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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6376 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6375 
DHT Milq? 6375 
The DHT journey. 6375 
DHT tone 6375 
Well, why not? 6374 
Holding the Fort 6374 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6374 
Input tube and DC heaters 6373 
Reimyo Pat 777 6373 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6369 
DHT or 300B? 6369 
300B 6369 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6369 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6368 
Hence the confusion 6368 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6368 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6368 
My experience with DHTs 6368 
Pigmented coloration? 6368 
Dht-dht 6368 
Dynamic viscosity? 6368 
The Pallette preamp... 6368 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6368 
"soul" of tubes 6368 
There is a difference... 6368 
Vibration injection? 6368 
Homework # 4334 6368 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6368 
Old valves have more soul! 6367 
Was it soul or soil? 6367 
It was just a heading 6367 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6367 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6367 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6367 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6367 
Injection of analog dither? 6367 
Subliminal signal 6367 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6367 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6367 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6366 
Avicenna = Arabian 6366 
Persian, not Arab 6366 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6366 
More words to describe "sux" please 6366 
Revolution 6366 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6366 
One-stage DHTs 6365 
One other thing 6365 
One stage 6365 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6365 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6365 
I see the things differently. 6365 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6365 
The audiophile attitude 6365 
The where and why of design choices 6365 
Blah blah blah 6365 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6365 
Do I need to be hissing? 6365 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6365 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6365 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6364 
What is randomness? 6364 
Those least three possibilities… 6364 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6364 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6364 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6362 
A Beautiful Mind 6361 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6359 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6344 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6344 
Abandoning Milq? 6344 
Will see how it goes.... 6344 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6342 
Topology and 2A3? 6342 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6342 
Type Casting 6342 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6342 
6sn7-2a3 6342 
Topology vs parts 6342 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6342 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6342 
Parts Frenzy 6342 
Too many new sounds 6342 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6341 
New tubes 6340 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6340 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6340 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6340 
New 2A3 6340 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6339 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6338 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6338 
Czech tubes 6336 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6336 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6336 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6335 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6335 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6332 
Here she is. 6331 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6327 
New 2A3 tubes 6327 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6327 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6326 
Multistage DHT circuits 6325 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6324 
Emission Labs 2A3 6324 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6324 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6324 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6324 
The YO186 Strip Show 6324 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6323 
It will be interesting…. 6323 
OPT impedence 6323 
More about the Plate Loading 6323 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6318 
2A3 data 6318 
The New 2A3 tubes 6318 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6318 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6317 
Everything about everything. 6317 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6317 
Options, options, options.... 6317 
I think we agree overall 6317 
An IDHT with more gain? 6316 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6316 
2A3 tube impressions 6311 
Interesting analogy 6311 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6311 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6311 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6311 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6311 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6311 
Why NOS tubes? 6310 
The Holly Ignorance 6310 
Tube tasting 6310 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6310 
Make mine thoriated please 6310 
Any Germans out there? 6310 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6310 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6310 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6310 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6309 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6309 
Tube sound and vibration 6309 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6303 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6302 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6302 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6301 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6301 
B4/B5 British made 6300 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6300 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6299 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6299 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6298 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6297 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6294 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6294 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6293 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6293 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6293 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6293 
The identical operation environment? 6293 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6293 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6293 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6292 
How to get max power from 2A3 6292 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6292 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6292 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6292 
Gain is not power. 6292 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6292 
Specialized DSET approach 6292 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6292 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6292 
The 2A3 loading 6292 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6292 
Optimizing the 2A3 6292 
How much to DSET a DSET 6292 
DSET for Titan 6292 
The Best of All Worlds 6292 
Multiamp setup 6291 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6291 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6291 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6291 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6285 
2A3 and 400V supply 6285 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6284 
Another shot at numbers 6284 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6284 
Okay, so this might work.... 6284 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6284 
Looks good, but.... 6283 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6283 
Less is more... usually. 6283 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6282 
Stepping Out 6282 
Said to be good, but 6282 
Gain to lose 6282 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6282 
Another idea for losing gain 6282 
What's best 6282 
Options, options... 6282 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6282 
Other compromises... 6281 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6280 
Is it glowing yet? 6260 
It is comming.... 6260 
The new MF channel. 6254 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6253 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6245 
The intestage loading talk. 6242 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6237 
1 in 50? 6237 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6237 
Die Walküre soldering. 6236 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6235 
Another amp arond YO186 6234 
Gain? 6234 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6234 
Simple is good 6233 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6233 
The Milq DSET is up. 6232 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6230 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6230 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6229 
Ok, what do I want? 6229 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6229 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6229 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6229 
How about the tweeter? 6228 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6228 
Safe and Sound 6228 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6228 
Some clarifications. 6228 
How about that?!!! 6228 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6226 
Head Room 6226 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6225 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6225 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6225 
Again with the PS 6225 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6223 
Parallel Universe 6223 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6221 
Why I let other people build them... 6221 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6221 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6220 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6217 
MF: the pre-final version. 6217 
Loftin-White? 6217 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6217 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6217 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6213 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6213 
Define really quiet 6212 
Another variable of sound 6212 
Backlash? 6212 
Alternative filament supplies 6212 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6212 
Going down the DC path 6211 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6211 
Molecular sound 6211 
AC-DC heater supply 6211 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6211 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6211 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6211 
Hiss or Hum 6211 
AC transformers 6211 
I have seen the Promised Land 6210 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6210 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6209 
Divide and Conquer 6209 
The design phase is over. 6208 
The unexpected insanity! 6207 
Loading 6207 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6207 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6207 
Going the Distance 6207 
Read the f*** manual! 6207 
Agreed. 6207 
I agree 6207 
The filament transformer 6207 
Center-tap and options 6207 
Something like this…. 6207 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6207 
The foreplay is going on. 6207 
Split balance 6206 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6206 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6206 
SHuguang 6206 
Going through…. 6205 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6204 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6204 
Hum vs voltage 6204 
Meow about the tubes… 6204 
To Be a Content Cat 6204 
Completed! 6201 
Tradition 6201 
Absolutely beautiful! 6201 
The 'film' caps in PS 6200 
Science or religion 6200 
Mass Extinction 6200 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6200 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6200 
Capacitor choices 6200 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6199 
The minor day of Quartets. 6199 
Them's the Breaks 6199 
Eventually! 6198 
So Soon? 6198 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6198 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6197 
The wire for DC-coupling 6197 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6197 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6197 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6196 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6195 
The DHT live reserve 6194 
Some interestng models 6194 
Eaten alive. 6194 
The tubey déjà vu? 6193 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6189 
The 4V takes a lead. 6185 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6182 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6182 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6180 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6179 
Exiting the design mode? 6179 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6179 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6175 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6174 
Setting up the new Playback 6173 
And the winner is… so far 6170 
If you like type 45... 6170 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6170 
Favorite Flavor? 6170 
The 45 times Meow... 6170 
The problem that I see is… 6170 
Running the 45 6170 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6169 
The commentaries about everything. 6169 
Driver tube and biasing 6169 
DHT drivers 6169 
The ideas are worth trying? 6169 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6165 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6165 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6164 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6164 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6164 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6164 
Operating points and cathode current 6164 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6164 
Actually it is not so simple. 6164 
Resistors at the front 6163 
A minor alternation of a position 6163 
The era of enlightenment. 6160 
The devil is in the details.... 6160 
Constructing Sound 6160 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6159 
The “strange” YO186 6150 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6105 
2S4S and 2A3 6096 
Ho to use the YO186 6089 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6089 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6089 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6087 
Not anymore! 6076 
The very good YoYonisation! 6075 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6074 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6061 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6061 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6008 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6007 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6004 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5994 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5756 
All the Best from Burgundy 5756 
Cheesy tubes 5755 
Me and my DHT references… 5646 
Y0-186 in winter. 5549 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5548 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5517 
In My Dreams 5517 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5517 
Blame? 5516 
When good is not good enough. 5516 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5516 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5515 
How the YO186 was used. 5099 
What is old is new? 5098 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5097 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4646 
That sucks. 4646 
YO186 4644 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4644 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4644 
A hallucination? 4641 
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