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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6372 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6371 
DHT Milq? 6371 
The DHT journey. 6371 
DHT tone 6371 
Well, why not? 6370 
Holding the Fort 6370 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6370 
Input tube and DC heaters 6369 
Reimyo Pat 777 6369 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6365 
DHT or 300B? 6365 
300B 6365 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6365 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6364 
Hence the confusion 6364 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6364 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6364 
My experience with DHTs 6364 
Pigmented coloration? 6364 
Dht-dht 6364 
Dynamic viscosity? 6364 
The Pallette preamp... 6364 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6364 
"soul" of tubes 6364 
There is a difference... 6364 
Vibration injection? 6364 
Homework # 4334 6364 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6364 
Old valves have more soul! 6363 
Was it soul or soil? 6363 
It was just a heading 6363 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6363 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6363 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6363 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6363 
Injection of analog dither? 6363 
Subliminal signal 6363 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6363 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6363 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6362 
Avicenna = Arabian 6362 
Persian, not Arab 6362 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6362 
More words to describe "sux" please 6362 
Revolution 6362 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6362 
One-stage DHTs 6361 
One other thing 6361 
One stage 6361 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6361 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6361 
I see the things differently. 6361 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6361 
The audiophile attitude 6361 
The where and why of design choices 6361 
Blah blah blah 6361 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6361 
Do I need to be hissing? 6361 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6361 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6361 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6360 
What is randomness? 6360 
Those least three possibilities… 6360 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6360 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6360 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6358 
A Beautiful Mind 6357 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6355 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6340 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6340 
Abandoning Milq? 6340 
Will see how it goes.... 6340 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6338 
Topology and 2A3? 6338 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6338 
Type Casting 6338 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6338 
6sn7-2a3 6338 
Topology vs parts 6338 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6338 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6338 
Parts Frenzy 6338 
Too many new sounds 6338 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6337 
New tubes 6336 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6336 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6336 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6336 
New 2A3 6336 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6335 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6334 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6334 
Czech tubes 6332 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6332 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6332 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6331 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6331 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6328 
Here she is. 6327 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6323 
New 2A3 tubes 6323 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6323 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6322 
Multistage DHT circuits 6321 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6320 
Emission Labs 2A3 6320 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6320 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6320 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6320 
The YO186 Strip Show 6320 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6319 
It will be interesting…. 6319 
OPT impedence 6319 
More about the Plate Loading 6319 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6314 
2A3 data 6314 
The New 2A3 tubes 6314 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6314 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6313 
Everything about everything. 6313 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6313 
Options, options, options.... 6313 
I think we agree overall 6313 
An IDHT with more gain? 6312 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6312 
2A3 tube impressions 6307 
Interesting analogy 6307 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6307 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6307 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6307 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6307 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6307 
Why NOS tubes? 6306 
The Holly Ignorance 6306 
Tube tasting 6306 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6306 
Make mine thoriated please 6306 
Any Germans out there? 6306 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6306 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6306 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6306 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6305 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6305 
Tube sound and vibration 6305 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6299 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6298 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6298 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6297 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6297 
B4/B5 British made 6296 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6296 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6295 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6295 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6294 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6293 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6290 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6290 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6289 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6289 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6289 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6289 
The identical operation environment? 6289 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6289 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6289 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6288 
How to get max power from 2A3 6288 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6288 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6288 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6288 
Gain is not power. 6288 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6288 
Specialized DSET approach 6288 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6288 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6288 
The 2A3 loading 6288 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6288 
Optimizing the 2A3 6288 
How much to DSET a DSET 6288 
DSET for Titan 6288 
The Best of All Worlds 6288 
Multiamp setup 6287 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6287 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6287 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6287 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6281 
2A3 and 400V supply 6281 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6280 
Another shot at numbers 6280 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6280 
Okay, so this might work.... 6280 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6280 
Looks good, but.... 6279 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6279 
Less is more... usually. 6279 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6278 
Stepping Out 6278 
Said to be good, but 6278 
Gain to lose 6278 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6278 
Another idea for losing gain 6278 
What's best 6278 
Options, options... 6278 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6278 
Other compromises... 6277 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6276 
Is it glowing yet? 6256 
It is comming.... 6256 
The new MF channel. 6250 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6249 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6241 
The intestage loading talk. 6238 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6233 
1 in 50? 6233 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6233 
Die Walküre soldering. 6232 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6231 
Another amp arond YO186 6230 
Gain? 6230 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6230 
Simple is good 6229 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6229 
The Milq DSET is up. 6228 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6226 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6226 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6225 
Ok, what do I want? 6225 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6225 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6225 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6225 
How about the tweeter? 6224 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6224 
Safe and Sound 6224 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6224 
Some clarifications. 6224 
How about that?!!! 6224 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6222 
Head Room 6222 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6221 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6221 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6221 
Again with the PS 6221 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6219 
Parallel Universe 6219 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6217 
Why I let other people build them... 6217 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6217 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6216 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6213 
MF: the pre-final version. 6213 
Loftin-White? 6213 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6213 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6213 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6209 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6209 
Define really quiet 6208 
Another variable of sound 6208 
Backlash? 6208 
Alternative filament supplies 6208 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6208 
Going down the DC path 6207 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6207 
Molecular sound 6207 
AC-DC heater supply 6207 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6207 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6207 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6207 
Hiss or Hum 6207 
AC transformers 6207 
I have seen the Promised Land 6206 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6206 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6205 
Divide and Conquer 6205 
The design phase is over. 6204 
The unexpected insanity! 6203 
Loading 6203 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6203 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6203 
Going the Distance 6203 
Read the f*** manual! 6203 
Agreed. 6203 
I agree 6203 
The filament transformer 6203 
Center-tap and options 6203 
Something like this…. 6203 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6203 
The foreplay is going on. 6203 
Split balance 6202 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6202 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6202 
SHuguang 6202 
Going through…. 6201 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6200 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6200 
Hum vs voltage 6200 
Meow about the tubes… 6200 
To Be a Content Cat 6200 
Completed! 6197 
Tradition 6197 
Absolutely beautiful! 6197 
The 'film' caps in PS 6196 
Science or religion 6196 
Mass Extinction 6196 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6196 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6196 
Capacitor choices 6196 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6195 
The minor day of Quartets. 6195 
Them's the Breaks 6195 
Eventually! 6194 
So Soon? 6194 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6194 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6193 
The wire for DC-coupling 6193 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6193 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6193 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6192 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6191 
The DHT live reserve 6190 
Some interestng models 6190 
Eaten alive. 6190 
The tubey déjà vu? 6189 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6185 
The 4V takes a lead. 6181 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6178 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6178 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6176 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6175 
Exiting the design mode? 6175 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6175 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6171 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6170 
Setting up the new Playback 6169 
And the winner is… so far 6166 
If you like type 45... 6166 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6166 
Favorite Flavor? 6166 
The 45 times Meow... 6166 
The problem that I see is… 6166 
Running the 45 6166 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6165 
The commentaries about everything. 6165 
Driver tube and biasing 6165 
DHT drivers 6165 
The ideas are worth trying? 6165 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6161 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6161 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6160 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6160 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6160 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6160 
Operating points and cathode current 6160 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6160 
Actually it is not so simple. 6160 
Resistors at the front 6159 
A minor alternation of a position 6159 
The era of enlightenment. 6156 
The devil is in the details.... 6156 
Constructing Sound 6156 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6155 
The “strange” YO186 6146 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6101 
2S4S and 2A3 6092 
Ho to use the YO186 6085 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6085 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6085 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6083 
Not anymore! 6072 
The very good YoYonisation! 6071 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6070 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6057 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6057 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6004 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6003 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6000 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5990 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5752 
All the Best from Burgundy 5752 
Cheesy tubes 5751 
Me and my DHT references… 5642 
Y0-186 in winter. 5545 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5544 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5513 
In My Dreams 5513 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5513 
Blame? 5512 
When good is not good enough. 5512 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5512 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5511 
How the YO186 was used. 5095 
What is old is new? 5094 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5093 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4642 
That sucks. 4642 
YO186 4640 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4640 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4640 
A hallucination? 4637 
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