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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6454 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6453 
DHT Milq? 6453 
The DHT journey. 6453 
DHT tone 6453 
Well, why not? 6452 
Holding the Fort 6452 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6452 
Input tube and DC heaters 6451 
Reimyo Pat 777 6451 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6447 
DHT or 300B? 6447 
300B 6447 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6447 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6446 
Hence the confusion 6446 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6446 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6446 
My experience with DHTs 6446 
Pigmented coloration? 6446 
Dht-dht 6446 
Dynamic viscosity? 6446 
The Pallette preamp... 6446 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6446 
"soul" of tubes 6446 
There is a difference... 6446 
Vibration injection? 6446 
Homework # 4334 6446 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6446 
Old valves have more soul! 6445 
Was it soul or soil? 6445 
It was just a heading 6445 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6445 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6445 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6445 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6445 
Injection of analog dither? 6445 
Subliminal signal 6445 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6445 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6445 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6444 
Avicenna = Arabian 6444 
Persian, not Arab 6444 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6444 
More words to describe "sux" please 6444 
Revolution 6444 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6444 
One-stage DHTs 6443 
One other thing 6443 
One stage 6443 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6443 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6443 
I see the things differently. 6443 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6443 
The audiophile attitude 6443 
The where and why of design choices 6443 
Blah blah blah 6443 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6443 
Do I need to be hissing? 6443 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6443 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6443 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6442 
What is randomness? 6442 
Those least three possibilities… 6442 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6442 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6442 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6440 
A Beautiful Mind 6439 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6437 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6422 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6422 
Abandoning Milq? 6422 
Will see how it goes.... 6422 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6420 
Topology and 2A3? 6420 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6420 
Type Casting 6420 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6420 
6sn7-2a3 6420 
Topology vs parts 6420 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6420 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6420 
Parts Frenzy 6420 
Too many new sounds 6420 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6419 
New tubes 6418 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6418 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6418 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6418 
New 2A3 6418 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6417 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6416 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6416 
Czech tubes 6414 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6414 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6414 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6413 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6413 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6410 
Here she is. 6409 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6405 
New 2A3 tubes 6405 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6405 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6404 
Multistage DHT circuits 6403 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6402 
Emission Labs 2A3 6402 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6402 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6402 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6402 
The YO186 Strip Show 6402 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6401 
It will be interesting…. 6401 
OPT impedence 6401 
More about the Plate Loading 6401 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6396 
2A3 data 6396 
The New 2A3 tubes 6396 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6396 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6395 
Everything about everything. 6395 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6395 
Options, options, options.... 6395 
I think we agree overall 6395 
An IDHT with more gain? 6394 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6394 
2A3 tube impressions 6389 
Interesting analogy 6389 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6389 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6389 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6389 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6389 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6389 
Why NOS tubes? 6388 
The Holly Ignorance 6388 
Tube tasting 6388 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6388 
Make mine thoriated please 6388 
Any Germans out there? 6388 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6388 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6388 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6388 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6387 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6387 
Tube sound and vibration 6387 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6381 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6380 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6380 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6379 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6379 
B4/B5 British made 6378 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6378 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6377 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6377 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6376 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6375 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6372 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6372 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6371 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6371 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6371 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6371 
The identical operation environment? 6371 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6371 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6371 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6370 
How to get max power from 2A3 6370 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6370 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6370 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6370 
Gain is not power. 6370 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6370 
Specialized DSET approach 6370 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6370 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6370 
The 2A3 loading 6370 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6370 
Optimizing the 2A3 6370 
How much to DSET a DSET 6370 
DSET for Titan 6370 
The Best of All Worlds 6370 
Multiamp setup 6369 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6369 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6369 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6369 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6363 
2A3 and 400V supply 6363 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6362 
Another shot at numbers 6362 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6362 
Okay, so this might work.... 6362 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6362 
Looks good, but.... 6361 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6361 
Less is more... usually. 6361 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6360 
Stepping Out 6360 
Said to be good, but 6360 
Gain to lose 6360 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6360 
Another idea for losing gain 6360 
What's best 6360 
Options, options... 6360 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6360 
Other compromises... 6359 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6358 
Is it glowing yet? 6338 
It is comming.... 6338 
The new MF channel. 6332 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6331 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6323 
The intestage loading talk. 6320 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6315 
1 in 50? 6315 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6315 
Die Walküre soldering. 6314 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6313 
Another amp arond YO186 6312 
Gain? 6312 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6312 
Simple is good 6311 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6311 
The Milq DSET is up. 6310 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6308 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6308 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6307 
Ok, what do I want? 6307 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6307 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6307 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6307 
How about the tweeter? 6306 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6306 
Safe and Sound 6306 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6306 
Some clarifications. 6306 
How about that?!!! 6306 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6304 
Head Room 6304 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6303 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6303 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6303 
Again with the PS 6303 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6301 
Parallel Universe 6301 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6299 
Why I let other people build them... 6299 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6299 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6298 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6295 
MF: the pre-final version. 6295 
Loftin-White? 6295 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6295 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6295 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6291 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6291 
Define really quiet 6290 
Another variable of sound 6290 
Backlash? 6290 
Alternative filament supplies 6290 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6290 
Going down the DC path 6289 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6289 
Molecular sound 6289 
AC-DC heater supply 6289 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6289 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6289 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6289 
Hiss or Hum 6289 
AC transformers 6289 
I have seen the Promised Land 6288 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6288 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6287 
Divide and Conquer 6287 
The design phase is over. 6286 
The unexpected insanity! 6285 
Loading 6285 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6285 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6285 
Going the Distance 6285 
Read the f*** manual! 6285 
Agreed. 6285 
I agree 6285 
The filament transformer 6285 
Center-tap and options 6285 
Something like this…. 6285 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6285 
The foreplay is going on. 6285 
Split balance 6284 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6284 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6284 
SHuguang 6284 
Going through…. 6283 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6282 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6282 
Hum vs voltage 6282 
Meow about the tubes… 6282 
To Be a Content Cat 6282 
Completed! 6279 
Tradition 6279 
Absolutely beautiful! 6279 
The 'film' caps in PS 6278 
Science or religion 6278 
Mass Extinction 6278 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6278 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6278 
Capacitor choices 6278 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6277 
The minor day of Quartets. 6277 
Them's the Breaks 6277 
Eventually! 6276 
So Soon? 6276 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6276 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6275 
The wire for DC-coupling 6275 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6275 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6275 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6274 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6273 
The DHT live reserve 6272 
Some interestng models 6272 
Eaten alive. 6272 
The tubey déjà vu? 6271 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6267 
The 4V takes a lead. 6263 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6260 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6260 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6258 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6257 
Exiting the design mode? 6257 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6257 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6253 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6252 
Setting up the new Playback 6251 
And the winner is… so far 6248 
If you like type 45... 6248 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6248 
Favorite Flavor? 6248 
The 45 times Meow... 6248 
The problem that I see is… 6248 
Running the 45 6248 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6247 
The commentaries about everything. 6247 
Driver tube and biasing 6247 
DHT drivers 6247 
The ideas are worth trying? 6247 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6243 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6243 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6242 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6242 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6242 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6242 
Operating points and cathode current 6242 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6242 
Actually it is not so simple. 6242 
Resistors at the front 6241 
A minor alternation of a position 6241 
The era of enlightenment. 6238 
The devil is in the details.... 6238 
Constructing Sound 6238 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6237 
The “strange” YO186 6228 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6183 
2S4S and 2A3 6174 
Ho to use the YO186 6167 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6167 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6167 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6165 
Not anymore! 6154 
The very good YoYonisation! 6153 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6152 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6139 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6139 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6086 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6085 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6082 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6072 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5834 
All the Best from Burgundy 5834 
Cheesy tubes 5833 
Me and my DHT references… 5724 
Y0-186 in winter. 5627 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5626 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5595 
In My Dreams 5595 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5595 
Blame? 5594 
When good is not good enough. 5594 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5594 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5593 
How the YO186 was used. 5177 
What is old is new? 5176 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5175 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4724 
That sucks. 4724 
YO186 4722 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4722 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4722 
A hallucination? 4719 
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