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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6480 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6479 
DHT Milq? 6479 
The DHT journey. 6479 
DHT tone 6479 
Well, why not? 6478 
Holding the Fort 6478 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6478 
Input tube and DC heaters 6477 
Reimyo Pat 777 6477 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6473 
DHT or 300B? 6473 
300B 6473 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6473 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6472 
Hence the confusion 6472 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6472 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6472 
My experience with DHTs 6472 
Pigmented coloration? 6472 
Dht-dht 6472 
Dynamic viscosity? 6472 
The Pallette preamp... 6472 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6472 
"soul" of tubes 6472 
There is a difference... 6472 
Vibration injection? 6472 
Homework # 4334 6472 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6472 
Old valves have more soul! 6471 
Was it soul or soil? 6471 
It was just a heading 6471 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6471 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6471 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6471 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6471 
Injection of analog dither? 6471 
Subliminal signal 6471 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6471 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6471 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6470 
Avicenna = Arabian 6470 
Persian, not Arab 6470 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6470 
More words to describe "sux" please 6470 
Revolution 6470 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6470 
One-stage DHTs 6469 
One other thing 6469 
One stage 6469 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6469 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6469 
I see the things differently. 6469 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6469 
The audiophile attitude 6469 
The where and why of design choices 6469 
Blah blah blah 6469 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6469 
Do I need to be hissing? 6469 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6469 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6469 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6468 
What is randomness? 6468 
Those least three possibilities… 6468 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6468 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6468 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6466 
A Beautiful Mind 6465 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6463 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6448 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6448 
Abandoning Milq? 6448 
Will see how it goes.... 6448 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6446 
Topology and 2A3? 6446 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6446 
Type Casting 6446 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6446 
6sn7-2a3 6446 
Topology vs parts 6446 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6446 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6446 
Parts Frenzy 6446 
Too many new sounds 6446 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6445 
New tubes 6444 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6444 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6444 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6444 
New 2A3 6444 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6443 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6442 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6442 
Czech tubes 6440 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6440 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6440 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6439 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6439 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6436 
Here she is. 6435 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6431 
New 2A3 tubes 6431 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6431 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6430 
Multistage DHT circuits 6429 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6428 
Emission Labs 2A3 6428 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6428 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6428 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6428 
The YO186 Strip Show 6428 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6427 
It will be interesting…. 6427 
OPT impedence 6427 
More about the Plate Loading 6427 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6422 
2A3 data 6422 
The New 2A3 tubes 6422 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6422 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6421 
Everything about everything. 6421 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6421 
Options, options, options.... 6421 
I think we agree overall 6421 
An IDHT with more gain? 6420 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6420 
2A3 tube impressions 6415 
Interesting analogy 6415 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6415 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6415 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6415 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6415 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6415 
Why NOS tubes? 6414 
The Holly Ignorance 6414 
Tube tasting 6414 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6414 
Make mine thoriated please 6414 
Any Germans out there? 6414 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6414 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6414 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6414 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6413 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6413 
Tube sound and vibration 6413 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6407 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6406 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6406 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6405 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6405 
B4/B5 British made 6404 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6404 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6403 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6403 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6402 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6401 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6398 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6398 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6397 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6397 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6397 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6397 
The identical operation environment? 6397 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6397 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6397 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6396 
How to get max power from 2A3 6396 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6396 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6396 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6396 
Gain is not power. 6396 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6396 
Specialized DSET approach 6396 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6396 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6396 
The 2A3 loading 6396 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6396 
Optimizing the 2A3 6396 
How much to DSET a DSET 6396 
DSET for Titan 6396 
The Best of All Worlds 6396 
Multiamp setup 6395 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6395 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6395 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6395 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6389 
2A3 and 400V supply 6389 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6388 
Another shot at numbers 6388 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6388 
Okay, so this might work.... 6388 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6388 
Looks good, but.... 6387 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6387 
Less is more... usually. 6387 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6386 
Stepping Out 6386 
Said to be good, but 6386 
Gain to lose 6386 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6386 
Another idea for losing gain 6386 
What's best 6386 
Options, options... 6386 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6386 
Other compromises... 6385 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6384 
Is it glowing yet? 6364 
It is comming.... 6364 
The new MF channel. 6358 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6357 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6349 
The intestage loading talk. 6346 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6341 
1 in 50? 6341 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6341 
Die Walküre soldering. 6340 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6339 
Another amp arond YO186 6338 
Gain? 6338 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6338 
Simple is good 6337 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6337 
The Milq DSET is up. 6336 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6334 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6334 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6333 
Ok, what do I want? 6333 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6333 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6333 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6333 
How about the tweeter? 6332 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6332 
Safe and Sound 6332 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6332 
Some clarifications. 6332 
How about that?!!! 6332 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6330 
Head Room 6330 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6329 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6329 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6329 
Again with the PS 6329 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6327 
Parallel Universe 6327 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6325 
Why I let other people build them... 6325 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6325 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6324 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6321 
MF: the pre-final version. 6321 
Loftin-White? 6321 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6321 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6321 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6317 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6317 
Define really quiet 6316 
Another variable of sound 6316 
Backlash? 6316 
Alternative filament supplies 6316 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6316 
Going down the DC path 6315 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6315 
Molecular sound 6315 
AC-DC heater supply 6315 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6315 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6315 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6315 
Hiss or Hum 6315 
AC transformers 6315 
I have seen the Promised Land 6314 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6314 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6313 
Divide and Conquer 6313 
The design phase is over. 6312 
The unexpected insanity! 6311 
Loading 6311 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6311 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6311 
Going the Distance 6311 
Read the f*** manual! 6311 
Agreed. 6311 
I agree 6311 
The filament transformer 6311 
Center-tap and options 6311 
Something like this…. 6311 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6311 
The foreplay is going on. 6311 
Split balance 6310 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6310 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6310 
SHuguang 6310 
Going through…. 6309 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6308 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6308 
Hum vs voltage 6308 
Meow about the tubes… 6308 
To Be a Content Cat 6308 
Completed! 6305 
Tradition 6305 
Absolutely beautiful! 6305 
The 'film' caps in PS 6304 
Science or religion 6304 
Mass Extinction 6304 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6304 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6304 
Capacitor choices 6304 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6303 
The minor day of Quartets. 6303 
Them's the Breaks 6303 
Eventually! 6302 
So Soon? 6302 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6302 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6301 
The wire for DC-coupling 6301 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6301 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6301 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6300 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6299 
The DHT live reserve 6298 
Some interestng models 6298 
Eaten alive. 6298 
The tubey déjà vu? 6297 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6293 
The 4V takes a lead. 6289 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6286 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6286 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6284 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6283 
Exiting the design mode? 6283 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6283 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6279 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6278 
Setting up the new Playback 6277 
And the winner is… so far 6274 
If you like type 45... 6274 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6274 
Favorite Flavor? 6274 
The 45 times Meow... 6274 
The problem that I see is… 6274 
Running the 45 6274 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6273 
The commentaries about everything. 6273 
Driver tube and biasing 6273 
DHT drivers 6273 
The ideas are worth trying? 6273 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6269 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6269 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6268 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6268 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6268 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6268 
Operating points and cathode current 6268 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6268 
Actually it is not so simple. 6268 
Resistors at the front 6267 
A minor alternation of a position 6267 
The era of enlightenment. 6264 
The devil is in the details.... 6264 
Constructing Sound 6264 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6263 
The “strange” YO186 6254 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6209 
2S4S and 2A3 6200 
Ho to use the YO186 6193 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6193 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6193 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6191 
Not anymore! 6180 
The very good YoYonisation! 6179 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6178 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6165 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6165 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6112 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6111 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6108 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6098 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5860 
All the Best from Burgundy 5860 
Cheesy tubes 5859 
Me and my DHT references… 5750 
Y0-186 in winter. 5653 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5652 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5621 
In My Dreams 5621 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5621 
Blame? 5620 
When good is not good enough. 5620 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5620 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5619 
How the YO186 was used. 5203 
What is old is new? 5202 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5201 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4750 
That sucks. 4750 
YO186 4748 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4748 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4748 
A hallucination? 4745 
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