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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6479 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6478 
DHT Milq? 6478 
The DHT journey. 6478 
DHT tone 6478 
Well, why not? 6477 
Holding the Fort 6477 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6477 
Input tube and DC heaters 6476 
Reimyo Pat 777 6476 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6472 
DHT or 300B? 6472 
300B 6472 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6472 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6471 
Hence the confusion 6471 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6471 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6471 
My experience with DHTs 6471 
Pigmented coloration? 6471 
Dht-dht 6471 
Dynamic viscosity? 6471 
The Pallette preamp... 6471 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6471 
"soul" of tubes 6471 
There is a difference... 6471 
Vibration injection? 6471 
Homework # 4334 6471 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6471 
Old valves have more soul! 6470 
Was it soul or soil? 6470 
It was just a heading 6470 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6470 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6470 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6470 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6470 
Injection of analog dither? 6470 
Subliminal signal 6470 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6470 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6470 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6469 
Avicenna = Arabian 6469 
Persian, not Arab 6469 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6469 
More words to describe "sux" please 6469 
Revolution 6469 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6469 
One-stage DHTs 6468 
One other thing 6468 
One stage 6468 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6468 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6468 
I see the things differently. 6468 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6468 
The audiophile attitude 6468 
The where and why of design choices 6468 
Blah blah blah 6468 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6468 
Do I need to be hissing? 6468 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6468 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6468 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6467 
What is randomness? 6467 
Those least three possibilities… 6467 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6467 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6467 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6465 
A Beautiful Mind 6464 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6462 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6447 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6447 
Abandoning Milq? 6447 
Will see how it goes.... 6447 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6445 
Topology and 2A3? 6445 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6445 
Type Casting 6445 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6445 
6sn7-2a3 6445 
Topology vs parts 6445 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6445 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6445 
Parts Frenzy 6445 
Too many new sounds 6445 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6444 
New tubes 6443 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6443 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6443 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6443 
New 2A3 6443 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6442 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6441 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6441 
Czech tubes 6439 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6439 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6439 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6438 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6438 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6435 
Here she is. 6434 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6430 
New 2A3 tubes 6430 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6430 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6429 
Multistage DHT circuits 6428 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6427 
Emission Labs 2A3 6427 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6427 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6427 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6427 
The YO186 Strip Show 6427 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6426 
It will be interesting…. 6426 
OPT impedence 6426 
More about the Plate Loading 6426 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6421 
2A3 data 6421 
The New 2A3 tubes 6421 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6421 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6420 
Everything about everything. 6420 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6420 
Options, options, options.... 6420 
I think we agree overall 6420 
An IDHT with more gain? 6419 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6419 
2A3 tube impressions 6414 
Interesting analogy 6414 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6414 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6414 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6414 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6414 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6414 
Why NOS tubes? 6413 
The Holly Ignorance 6413 
Tube tasting 6413 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6413 
Make mine thoriated please 6413 
Any Germans out there? 6413 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6413 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6413 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6413 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6412 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6412 
Tube sound and vibration 6412 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6406 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6405 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6405 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6404 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6404 
B4/B5 British made 6403 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6403 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6402 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6402 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6401 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6400 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6397 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6397 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6396 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6396 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6396 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6396 
The identical operation environment? 6396 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6396 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6396 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6395 
How to get max power from 2A3 6395 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6395 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6395 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6395 
Gain is not power. 6395 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6395 
Specialized DSET approach 6395 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6395 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6395 
The 2A3 loading 6395 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6395 
Optimizing the 2A3 6395 
How much to DSET a DSET 6395 
DSET for Titan 6395 
The Best of All Worlds 6395 
Multiamp setup 6394 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6394 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6394 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6394 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6388 
2A3 and 400V supply 6388 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6387 
Another shot at numbers 6387 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6387 
Okay, so this might work.... 6387 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6387 
Looks good, but.... 6386 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6386 
Less is more... usually. 6386 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6385 
Stepping Out 6385 
Said to be good, but 6385 
Gain to lose 6385 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6385 
Another idea for losing gain 6385 
What's best 6385 
Options, options... 6385 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6385 
Other compromises... 6384 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6383 
Is it glowing yet? 6363 
It is comming.... 6363 
The new MF channel. 6357 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6356 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6348 
The intestage loading talk. 6345 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6340 
1 in 50? 6340 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6340 
Die Walküre soldering. 6339 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6338 
Another amp arond YO186 6337 
Gain? 6337 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6337 
Simple is good 6336 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6336 
The Milq DSET is up. 6335 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6333 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6333 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6332 
Ok, what do I want? 6332 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6332 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6332 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6332 
How about the tweeter? 6331 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6331 
Safe and Sound 6331 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6331 
Some clarifications. 6331 
How about that?!!! 6331 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6329 
Head Room 6329 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6328 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6328 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6328 
Again with the PS 6328 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6326 
Parallel Universe 6326 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6324 
Why I let other people build them... 6324 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6324 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6323 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6320 
MF: the pre-final version. 6320 
Loftin-White? 6320 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6320 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6320 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6316 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6316 
Define really quiet 6315 
Another variable of sound 6315 
Backlash? 6315 
Alternative filament supplies 6315 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6315 
Going down the DC path 6314 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6314 
Molecular sound 6314 
AC-DC heater supply 6314 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6314 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6314 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6314 
Hiss or Hum 6314 
AC transformers 6314 
I have seen the Promised Land 6313 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6313 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6312 
Divide and Conquer 6312 
The design phase is over. 6311 
The unexpected insanity! 6310 
Loading 6310 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6310 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6310 
Going the Distance 6310 
Read the f*** manual! 6310 
Agreed. 6310 
I agree 6310 
The filament transformer 6310 
Center-tap and options 6310 
Something like this…. 6310 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6310 
The foreplay is going on. 6310 
Split balance 6309 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6309 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6309 
SHuguang 6309 
Going through…. 6308 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6307 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6307 
Hum vs voltage 6307 
Meow about the tubes… 6307 
To Be a Content Cat 6307 
Completed! 6304 
Tradition 6304 
Absolutely beautiful! 6304 
The 'film' caps in PS 6303 
Science or religion 6303 
Mass Extinction 6303 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6303 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6303 
Capacitor choices 6303 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6302 
The minor day of Quartets. 6302 
Them's the Breaks 6302 
Eventually! 6301 
So Soon? 6301 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6301 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6300 
The wire for DC-coupling 6300 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6300 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6300 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6299 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6298 
The DHT live reserve 6297 
Some interestng models 6297 
Eaten alive. 6297 
The tubey déjà vu? 6296 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6292 
The 4V takes a lead. 6288 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6285 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6285 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6283 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6282 
Exiting the design mode? 6282 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6282 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6278 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6277 
Setting up the new Playback 6276 
And the winner is… so far 6273 
If you like type 45... 6273 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6273 
Favorite Flavor? 6273 
The 45 times Meow... 6273 
The problem that I see is… 6273 
Running the 45 6273 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6272 
The commentaries about everything. 6272 
Driver tube and biasing 6272 
DHT drivers 6272 
The ideas are worth trying? 6272 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6268 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6268 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6267 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6267 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6267 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6267 
Operating points and cathode current 6267 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6267 
Actually it is not so simple. 6267 
Resistors at the front 6266 
A minor alternation of a position 6266 
The era of enlightenment. 6263 
The devil is in the details.... 6263 
Constructing Sound 6263 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6262 
The “strange” YO186 6253 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6208 
2S4S and 2A3 6199 
Ho to use the YO186 6192 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6192 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6192 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6190 
Not anymore! 6179 
The very good YoYonisation! 6178 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6177 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6164 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6164 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6111 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6110 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6107 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6097 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5859 
All the Best from Burgundy 5859 
Cheesy tubes 5858 
Me and my DHT references… 5749 
Y0-186 in winter. 5652 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5651 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5620 
In My Dreams 5620 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5620 
Blame? 5619 
When good is not good enough. 5619 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5619 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5618 
How the YO186 was used. 5202 
What is old is new? 5201 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5200 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4749 
That sucks. 4749 
YO186 4747 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4747 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4747 
A hallucination? 4744 
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