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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6371 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6370 
DHT Milq? 6370 
The DHT journey. 6370 
DHT tone 6370 
Well, why not? 6369 
Holding the Fort 6369 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6369 
Input tube and DC heaters 6368 
Reimyo Pat 777 6368 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6364 
DHT or 300B? 6364 
300B 6364 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6364 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6363 
Hence the confusion 6363 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6363 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6363 
My experience with DHTs 6363 
Pigmented coloration? 6363 
Dht-dht 6363 
Dynamic viscosity? 6363 
The Pallette preamp... 6363 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6363 
"soul" of tubes 6363 
There is a difference... 6363 
Vibration injection? 6363 
Homework # 4334 6363 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6363 
Old valves have more soul! 6362 
Was it soul or soil? 6362 
It was just a heading 6362 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6362 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6362 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6362 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6362 
Injection of analog dither? 6362 
Subliminal signal 6362 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6362 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6362 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6361 
Avicenna = Arabian 6361 
Persian, not Arab 6361 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6361 
More words to describe "sux" please 6361 
Revolution 6361 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6361 
One-stage DHTs 6360 
One other thing 6360 
One stage 6360 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6360 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6360 
I see the things differently. 6360 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6360 
The audiophile attitude 6360 
The where and why of design choices 6360 
Blah blah blah 6360 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6360 
Do I need to be hissing? 6360 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6360 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6360 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6359 
What is randomness? 6359 
Those least three possibilities… 6359 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6359 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6359 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6357 
A Beautiful Mind 6356 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6354 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6339 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6339 
Abandoning Milq? 6339 
Will see how it goes.... 6339 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6337 
Topology and 2A3? 6337 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6337 
Type Casting 6337 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6337 
6sn7-2a3 6337 
Topology vs parts 6337 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6337 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6337 
Parts Frenzy 6337 
Too many new sounds 6337 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6336 
New tubes 6335 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6335 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6335 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6335 
New 2A3 6335 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6334 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6333 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6333 
Czech tubes 6331 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6331 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6331 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6330 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6330 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6327 
Here she is. 6326 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6322 
New 2A3 tubes 6322 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6322 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6321 
Multistage DHT circuits 6320 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6319 
Emission Labs 2A3 6319 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6319 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6319 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6319 
The YO186 Strip Show 6319 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6318 
It will be interesting…. 6318 
OPT impedence 6318 
More about the Plate Loading 6318 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6313 
2A3 data 6313 
The New 2A3 tubes 6313 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6313 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6312 
Everything about everything. 6312 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6312 
Options, options, options.... 6312 
I think we agree overall 6312 
An IDHT with more gain? 6311 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6311 
2A3 tube impressions 6306 
Interesting analogy 6306 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6306 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6306 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6306 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6306 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6306 
Why NOS tubes? 6305 
The Holly Ignorance 6305 
Tube tasting 6305 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6305 
Make mine thoriated please 6305 
Any Germans out there? 6305 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6305 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6305 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6305 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6304 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6304 
Tube sound and vibration 6304 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6298 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6297 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6297 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6296 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6296 
B4/B5 British made 6295 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6295 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6294 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6294 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6293 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6292 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6289 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6289 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6288 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6288 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6288 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6288 
The identical operation environment? 6288 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6288 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6288 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6287 
How to get max power from 2A3 6287 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6287 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6287 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6287 
Gain is not power. 6287 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6287 
Specialized DSET approach 6287 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6287 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6287 
The 2A3 loading 6287 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6287 
Optimizing the 2A3 6287 
How much to DSET a DSET 6287 
DSET for Titan 6287 
The Best of All Worlds 6287 
Multiamp setup 6286 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6286 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6286 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6286 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6280 
2A3 and 400V supply 6280 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6279 
Another shot at numbers 6279 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6279 
Okay, so this might work.... 6279 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6279 
Looks good, but.... 6278 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6278 
Less is more... usually. 6278 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6277 
Stepping Out 6277 
Said to be good, but 6277 
Gain to lose 6277 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6277 
Another idea for losing gain 6277 
What's best 6277 
Options, options... 6277 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6277 
Other compromises... 6276 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6275 
Is it glowing yet? 6255 
It is comming.... 6255 
The new MF channel. 6249 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6248 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6240 
The intestage loading talk. 6237 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6232 
1 in 50? 6232 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6232 
Die Walküre soldering. 6231 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6230 
Another amp arond YO186 6229 
Gain? 6229 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6229 
Simple is good 6228 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6228 
The Milq DSET is up. 6227 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6225 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6225 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6224 
Ok, what do I want? 6224 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6224 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6224 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6224 
How about the tweeter? 6223 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6223 
Safe and Sound 6223 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6223 
Some clarifications. 6223 
How about that?!!! 6223 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6221 
Head Room 6221 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6220 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6220 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6220 
Again with the PS 6220 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6218 
Parallel Universe 6218 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6216 
Why I let other people build them... 6216 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6216 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6215 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6212 
MF: the pre-final version. 6212 
Loftin-White? 6212 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6212 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6212 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6208 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6208 
Define really quiet 6207 
Another variable of sound 6207 
Backlash? 6207 
Alternative filament supplies 6207 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6207 
Going down the DC path 6206 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6206 
Molecular sound 6206 
AC-DC heater supply 6206 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6206 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6206 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6206 
Hiss or Hum 6206 
AC transformers 6206 
I have seen the Promised Land 6205 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6205 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6204 
Divide and Conquer 6204 
The design phase is over. 6203 
The unexpected insanity! 6202 
Loading 6202 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6202 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6202 
Going the Distance 6202 
Read the f*** manual! 6202 
Agreed. 6202 
I agree 6202 
The filament transformer 6202 
Center-tap and options 6202 
Something like this…. 6202 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6202 
The foreplay is going on. 6202 
Split balance 6201 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6201 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6201 
SHuguang 6201 
Going through…. 6200 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6199 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6199 
Hum vs voltage 6199 
Meow about the tubes… 6199 
To Be a Content Cat 6199 
Completed! 6196 
Tradition 6196 
Absolutely beautiful! 6196 
The 'film' caps in PS 6195 
Science or religion 6195 
Mass Extinction 6195 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6195 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6195 
Capacitor choices 6195 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6194 
The minor day of Quartets. 6194 
Them's the Breaks 6194 
Eventually! 6193 
So Soon? 6193 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6193 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6192 
The wire for DC-coupling 6192 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6192 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6192 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6191 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6190 
The DHT live reserve 6189 
Some interestng models 6189 
Eaten alive. 6189 
The tubey déjà vu? 6188 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6184 
The 4V takes a lead. 6180 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6177 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6177 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6175 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6174 
Exiting the design mode? 6174 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6174 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6170 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6169 
Setting up the new Playback 6168 
And the winner is… so far 6165 
If you like type 45... 6165 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6165 
Favorite Flavor? 6165 
The 45 times Meow... 6165 
The problem that I see is… 6165 
Running the 45 6165 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6164 
The commentaries about everything. 6164 
Driver tube and biasing 6164 
DHT drivers 6164 
The ideas are worth trying? 6164 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6160 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6160 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6159 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6159 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6159 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6159 
Operating points and cathode current 6159 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6159 
Actually it is not so simple. 6159 
Resistors at the front 6158 
A minor alternation of a position 6158 
The era of enlightenment. 6155 
The devil is in the details.... 6155 
Constructing Sound 6155 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6154 
The “strange” YO186 6145 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6100 
2S4S and 2A3 6091 
Ho to use the YO186 6084 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6084 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6084 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6082 
Not anymore! 6071 
The very good YoYonisation! 6070 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6069 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6056 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6056 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6003 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6002 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5999 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5989 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5751 
All the Best from Burgundy 5751 
Cheesy tubes 5750 
Me and my DHT references… 5641 
Y0-186 in winter. 5544 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5543 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5512 
In My Dreams 5512 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5512 
Blame? 5511 
When good is not good enough. 5511 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5511 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5510 
How the YO186 was used. 5094 
What is old is new? 5093 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5092 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4641 
That sucks. 4641 
YO186 4639 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4639 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4639 
A hallucination? 4636 
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