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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6442 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6441 
DHT Milq? 6441 
The DHT journey. 6441 
DHT tone 6441 
Well, why not? 6440 
Holding the Fort 6440 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6440 
Input tube and DC heaters 6439 
Reimyo Pat 777 6439 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6435 
DHT or 300B? 6435 
300B 6435 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6435 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6434 
Hence the confusion 6434 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6434 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6434 
My experience with DHTs 6434 
Pigmented coloration? 6434 
Dht-dht 6434 
Dynamic viscosity? 6434 
The Pallette preamp... 6434 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6434 
"soul" of tubes 6434 
There is a difference... 6434 
Vibration injection? 6434 
Homework # 4334 6434 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6434 
Old valves have more soul! 6433 
Was it soul or soil? 6433 
It was just a heading 6433 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6433 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6433 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6433 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6433 
Injection of analog dither? 6433 
Subliminal signal 6433 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6433 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6433 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6432 
Avicenna = Arabian 6432 
Persian, not Arab 6432 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6432 
More words to describe "sux" please 6432 
Revolution 6432 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6432 
One-stage DHTs 6431 
One other thing 6431 
One stage 6431 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6431 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6431 
I see the things differently. 6431 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6431 
The audiophile attitude 6431 
The where and why of design choices 6431 
Blah blah blah 6431 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6431 
Do I need to be hissing? 6431 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6431 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6431 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6430 
What is randomness? 6430 
Those least three possibilities… 6430 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6430 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6430 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6428 
A Beautiful Mind 6427 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6425 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6410 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6410 
Abandoning Milq? 6410 
Will see how it goes.... 6410 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6408 
Topology and 2A3? 6408 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6408 
Type Casting 6408 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6408 
6sn7-2a3 6408 
Topology vs parts 6408 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6408 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6408 
Parts Frenzy 6408 
Too many new sounds 6408 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6407 
New tubes 6406 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6406 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6406 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6406 
New 2A3 6406 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6405 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6404 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6404 
Czech tubes 6402 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6402 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6402 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6401 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6401 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6398 
Here she is. 6397 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6393 
New 2A3 tubes 6393 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6393 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6392 
Multistage DHT circuits 6391 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6390 
Emission Labs 2A3 6390 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6390 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6390 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6390 
The YO186 Strip Show 6390 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6389 
It will be interesting…. 6389 
OPT impedence 6389 
More about the Plate Loading 6389 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6384 
2A3 data 6384 
The New 2A3 tubes 6384 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6384 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6383 
Everything about everything. 6383 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6383 
Options, options, options.... 6383 
I think we agree overall 6383 
An IDHT with more gain? 6382 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6382 
2A3 tube impressions 6377 
Interesting analogy 6377 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6377 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6377 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6377 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6377 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6377 
Why NOS tubes? 6376 
The Holly Ignorance 6376 
Tube tasting 6376 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6376 
Make mine thoriated please 6376 
Any Germans out there? 6376 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6376 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6376 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6376 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6375 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6375 
Tube sound and vibration 6375 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6369 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6368 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6368 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6367 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6367 
B4/B5 British made 6366 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6366 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6365 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6365 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6364 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6363 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6360 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6360 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6359 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6359 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6359 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6359 
The identical operation environment? 6359 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6359 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6359 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6358 
How to get max power from 2A3 6358 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6358 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6358 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6358 
Gain is not power. 6358 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6358 
Specialized DSET approach 6358 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6358 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6358 
The 2A3 loading 6358 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6358 
Optimizing the 2A3 6358 
How much to DSET a DSET 6358 
DSET for Titan 6358 
The Best of All Worlds 6358 
Multiamp setup 6357 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6357 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6357 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6357 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6351 
2A3 and 400V supply 6351 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6350 
Another shot at numbers 6350 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6350 
Okay, so this might work.... 6350 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6350 
Looks good, but.... 6349 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6349 
Less is more... usually. 6349 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6348 
Stepping Out 6348 
Said to be good, but 6348 
Gain to lose 6348 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6348 
Another idea for losing gain 6348 
What's best 6348 
Options, options... 6348 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6348 
Other compromises... 6347 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6346 
Is it glowing yet? 6326 
It is comming.... 6326 
The new MF channel. 6320 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6319 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6311 
The intestage loading talk. 6308 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6303 
1 in 50? 6303 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6303 
Die Walküre soldering. 6302 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6301 
Another amp arond YO186 6300 
Gain? 6300 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6300 
Simple is good 6299 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6299 
The Milq DSET is up. 6298 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6296 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6296 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6295 
Ok, what do I want? 6295 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6295 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6295 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6295 
How about the tweeter? 6294 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6294 
Safe and Sound 6294 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6294 
Some clarifications. 6294 
How about that?!!! 6294 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6292 
Head Room 6292 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6291 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6291 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6291 
Again with the PS 6291 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6289 
Parallel Universe 6289 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6287 
Why I let other people build them... 6287 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6287 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6286 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6283 
MF: the pre-final version. 6283 
Loftin-White? 6283 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6283 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6283 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6279 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6279 
Define really quiet 6278 
Another variable of sound 6278 
Backlash? 6278 
Alternative filament supplies 6278 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6278 
Going down the DC path 6277 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6277 
Molecular sound 6277 
AC-DC heater supply 6277 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6277 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6277 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6277 
Hiss or Hum 6277 
AC transformers 6277 
I have seen the Promised Land 6276 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6276 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6275 
Divide and Conquer 6275 
The design phase is over. 6274 
The unexpected insanity! 6273 
Loading 6273 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6273 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6273 
Going the Distance 6273 
Read the f*** manual! 6273 
Agreed. 6273 
I agree 6273 
The filament transformer 6273 
Center-tap and options 6273 
Something like this…. 6273 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6273 
The foreplay is going on. 6273 
Split balance 6272 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6272 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6272 
SHuguang 6272 
Going through…. 6271 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6270 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6270 
Hum vs voltage 6270 
Meow about the tubes… 6270 
To Be a Content Cat 6270 
Completed! 6267 
Tradition 6267 
Absolutely beautiful! 6267 
The 'film' caps in PS 6266 
Science or religion 6266 
Mass Extinction 6266 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6266 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6266 
Capacitor choices 6266 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6265 
The minor day of Quartets. 6265 
Them's the Breaks 6265 
Eventually! 6264 
So Soon? 6264 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6264 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6263 
The wire for DC-coupling 6263 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6263 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6263 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6262 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6261 
The DHT live reserve 6260 
Some interestng models 6260 
Eaten alive. 6260 
The tubey déjà vu? 6259 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6255 
The 4V takes a lead. 6251 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6248 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6248 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6246 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6245 
Exiting the design mode? 6245 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6245 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6241 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6240 
Setting up the new Playback 6239 
And the winner is… so far 6236 
If you like type 45... 6236 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6236 
Favorite Flavor? 6236 
The 45 times Meow... 6236 
The problem that I see is… 6236 
Running the 45 6236 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6235 
The commentaries about everything. 6235 
Driver tube and biasing 6235 
DHT drivers 6235 
The ideas are worth trying? 6235 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6231 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6231 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6230 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6230 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6230 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6230 
Operating points and cathode current 6230 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6230 
Actually it is not so simple. 6230 
Resistors at the front 6229 
A minor alternation of a position 6229 
The era of enlightenment. 6226 
The devil is in the details.... 6226 
Constructing Sound 6226 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6225 
The “strange” YO186 6216 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6171 
2S4S and 2A3 6162 
Ho to use the YO186 6155 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6155 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6155 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6153 
Not anymore! 6142 
The very good YoYonisation! 6141 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6140 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6127 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6127 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6074 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6073 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6070 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6060 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5822 
All the Best from Burgundy 5822 
Cheesy tubes 5821 
Me and my DHT references… 5712 
Y0-186 in winter. 5615 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5614 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5583 
In My Dreams 5583 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5583 
Blame? 5582 
When good is not good enough. 5582 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5582 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5581 
How the YO186 was used. 5165 
What is old is new? 5164 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5163 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4712 
That sucks. 4712 
YO186 4710 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4710 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4710 
A hallucination? 4707 
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