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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6441 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6440 
DHT Milq? 6440 
The DHT journey. 6440 
DHT tone 6440 
Well, why not? 6439 
Holding the Fort 6439 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6439 
Input tube and DC heaters 6438 
Reimyo Pat 777 6438 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6434 
DHT or 300B? 6434 
300B 6434 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6434 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6433 
Hence the confusion 6433 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6433 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6433 
My experience with DHTs 6433 
Pigmented coloration? 6433 
Dht-dht 6433 
Dynamic viscosity? 6433 
The Pallette preamp... 6433 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6433 
"soul" of tubes 6433 
There is a difference... 6433 
Vibration injection? 6433 
Homework # 4334 6433 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6433 
Old valves have more soul! 6432 
Was it soul or soil? 6432 
It was just a heading 6432 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6432 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6432 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6432 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6432 
Injection of analog dither? 6432 
Subliminal signal 6432 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6432 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6432 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6431 
Avicenna = Arabian 6431 
Persian, not Arab 6431 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6431 
More words to describe "sux" please 6431 
Revolution 6431 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6431 
One-stage DHTs 6430 
One other thing 6430 
One stage 6430 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6430 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6430 
I see the things differently. 6430 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6430 
The audiophile attitude 6430 
The where and why of design choices 6430 
Blah blah blah 6430 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6430 
Do I need to be hissing? 6430 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6430 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6430 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6429 
What is randomness? 6429 
Those least three possibilities… 6429 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6429 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6429 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6427 
A Beautiful Mind 6426 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6424 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6409 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6409 
Abandoning Milq? 6409 
Will see how it goes.... 6409 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6407 
Topology and 2A3? 6407 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6407 
Type Casting 6407 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6407 
6sn7-2a3 6407 
Topology vs parts 6407 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6407 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6407 
Parts Frenzy 6407 
Too many new sounds 6407 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6406 
New tubes 6405 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6405 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6405 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6405 
New 2A3 6405 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6404 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6403 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6403 
Czech tubes 6401 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6401 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6401 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6400 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6400 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6397 
Here she is. 6396 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6392 
New 2A3 tubes 6392 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6392 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6391 
Multistage DHT circuits 6390 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6389 
Emission Labs 2A3 6389 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6389 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6389 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6389 
The YO186 Strip Show 6389 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6388 
It will be interesting…. 6388 
OPT impedence 6388 
More about the Plate Loading 6388 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6383 
2A3 data 6383 
The New 2A3 tubes 6383 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6383 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6382 
Everything about everything. 6382 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6382 
Options, options, options.... 6382 
I think we agree overall 6382 
An IDHT with more gain? 6381 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6381 
2A3 tube impressions 6376 
Interesting analogy 6376 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6376 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6376 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6376 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6376 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6376 
Why NOS tubes? 6375 
The Holly Ignorance 6375 
Tube tasting 6375 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6375 
Make mine thoriated please 6375 
Any Germans out there? 6375 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6375 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6375 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6375 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6374 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6374 
Tube sound and vibration 6374 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6368 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6367 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6367 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6366 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6366 
B4/B5 British made 6365 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6365 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6364 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6364 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6363 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6362 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6359 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6359 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6358 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6358 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6358 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6358 
The identical operation environment? 6358 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6358 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6358 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6357 
How to get max power from 2A3 6357 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6357 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6357 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6357 
Gain is not power. 6357 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6357 
Specialized DSET approach 6357 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6357 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6357 
The 2A3 loading 6357 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6357 
Optimizing the 2A3 6357 
How much to DSET a DSET 6357 
DSET for Titan 6357 
The Best of All Worlds 6357 
Multiamp setup 6356 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6356 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6356 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6356 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6350 
2A3 and 400V supply 6350 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6349 
Another shot at numbers 6349 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6349 
Okay, so this might work.... 6349 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6349 
Looks good, but.... 6348 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6348 
Less is more... usually. 6348 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6347 
Stepping Out 6347 
Said to be good, but 6347 
Gain to lose 6347 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6347 
Another idea for losing gain 6347 
What's best 6347 
Options, options... 6347 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6347 
Other compromises... 6346 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6345 
Is it glowing yet? 6325 
It is comming.... 6325 
The new MF channel. 6319 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6318 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6310 
The intestage loading talk. 6307 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6302 
1 in 50? 6302 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6302 
Die Walküre soldering. 6301 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6300 
Another amp arond YO186 6299 
Gain? 6299 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6299 
Simple is good 6298 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6298 
The Milq DSET is up. 6297 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6295 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6295 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6294 
Ok, what do I want? 6294 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6294 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6294 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6294 
How about the tweeter? 6293 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6293 
Safe and Sound 6293 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6293 
Some clarifications. 6293 
How about that?!!! 6293 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6291 
Head Room 6291 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6290 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6290 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6290 
Again with the PS 6290 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6288 
Parallel Universe 6288 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6286 
Why I let other people build them... 6286 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6286 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6285 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6282 
MF: the pre-final version. 6282 
Loftin-White? 6282 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6282 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6282 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6278 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6278 
Define really quiet 6277 
Another variable of sound 6277 
Backlash? 6277 
Alternative filament supplies 6277 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6277 
Going down the DC path 6276 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6276 
Molecular sound 6276 
AC-DC heater supply 6276 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6276 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6276 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6276 
Hiss or Hum 6276 
AC transformers 6276 
I have seen the Promised Land 6275 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6275 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6274 
Divide and Conquer 6274 
The design phase is over. 6273 
The unexpected insanity! 6272 
Loading 6272 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6272 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6272 
Going the Distance 6272 
Read the f*** manual! 6272 
Agreed. 6272 
I agree 6272 
The filament transformer 6272 
Center-tap and options 6272 
Something like this…. 6272 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6272 
The foreplay is going on. 6272 
Split balance 6271 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6271 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6271 
SHuguang 6271 
Going through…. 6270 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6269 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6269 
Hum vs voltage 6269 
Meow about the tubes… 6269 
To Be a Content Cat 6269 
Completed! 6266 
Tradition 6266 
Absolutely beautiful! 6266 
The 'film' caps in PS 6265 
Science or religion 6265 
Mass Extinction 6265 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6265 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6265 
Capacitor choices 6265 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6264 
The minor day of Quartets. 6264 
Them's the Breaks 6264 
Eventually! 6263 
So Soon? 6263 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6263 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6262 
The wire for DC-coupling 6262 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6262 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6262 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6261 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6260 
The DHT live reserve 6259 
Some interestng models 6259 
Eaten alive. 6259 
The tubey déjà vu? 6258 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6254 
The 4V takes a lead. 6250 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6247 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6247 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6245 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6244 
Exiting the design mode? 6244 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6244 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6240 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6239 
Setting up the new Playback 6238 
And the winner is… so far 6235 
If you like type 45... 6235 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6235 
Favorite Flavor? 6235 
The 45 times Meow... 6235 
The problem that I see is… 6235 
Running the 45 6235 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6234 
The commentaries about everything. 6234 
Driver tube and biasing 6234 
DHT drivers 6234 
The ideas are worth trying? 6234 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6230 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6230 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6229 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6229 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6229 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6229 
Operating points and cathode current 6229 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6229 
Actually it is not so simple. 6229 
Resistors at the front 6228 
A minor alternation of a position 6228 
The era of enlightenment. 6225 
The devil is in the details.... 6225 
Constructing Sound 6225 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6224 
The “strange” YO186 6215 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6170 
2S4S and 2A3 6161 
Ho to use the YO186 6154 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6154 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6154 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6152 
Not anymore! 6141 
The very good YoYonisation! 6140 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6139 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6126 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6126 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6073 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6072 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6069 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6059 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5821 
All the Best from Burgundy 5821 
Cheesy tubes 5820 
Me and my DHT references… 5711 
Y0-186 in winter. 5614 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5613 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5582 
In My Dreams 5582 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5582 
Blame? 5581 
When good is not good enough. 5581 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5581 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5580 
How the YO186 was used. 5164 
What is old is new? 5163 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5162 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4711 
That sucks. 4711 
YO186 4709 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4709 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4709 
A hallucination? 4706 
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