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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6484 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6483 
DHT Milq? 6483 
The DHT journey. 6483 
DHT tone 6483 
Well, why not? 6482 
Holding the Fort 6482 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6482 
Input tube and DC heaters 6481 
Reimyo Pat 777 6481 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6477 
DHT or 300B? 6477 
300B 6477 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6477 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6476 
Hence the confusion 6476 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6476 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6476 
My experience with DHTs 6476 
Pigmented coloration? 6476 
Dht-dht 6476 
Dynamic viscosity? 6476 
The Pallette preamp... 6476 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6476 
"soul" of tubes 6476 
There is a difference... 6476 
Vibration injection? 6476 
Homework # 4334 6476 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6476 
Old valves have more soul! 6475 
Was it soul or soil? 6475 
It was just a heading 6475 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6475 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6475 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6475 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6475 
Injection of analog dither? 6475 
Subliminal signal 6475 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6475 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6475 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6474 
Avicenna = Arabian 6474 
Persian, not Arab 6474 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6474 
More words to describe "sux" please 6474 
Revolution 6474 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6474 
One-stage DHTs 6473 
One other thing 6473 
One stage 6473 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6473 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6473 
I see the things differently. 6473 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6473 
The audiophile attitude 6473 
The where and why of design choices 6473 
Blah blah blah 6473 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6473 
Do I need to be hissing? 6473 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6473 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6473 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6472 
What is randomness? 6472 
Those least three possibilities… 6472 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6472 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6472 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6470 
A Beautiful Mind 6469 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6467 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6452 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6452 
Abandoning Milq? 6452 
Will see how it goes.... 6452 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6450 
Topology and 2A3? 6450 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6450 
Type Casting 6450 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6450 
6sn7-2a3 6450 
Topology vs parts 6450 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6450 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6450 
Parts Frenzy 6450 
Too many new sounds 6450 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6449 
New tubes 6448 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6448 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6448 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6448 
New 2A3 6448 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6447 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6446 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6446 
Czech tubes 6444 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6444 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6444 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6443 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6443 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6440 
Here she is. 6439 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6435 
New 2A3 tubes 6435 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6435 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6434 
Multistage DHT circuits 6433 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6432 
Emission Labs 2A3 6432 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6432 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6432 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6432 
The YO186 Strip Show 6432 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6431 
It will be interesting…. 6431 
OPT impedence 6431 
More about the Plate Loading 6431 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6426 
2A3 data 6426 
The New 2A3 tubes 6426 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6426 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6425 
Everything about everything. 6425 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6425 
Options, options, options.... 6425 
I think we agree overall 6425 
An IDHT with more gain? 6424 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6424 
2A3 tube impressions 6419 
Interesting analogy 6419 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6419 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6419 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6419 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6419 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6419 
Why NOS tubes? 6418 
The Holly Ignorance 6418 
Tube tasting 6418 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6418 
Make mine thoriated please 6418 
Any Germans out there? 6418 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6418 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6418 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6418 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6417 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6417 
Tube sound and vibration 6417 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6411 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6410 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6410 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6409 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6409 
B4/B5 British made 6408 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6408 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6407 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6407 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6406 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6405 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6402 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6402 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6401 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6401 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6401 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6401 
The identical operation environment? 6401 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6401 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6401 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6400 
How to get max power from 2A3 6400 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6400 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6400 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6400 
Gain is not power. 6400 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6400 
Specialized DSET approach 6400 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6400 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6400 
The 2A3 loading 6400 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6400 
Optimizing the 2A3 6400 
How much to DSET a DSET 6400 
DSET for Titan 6400 
The Best of All Worlds 6400 
Multiamp setup 6399 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6399 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6399 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6399 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6393 
2A3 and 400V supply 6393 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6392 
Another shot at numbers 6392 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6392 
Okay, so this might work.... 6392 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6392 
Looks good, but.... 6391 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6391 
Less is more... usually. 6391 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6390 
Stepping Out 6390 
Said to be good, but 6390 
Gain to lose 6390 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6390 
Another idea for losing gain 6390 
What's best 6390 
Options, options... 6390 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6390 
Other compromises... 6389 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6388 
Is it glowing yet? 6368 
It is comming.... 6368 
The new MF channel. 6362 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6361 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6353 
The intestage loading talk. 6350 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6345 
1 in 50? 6345 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6345 
Die Walküre soldering. 6344 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6343 
Another amp arond YO186 6342 
Gain? 6342 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6342 
Simple is good 6341 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6341 
The Milq DSET is up. 6340 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6338 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6338 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6337 
Ok, what do I want? 6337 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6337 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6337 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6337 
How about the tweeter? 6336 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6336 
Safe and Sound 6336 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6336 
Some clarifications. 6336 
How about that?!!! 6336 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6334 
Head Room 6334 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6333 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6333 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6333 
Again with the PS 6333 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6331 
Parallel Universe 6331 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6329 
Why I let other people build them... 6329 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6329 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6328 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6325 
MF: the pre-final version. 6325 
Loftin-White? 6325 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6325 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6325 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6321 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6321 
Define really quiet 6320 
Another variable of sound 6320 
Backlash? 6320 
Alternative filament supplies 6320 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6320 
Going down the DC path 6319 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6319 
Molecular sound 6319 
AC-DC heater supply 6319 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6319 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6319 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6319 
Hiss or Hum 6319 
AC transformers 6319 
I have seen the Promised Land 6318 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6318 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6317 
Divide and Conquer 6317 
The design phase is over. 6316 
The unexpected insanity! 6315 
Loading 6315 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6315 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6315 
Going the Distance 6315 
Read the f*** manual! 6315 
Agreed. 6315 
I agree 6315 
The filament transformer 6315 
Center-tap and options 6315 
Something like this…. 6315 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6315 
The foreplay is going on. 6315 
Split balance 6314 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6314 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6314 
SHuguang 6314 
Going through…. 6313 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6312 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6312 
Hum vs voltage 6312 
Meow about the tubes… 6312 
To Be a Content Cat 6312 
Completed! 6309 
Tradition 6309 
Absolutely beautiful! 6309 
The 'film' caps in PS 6308 
Science or religion 6308 
Mass Extinction 6308 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6308 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6308 
Capacitor choices 6308 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6307 
The minor day of Quartets. 6307 
Them's the Breaks 6307 
Eventually! 6306 
So Soon? 6306 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6306 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6305 
The wire for DC-coupling 6305 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6305 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6305 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6304 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6303 
The DHT live reserve 6302 
Some interestng models 6302 
Eaten alive. 6302 
The tubey déjà vu? 6301 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6297 
The 4V takes a lead. 6293 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6290 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6290 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6288 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6287 
Exiting the design mode? 6287 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6287 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6283 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6282 
Setting up the new Playback 6281 
And the winner is… so far 6278 
If you like type 45... 6278 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6278 
Favorite Flavor? 6278 
The 45 times Meow... 6278 
The problem that I see is… 6278 
Running the 45 6278 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6277 
The commentaries about everything. 6277 
Driver tube and biasing 6277 
DHT drivers 6277 
The ideas are worth trying? 6277 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6273 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6273 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6272 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6272 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6272 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6272 
Operating points and cathode current 6272 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6272 
Actually it is not so simple. 6272 
Resistors at the front 6271 
A minor alternation of a position 6271 
The era of enlightenment. 6268 
The devil is in the details.... 6268 
Constructing Sound 6268 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6267 
The “strange” YO186 6258 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6213 
2S4S and 2A3 6204 
Ho to use the YO186 6197 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6197 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6197 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6195 
Not anymore! 6184 
The very good YoYonisation! 6183 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6182 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6169 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6169 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6116 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6115 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6112 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6102 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5864 
All the Best from Burgundy 5864 
Cheesy tubes 5863 
Me and my DHT references… 5754 
Y0-186 in winter. 5657 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5656 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5625 
In My Dreams 5625 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5625 
Blame? 5624 
When good is not good enough. 5624 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5624 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5623 
How the YO186 was used. 5207 
What is old is new? 5206 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5205 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4754 
That sucks. 4754 
YO186 4752 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4752 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4752 
A hallucination? 4749 
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