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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6412 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6411 
DHT Milq? 6411 
The DHT journey. 6411 
DHT tone 6411 
Well, why not? 6410 
Holding the Fort 6410 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6410 
Input tube and DC heaters 6409 
Reimyo Pat 777 6409 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6405 
DHT or 300B? 6405 
300B 6405 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6405 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6404 
Hence the confusion 6404 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6404 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6404 
My experience with DHTs 6404 
Pigmented coloration? 6404 
Dht-dht 6404 
Dynamic viscosity? 6404 
The Pallette preamp... 6404 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6404 
"soul" of tubes 6404 
There is a difference... 6404 
Vibration injection? 6404 
Homework # 4334 6404 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6404 
Old valves have more soul! 6403 
Was it soul or soil? 6403 
It was just a heading 6403 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6403 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6403 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6403 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6403 
Injection of analog dither? 6403 
Subliminal signal 6403 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6403 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6403 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6402 
Avicenna = Arabian 6402 
Persian, not Arab 6402 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6402 
More words to describe "sux" please 6402 
Revolution 6402 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6402 
One-stage DHTs 6401 
One other thing 6401 
One stage 6401 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6401 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6401 
I see the things differently. 6401 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6401 
The audiophile attitude 6401 
The where and why of design choices 6401 
Blah blah blah 6401 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6401 
Do I need to be hissing? 6401 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6401 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6401 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6400 
What is randomness? 6400 
Those least three possibilities… 6400 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6400 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6400 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6398 
A Beautiful Mind 6397 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6395 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6380 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6380 
Abandoning Milq? 6380 
Will see how it goes.... 6380 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6378 
Topology and 2A3? 6378 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6378 
Type Casting 6378 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6378 
6sn7-2a3 6378 
Topology vs parts 6378 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6378 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6378 
Parts Frenzy 6378 
Too many new sounds 6378 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6377 
New tubes 6376 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6376 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6376 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6376 
New 2A3 6376 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6375 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6374 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6374 
Czech tubes 6372 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6372 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6372 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6371 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6371 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6368 
Here she is. 6367 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6363 
New 2A3 tubes 6363 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6363 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6362 
Multistage DHT circuits 6361 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6360 
Emission Labs 2A3 6360 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6360 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6360 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6360 
The YO186 Strip Show 6360 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6359 
It will be interesting…. 6359 
OPT impedence 6359 
More about the Plate Loading 6359 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6354 
2A3 data 6354 
The New 2A3 tubes 6354 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6354 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6353 
Everything about everything. 6353 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6353 
Options, options, options.... 6353 
I think we agree overall 6353 
An IDHT with more gain? 6352 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6352 
2A3 tube impressions 6347 
Interesting analogy 6347 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6347 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6347 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6347 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6347 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6347 
Why NOS tubes? 6346 
The Holly Ignorance 6346 
Tube tasting 6346 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6346 
Make mine thoriated please 6346 
Any Germans out there? 6346 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6346 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6346 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6346 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6345 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6345 
Tube sound and vibration 6345 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6339 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6338 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6338 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6337 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6337 
B4/B5 British made 6336 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6336 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6335 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6335 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6334 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6333 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6330 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6330 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6329 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6329 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6329 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6329 
The identical operation environment? 6329 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6329 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6329 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6328 
How to get max power from 2A3 6328 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6328 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6328 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6328 
Gain is not power. 6328 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6328 
Specialized DSET approach 6328 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6328 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6328 
The 2A3 loading 6328 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6328 
Optimizing the 2A3 6328 
How much to DSET a DSET 6328 
DSET for Titan 6328 
The Best of All Worlds 6328 
Multiamp setup 6327 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6327 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6327 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6327 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6321 
2A3 and 400V supply 6321 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6320 
Another shot at numbers 6320 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6320 
Okay, so this might work.... 6320 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6320 
Looks good, but.... 6319 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6319 
Less is more... usually. 6319 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6318 
Stepping Out 6318 
Said to be good, but 6318 
Gain to lose 6318 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6318 
Another idea for losing gain 6318 
What's best 6318 
Options, options... 6318 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6318 
Other compromises... 6317 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6316 
Is it glowing yet? 6296 
It is comming.... 6296 
The new MF channel. 6290 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6289 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6281 
The intestage loading talk. 6278 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6273 
1 in 50? 6273 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6273 
Die Walküre soldering. 6272 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6271 
Another amp arond YO186 6270 
Gain? 6270 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6270 
Simple is good 6269 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6269 
The Milq DSET is up. 6268 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6266 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6266 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6265 
Ok, what do I want? 6265 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6265 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6265 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6265 
How about the tweeter? 6264 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6264 
Safe and Sound 6264 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6264 
Some clarifications. 6264 
How about that?!!! 6264 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6262 
Head Room 6262 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6261 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6261 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6261 
Again with the PS 6261 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6259 
Parallel Universe 6259 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6257 
Why I let other people build them... 6257 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6257 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6256 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6253 
MF: the pre-final version. 6253 
Loftin-White? 6253 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6253 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6253 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6249 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6249 
Define really quiet 6248 
Another variable of sound 6248 
Backlash? 6248 
Alternative filament supplies 6248 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6248 
Going down the DC path 6247 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6247 
Molecular sound 6247 
AC-DC heater supply 6247 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6247 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6247 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6247 
Hiss or Hum 6247 
AC transformers 6247 
I have seen the Promised Land 6246 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6246 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6245 
Divide and Conquer 6245 
The design phase is over. 6244 
The unexpected insanity! 6243 
Loading 6243 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6243 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6243 
Going the Distance 6243 
Read the f*** manual! 6243 
Agreed. 6243 
I agree 6243 
The filament transformer 6243 
Center-tap and options 6243 
Something like this…. 6243 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6243 
The foreplay is going on. 6243 
Split balance 6242 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6242 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6242 
SHuguang 6242 
Going through…. 6241 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6240 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6240 
Hum vs voltage 6240 
Meow about the tubes… 6240 
To Be a Content Cat 6240 
Completed! 6237 
Tradition 6237 
Absolutely beautiful! 6237 
The 'film' caps in PS 6236 
Science or religion 6236 
Mass Extinction 6236 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6236 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6236 
Capacitor choices 6236 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6235 
The minor day of Quartets. 6235 
Them's the Breaks 6235 
Eventually! 6234 
So Soon? 6234 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6234 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6233 
The wire for DC-coupling 6233 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6233 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6233 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6232 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6231 
The DHT live reserve 6230 
Some interestng models 6230 
Eaten alive. 6230 
The tubey déjà vu? 6229 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6225 
The 4V takes a lead. 6221 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6218 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6218 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6216 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6215 
Exiting the design mode? 6215 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6215 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6211 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6210 
Setting up the new Playback 6209 
And the winner is… so far 6206 
If you like type 45... 6206 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6206 
Favorite Flavor? 6206 
The 45 times Meow... 6206 
The problem that I see is… 6206 
Running the 45 6206 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6205 
The commentaries about everything. 6205 
Driver tube and biasing 6205 
DHT drivers 6205 
The ideas are worth trying? 6205 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6201 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6201 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6200 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6200 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6200 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6200 
Operating points and cathode current 6200 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6200 
Actually it is not so simple. 6200 
Resistors at the front 6199 
A minor alternation of a position 6199 
The era of enlightenment. 6196 
The devil is in the details.... 6196 
Constructing Sound 6196 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6195 
The “strange” YO186 6186 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6141 
2S4S and 2A3 6132 
Ho to use the YO186 6125 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6125 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6125 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6123 
Not anymore! 6112 
The very good YoYonisation! 6111 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6110 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6097 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6097 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6044 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6043 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6040 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6030 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5792 
All the Best from Burgundy 5792 
Cheesy tubes 5791 
Me and my DHT references… 5682 
Y0-186 in winter. 5585 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5584 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5553 
In My Dreams 5553 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5553 
Blame? 5552 
When good is not good enough. 5552 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5552 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5551 
How the YO186 was used. 5135 
What is old is new? 5134 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5133 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4682 
That sucks. 4682 
YO186 4680 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4680 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4680 
A hallucination? 4677 
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