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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6428 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6427 
DHT Milq? 6427 
The DHT journey. 6427 
DHT tone 6427 
Well, why not? 6426 
Holding the Fort 6426 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6426 
Input tube and DC heaters 6425 
Reimyo Pat 777 6425 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6421 
DHT or 300B? 6421 
300B 6421 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6421 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6420 
Hence the confusion 6420 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6420 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6420 
My experience with DHTs 6420 
Pigmented coloration? 6420 
Dht-dht 6420 
Dynamic viscosity? 6420 
The Pallette preamp... 6420 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6420 
"soul" of tubes 6420 
There is a difference... 6420 
Vibration injection? 6420 
Homework # 4334 6420 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6420 
Old valves have more soul! 6419 
Was it soul or soil? 6419 
It was just a heading 6419 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6419 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6419 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6419 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6419 
Injection of analog dither? 6419 
Subliminal signal 6419 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6419 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6419 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6418 
Avicenna = Arabian 6418 
Persian, not Arab 6418 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6418 
More words to describe "sux" please 6418 
Revolution 6418 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6418 
One-stage DHTs 6417 
One other thing 6417 
One stage 6417 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6417 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6417 
I see the things differently. 6417 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6417 
The audiophile attitude 6417 
The where and why of design choices 6417 
Blah blah blah 6417 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6417 
Do I need to be hissing? 6417 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6417 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6417 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6416 
What is randomness? 6416 
Those least three possibilities… 6416 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6416 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6416 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6414 
A Beautiful Mind 6413 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6411 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6396 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6396 
Abandoning Milq? 6396 
Will see how it goes.... 6396 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6394 
Topology and 2A3? 6394 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6394 
Type Casting 6394 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6394 
6sn7-2a3 6394 
Topology vs parts 6394 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6394 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6394 
Parts Frenzy 6394 
Too many new sounds 6394 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6393 
New tubes 6392 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6392 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6392 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6392 
New 2A3 6392 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6391 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6390 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6390 
Czech tubes 6388 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6388 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6388 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6387 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6387 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6384 
Here she is. 6383 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6379 
New 2A3 tubes 6379 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6379 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6378 
Multistage DHT circuits 6377 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6376 
Emission Labs 2A3 6376 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6376 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6376 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6376 
The YO186 Strip Show 6376 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6375 
It will be interesting…. 6375 
OPT impedence 6375 
More about the Plate Loading 6375 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6370 
2A3 data 6370 
The New 2A3 tubes 6370 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6370 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6369 
Everything about everything. 6369 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6369 
Options, options, options.... 6369 
I think we agree overall 6369 
An IDHT with more gain? 6368 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6368 
2A3 tube impressions 6363 
Interesting analogy 6363 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6363 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6363 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6363 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6363 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6363 
Why NOS tubes? 6362 
The Holly Ignorance 6362 
Tube tasting 6362 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6362 
Make mine thoriated please 6362 
Any Germans out there? 6362 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6362 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6362 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6362 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6361 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6361 
Tube sound and vibration 6361 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6355 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6354 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6354 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6353 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6353 
B4/B5 British made 6352 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6352 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6351 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6351 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6350 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6349 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6346 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6346 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6345 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6345 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6345 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6345 
The identical operation environment? 6345 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6345 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6345 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6344 
How to get max power from 2A3 6344 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6344 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6344 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6344 
Gain is not power. 6344 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6344 
Specialized DSET approach 6344 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6344 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6344 
The 2A3 loading 6344 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6344 
Optimizing the 2A3 6344 
How much to DSET a DSET 6344 
DSET for Titan 6344 
The Best of All Worlds 6344 
Multiamp setup 6343 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6343 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6343 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6343 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6337 
2A3 and 400V supply 6337 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6336 
Another shot at numbers 6336 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6336 
Okay, so this might work.... 6336 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6336 
Looks good, but.... 6335 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6335 
Less is more... usually. 6335 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6334 
Stepping Out 6334 
Said to be good, but 6334 
Gain to lose 6334 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6334 
Another idea for losing gain 6334 
What's best 6334 
Options, options... 6334 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6334 
Other compromises... 6333 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6332 
Is it glowing yet? 6312 
It is comming.... 6312 
The new MF channel. 6306 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6305 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6297 
The intestage loading talk. 6294 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6289 
1 in 50? 6289 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6289 
Die Walküre soldering. 6288 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6287 
Another amp arond YO186 6286 
Gain? 6286 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6286 
Simple is good 6285 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6285 
The Milq DSET is up. 6284 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6282 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6282 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6281 
Ok, what do I want? 6281 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6281 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6281 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6281 
How about the tweeter? 6280 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6280 
Safe and Sound 6280 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6280 
Some clarifications. 6280 
How about that?!!! 6280 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6278 
Head Room 6278 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6277 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6277 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6277 
Again with the PS 6277 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6275 
Parallel Universe 6275 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6273 
Why I let other people build them... 6273 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6273 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6272 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6269 
MF: the pre-final version. 6269 
Loftin-White? 6269 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6269 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6269 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6265 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6265 
Define really quiet 6264 
Another variable of sound 6264 
Backlash? 6264 
Alternative filament supplies 6264 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6264 
Going down the DC path 6263 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6263 
Molecular sound 6263 
AC-DC heater supply 6263 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6263 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6263 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6263 
Hiss or Hum 6263 
AC transformers 6263 
I have seen the Promised Land 6262 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6262 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6261 
Divide and Conquer 6261 
The design phase is over. 6260 
The unexpected insanity! 6259 
Loading 6259 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6259 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6259 
Going the Distance 6259 
Read the f*** manual! 6259 
Agreed. 6259 
I agree 6259 
The filament transformer 6259 
Center-tap and options 6259 
Something like this…. 6259 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6259 
The foreplay is going on. 6259 
Split balance 6258 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6258 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6258 
SHuguang 6258 
Going through…. 6257 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6256 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6256 
Hum vs voltage 6256 
Meow about the tubes… 6256 
To Be a Content Cat 6256 
Completed! 6253 
Tradition 6253 
Absolutely beautiful! 6253 
The 'film' caps in PS 6252 
Science or religion 6252 
Mass Extinction 6252 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6252 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6252 
Capacitor choices 6252 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6251 
The minor day of Quartets. 6251 
Them's the Breaks 6251 
Eventually! 6250 
So Soon? 6250 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6250 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6249 
The wire for DC-coupling 6249 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6249 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6249 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6248 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6247 
The DHT live reserve 6246 
Some interestng models 6246 
Eaten alive. 6246 
The tubey déjà vu? 6245 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6241 
The 4V takes a lead. 6237 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6234 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6234 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6232 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6231 
Exiting the design mode? 6231 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6231 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6227 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6226 
Setting up the new Playback 6225 
And the winner is… so far 6222 
If you like type 45... 6222 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6222 
Favorite Flavor? 6222 
The 45 times Meow... 6222 
The problem that I see is… 6222 
Running the 45 6222 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6221 
The commentaries about everything. 6221 
Driver tube and biasing 6221 
DHT drivers 6221 
The ideas are worth trying? 6221 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6217 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6217 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6216 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6216 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6216 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6216 
Operating points and cathode current 6216 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6216 
Actually it is not so simple. 6216 
Resistors at the front 6215 
A minor alternation of a position 6215 
The era of enlightenment. 6212 
The devil is in the details.... 6212 
Constructing Sound 6212 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6211 
The “strange” YO186 6202 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6157 
2S4S and 2A3 6148 
Ho to use the YO186 6141 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6141 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6141 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6139 
Not anymore! 6128 
The very good YoYonisation! 6127 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6126 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6113 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6113 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6060 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6059 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6056 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6046 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5808 
All the Best from Burgundy 5808 
Cheesy tubes 5807 
Me and my DHT references… 5698 
Y0-186 in winter. 5601 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5600 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5569 
In My Dreams 5569 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5569 
Blame? 5568 
When good is not good enough. 5568 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5568 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5567 
How the YO186 was used. 5151 
What is old is new? 5150 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5149 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4698 
That sucks. 4698 
YO186 4696 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4696 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4696 
A hallucination? 4693 
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