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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6448 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6447 
DHT Milq? 6447 
The DHT journey. 6447 
DHT tone 6447 
Well, why not? 6446 
Holding the Fort 6446 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6446 
Input tube and DC heaters 6445 
Reimyo Pat 777 6445 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6441 
DHT or 300B? 6441 
300B 6441 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6441 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6440 
Hence the confusion 6440 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6440 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6440 
My experience with DHTs 6440 
Pigmented coloration? 6440 
Dht-dht 6440 
Dynamic viscosity? 6440 
The Pallette preamp... 6440 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6440 
"soul" of tubes 6440 
There is a difference... 6440 
Vibration injection? 6440 
Homework # 4334 6440 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6440 
Old valves have more soul! 6439 
Was it soul or soil? 6439 
It was just a heading 6439 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6439 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6439 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6439 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6439 
Injection of analog dither? 6439 
Subliminal signal 6439 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6439 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6439 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6438 
Avicenna = Arabian 6438 
Persian, not Arab 6438 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6438 
More words to describe "sux" please 6438 
Revolution 6438 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6438 
One-stage DHTs 6437 
One other thing 6437 
One stage 6437 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6437 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6437 
I see the things differently. 6437 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6437 
The audiophile attitude 6437 
The where and why of design choices 6437 
Blah blah blah 6437 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6437 
Do I need to be hissing? 6437 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6437 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6437 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6436 
What is randomness? 6436 
Those least three possibilities… 6436 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6436 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6436 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6434 
A Beautiful Mind 6433 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6431 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6416 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6416 
Abandoning Milq? 6416 
Will see how it goes.... 6416 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6414 
Topology and 2A3? 6414 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6414 
Type Casting 6414 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6414 
6sn7-2a3 6414 
Topology vs parts 6414 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6414 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6414 
Parts Frenzy 6414 
Too many new sounds 6414 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6413 
New tubes 6412 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6412 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6412 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6412 
New 2A3 6412 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6411 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6410 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6410 
Czech tubes 6408 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6408 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6408 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6407 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6407 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6404 
Here she is. 6403 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6399 
New 2A3 tubes 6399 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6399 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6398 
Multistage DHT circuits 6397 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6396 
Emission Labs 2A3 6396 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6396 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6396 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6396 
The YO186 Strip Show 6396 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6395 
It will be interesting…. 6395 
OPT impedence 6395 
More about the Plate Loading 6395 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6390 
2A3 data 6390 
The New 2A3 tubes 6390 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6390 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6389 
Everything about everything. 6389 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6389 
Options, options, options.... 6389 
I think we agree overall 6389 
An IDHT with more gain? 6388 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6388 
2A3 tube impressions 6383 
Interesting analogy 6383 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6383 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6383 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6383 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6383 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6383 
Why NOS tubes? 6382 
The Holly Ignorance 6382 
Tube tasting 6382 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6382 
Make mine thoriated please 6382 
Any Germans out there? 6382 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6382 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6382 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6382 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6381 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6381 
Tube sound and vibration 6381 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6375 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6374 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6374 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6373 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6373 
B4/B5 British made 6372 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6372 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6371 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6371 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6370 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6369 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6366 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6366 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6365 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6365 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6365 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6365 
The identical operation environment? 6365 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6365 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6365 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6364 
How to get max power from 2A3 6364 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6364 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6364 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6364 
Gain is not power. 6364 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6364 
Specialized DSET approach 6364 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6364 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6364 
The 2A3 loading 6364 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6364 
Optimizing the 2A3 6364 
How much to DSET a DSET 6364 
DSET for Titan 6364 
The Best of All Worlds 6364 
Multiamp setup 6363 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6363 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6363 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6363 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6357 
2A3 and 400V supply 6357 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6356 
Another shot at numbers 6356 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6356 
Okay, so this might work.... 6356 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6356 
Looks good, but.... 6355 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6355 
Less is more... usually. 6355 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6354 
Stepping Out 6354 
Said to be good, but 6354 
Gain to lose 6354 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6354 
Another idea for losing gain 6354 
What's best 6354 
Options, options... 6354 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6354 
Other compromises... 6353 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6352 
Is it glowing yet? 6332 
It is comming.... 6332 
The new MF channel. 6326 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6325 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6317 
The intestage loading talk. 6314 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6309 
1 in 50? 6309 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6309 
Die Walküre soldering. 6308 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6307 
Another amp arond YO186 6306 
Gain? 6306 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6306 
Simple is good 6305 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6305 
The Milq DSET is up. 6304 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6302 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6302 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6301 
Ok, what do I want? 6301 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6301 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6301 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6301 
How about the tweeter? 6300 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6300 
Safe and Sound 6300 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6300 
Some clarifications. 6300 
How about that?!!! 6300 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6298 
Head Room 6298 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6297 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6297 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6297 
Again with the PS 6297 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6295 
Parallel Universe 6295 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6293 
Why I let other people build them... 6293 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6293 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6292 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6289 
MF: the pre-final version. 6289 
Loftin-White? 6289 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6289 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6289 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6285 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6285 
Define really quiet 6284 
Another variable of sound 6284 
Backlash? 6284 
Alternative filament supplies 6284 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6284 
Going down the DC path 6283 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6283 
Molecular sound 6283 
AC-DC heater supply 6283 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6283 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6283 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6283 
Hiss or Hum 6283 
AC transformers 6283 
I have seen the Promised Land 6282 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6282 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6281 
Divide and Conquer 6281 
The design phase is over. 6280 
The unexpected insanity! 6279 
Loading 6279 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6279 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6279 
Going the Distance 6279 
Read the f*** manual! 6279 
Agreed. 6279 
I agree 6279 
The filament transformer 6279 
Center-tap and options 6279 
Something like this…. 6279 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6279 
The foreplay is going on. 6279 
Split balance 6278 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6278 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6278 
SHuguang 6278 
Going through…. 6277 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6276 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6276 
Hum vs voltage 6276 
Meow about the tubes… 6276 
To Be a Content Cat 6276 
Completed! 6273 
Tradition 6273 
Absolutely beautiful! 6273 
The 'film' caps in PS 6272 
Science or religion 6272 
Mass Extinction 6272 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6272 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6272 
Capacitor choices 6272 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6271 
The minor day of Quartets. 6271 
Them's the Breaks 6271 
Eventually! 6270 
So Soon? 6270 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6270 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6269 
The wire for DC-coupling 6269 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6269 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6269 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6268 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6267 
The DHT live reserve 6266 
Some interestng models 6266 
Eaten alive. 6266 
The tubey déjà vu? 6265 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6261 
The 4V takes a lead. 6257 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6254 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6254 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6252 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6251 
Exiting the design mode? 6251 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6251 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6247 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6246 
Setting up the new Playback 6245 
And the winner is… so far 6242 
If you like type 45... 6242 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6242 
Favorite Flavor? 6242 
The 45 times Meow... 6242 
The problem that I see is… 6242 
Running the 45 6242 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6241 
The commentaries about everything. 6241 
Driver tube and biasing 6241 
DHT drivers 6241 
The ideas are worth trying? 6241 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6237 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6237 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6236 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6236 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6236 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6236 
Operating points and cathode current 6236 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6236 
Actually it is not so simple. 6236 
Resistors at the front 6235 
A minor alternation of a position 6235 
The era of enlightenment. 6232 
The devil is in the details.... 6232 
Constructing Sound 6232 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6231 
The “strange” YO186 6222 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6177 
2S4S and 2A3 6168 
Ho to use the YO186 6161 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6161 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6161 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6159 
Not anymore! 6148 
The very good YoYonisation! 6147 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6146 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6133 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6133 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6080 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6079 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6076 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6066 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5828 
All the Best from Burgundy 5828 
Cheesy tubes 5827 
Me and my DHT references… 5718 
Y0-186 in winter. 5621 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5620 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5589 
In My Dreams 5589 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5589 
Blame? 5588 
When good is not good enough. 5588 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5588 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5587 
How the YO186 was used. 5171 
What is old is new? 5170 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5169 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4718 
That sucks. 4718 
YO186 4716 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4716 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4716 
A hallucination? 4713 
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