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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6535 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6534 
DHT Milq? 6534 
The DHT journey. 6534 
DHT tone 6534 
Well, why not? 6533 
Holding the Fort 6533 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6533 
Input tube and DC heaters 6532 
Reimyo Pat 777 6532 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6528 
DHT or 300B? 6528 
300B 6528 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6528 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6527 
Hence the confusion 6527 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6527 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6527 
My experience with DHTs 6527 
Pigmented coloration? 6527 
Dht-dht 6527 
Dynamic viscosity? 6527 
The Pallette preamp... 6527 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6527 
"soul" of tubes 6527 
There is a difference... 6527 
Vibration injection? 6527 
Homework # 4334 6527 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6527 
Old valves have more soul! 6526 
Was it soul or soil? 6526 
It was just a heading 6526 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6526 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6526 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6526 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6526 
Injection of analog dither? 6526 
Subliminal signal 6526 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6526 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6526 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6525 
Avicenna = Arabian 6525 
Persian, not Arab 6525 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6525 
More words to describe "sux" please 6525 
Revolution 6525 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6525 
One-stage DHTs 6524 
One other thing 6524 
One stage 6524 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6524 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6524 
I see the things differently. 6524 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6524 
The audiophile attitude 6524 
The where and why of design choices 6524 
Blah blah blah 6524 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6524 
Do I need to be hissing? 6524 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6524 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6524 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6523 
What is randomness? 6523 
Those least three possibilities… 6523 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6523 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6523 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6521 
A Beautiful Mind 6520 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6518 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6503 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6503 
Abandoning Milq? 6503 
Will see how it goes.... 6503 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6501 
Topology and 2A3? 6501 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6501 
Type Casting 6501 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6501 
6sn7-2a3 6501 
Topology vs parts 6501 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6501 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6501 
Parts Frenzy 6501 
Too many new sounds 6501 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6500 
New tubes 6499 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6499 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6499 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6499 
New 2A3 6499 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6498 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6497 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6497 
Czech tubes 6495 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6495 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6495 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6494 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6494 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6491 
Here she is. 6490 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6486 
New 2A3 tubes 6486 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6486 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6485 
Multistage DHT circuits 6484 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6483 
Emission Labs 2A3 6483 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6483 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6483 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6483 
The YO186 Strip Show 6483 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6482 
It will be interesting…. 6482 
OPT impedence 6482 
More about the Plate Loading 6482 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6477 
2A3 data 6477 
The New 2A3 tubes 6477 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6477 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6476 
Everything about everything. 6476 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6476 
Options, options, options.... 6476 
I think we agree overall 6476 
An IDHT with more gain? 6475 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6475 
2A3 tube impressions 6470 
Interesting analogy 6470 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6470 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6470 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6470 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6470 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6470 
Why NOS tubes? 6469 
The Holly Ignorance 6469 
Tube tasting 6469 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6469 
Make mine thoriated please 6469 
Any Germans out there? 6469 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6469 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6469 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6469 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6468 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6468 
Tube sound and vibration 6468 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6462 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6461 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6461 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6460 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6460 
B4/B5 British made 6459 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6459 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6458 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6458 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6457 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6456 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6453 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6453 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6452 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6452 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6452 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6452 
The identical operation environment? 6452 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6452 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6452 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6451 
How to get max power from 2A3 6451 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6451 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6451 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6451 
Gain is not power. 6451 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6451 
Specialized DSET approach 6451 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6451 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6451 
The 2A3 loading 6451 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6451 
Optimizing the 2A3 6451 
How much to DSET a DSET 6451 
DSET for Titan 6451 
The Best of All Worlds 6451 
Multiamp setup 6450 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6450 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6450 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6450 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6444 
2A3 and 400V supply 6444 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6443 
Another shot at numbers 6443 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6443 
Okay, so this might work.... 6443 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6443 
Looks good, but.... 6442 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6442 
Less is more... usually. 6442 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6441 
Stepping Out 6441 
Said to be good, but 6441 
Gain to lose 6441 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6441 
Another idea for losing gain 6441 
What's best 6441 
Options, options... 6441 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6441 
Other compromises... 6440 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6439 
Is it glowing yet? 6419 
It is comming.... 6419 
The new MF channel. 6413 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6412 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6404 
The intestage loading talk. 6401 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6396 
1 in 50? 6396 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6396 
Die Walküre soldering. 6395 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6394 
Another amp arond YO186 6393 
Gain? 6393 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6393 
Simple is good 6392 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6392 
The Milq DSET is up. 6391 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6389 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6389 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6388 
Ok, what do I want? 6388 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6388 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6388 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6388 
How about the tweeter? 6387 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6387 
Safe and Sound 6387 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6387 
Some clarifications. 6387 
How about that?!!! 6387 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6385 
Head Room 6385 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6384 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6384 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6384 
Again with the PS 6384 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6382 
Parallel Universe 6382 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6380 
Why I let other people build them... 6380 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6380 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6379 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6376 
MF: the pre-final version. 6376 
Loftin-White? 6376 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6376 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6376 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6372 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6372 
Define really quiet 6371 
Another variable of sound 6371 
Backlash? 6371 
Alternative filament supplies 6371 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6371 
Going down the DC path 6370 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6370 
Molecular sound 6370 
AC-DC heater supply 6370 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6370 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6370 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6370 
Hiss or Hum 6370 
AC transformers 6370 
I have seen the Promised Land 6369 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6369 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6368 
Divide and Conquer 6368 
The design phase is over. 6367 
The unexpected insanity! 6366 
Loading 6366 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6366 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6366 
Going the Distance 6366 
Read the f*** manual! 6366 
Agreed. 6366 
I agree 6366 
The filament transformer 6366 
Center-tap and options 6366 
Something like this…. 6366 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6366 
The foreplay is going on. 6366 
Split balance 6365 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6365 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6365 
SHuguang 6365 
Going through…. 6364 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6363 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6363 
Hum vs voltage 6363 
Meow about the tubes… 6363 
To Be a Content Cat 6363 
Completed! 6360 
Tradition 6360 
Absolutely beautiful! 6360 
The 'film' caps in PS 6359 
Science or religion 6359 
Mass Extinction 6359 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6359 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6359 
Capacitor choices 6359 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6358 
The minor day of Quartets. 6358 
Them's the Breaks 6358 
Eventually! 6357 
So Soon? 6357 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6357 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6356 
The wire for DC-coupling 6356 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6356 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6356 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6355 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6354 
The DHT live reserve 6353 
Some interestng models 6353 
Eaten alive. 6353 
The tubey déjà vu? 6352 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6348 
The 4V takes a lead. 6344 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6341 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6341 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6339 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6338 
Exiting the design mode? 6338 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6338 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6334 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6333 
Setting up the new Playback 6332 
And the winner is… so far 6329 
If you like type 45... 6329 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6329 
Favorite Flavor? 6329 
The 45 times Meow... 6329 
The problem that I see is… 6329 
Running the 45 6329 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6328 
The commentaries about everything. 6328 
Driver tube and biasing 6328 
DHT drivers 6328 
The ideas are worth trying? 6328 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6324 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6324 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6323 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6323 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6323 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6323 
Operating points and cathode current 6323 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6323 
Actually it is not so simple. 6323 
Resistors at the front 6322 
A minor alternation of a position 6322 
The era of enlightenment. 6319 
The devil is in the details.... 6319 
Constructing Sound 6319 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6318 
The “strange” YO186 6309 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6264 
2S4S and 2A3 6255 
Ho to use the YO186 6248 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6248 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6248 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6246 
Not anymore! 6235 
The very good YoYonisation! 6234 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6233 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6220 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6220 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6167 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6166 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6163 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6153 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5915 
All the Best from Burgundy 5915 
Cheesy tubes 5914 
Me and my DHT references… 5805 
Y0-186 in winter. 5708 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5707 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5676 
In My Dreams 5676 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5676 
Blame? 5675 
When good is not good enough. 5675 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5675 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5674 
How the YO186 was used. 5258 
What is old is new? 5257 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5256 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4805 
That sucks. 4805 
YO186 4803 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4803 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4803 
A hallucination? 4800 
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