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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6421 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6420 
DHT Milq? 6420 
The DHT journey. 6420 
DHT tone 6420 
Well, why not? 6419 
Holding the Fort 6419 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6419 
Input tube and DC heaters 6418 
Reimyo Pat 777 6418 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6414 
DHT or 300B? 6414 
300B 6414 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6414 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6413 
Hence the confusion 6413 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6413 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6413 
My experience with DHTs 6413 
Pigmented coloration? 6413 
Dht-dht 6413 
Dynamic viscosity? 6413 
The Pallette preamp... 6413 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6413 
"soul" of tubes 6413 
There is a difference... 6413 
Vibration injection? 6413 
Homework # 4334 6413 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6413 
Old valves have more soul! 6412 
Was it soul or soil? 6412 
It was just a heading 6412 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6412 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6412 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6412 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6412 
Injection of analog dither? 6412 
Subliminal signal 6412 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6412 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6412 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6411 
Avicenna = Arabian 6411 
Persian, not Arab 6411 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6411 
More words to describe "sux" please 6411 
Revolution 6411 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6411 
One-stage DHTs 6410 
One other thing 6410 
One stage 6410 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6410 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6410 
I see the things differently. 6410 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6410 
The audiophile attitude 6410 
The where and why of design choices 6410 
Blah blah blah 6410 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6410 
Do I need to be hissing? 6410 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6410 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6410 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6409 
What is randomness? 6409 
Those least three possibilities… 6409 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6409 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6409 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6407 
A Beautiful Mind 6406 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6404 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6389 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6389 
Abandoning Milq? 6389 
Will see how it goes.... 6389 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6387 
Topology and 2A3? 6387 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6387 
Type Casting 6387 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6387 
6sn7-2a3 6387 
Topology vs parts 6387 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6387 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6387 
Parts Frenzy 6387 
Too many new sounds 6387 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6386 
New tubes 6385 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6385 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6385 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6385 
New 2A3 6385 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6384 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6383 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6383 
Czech tubes 6381 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6381 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6381 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6380 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6380 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6377 
Here she is. 6376 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6372 
New 2A3 tubes 6372 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6372 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6371 
Multistage DHT circuits 6370 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6369 
Emission Labs 2A3 6369 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6369 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6369 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6369 
The YO186 Strip Show 6369 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6368 
It will be interesting…. 6368 
OPT impedence 6368 
More about the Plate Loading 6368 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6363 
2A3 data 6363 
The New 2A3 tubes 6363 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6363 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6362 
Everything about everything. 6362 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6362 
Options, options, options.... 6362 
I think we agree overall 6362 
An IDHT with more gain? 6361 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6361 
2A3 tube impressions 6356 
Interesting analogy 6356 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6356 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6356 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6356 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6356 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6356 
Why NOS tubes? 6355 
The Holly Ignorance 6355 
Tube tasting 6355 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6355 
Make mine thoriated please 6355 
Any Germans out there? 6355 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6355 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6355 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6355 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6354 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6354 
Tube sound and vibration 6354 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6348 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6347 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6347 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6346 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6346 
B4/B5 British made 6345 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6345 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6344 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6344 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6343 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6342 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6339 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6339 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6338 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6338 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6338 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6338 
The identical operation environment? 6338 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6338 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6338 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6337 
How to get max power from 2A3 6337 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6337 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6337 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6337 
Gain is not power. 6337 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6337 
Specialized DSET approach 6337 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6337 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6337 
The 2A3 loading 6337 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6337 
Optimizing the 2A3 6337 
How much to DSET a DSET 6337 
DSET for Titan 6337 
The Best of All Worlds 6337 
Multiamp setup 6336 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6336 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6336 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6336 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6330 
2A3 and 400V supply 6330 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6329 
Another shot at numbers 6329 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6329 
Okay, so this might work.... 6329 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6329 
Looks good, but.... 6328 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6328 
Less is more... usually. 6328 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6327 
Stepping Out 6327 
Said to be good, but 6327 
Gain to lose 6327 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6327 
Another idea for losing gain 6327 
What's best 6327 
Options, options... 6327 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6327 
Other compromises... 6326 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6325 
Is it glowing yet? 6305 
It is comming.... 6305 
The new MF channel. 6299 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6298 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6290 
The intestage loading talk. 6287 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6282 
1 in 50? 6282 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6282 
Die Walküre soldering. 6281 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6280 
Another amp arond YO186 6279 
Gain? 6279 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6279 
Simple is good 6278 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6278 
The Milq DSET is up. 6277 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6275 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6275 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6274 
Ok, what do I want? 6274 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6274 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6274 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6274 
How about the tweeter? 6273 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6273 
Safe and Sound 6273 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6273 
Some clarifications. 6273 
How about that?!!! 6273 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6271 
Head Room 6271 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6270 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6270 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6270 
Again with the PS 6270 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6268 
Parallel Universe 6268 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6266 
Why I let other people build them... 6266 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6266 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6265 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6262 
MF: the pre-final version. 6262 
Loftin-White? 6262 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6262 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6262 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6258 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6258 
Define really quiet 6257 
Another variable of sound 6257 
Backlash? 6257 
Alternative filament supplies 6257 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6257 
Going down the DC path 6256 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6256 
Molecular sound 6256 
AC-DC heater supply 6256 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6256 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6256 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6256 
Hiss or Hum 6256 
AC transformers 6256 
I have seen the Promised Land 6255 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6255 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6254 
Divide and Conquer 6254 
The design phase is over. 6253 
The unexpected insanity! 6252 
Loading 6252 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6252 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6252 
Going the Distance 6252 
Read the f*** manual! 6252 
Agreed. 6252 
I agree 6252 
The filament transformer 6252 
Center-tap and options 6252 
Something like this…. 6252 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6252 
The foreplay is going on. 6252 
Split balance 6251 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6251 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6251 
SHuguang 6251 
Going through…. 6250 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6249 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6249 
Hum vs voltage 6249 
Meow about the tubes… 6249 
To Be a Content Cat 6249 
Completed! 6246 
Tradition 6246 
Absolutely beautiful! 6246 
The 'film' caps in PS 6245 
Science or religion 6245 
Mass Extinction 6245 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6245 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6245 
Capacitor choices 6245 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6244 
The minor day of Quartets. 6244 
Them's the Breaks 6244 
Eventually! 6243 
So Soon? 6243 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6243 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6242 
The wire for DC-coupling 6242 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6242 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6242 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6241 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6240 
The DHT live reserve 6239 
Some interestng models 6239 
Eaten alive. 6239 
The tubey déjà vu? 6238 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6234 
The 4V takes a lead. 6230 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6227 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6227 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6225 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6224 
Exiting the design mode? 6224 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6224 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6220 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6219 
Setting up the new Playback 6218 
And the winner is… so far 6215 
If you like type 45... 6215 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6215 
Favorite Flavor? 6215 
The 45 times Meow... 6215 
The problem that I see is… 6215 
Running the 45 6215 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6214 
The commentaries about everything. 6214 
Driver tube and biasing 6214 
DHT drivers 6214 
The ideas are worth trying? 6214 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6210 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6210 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6209 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6209 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6209 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6209 
Operating points and cathode current 6209 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6209 
Actually it is not so simple. 6209 
Resistors at the front 6208 
A minor alternation of a position 6208 
The era of enlightenment. 6205 
The devil is in the details.... 6205 
Constructing Sound 6205 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6204 
The “strange” YO186 6195 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6150 
2S4S and 2A3 6141 
Ho to use the YO186 6134 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6134 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6134 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6132 
Not anymore! 6121 
The very good YoYonisation! 6120 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6119 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6106 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6106 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6053 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6052 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6049 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6039 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5801 
All the Best from Burgundy 5801 
Cheesy tubes 5800 
Me and my DHT references… 5691 
Y0-186 in winter. 5594 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5593 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5562 
In My Dreams 5562 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5562 
Blame? 5561 
When good is not good enough. 5561 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5561 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5560 
How the YO186 was used. 5144 
What is old is new? 5143 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5142 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4691 
That sucks. 4691 
YO186 4689 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4689 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4689 
A hallucination? 4686 
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