6360 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6357 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6357 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6356 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6356 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6356 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6356 
The identical operation environment? 6356 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6356 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6356 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6355 
How to get max power from 2A3 6355 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6355 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6355 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6355 
Gain is not power. 6355 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6355 
Specialized DSET approach 6355 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6355 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6355 
The 2A3 loading 6355 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6355 
Optimizing the 2A3 6355 
How much to DSET a DSET 6355 
DSET for Titan 6355 
The Best of All Worlds 6355 
Multiamp setup 6354 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6354 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6354 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6354 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6348 
2A3 and 400V supply 6348 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6347 
Another shot at numbers 6347 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6347 
Okay, so this might work.... 6347 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6347 
Looks good, but.... 6346 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6346 
Less is more... usually. 6346 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6345 
Stepping Out 6345 
Said to be good, but 6345 
Gain to lose 6345 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6345 
Another idea for losing gain 6345 
What's best 6345 
Options, options... 6345 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6345 
Other compromises... 6344 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6343 
Is it glowing yet? 6323 
It is comming.... 6323 
The new MF channel. 6317 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6316 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6308 
The intestage loading talk. 6305 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6300 
1 in 50? 6300 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6300 
Die Walküre soldering. 6299 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6298 
Another amp arond YO186 6297 
Gain? 6297 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6297 
Simple is good 6296 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6296 
The Milq DSET is up. 6295 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6293 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6293 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6292 
Ok, what do I want? 6292 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6292 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6292 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6292 
How about the tweeter? 6291 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6291 
Safe and Sound 6291 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6291 
Some clarifications. 6291 
How about that?!!! 6291 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6289 
Head Room 6289 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6288 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6288 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6288 
Again with the PS 6288 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6286 
Parallel Universe 6286 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6284 
Why I let other people build them... 6284 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6284 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6283 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6280 
MF: the pre-final version. 6280 
Loftin-White? 6280 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6280 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6280 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6276 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6276 
Define really quiet 6275 
Another variable of sound 6275 
Backlash? 6275 
Alternative filament supplies 6275 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6275 
Going down the DC path 6274 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6274 
Molecular sound 6274 
AC-DC heater supply 6274 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6274 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6274 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6274 
Hiss or Hum 6274 
AC transformers 6274 
I have seen the Promised Land 6273 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6273 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6272 
Divide and Conquer 6272 
The design phase is over. 6271 
The unexpected insanity! 6270 
Loading 6270 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6270 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6270 
Going the Distance 6270 
Read the f*** manual! 6270 
Agreed. 6270 
I agree 6270 
The filament transformer 6270 
Center-tap and options 6270 
Something like this…. 6270 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6270 
The foreplay is going on. 6270 
Split balance 6269 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6269 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6269 
SHuguang 6269 
Going through…. 6268 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6267 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6267 
Hum vs voltage 6267 
Meow about the tubes… 6267 
To Be a Content Cat 6267 
Completed! 6264 
Tradition 6264 
Absolutely beautiful! 6264 
The 'film' caps in PS 6263 
Science or religion 6263 
Mass Extinction 6263 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6263 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6263 
Capacitor choices 6263 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6262 
The minor day of Quartets. 6262 
Them's the Breaks 6262 
Eventually! 6261 
So Soon? 6261 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6261 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6260 
The wire for DC-coupling 6260 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6260 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6260 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6259 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6258 
The DHT live reserve 6257 
Some interestng models 6257 
Eaten alive. 6257 
The tubey déjà vu? 6256 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6252 
The 4V takes a lead. 6248 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6245 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6245 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6243 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6242 
Exiting the design mode? 6242 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6242 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6238 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6237 
Setting up the new Playback 6236 
And the winner is… so far 6233 
If you like type 45... 6233 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6233 
Favorite Flavor? 6233 
The 45 times Meow... 6233 
The problem that I see is… 6233 
Running the 45 6233 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6232 
The commentaries about everything. 6232 
Driver tube and biasing 6232 
DHT drivers 6232 
The ideas are worth trying? 6232 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6228 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6228 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6227 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6227 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6227 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6227 
Operating points and cathode current 6227 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6227 
Actually it is not so simple. 6227 
Resistors at the front 6226 
A minor alternation of a position 6226 
The era of enlightenment. 6223 
The devil is in the details.... 6223 
Constructing Sound 6223 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6222 
The “strange” YO186 6213 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6168 
2S4S and 2A3 6159 
Ho to use the YO186 6152 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6152 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6152 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6150 
Not anymore! 6139 
The very good YoYonisation! 6138 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6137 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6124 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6124 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6071 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6070 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6067 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6057 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5819 
All the Best from Burgundy 5819 
Cheesy tubes 5818 
Me and my DHT references… 5709 
Y0-186 in winter. 5612 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5611 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5580 
In My Dreams 5580 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5580 
Blame? 5579 
When good is not good enough. 5579 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5579 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5578 
How the YO186 was used. 5162 
What is old is new? 5161 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5160 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4709 
That sucks. 4709 
YO186 4707 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4707 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4707 
A hallucination? 4704 
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