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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6478 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6477 
DHT Milq? 6477 
The DHT journey. 6477 
DHT tone 6477 
Well, why not? 6476 
Holding the Fort 6476 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6476 
Input tube and DC heaters 6475 
Reimyo Pat 777 6475 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6471 
DHT or 300B? 6471 
300B 6471 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6471 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6470 
Hence the confusion 6470 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6470 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6470 
My experience with DHTs 6470 
Pigmented coloration? 6470 
Dht-dht 6470 
Dynamic viscosity? 6470 
The Pallette preamp... 6470 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6470 
"soul" of tubes 6470 
There is a difference... 6470 
Vibration injection? 6470 
Homework # 4334 6470 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6470 
Old valves have more soul! 6469 
Was it soul or soil? 6469 
It was just a heading 6469 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6469 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6469 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6469 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6469 
Injection of analog dither? 6469 
Subliminal signal 6469 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6469 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6469 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6468 
Avicenna = Arabian 6468 
Persian, not Arab 6468 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6468 
More words to describe "sux" please 6468 
Revolution 6468 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6468 
One-stage DHTs 6467 
One other thing 6467 
One stage 6467 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6467 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6467 
I see the things differently. 6467 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6467 
The audiophile attitude 6467 
The where and why of design choices 6467 
Blah blah blah 6467 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6467 
Do I need to be hissing? 6467 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6467 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6467 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6466 
What is randomness? 6466 
Those least three possibilities… 6466 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6466 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6466 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6464 
A Beautiful Mind 6463 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6461 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6446 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6446 
Abandoning Milq? 6446 
Will see how it goes.... 6446 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6444 
Topology and 2A3? 6444 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6444 
Type Casting 6444 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6444 
6sn7-2a3 6444 
Topology vs parts 6444 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6444 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6444 
Parts Frenzy 6444 
Too many new sounds 6444 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6443 
New tubes 6442 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6442 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6442 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6442 
New 2A3 6442 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6441 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6440 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6440 
Czech tubes 6438 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6438 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6438 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6437 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6437 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6434 
Here she is. 6433 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6429 
New 2A3 tubes 6429 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6429 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6428 
Multistage DHT circuits 6427 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6426 
Emission Labs 2A3 6426 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6426 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6426 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6426 
The YO186 Strip Show 6426 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6425 
It will be interesting…. 6425 
OPT impedence 6425 
More about the Plate Loading 6425 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6420 
2A3 data 6420 
The New 2A3 tubes 6420 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6420 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6419 
Everything about everything. 6419 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6419 
Options, options, options.... 6419 
I think we agree overall 6419 
An IDHT with more gain? 6418 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6418 
2A3 tube impressions 6413 
Interesting analogy 6413 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6413 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6413 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6413 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6413 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6413 
Why NOS tubes? 6412 
The Holly Ignorance 6412 
Tube tasting 6412 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6412 
Make mine thoriated please 6412 
Any Germans out there? 6412 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6412 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6412 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6412 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6411 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6411 
Tube sound and vibration 6411 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6405 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6404 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6404 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6403 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6403 
B4/B5 British made 6402 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6402 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6401 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6401 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6400 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6399 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6396 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6396 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6395 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6395 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6395 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6395 
The identical operation environment? 6395 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6395 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6395 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6394 
How to get max power from 2A3 6394 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6394 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6394 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6394 
Gain is not power. 6394 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6394 
Specialized DSET approach 6394 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6394 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6394 
The 2A3 loading 6394 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6394 
Optimizing the 2A3 6394 
How much to DSET a DSET 6394 
DSET for Titan 6394 
The Best of All Worlds 6394 
Multiamp setup 6393 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6393 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6393 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6393 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6387 
2A3 and 400V supply 6387 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6386 
Another shot at numbers 6386 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6386 
Okay, so this might work.... 6386 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6386 
Looks good, but.... 6385 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6385 
Less is more... usually. 6385 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6384 
Stepping Out 6384 
Said to be good, but 6384 
Gain to lose 6384 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6384 
Another idea for losing gain 6384 
What's best 6384 
Options, options... 6384 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6384 
Other compromises... 6383 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6382 
Is it glowing yet? 6362 
It is comming.... 6362 
The new MF channel. 6356 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6355 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6347 
The intestage loading talk. 6344 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6339 
1 in 50? 6339 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6339 
Die Walküre soldering. 6338 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6337 
Another amp arond YO186 6336 
Gain? 6336 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6336 
Simple is good 6335 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6335 
The Milq DSET is up. 6334 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6332 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6332 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6331 
Ok, what do I want? 6331 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6331 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6331 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6331 
How about the tweeter? 6330 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6330 
Safe and Sound 6330 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6330 
Some clarifications. 6330 
How about that?!!! 6330 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6328 
Head Room 6328 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6327 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6327 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6327 
Again with the PS 6327 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6325 
Parallel Universe 6325 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6323 
Why I let other people build them... 6323 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6323 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6322 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6319 
MF: the pre-final version. 6319 
Loftin-White? 6319 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6319 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6319 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6315 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6315 
Define really quiet 6314 
Another variable of sound 6314 
Backlash? 6314 
Alternative filament supplies 6314 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6314 
Going down the DC path 6313 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6313 
Molecular sound 6313 
AC-DC heater supply 6313 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6313 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6313 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6313 
Hiss or Hum 6313 
AC transformers 6313 
I have seen the Promised Land 6312 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6312 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6311 
Divide and Conquer 6311 
The design phase is over. 6310 
The unexpected insanity! 6309 
Loading 6309 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6309 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6309 
Going the Distance 6309 
Read the f*** manual! 6309 
Agreed. 6309 
I agree 6309 
The filament transformer 6309 
Center-tap and options 6309 
Something like this…. 6309 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6309 
The foreplay is going on. 6309 
Split balance 6308 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6308 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6308 
SHuguang 6308 
Going through…. 6307 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6306 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6306 
Hum vs voltage 6306 
Meow about the tubes… 6306 
To Be a Content Cat 6306 
Completed! 6303 
Tradition 6303 
Absolutely beautiful! 6303 
The 'film' caps in PS 6302 
Science or religion 6302 
Mass Extinction 6302 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6302 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6302 
Capacitor choices 6302 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6301 
The minor day of Quartets. 6301 
Them's the Breaks 6301 
Eventually! 6300 
So Soon? 6300 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6300 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6299 
The wire for DC-coupling 6299 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6299 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6299 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6298 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6297 
The DHT live reserve 6296 
Some interestng models 6296 
Eaten alive. 6296 
The tubey déjà vu? 6295 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6291 
The 4V takes a lead. 6287 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6284 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6284 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6282 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6281 
Exiting the design mode? 6281 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6281 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6277 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6276 
Setting up the new Playback 6275 
And the winner is… so far 6272 
If you like type 45... 6272 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6272 
Favorite Flavor? 6272 
The 45 times Meow... 6272 
The problem that I see is… 6272 
Running the 45 6272 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6271 
The commentaries about everything. 6271 
Driver tube and biasing 6271 
DHT drivers 6271 
The ideas are worth trying? 6271 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6267 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6267 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6266 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6266 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6266 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6266 
Operating points and cathode current 6266 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6266 
Actually it is not so simple. 6266 
Resistors at the front 6265 
A minor alternation of a position 6265 
The era of enlightenment. 6262 
The devil is in the details.... 6262 
Constructing Sound 6262 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6261 
The “strange” YO186 6252 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6207 
2S4S and 2A3 6198 
Ho to use the YO186 6191 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6191 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6191 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6189 
Not anymore! 6178 
The very good YoYonisation! 6177 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6176 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6163 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6163 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6110 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6109 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6106 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6096 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5858 
All the Best from Burgundy 5858 
Cheesy tubes 5857 
Me and my DHT references… 5748 
Y0-186 in winter. 5651 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5650 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5619 
In My Dreams 5619 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5619 
Blame? 5618 
When good is not good enough. 5618 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5618 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5617 
How the YO186 was used. 5201 
What is old is new? 5200 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5199 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4748 
That sucks. 4748 
YO186 4746 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4746 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4746 
A hallucination? 4743 
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