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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6431 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6430 
DHT Milq? 6430 
The DHT journey. 6430 
DHT tone 6430 
Well, why not? 6429 
Holding the Fort 6429 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6429 
Input tube and DC heaters 6428 
Reimyo Pat 777 6428 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6424 
DHT or 300B? 6424 
300B 6424 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6424 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6423 
Hence the confusion 6423 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6423 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6423 
My experience with DHTs 6423 
Pigmented coloration? 6423 
Dht-dht 6423 
Dynamic viscosity? 6423 
The Pallette preamp... 6423 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6423 
"soul" of tubes 6423 
There is a difference... 6423 
Vibration injection? 6423 
Homework # 4334 6423 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6423 
Old valves have more soul! 6422 
Was it soul or soil? 6422 
It was just a heading 6422 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6422 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6422 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6422 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6422 
Injection of analog dither? 6422 
Subliminal signal 6422 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6422 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6422 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6421 
Avicenna = Arabian 6421 
Persian, not Arab 6421 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6421 
More words to describe "sux" please 6421 
Revolution 6421 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6421 
One-stage DHTs 6420 
One other thing 6420 
One stage 6420 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6420 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6420 
I see the things differently. 6420 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6420 
The audiophile attitude 6420 
The where and why of design choices 6420 
Blah blah blah 6420 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6420 
Do I need to be hissing? 6420 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6420 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6420 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6419 
What is randomness? 6419 
Those least three possibilities… 6419 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6419 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6419 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6417 
A Beautiful Mind 6416 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6414 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6399 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6399 
Abandoning Milq? 6399 
Will see how it goes.... 6399 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6397 
Topology and 2A3? 6397 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6397 
Type Casting 6397 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6397 
6sn7-2a3 6397 
Topology vs parts 6397 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6397 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6397 
Parts Frenzy 6397 
Too many new sounds 6397 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6396 
New tubes 6395 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6395 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6395 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6395 
New 2A3 6395 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6394 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6393 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6393 
Czech tubes 6391 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6391 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6391 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6390 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6390 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6387 
Here she is. 6386 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6382 
New 2A3 tubes 6382 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6382 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6381 
Multistage DHT circuits 6380 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6379 
Emission Labs 2A3 6379 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6379 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6379 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6379 
The YO186 Strip Show 6379 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6378 
It will be interesting…. 6378 
OPT impedence 6378 
More about the Plate Loading 6378 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6373 
2A3 data 6373 
The New 2A3 tubes 6373 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6373 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6372 
Everything about everything. 6372 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6372 
Options, options, options.... 6372 
I think we agree overall 6372 
An IDHT with more gain? 6371 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6371 
2A3 tube impressions 6366 
Interesting analogy 6366 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6366 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6366 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6366 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6366 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6366 
Why NOS tubes? 6365 
The Holly Ignorance 6365 
Tube tasting 6365 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6365 
Make mine thoriated please 6365 
Any Germans out there? 6365 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6365 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6365 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6365 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6364 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6364 
Tube sound and vibration 6364 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6358 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6357 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6357 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6356 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6356 
B4/B5 British made 6355 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6355 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6354 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6354 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6353 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6352 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6349 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6349 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6348 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6348 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6348 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6348 
The identical operation environment? 6348 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6348 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6348 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6347 
How to get max power from 2A3 6347 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6347 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6347 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6347 
Gain is not power. 6347 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6347 
Specialized DSET approach 6347 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6347 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6347 
The 2A3 loading 6347 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6347 
Optimizing the 2A3 6347 
How much to DSET a DSET 6347 
DSET for Titan 6347 
The Best of All Worlds 6347 
Multiamp setup 6346 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6346 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6346 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6346 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6340 
2A3 and 400V supply 6340 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6339 
Another shot at numbers 6339 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6339 
Okay, so this might work.... 6339 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6339 
Looks good, but.... 6338 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6338 
Less is more... usually. 6338 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6337 
Stepping Out 6337 
Said to be good, but 6337 
Gain to lose 6337 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6337 
Another idea for losing gain 6337 
What's best 6337 
Options, options... 6337 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6337 
Other compromises... 6336 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6335 
Is it glowing yet? 6315 
It is comming.... 6315 
The new MF channel. 6309 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6308 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6300 
The intestage loading talk. 6297 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6292 
1 in 50? 6292 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6292 
Die Walküre soldering. 6291 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6290 
Another amp arond YO186 6289 
Gain? 6289 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6289 
Simple is good 6288 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6288 
The Milq DSET is up. 6287 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6285 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6285 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6284 
Ok, what do I want? 6284 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6284 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6284 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6284 
How about the tweeter? 6283 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6283 
Safe and Sound 6283 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6283 
Some clarifications. 6283 
How about that?!!! 6283 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6281 
Head Room 6281 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6280 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6280 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6280 
Again with the PS 6280 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6278 
Parallel Universe 6278 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6276 
Why I let other people build them... 6276 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6276 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6275 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6272 
MF: the pre-final version. 6272 
Loftin-White? 6272 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6272 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6272 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6268 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6268 
Define really quiet 6267 
Another variable of sound 6267 
Backlash? 6267 
Alternative filament supplies 6267 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6267 
Going down the DC path 6266 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6266 
Molecular sound 6266 
AC-DC heater supply 6266 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6266 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6266 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6266 
Hiss or Hum 6266 
AC transformers 6266 
I have seen the Promised Land 6265 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6265 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6264 
Divide and Conquer 6264 
The design phase is over. 6263 
The unexpected insanity! 6262 
Loading 6262 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6262 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6262 
Going the Distance 6262 
Read the f*** manual! 6262 
Agreed. 6262 
I agree 6262 
The filament transformer 6262 
Center-tap and options 6262 
Something like this…. 6262 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6262 
The foreplay is going on. 6262 
Split balance 6261 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6261 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6261 
SHuguang 6261 
Going through…. 6260 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6259 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6259 
Hum vs voltage 6259 
Meow about the tubes… 6259 
To Be a Content Cat 6259 
Completed! 6256 
Tradition 6256 
Absolutely beautiful! 6256 
The 'film' caps in PS 6255 
Science or religion 6255 
Mass Extinction 6255 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6255 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6255 
Capacitor choices 6255 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6254 
The minor day of Quartets. 6254 
Them's the Breaks 6254 
Eventually! 6253 
So Soon? 6253 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6253 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6252 
The wire for DC-coupling 6252 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6252 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6252 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6251 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6250 
The DHT live reserve 6249 
Some interestng models 6249 
Eaten alive. 6249 
The tubey déjà vu? 6248 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6244 
The 4V takes a lead. 6240 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6237 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6237 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6235 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6234 
Exiting the design mode? 6234 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6234 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6230 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6229 
Setting up the new Playback 6228 
And the winner is… so far 6225 
If you like type 45... 6225 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6225 
Favorite Flavor? 6225 
The 45 times Meow... 6225 
The problem that I see is… 6225 
Running the 45 6225 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6224 
The commentaries about everything. 6224 
Driver tube and biasing 6224 
DHT drivers 6224 
The ideas are worth trying? 6224 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6220 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6220 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6219 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6219 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6219 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6219 
Operating points and cathode current 6219 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6219 
Actually it is not so simple. 6219 
Resistors at the front 6218 
A minor alternation of a position 6218 
The era of enlightenment. 6215 
The devil is in the details.... 6215 
Constructing Sound 6215 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6214 
The “strange” YO186 6205 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6160 
2S4S and 2A3 6151 
Ho to use the YO186 6144 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6144 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6144 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6142 
Not anymore! 6131 
The very good YoYonisation! 6130 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6129 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6116 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6116 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6063 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6062 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6059 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6049 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5811 
All the Best from Burgundy 5811 
Cheesy tubes 5810 
Me and my DHT references… 5701 
Y0-186 in winter. 5604 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5603 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5572 
In My Dreams 5572 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5572 
Blame? 5571 
When good is not good enough. 5571 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5571 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5570 
How the YO186 was used. 5154 
What is old is new? 5153 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5152 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4701 
That sucks. 4701 
YO186 4699 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4699 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4699 
A hallucination? 4696 
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