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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6513 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6512 
DHT Milq? 6512 
The DHT journey. 6512 
DHT tone 6512 
Well, why not? 6511 
Holding the Fort 6511 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6511 
Input tube and DC heaters 6510 
Reimyo Pat 777 6510 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6506 
DHT or 300B? 6506 
300B 6506 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6506 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6505 
Hence the confusion 6505 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6505 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6505 
My experience with DHTs 6505 
Pigmented coloration? 6505 
Dht-dht 6505 
Dynamic viscosity? 6505 
The Pallette preamp... 6505 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6505 
"soul" of tubes 6505 
There is a difference... 6505 
Vibration injection? 6505 
Homework # 4334 6505 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6505 
Old valves have more soul! 6504 
Was it soul or soil? 6504 
It was just a heading 6504 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6504 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6504 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6504 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6504 
Injection of analog dither? 6504 
Subliminal signal 6504 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6504 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6504 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6503 
Avicenna = Arabian 6503 
Persian, not Arab 6503 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6503 
More words to describe "sux" please 6503 
Revolution 6503 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6503 
One-stage DHTs 6502 
One other thing 6502 
One stage 6502 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6502 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6502 
I see the things differently. 6502 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6502 
The audiophile attitude 6502 
The where and why of design choices 6502 
Blah blah blah 6502 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6502 
Do I need to be hissing? 6502 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6502 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6502 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6501 
What is randomness? 6501 
Those least three possibilities… 6501 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6501 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6501 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6499 
A Beautiful Mind 6498 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6496 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6481 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6481 
Abandoning Milq? 6481 
Will see how it goes.... 6481 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6479 
Topology and 2A3? 6479 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6479 
Type Casting 6479 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6479 
6sn7-2a3 6479 
Topology vs parts 6479 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6479 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6479 
Parts Frenzy 6479 
Too many new sounds 6479 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6478 
New tubes 6477 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6477 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6477 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6477 
New 2A3 6477 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6476 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6475 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6475 
Czech tubes 6473 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6473 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6473 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6472 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6472 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6469 
Here she is. 6468 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6464 
New 2A3 tubes 6464 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6464 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6463 
Multistage DHT circuits 6462 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6461 
Emission Labs 2A3 6461 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6461 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6461 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6461 
The YO186 Strip Show 6461 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6460 
It will be interesting…. 6460 
OPT impedence 6460 
More about the Plate Loading 6460 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6455 
2A3 data 6455 
The New 2A3 tubes 6455 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6455 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6454 
Everything about everything. 6454 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6454 
Options, options, options.... 6454 
I think we agree overall 6454 
An IDHT with more gain? 6453 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6453 
2A3 tube impressions 6448 
Interesting analogy 6448 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6448 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6448 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6448 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6448 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6448 
Why NOS tubes? 6447 
The Holly Ignorance 6447 
Tube tasting 6447 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6447 
Make mine thoriated please 6447 
Any Germans out there? 6447 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6447 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6447 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6447 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6446 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6446 
Tube sound and vibration 6446 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6440 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6439 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6439 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6438 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6438 
B4/B5 British made 6437 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6437 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6436 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6436 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6435 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6434 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6431 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6431 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6430 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6430 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6430 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6430 
The identical operation environment? 6430 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6430 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6430 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6429 
How to get max power from 2A3 6429 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6429 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6429 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6429 
Gain is not power. 6429 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6429 
Specialized DSET approach 6429 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6429 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6429 
The 2A3 loading 6429 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6429 
Optimizing the 2A3 6429 
How much to DSET a DSET 6429 
DSET for Titan 6429 
The Best of All Worlds 6429 
Multiamp setup 6428 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6428 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6428 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6428 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6422 
2A3 and 400V supply 6422 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6421 
Another shot at numbers 6421 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6421 
Okay, so this might work.... 6421 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6421 
Looks good, but.... 6420 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6420 
Less is more... usually. 6420 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6419 
Stepping Out 6419 
Said to be good, but 6419 
Gain to lose 6419 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6419 
Another idea for losing gain 6419 
What's best 6419 
Options, options... 6419 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6419 
Other compromises... 6418 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6417 
Is it glowing yet? 6397 
It is comming.... 6397 
The new MF channel. 6391 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6390 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6382 
The intestage loading talk. 6379 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6374 
1 in 50? 6374 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6374 
Die Walküre soldering. 6373 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6372 
Another amp arond YO186 6371 
Gain? 6371 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6371 
Simple is good 6370 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6370 
The Milq DSET is up. 6369 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6367 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6367 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6366 
Ok, what do I want? 6366 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6366 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6366 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6366 
How about the tweeter? 6365 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6365 
Safe and Sound 6365 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6365 
Some clarifications. 6365 
How about that?!!! 6365 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6363 
Head Room 6363 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6362 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6362 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6362 
Again with the PS 6362 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6360 
Parallel Universe 6360 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6358 
Why I let other people build them... 6358 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6358 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6357 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6354 
MF: the pre-final version. 6354 
Loftin-White? 6354 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6354 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6354 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6350 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6350 
Define really quiet 6349 
Another variable of sound 6349 
Backlash? 6349 
Alternative filament supplies 6349 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6349 
Going down the DC path 6348 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6348 
Molecular sound 6348 
AC-DC heater supply 6348 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6348 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6348 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6348 
Hiss or Hum 6348 
AC transformers 6348 
I have seen the Promised Land 6347 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6347 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6346 
Divide and Conquer 6346 
The design phase is over. 6345 
The unexpected insanity! 6344 
Loading 6344 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6344 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6344 
Going the Distance 6344 
Read the f*** manual! 6344 
Agreed. 6344 
I agree 6344 
The filament transformer 6344 
Center-tap and options 6344 
Something like this…. 6344 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6344 
The foreplay is going on. 6344 
Split balance 6343 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6343 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6343 
SHuguang 6343 
Going through…. 6342 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6341 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6341 
Hum vs voltage 6341 
Meow about the tubes… 6341 
To Be a Content Cat 6341 
Completed! 6338 
Tradition 6338 
Absolutely beautiful! 6338 
The 'film' caps in PS 6337 
Science or religion 6337 
Mass Extinction 6337 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6337 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6337 
Capacitor choices 6337 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6336 
The minor day of Quartets. 6336 
Them's the Breaks 6336 
Eventually! 6335 
So Soon? 6335 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6335 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6334 
The wire for DC-coupling 6334 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6334 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6334 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6333 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6332 
The DHT live reserve 6331 
Some interestng models 6331 
Eaten alive. 6331 
The tubey déjà vu? 6330 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6326 
The 4V takes a lead. 6322 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6319 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6319 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6317 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6316 
Exiting the design mode? 6316 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6316 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6312 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6311 
Setting up the new Playback 6310 
And the winner is… so far 6307 
If you like type 45... 6307 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6307 
Favorite Flavor? 6307 
The 45 times Meow... 6307 
The problem that I see is… 6307 
Running the 45 6307 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6306 
The commentaries about everything. 6306 
Driver tube and biasing 6306 
DHT drivers 6306 
The ideas are worth trying? 6306 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6302 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6302 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6301 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6301 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6301 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6301 
Operating points and cathode current 6301 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6301 
Actually it is not so simple. 6301 
Resistors at the front 6300 
A minor alternation of a position 6300 
The era of enlightenment. 6297 
The devil is in the details.... 6297 
Constructing Sound 6297 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6296 
The “strange” YO186 6287 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6242 
2S4S and 2A3 6233 
Ho to use the YO186 6226 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6226 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6226 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6224 
Not anymore! 6213 
The very good YoYonisation! 6212 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6211 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6198 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6198 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6145 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6144 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6141 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6131 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5893 
All the Best from Burgundy 5893 
Cheesy tubes 5892 
Me and my DHT references… 5783 
Y0-186 in winter. 5686 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5685 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5654 
In My Dreams 5654 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5654 
Blame? 5653 
When good is not good enough. 5653 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5653 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5652 
How the YO186 was used. 5236 
What is old is new? 5235 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5234 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4783 
That sucks. 4783 
YO186 4781 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4781 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4781 
A hallucination? 4778 
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