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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6434 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6433 
DHT Milq? 6433 
The DHT journey. 6433 
DHT tone 6433 
Well, why not? 6432 
Holding the Fort 6432 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6432 
Input tube and DC heaters 6431 
Reimyo Pat 777 6431 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6427 
DHT or 300B? 6427 
300B 6427 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6427 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6426 
Hence the confusion 6426 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6426 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6426 
My experience with DHTs 6426 
Pigmented coloration? 6426 
Dht-dht 6426 
Dynamic viscosity? 6426 
The Pallette preamp... 6426 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6426 
"soul" of tubes 6426 
There is a difference... 6426 
Vibration injection? 6426 
Homework # 4334 6426 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6426 
Old valves have more soul! 6425 
Was it soul or soil? 6425 
It was just a heading 6425 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6425 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6425 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6425 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6425 
Injection of analog dither? 6425 
Subliminal signal 6425 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6425 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6425 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6424 
Avicenna = Arabian 6424 
Persian, not Arab 6424 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6424 
More words to describe "sux" please 6424 
Revolution 6424 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6424 
One-stage DHTs 6423 
One other thing 6423 
One stage 6423 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6423 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6423 
I see the things differently. 6423 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6423 
The audiophile attitude 6423 
The where and why of design choices 6423 
Blah blah blah 6423 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6423 
Do I need to be hissing? 6423 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6423 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6423 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6422 
What is randomness? 6422 
Those least three possibilities… 6422 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6422 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6422 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6420 
A Beautiful Mind 6419 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6417 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6402 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6402 
Abandoning Milq? 6402 
Will see how it goes.... 6402 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6400 
Topology and 2A3? 6400 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6400 
Type Casting 6400 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6400 
6sn7-2a3 6400 
Topology vs parts 6400 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6400 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6400 
Parts Frenzy 6400 
Too many new sounds 6400 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6399 
New tubes 6398 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6398 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6398 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6398 
New 2A3 6398 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6397 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6396 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6396 
Czech tubes 6394 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6394 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6394 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6393 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6393 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6390 
Here she is. 6389 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6385 
New 2A3 tubes 6385 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6385 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6384 
Multistage DHT circuits 6383 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6382 
Emission Labs 2A3 6382 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6382 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6382 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6382 
The YO186 Strip Show 6382 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6381 
It will be interesting…. 6381 
OPT impedence 6381 
More about the Plate Loading 6381 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6376 
2A3 data 6376 
The New 2A3 tubes 6376 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6376 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6375 
Everything about everything. 6375 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6375 
Options, options, options.... 6375 
I think we agree overall 6375 
An IDHT with more gain? 6374 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6374 
2A3 tube impressions 6369 
Interesting analogy 6369 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6369 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6369 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6369 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6369 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6369 
Why NOS tubes? 6368 
The Holly Ignorance 6368 
Tube tasting 6368 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6368 
Make mine thoriated please 6368 
Any Germans out there? 6368 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6368 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6368 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6368 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6367 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6367 
Tube sound and vibration 6367 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6361 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6360 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6360 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6359 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6359 
B4/B5 British made 6358 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6358 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6357 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6357 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6356 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6355 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6352 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6352 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6351 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6351 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6351 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6351 
The identical operation environment? 6351 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6351 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6351 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6350 
How to get max power from 2A3 6350 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6350 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6350 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6350 
Gain is not power. 6350 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6350 
Specialized DSET approach 6350 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6350 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6350 
The 2A3 loading 6350 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6350 
Optimizing the 2A3 6350 
How much to DSET a DSET 6350 
DSET for Titan 6350 
The Best of All Worlds 6350 
Multiamp setup 6349 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6349 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6349 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6349 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6343 
2A3 and 400V supply 6343 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6342 
Another shot at numbers 6342 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6342 
Okay, so this might work.... 6342 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6342 
Looks good, but.... 6341 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6341 
Less is more... usually. 6341 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6340 
Stepping Out 6340 
Said to be good, but 6340 
Gain to lose 6340 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6340 
Another idea for losing gain 6340 
What's best 6340 
Options, options... 6340 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6340 
Other compromises... 6339 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6338 
Is it glowing yet? 6318 
It is comming.... 6318 
The new MF channel. 6312 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6311 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6303 
The intestage loading talk. 6300 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6295 
1 in 50? 6295 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6295 
Die Walküre soldering. 6294 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6293 
Another amp arond YO186 6292 
Gain? 6292 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6292 
Simple is good 6291 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6291 
The Milq DSET is up. 6290 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6288 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6288 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6287 
Ok, what do I want? 6287 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6287 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6287 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6287 
How about the tweeter? 6286 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6286 
Safe and Sound 6286 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6286 
Some clarifications. 6286 
How about that?!!! 6286 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6284 
Head Room 6284 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6283 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6283 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6283 
Again with the PS 6283 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6281 
Parallel Universe 6281 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6279 
Why I let other people build them... 6279 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6279 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6278 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6275 
MF: the pre-final version. 6275 
Loftin-White? 6275 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6275 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6275 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6271 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6271 
Define really quiet 6270 
Another variable of sound 6270 
Backlash? 6270 
Alternative filament supplies 6270 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6270 
Going down the DC path 6269 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6269 
Molecular sound 6269 
AC-DC heater supply 6269 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6269 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6269 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6269 
Hiss or Hum 6269 
AC transformers 6269 
I have seen the Promised Land 6268 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6268 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6267 
Divide and Conquer 6267 
The design phase is over. 6266 
The unexpected insanity! 6265 
Loading 6265 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6265 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6265 
Going the Distance 6265 
Read the f*** manual! 6265 
Agreed. 6265 
I agree 6265 
The filament transformer 6265 
Center-tap and options 6265 
Something like this…. 6265 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6265 
The foreplay is going on. 6265 
Split balance 6264 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6264 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6264 
SHuguang 6264 
Going through…. 6263 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6262 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6262 
Hum vs voltage 6262 
Meow about the tubes… 6262 
To Be a Content Cat 6262 
Completed! 6259 
Tradition 6259 
Absolutely beautiful! 6259 
The 'film' caps in PS 6258 
Science or religion 6258 
Mass Extinction 6258 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6258 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6258 
Capacitor choices 6258 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6257 
The minor day of Quartets. 6257 
Them's the Breaks 6257 
Eventually! 6256 
So Soon? 6256 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6256 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6255 
The wire for DC-coupling 6255 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6255 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6255 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6254 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6253 
The DHT live reserve 6252 
Some interestng models 6252 
Eaten alive. 6252 
The tubey déjà vu? 6251 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6247 
The 4V takes a lead. 6243 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6240 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6240 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6238 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6237 
Exiting the design mode? 6237 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6237 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6233 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6232 
Setting up the new Playback 6231 
And the winner is… so far 6228 
If you like type 45... 6228 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6228 
Favorite Flavor? 6228 
The 45 times Meow... 6228 
The problem that I see is… 6228 
Running the 45 6228 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6227 
The commentaries about everything. 6227 
Driver tube and biasing 6227 
DHT drivers 6227 
The ideas are worth trying? 6227 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6223 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6223 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6222 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6222 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6222 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6222 
Operating points and cathode current 6222 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6222 
Actually it is not so simple. 6222 
Resistors at the front 6221 
A minor alternation of a position 6221 
The era of enlightenment. 6218 
The devil is in the details.... 6218 
Constructing Sound 6218 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6217 
The “strange” YO186 6208 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6163 
2S4S and 2A3 6154 
Ho to use the YO186 6147 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6147 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6147 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6145 
Not anymore! 6134 
The very good YoYonisation! 6133 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6132 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6119 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6119 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6066 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6065 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6062 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6052 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5814 
All the Best from Burgundy 5814 
Cheesy tubes 5813 
Me and my DHT references… 5704 
Y0-186 in winter. 5607 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5606 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5575 
In My Dreams 5575 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5575 
Blame? 5574 
When good is not good enough. 5574 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5574 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5573 
How the YO186 was used. 5157 
What is old is new? 5156 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5155 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4704 
That sucks. 4704 
YO186 4702 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4702 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4702 
A hallucination? 4699 
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