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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6483 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6482 
DHT Milq? 6482 
The DHT journey. 6482 
DHT tone 6482 
Well, why not? 6481 
Holding the Fort 6481 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6481 
Input tube and DC heaters 6480 
Reimyo Pat 777 6480 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6476 
DHT or 300B? 6476 
300B 6476 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6476 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6475 
Hence the confusion 6475 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6475 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6475 
My experience with DHTs 6475 
Pigmented coloration? 6475 
Dht-dht 6475 
Dynamic viscosity? 6475 
The Pallette preamp... 6475 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6475 
"soul" of tubes 6475 
There is a difference... 6475 
Vibration injection? 6475 
Homework # 4334 6475 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6475 
Old valves have more soul! 6474 
Was it soul or soil? 6474 
It was just a heading 6474 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6474 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6474 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6474 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6474 
Injection of analog dither? 6474 
Subliminal signal 6474 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6474 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6474 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6473 
Avicenna = Arabian 6473 
Persian, not Arab 6473 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6473 
More words to describe "sux" please 6473 
Revolution 6473 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6473 
One-stage DHTs 6472 
One other thing 6472 
One stage 6472 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6472 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6472 
I see the things differently. 6472 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6472 
The audiophile attitude 6472 
The where and why of design choices 6472 
Blah blah blah 6472 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6472 
Do I need to be hissing? 6472 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6472 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6472 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6471 
What is randomness? 6471 
Those least three possibilities… 6471 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6471 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6471 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6469 
A Beautiful Mind 6468 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6466 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6451 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6451 
Abandoning Milq? 6451 
Will see how it goes.... 6451 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6449 
Topology and 2A3? 6449 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6449 
Type Casting 6449 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6449 
6sn7-2a3 6449 
Topology vs parts 6449 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6449 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6449 
Parts Frenzy 6449 
Too many new sounds 6449 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6448 
New tubes 6447 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6447 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6447 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6447 
New 2A3 6447 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6446 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6445 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6445 
Czech tubes 6443 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6443 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6443 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6442 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6442 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6439 
Here she is. 6438 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6434 
New 2A3 tubes 6434 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6434 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6433 
Multistage DHT circuits 6432 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6431 
Emission Labs 2A3 6431 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6431 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6431 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6431 
The YO186 Strip Show 6431 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6430 
It will be interesting…. 6430 
OPT impedence 6430 
More about the Plate Loading 6430 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6425 
2A3 data 6425 
The New 2A3 tubes 6425 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6425 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6424 
Everything about everything. 6424 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6424 
Options, options, options.... 6424 
I think we agree overall 6424 
An IDHT with more gain? 6423 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6423 
2A3 tube impressions 6418 
Interesting analogy 6418 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6418 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6418 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6418 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6418 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6418 
Why NOS tubes? 6417 
The Holly Ignorance 6417 
Tube tasting 6417 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6417 
Make mine thoriated please 6417 
Any Germans out there? 6417 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6417 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6417 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6417 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6416 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6416 
Tube sound and vibration 6416 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6410 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6409 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6409 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6408 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6408 
B4/B5 British made 6407 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6407 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6406 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6406 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6405 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6404 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6401 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6401 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6400 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6400 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6400 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6400 
The identical operation environment? 6400 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6400 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6400 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6399 
How to get max power from 2A3 6399 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6399 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6399 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6399 
Gain is not power. 6399 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6399 
Specialized DSET approach 6399 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6399 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6399 
The 2A3 loading 6399 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6399 
Optimizing the 2A3 6399 
How much to DSET a DSET 6399 
DSET for Titan 6399 
The Best of All Worlds 6399 
Multiamp setup 6398 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6398 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6398 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6398 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6392 
2A3 and 400V supply 6392 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6391 
Another shot at numbers 6391 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6391 
Okay, so this might work.... 6391 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6391 
Looks good, but.... 6390 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6390 
Less is more... usually. 6390 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6389 
Stepping Out 6389 
Said to be good, but 6389 
Gain to lose 6389 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6389 
Another idea for losing gain 6389 
What's best 6389 
Options, options... 6389 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6389 
Other compromises... 6388 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6387 
Is it glowing yet? 6367 
It is comming.... 6367 
The new MF channel. 6361 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6360 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6352 
The intestage loading talk. 6349 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6344 
1 in 50? 6344 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6344 
Die Walküre soldering. 6343 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6342 
Another amp arond YO186 6341 
Gain? 6341 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6341 
Simple is good 6340 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6340 
The Milq DSET is up. 6339 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6337 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6337 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6336 
Ok, what do I want? 6336 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6336 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6336 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6336 
How about the tweeter? 6335 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6335 
Safe and Sound 6335 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6335 
Some clarifications. 6335 
How about that?!!! 6335 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6333 
Head Room 6333 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6332 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6332 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6332 
Again with the PS 6332 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6330 
Parallel Universe 6330 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6328 
Why I let other people build them... 6328 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6328 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6327 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6324 
MF: the pre-final version. 6324 
Loftin-White? 6324 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6324 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6324 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6320 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6320 
Define really quiet 6319 
Another variable of sound 6319 
Backlash? 6319 
Alternative filament supplies 6319 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6319 
Going down the DC path 6318 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6318 
Molecular sound 6318 
AC-DC heater supply 6318 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6318 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6318 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6318 
Hiss or Hum 6318 
AC transformers 6318 
I have seen the Promised Land 6317 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6317 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6316 
Divide and Conquer 6316 
The design phase is over. 6315 
The unexpected insanity! 6314 
Loading 6314 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6314 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6314 
Going the Distance 6314 
Read the f*** manual! 6314 
Agreed. 6314 
I agree 6314 
The filament transformer 6314 
Center-tap and options 6314 
Something like this…. 6314 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6314 
The foreplay is going on. 6314 
Split balance 6313 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6313 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6313 
SHuguang 6313 
Going through…. 6312 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6311 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6311 
Hum vs voltage 6311 
Meow about the tubes… 6311 
To Be a Content Cat 6311 
Completed! 6308 
Tradition 6308 
Absolutely beautiful! 6308 
The 'film' caps in PS 6307 
Science or religion 6307 
Mass Extinction 6307 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6307 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6307 
Capacitor choices 6307 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6306 
The minor day of Quartets. 6306 
Them's the Breaks 6306 
Eventually! 6305 
So Soon? 6305 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6305 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6304 
The wire for DC-coupling 6304 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6304 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6304 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6303 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6302 
The DHT live reserve 6301 
Some interestng models 6301 
Eaten alive. 6301 
The tubey déjà vu? 6300 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6296 
The 4V takes a lead. 6292 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6289 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6289 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6287 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6286 
Exiting the design mode? 6286 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6286 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6282 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6281 
Setting up the new Playback 6280 
And the winner is… so far 6277 
If you like type 45... 6277 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6277 
Favorite Flavor? 6277 
The 45 times Meow... 6277 
The problem that I see is… 6277 
Running the 45 6277 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6276 
The commentaries about everything. 6276 
Driver tube and biasing 6276 
DHT drivers 6276 
The ideas are worth trying? 6276 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6272 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6272 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6271 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6271 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6271 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6271 
Operating points and cathode current 6271 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6271 
Actually it is not so simple. 6271 
Resistors at the front 6270 
A minor alternation of a position 6270 
The era of enlightenment. 6267 
The devil is in the details.... 6267 
Constructing Sound 6267 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6266 
The “strange” YO186 6257 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6212 
2S4S and 2A3 6203 
Ho to use the YO186 6196 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6196 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6196 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6194 
Not anymore! 6183 
The very good YoYonisation! 6182 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6181 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6168 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6168 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6115 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6114 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6111 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6101 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5863 
All the Best from Burgundy 5863 
Cheesy tubes 5862 
Me and my DHT references… 5753 
Y0-186 in winter. 5656 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5655 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5624 
In My Dreams 5624 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5624 
Blame? 5623 
When good is not good enough. 5623 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5623 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5622 
How the YO186 was used. 5206 
What is old is new? 5205 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5204 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4753 
That sucks. 4753 
YO186 4751 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4751 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4751 
A hallucination? 4748 
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