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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6464 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6463 
DHT Milq? 6463 
The DHT journey. 6463 
DHT tone 6463 
Well, why not? 6462 
Holding the Fort 6462 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6462 
Input tube and DC heaters 6461 
Reimyo Pat 777 6461 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6457 
DHT or 300B? 6457 
300B 6457 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6457 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6456 
Hence the confusion 6456 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6456 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6456 
My experience with DHTs 6456 
Pigmented coloration? 6456 
Dht-dht 6456 
Dynamic viscosity? 6456 
The Pallette preamp... 6456 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6456 
"soul" of tubes 6456 
There is a difference... 6456 
Vibration injection? 6456 
Homework # 4334 6456 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6456 
Old valves have more soul! 6455 
Was it soul or soil? 6455 
It was just a heading 6455 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6455 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6455 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6455 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6455 
Injection of analog dither? 6455 
Subliminal signal 6455 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6455 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6455 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6454 
Avicenna = Arabian 6454 
Persian, not Arab 6454 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6454 
More words to describe "sux" please 6454 
Revolution 6454 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6454 
One-stage DHTs 6453 
One other thing 6453 
One stage 6453 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6453 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6453 
I see the things differently. 6453 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6453 
The audiophile attitude 6453 
The where and why of design choices 6453 
Blah blah blah 6453 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6453 
Do I need to be hissing? 6453 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6453 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6453 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6452 
What is randomness? 6452 
Those least three possibilities… 6452 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6452 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6452 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6450 
A Beautiful Mind 6449 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6447 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6432 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6432 
Abandoning Milq? 6432 
Will see how it goes.... 6432 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6430 
Topology and 2A3? 6430 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6430 
Type Casting 6430 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6430 
6sn7-2a3 6430 
Topology vs parts 6430 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6430 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6430 
Parts Frenzy 6430 
Too many new sounds 6430 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6429 
New tubes 6428 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6428 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6428 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6428 
New 2A3 6428 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6427 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6426 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6426 
Czech tubes 6424 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6424 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6424 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6423 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6423 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6420 
Here she is. 6419 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6415 
New 2A3 tubes 6415 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6415 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6414 
Multistage DHT circuits 6413 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6412 
Emission Labs 2A3 6412 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6412 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6412 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6412 
The YO186 Strip Show 6412 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6411 
It will be interesting…. 6411 
OPT impedence 6411 
More about the Plate Loading 6411 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6406 
2A3 data 6406 
The New 2A3 tubes 6406 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6406 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6405 
Everything about everything. 6405 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6405 
Options, options, options.... 6405 
I think we agree overall 6405 
An IDHT with more gain? 6404 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6404 
2A3 tube impressions 6399 
Interesting analogy 6399 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6399 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6399 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6399 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6399 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6399 
Why NOS tubes? 6398 
The Holly Ignorance 6398 
Tube tasting 6398 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6398 
Make mine thoriated please 6398 
Any Germans out there? 6398 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6398 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6398 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6398 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6397 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6397 
Tube sound and vibration 6397 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6391 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6390 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6390 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6389 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6389 
B4/B5 British made 6388 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6388 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6387 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6387 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6386 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6385 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6382 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6382 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6381 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6381 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6381 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6381 
The identical operation environment? 6381 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6381 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6381 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6380 
How to get max power from 2A3 6380 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6380 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6380 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6380 
Gain is not power. 6380 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6380 
Specialized DSET approach 6380 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6380 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6380 
The 2A3 loading 6380 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6380 
Optimizing the 2A3 6380 
How much to DSET a DSET 6380 
DSET for Titan 6380 
The Best of All Worlds 6380 
Multiamp setup 6379 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6379 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6379 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6379 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6373 
2A3 and 400V supply 6373 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6372 
Another shot at numbers 6372 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6372 
Okay, so this might work.... 6372 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6372 
Looks good, but.... 6371 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6371 
Less is more... usually. 6371 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6370 
Stepping Out 6370 
Said to be good, but 6370 
Gain to lose 6370 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6370 
Another idea for losing gain 6370 
What's best 6370 
Options, options... 6370 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6370 
Other compromises... 6369 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6368 
Is it glowing yet? 6348 
It is comming.... 6348 
The new MF channel. 6342 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6341 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6333 
The intestage loading talk. 6330 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6325 
1 in 50? 6325 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6325 
Die Walküre soldering. 6324 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6323 
Another amp arond YO186 6322 
Gain? 6322 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6322 
Simple is good 6321 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6321 
The Milq DSET is up. 6320 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6318 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6318 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6317 
Ok, what do I want? 6317 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6317 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6317 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6317 
How about the tweeter? 6316 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6316 
Safe and Sound 6316 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6316 
Some clarifications. 6316 
How about that?!!! 6316 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6314 
Head Room 6314 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6313 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6313 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6313 
Again with the PS 6313 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6311 
Parallel Universe 6311 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6309 
Why I let other people build them... 6309 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6309 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6308 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6305 
MF: the pre-final version. 6305 
Loftin-White? 6305 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6305 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6305 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6301 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6301 
Define really quiet 6300 
Another variable of sound 6300 
Backlash? 6300 
Alternative filament supplies 6300 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6300 
Going down the DC path 6299 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6299 
Molecular sound 6299 
AC-DC heater supply 6299 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6299 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6299 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6299 
Hiss or Hum 6299 
AC transformers 6299 
I have seen the Promised Land 6298 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6298 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6297 
Divide and Conquer 6297 
The design phase is over. 6296 
The unexpected insanity! 6295 
Loading 6295 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6295 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6295 
Going the Distance 6295 
Read the f*** manual! 6295 
Agreed. 6295 
I agree 6295 
The filament transformer 6295 
Center-tap and options 6295 
Something like this…. 6295 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6295 
The foreplay is going on. 6295 
Split balance 6294 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6294 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6294 
SHuguang 6294 
Going through…. 6293 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6292 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6292 
Hum vs voltage 6292 
Meow about the tubes… 6292 
To Be a Content Cat 6292 
Completed! 6289 
Tradition 6289 
Absolutely beautiful! 6289 
The 'film' caps in PS 6288 
Science or religion 6288 
Mass Extinction 6288 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6288 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6288 
Capacitor choices 6288 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6287 
The minor day of Quartets. 6287 
Them's the Breaks 6287 
Eventually! 6286 
So Soon? 6286 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6286 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6285 
The wire for DC-coupling 6285 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6285 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6285 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6284 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6283 
The DHT live reserve 6282 
Some interestng models 6282 
Eaten alive. 6282 
The tubey déjà vu? 6281 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6277 
The 4V takes a lead. 6273 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6270 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6270 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6268 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6267 
Exiting the design mode? 6267 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6267 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6263 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6262 
Setting up the new Playback 6261 
And the winner is… so far 6258 
If you like type 45... 6258 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6258 
Favorite Flavor? 6258 
The 45 times Meow... 6258 
The problem that I see is… 6258 
Running the 45 6258 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6257 
The commentaries about everything. 6257 
Driver tube and biasing 6257 
DHT drivers 6257 
The ideas are worth trying? 6257 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6253 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6253 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6252 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6252 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6252 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6252 
Operating points and cathode current 6252 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6252 
Actually it is not so simple. 6252 
Resistors at the front 6251 
A minor alternation of a position 6251 
The era of enlightenment. 6248 
The devil is in the details.... 6248 
Constructing Sound 6248 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6247 
The “strange” YO186 6238 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6193 
2S4S and 2A3 6184 
Ho to use the YO186 6177 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6177 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6177 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6175 
Not anymore! 6164 
The very good YoYonisation! 6163 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6162 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6149 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6149 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6096 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6095 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6092 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6082 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5844 
All the Best from Burgundy 5844 
Cheesy tubes 5843 
Me and my DHT references… 5734 
Y0-186 in winter. 5637 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5636 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5605 
In My Dreams 5605 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5605 
Blame? 5604 
When good is not good enough. 5604 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5604 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5603 
How the YO186 was used. 5187 
What is old is new? 5186 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5185 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4734 
That sucks. 4734 
YO186 4732 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4732 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4732 
A hallucination? 4729 
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