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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6392 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6391 
DHT Milq? 6391 
The DHT journey. 6391 
DHT tone 6391 
Well, why not? 6390 
Holding the Fort 6390 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6390 
Input tube and DC heaters 6389 
Reimyo Pat 777 6389 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6385 
DHT or 300B? 6385 
300B 6385 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6385 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6384 
Hence the confusion 6384 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6384 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6384 
My experience with DHTs 6384 
Pigmented coloration? 6384 
Dht-dht 6384 
Dynamic viscosity? 6384 
The Pallette preamp... 6384 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6384 
"soul" of tubes 6384 
There is a difference... 6384 
Vibration injection? 6384 
Homework # 4334 6384 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6384 
Old valves have more soul! 6383 
Was it soul or soil? 6383 
It was just a heading 6383 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6383 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6383 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6383 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6383 
Injection of analog dither? 6383 
Subliminal signal 6383 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6383 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6383 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6382 
Avicenna = Arabian 6382 
Persian, not Arab 6382 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6382 
More words to describe "sux" please 6382 
Revolution 6382 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6382 
One-stage DHTs 6381 
One other thing 6381 
One stage 6381 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6381 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6381 
I see the things differently. 6381 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6381 
The audiophile attitude 6381 
The where and why of design choices 6381 
Blah blah blah 6381 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6381 
Do I need to be hissing? 6381 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6381 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6381 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6380 
What is randomness? 6380 
Those least three possibilities… 6380 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6380 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6380 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6378 
A Beautiful Mind 6377 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6375 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6360 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6360 
Abandoning Milq? 6360 
Will see how it goes.... 6360 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6358 
Topology and 2A3? 6358 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6358 
Type Casting 6358 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6358 
6sn7-2a3 6358 
Topology vs parts 6358 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6358 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6358 
Parts Frenzy 6358 
Too many new sounds 6358 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6357 
New tubes 6356 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6356 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6356 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6356 
New 2A3 6356 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6355 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6354 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6354 
Czech tubes 6352 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6352 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6352 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6351 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6351 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6348 
Here she is. 6347 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6343 
New 2A3 tubes 6343 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6343 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6342 
Multistage DHT circuits 6341 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6340 
Emission Labs 2A3 6340 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6340 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6340 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6340 
The YO186 Strip Show 6340 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6339 
It will be interesting…. 6339 
OPT impedence 6339 
More about the Plate Loading 6339 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6334 
2A3 data 6334 
The New 2A3 tubes 6334 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6334 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6333 
Everything about everything. 6333 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6333 
Options, options, options.... 6333 
I think we agree overall 6333 
An IDHT with more gain? 6332 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6332 
2A3 tube impressions 6327 
Interesting analogy 6327 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6327 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6327 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6327 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6327 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6327 
Why NOS tubes? 6326 
The Holly Ignorance 6326 
Tube tasting 6326 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6326 
Make mine thoriated please 6326 
Any Germans out there? 6326 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6326 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6326 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6326 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6325 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6325 
Tube sound and vibration 6325 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6319 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6318 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6318 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6317 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6317 
B4/B5 British made 6316 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6316 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6315 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6315 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6314 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6313 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6310 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6310 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6309 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6309 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6309 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6309 
The identical operation environment? 6309 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6309 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6309 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6308 
How to get max power from 2A3 6308 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6308 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6308 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6308 
Gain is not power. 6308 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6308 
Specialized DSET approach 6308 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6308 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6308 
The 2A3 loading 6308 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6308 
Optimizing the 2A3 6308 
How much to DSET a DSET 6308 
DSET for Titan 6308 
The Best of All Worlds 6308 
Multiamp setup 6307 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6307 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6307 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6307 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6301 
2A3 and 400V supply 6301 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6300 
Another shot at numbers 6300 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6300 
Okay, so this might work.... 6300 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6300 
Looks good, but.... 6299 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6299 
Less is more... usually. 6299 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6298 
Stepping Out 6298 
Said to be good, but 6298 
Gain to lose 6298 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6298 
Another idea for losing gain 6298 
What's best 6298 
Options, options... 6298 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6298 
Other compromises... 6297 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6296 
Is it glowing yet? 6276 
It is comming.... 6276 
The new MF channel. 6270 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6269 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6261 
The intestage loading talk. 6258 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6253 
1 in 50? 6253 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6253 
Die Walküre soldering. 6252 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6251 
Another amp arond YO186 6250 
Gain? 6250 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6250 
Simple is good 6249 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6249 
The Milq DSET is up. 6248 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6246 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6246 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6245 
Ok, what do I want? 6245 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6245 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6245 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6245 
How about the tweeter? 6244 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6244 
Safe and Sound 6244 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6244 
Some clarifications. 6244 
How about that?!!! 6244 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6242 
Head Room 6242 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6241 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6241 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6241 
Again with the PS 6241 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6239 
Parallel Universe 6239 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6237 
Why I let other people build them... 6237 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6237 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6236 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6233 
MF: the pre-final version. 6233 
Loftin-White? 6233 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6233 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6233 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6229 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6229 
Define really quiet 6228 
Another variable of sound 6228 
Backlash? 6228 
Alternative filament supplies 6228 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6228 
Going down the DC path 6227 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6227 
Molecular sound 6227 
AC-DC heater supply 6227 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6227 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6227 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6227 
Hiss or Hum 6227 
AC transformers 6227 
I have seen the Promised Land 6226 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6226 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6225 
Divide and Conquer 6225 
The design phase is over. 6224 
The unexpected insanity! 6223 
Loading 6223 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6223 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6223 
Going the Distance 6223 
Read the f*** manual! 6223 
Agreed. 6223 
I agree 6223 
The filament transformer 6223 
Center-tap and options 6223 
Something like this…. 6223 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6223 
The foreplay is going on. 6223 
Split balance 6222 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6222 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6222 
SHuguang 6222 
Going through…. 6221 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6220 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6220 
Hum vs voltage 6220 
Meow about the tubes… 6220 
To Be a Content Cat 6220 
Completed! 6217 
Tradition 6217 
Absolutely beautiful! 6217 
The 'film' caps in PS 6216 
Science or religion 6216 
Mass Extinction 6216 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6216 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6216 
Capacitor choices 6216 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6215 
The minor day of Quartets. 6215 
Them's the Breaks 6215 
Eventually! 6214 
So Soon? 6214 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6214 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6213 
The wire for DC-coupling 6213 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6213 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6213 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6212 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6211 
The DHT live reserve 6210 
Some interestng models 6210 
Eaten alive. 6210 
The tubey déjà vu? 6209 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6205 
The 4V takes a lead. 6201 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6198 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6198 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6196 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6195 
Exiting the design mode? 6195 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6195 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6191 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6190 
Setting up the new Playback 6189 
And the winner is… so far 6186 
If you like type 45... 6186 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6186 
Favorite Flavor? 6186 
The 45 times Meow... 6186 
The problem that I see is… 6186 
Running the 45 6186 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6185 
The commentaries about everything. 6185 
Driver tube and biasing 6185 
DHT drivers 6185 
The ideas are worth trying? 6185 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6181 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6181 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6180 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6180 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6180 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6180 
Operating points and cathode current 6180 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6180 
Actually it is not so simple. 6180 
Resistors at the front 6179 
A minor alternation of a position 6179 
The era of enlightenment. 6176 
The devil is in the details.... 6176 
Constructing Sound 6176 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6175 
The “strange” YO186 6166 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6121 
2S4S and 2A3 6112 
Ho to use the YO186 6105 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6105 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6105 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6103 
Not anymore! 6092 
The very good YoYonisation! 6091 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6090 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6077 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6077 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6024 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6023 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6020 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6010 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5772 
All the Best from Burgundy 5772 
Cheesy tubes 5771 
Me and my DHT references… 5662 
Y0-186 in winter. 5565 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5564 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5533 
In My Dreams 5533 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5533 
Blame? 5532 
When good is not good enough. 5532 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5532 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5531 
How the YO186 was used. 5115 
What is old is new? 5114 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5113 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4662 
That sucks. 4662 
YO186 4660 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4660 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4660 
A hallucination? 4657 
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