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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6398 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6397 
DHT Milq? 6397 
The DHT journey. 6397 
DHT tone 6397 
Well, why not? 6396 
Holding the Fort 6396 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6396 
Input tube and DC heaters 6395 
Reimyo Pat 777 6395 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6391 
DHT or 300B? 6391 
300B 6391 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6391 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6390 
Hence the confusion 6390 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6390 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6390 
My experience with DHTs 6390 
Pigmented coloration? 6390 
Dht-dht 6390 
Dynamic viscosity? 6390 
The Pallette preamp... 6390 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6390 
"soul" of tubes 6390 
There is a difference... 6390 
Vibration injection? 6390 
Homework # 4334 6390 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6390 
Old valves have more soul! 6389 
Was it soul or soil? 6389 
It was just a heading 6389 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6389 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6389 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6389 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6389 
Injection of analog dither? 6389 
Subliminal signal 6389 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6389 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6389 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6388 
Avicenna = Arabian 6388 
Persian, not Arab 6388 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6388 
More words to describe "sux" please 6388 
Revolution 6388 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6388 
One-stage DHTs 6387 
One other thing 6387 
One stage 6387 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6387 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6387 
I see the things differently. 6387 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6387 
The audiophile attitude 6387 
The where and why of design choices 6387 
Blah blah blah 6387 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6387 
Do I need to be hissing? 6387 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6387 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6387 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6386 
What is randomness? 6386 
Those least three possibilities… 6386 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6386 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6386 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6384 
A Beautiful Mind 6383 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6381 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6366 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6366 
Abandoning Milq? 6366 
Will see how it goes.... 6366 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6364 
Topology and 2A3? 6364 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6364 
Type Casting 6364 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6364 
6sn7-2a3 6364 
Topology vs parts 6364 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6364 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6364 
Parts Frenzy 6364 
Too many new sounds 6364 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6363 
New tubes 6362 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6362 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6362 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6362 
New 2A3 6362 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6361 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6360 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6360 
Czech tubes 6358 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6358 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6358 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6357 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6357 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6354 
Here she is. 6353 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6349 
New 2A3 tubes 6349 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6349 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6348 
Multistage DHT circuits 6347 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6346 
Emission Labs 2A3 6346 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6346 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6346 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6346 
The YO186 Strip Show 6346 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6345 
It will be interesting…. 6345 
OPT impedence 6345 
More about the Plate Loading 6345 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6340 
2A3 data 6340 
The New 2A3 tubes 6340 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6340 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6339 
Everything about everything. 6339 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6339 
Options, options, options.... 6339 
I think we agree overall 6339 
An IDHT with more gain? 6338 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6338 
2A3 tube impressions 6333 
Interesting analogy 6333 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6333 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6333 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6333 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6333 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6333 
Why NOS tubes? 6332 
The Holly Ignorance 6332 
Tube tasting 6332 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6332 
Make mine thoriated please 6332 
Any Germans out there? 6332 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6332 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6332 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6332 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6331 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6331 
Tube sound and vibration 6331 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6325 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6324 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6324 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6323 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6323 
B4/B5 British made 6322 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6322 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6321 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6321 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6320 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6319 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6316 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6316 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6315 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6315 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6315 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6315 
The identical operation environment? 6315 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6315 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6315 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6314 
How to get max power from 2A3 6314 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6314 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6314 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6314 
Gain is not power. 6314 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6314 
Specialized DSET approach 6314 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6314 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6314 
The 2A3 loading 6314 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6314 
Optimizing the 2A3 6314 
How much to DSET a DSET 6314 
DSET for Titan 6314 
The Best of All Worlds 6314 
Multiamp setup 6313 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6313 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6313 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6313 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6307 
2A3 and 400V supply 6307 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6306 
Another shot at numbers 6306 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6306 
Okay, so this might work.... 6306 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6306 
Looks good, but.... 6305 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6305 
Less is more... usually. 6305 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6304 
Stepping Out 6304 
Said to be good, but 6304 
Gain to lose 6304 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6304 
Another idea for losing gain 6304 
What's best 6304 
Options, options... 6304 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6304 
Other compromises... 6303 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6302 
Is it glowing yet? 6282 
It is comming.... 6282 
The new MF channel. 6276 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6275 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6267 
The intestage loading talk. 6264 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6259 
1 in 50? 6259 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6259 
Die Walküre soldering. 6258 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6257 
Another amp arond YO186 6256 
Gain? 6256 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6256 
Simple is good 6255 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6255 
The Milq DSET is up. 6254 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6252 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6252 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6251 
Ok, what do I want? 6251 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6251 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6251 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6251 
How about the tweeter? 6250 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6250 
Safe and Sound 6250 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6250 
Some clarifications. 6250 
How about that?!!! 6250 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6248 
Head Room 6248 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6247 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6247 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6247 
Again with the PS 6247 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6245 
Parallel Universe 6245 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6243 
Why I let other people build them... 6243 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6243 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6242 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6239 
MF: the pre-final version. 6239 
Loftin-White? 6239 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6239 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6239 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6235 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6235 
Define really quiet 6234 
Another variable of sound 6234 
Backlash? 6234 
Alternative filament supplies 6234 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6234 
Going down the DC path 6233 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6233 
Molecular sound 6233 
AC-DC heater supply 6233 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6233 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6233 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6233 
Hiss or Hum 6233 
AC transformers 6233 
I have seen the Promised Land 6232 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6232 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6231 
Divide and Conquer 6231 
The design phase is over. 6230 
The unexpected insanity! 6229 
Loading 6229 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6229 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6229 
Going the Distance 6229 
Read the f*** manual! 6229 
Agreed. 6229 
I agree 6229 
The filament transformer 6229 
Center-tap and options 6229 
Something like this…. 6229 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6229 
The foreplay is going on. 6229 
Split balance 6228 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6228 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6228 
SHuguang 6228 
Going through…. 6227 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6226 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6226 
Hum vs voltage 6226 
Meow about the tubes… 6226 
To Be a Content Cat 6226 
Completed! 6223 
Tradition 6223 
Absolutely beautiful! 6223 
The 'film' caps in PS 6222 
Science or religion 6222 
Mass Extinction 6222 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6222 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6222 
Capacitor choices 6222 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6221 
The minor day of Quartets. 6221 
Them's the Breaks 6221 
Eventually! 6220 
So Soon? 6220 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6220 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6219 
The wire for DC-coupling 6219 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6219 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6219 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6218 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6217 
The DHT live reserve 6216 
Some interestng models 6216 
Eaten alive. 6216 
The tubey déjà vu? 6215 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6211 
The 4V takes a lead. 6207 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6204 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6204 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6202 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6201 
Exiting the design mode? 6201 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6201 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6197 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6196 
Setting up the new Playback 6195 
And the winner is… so far 6192 
If you like type 45... 6192 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6192 
Favorite Flavor? 6192 
The 45 times Meow... 6192 
The problem that I see is… 6192 
Running the 45 6192 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6191 
The commentaries about everything. 6191 
Driver tube and biasing 6191 
DHT drivers 6191 
The ideas are worth trying? 6191 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6187 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6187 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6186 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6186 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6186 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6186 
Operating points and cathode current 6186 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6186 
Actually it is not so simple. 6186 
Resistors at the front 6185 
A minor alternation of a position 6185 
The era of enlightenment. 6182 
The devil is in the details.... 6182 
Constructing Sound 6182 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6181 
The “strange” YO186 6172 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6127 
2S4S and 2A3 6118 
Ho to use the YO186 6111 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6111 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6111 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6109 
Not anymore! 6098 
The very good YoYonisation! 6097 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6096 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6083 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6083 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6030 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6029 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6026 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6016 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5778 
All the Best from Burgundy 5778 
Cheesy tubes 5777 
Me and my DHT references… 5668 
Y0-186 in winter. 5571 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5570 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5539 
In My Dreams 5539 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5539 
Blame? 5538 
When good is not good enough. 5538 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5538 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5537 
How the YO186 was used. 5121 
What is old is new? 5120 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5119 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4668 
That sucks. 4668 
YO186 4666 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4666 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4666 
A hallucination? 4663 
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