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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6467 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6466 
DHT Milq? 6466 
The DHT journey. 6466 
DHT tone 6466 
Well, why not? 6465 
Holding the Fort 6465 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6465 
Input tube and DC heaters 6464 
Reimyo Pat 777 6464 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6460 
DHT or 300B? 6460 
300B 6460 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6460 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6459 
Hence the confusion 6459 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6459 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6459 
My experience with DHTs 6459 
Pigmented coloration? 6459 
Dht-dht 6459 
Dynamic viscosity? 6459 
The Pallette preamp... 6459 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6459 
"soul" of tubes 6459 
There is a difference... 6459 
Vibration injection? 6459 
Homework # 4334 6459 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6459 
Old valves have more soul! 6458 
Was it soul or soil? 6458 
It was just a heading 6458 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6458 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6458 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6458 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6458 
Injection of analog dither? 6458 
Subliminal signal 6458 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6458 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6458 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6457 
Avicenna = Arabian 6457 
Persian, not Arab 6457 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6457 
More words to describe "sux" please 6457 
Revolution 6457 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6457 
One-stage DHTs 6456 
One other thing 6456 
One stage 6456 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6456 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6456 
I see the things differently. 6456 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6456 
The audiophile attitude 6456 
The where and why of design choices 6456 
Blah blah blah 6456 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6456 
Do I need to be hissing? 6456 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6456 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6456 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6455 
What is randomness? 6455 
Those least three possibilities… 6455 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6455 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6455 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6453 
A Beautiful Mind 6452 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6450 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6435 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6435 
Abandoning Milq? 6435 
Will see how it goes.... 6435 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6433 
Topology and 2A3? 6433 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6433 
Type Casting 6433 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6433 
6sn7-2a3 6433 
Topology vs parts 6433 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6433 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6433 
Parts Frenzy 6433 
Too many new sounds 6433 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6432 
New tubes 6431 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6431 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6431 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6431 
New 2A3 6431 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6430 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6429 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6429 
Czech tubes 6427 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6427 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6427 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6426 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6426 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6423 
Here she is. 6422 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6418 
New 2A3 tubes 6418 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6418 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6417 
Multistage DHT circuits 6416 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6415 
Emission Labs 2A3 6415 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6415 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6415 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6415 
The YO186 Strip Show 6415 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6414 
It will be interesting…. 6414 
OPT impedence 6414 
More about the Plate Loading 6414 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6409 
2A3 data 6409 
The New 2A3 tubes 6409 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6409 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6408 
Everything about everything. 6408 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6408 
Options, options, options.... 6408 
I think we agree overall 6408 
An IDHT with more gain? 6407 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6407 
2A3 tube impressions 6402 
Interesting analogy 6402 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6402 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6402 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6402 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6402 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6402 
Why NOS tubes? 6401 
The Holly Ignorance 6401 
Tube tasting 6401 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6401 
Make mine thoriated please 6401 
Any Germans out there? 6401 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6401 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6401 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6401 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6400 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6400 
Tube sound and vibration 6400 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6394 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6393 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6393 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6392 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6392 
B4/B5 British made 6391 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6391 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6390 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6390 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6389 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6388 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6385 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6385 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6384 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6384 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6384 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6384 
The identical operation environment? 6384 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6384 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6384 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6383 
How to get max power from 2A3 6383 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6383 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6383 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6383 
Gain is not power. 6383 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6383 
Specialized DSET approach 6383 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6383 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6383 
The 2A3 loading 6383 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6383 
Optimizing the 2A3 6383 
How much to DSET a DSET 6383 
DSET for Titan 6383 
The Best of All Worlds 6383 
Multiamp setup 6382 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6382 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6382 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6382 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6376 
2A3 and 400V supply 6376 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6375 
Another shot at numbers 6375 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6375 
Okay, so this might work.... 6375 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6375 
Looks good, but.... 6374 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6374 
Less is more... usually. 6374 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6373 
Stepping Out 6373 
Said to be good, but 6373 
Gain to lose 6373 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6373 
Another idea for losing gain 6373 
What's best 6373 
Options, options... 6373 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6373 
Other compromises... 6372 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6371 
Is it glowing yet? 6351 
It is comming.... 6351 
The new MF channel. 6345 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6344 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6336 
The intestage loading talk. 6333 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6328 
1 in 50? 6328 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6328 
Die Walküre soldering. 6327 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6326 
Another amp arond YO186 6325 
Gain? 6325 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6325 
Simple is good 6324 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6324 
The Milq DSET is up. 6323 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6321 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6321 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6320 
Ok, what do I want? 6320 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6320 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6320 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6320 
How about the tweeter? 6319 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6319 
Safe and Sound 6319 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6319 
Some clarifications. 6319 
How about that?!!! 6319 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6317 
Head Room 6317 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6316 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6316 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6316 
Again with the PS 6316 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6314 
Parallel Universe 6314 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6312 
Why I let other people build them... 6312 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6312 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6311 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6308 
MF: the pre-final version. 6308 
Loftin-White? 6308 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6308 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6308 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6304 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6304 
Define really quiet 6303 
Another variable of sound 6303 
Backlash? 6303 
Alternative filament supplies 6303 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6303 
Going down the DC path 6302 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6302 
Molecular sound 6302 
AC-DC heater supply 6302 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6302 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6302 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6302 
Hiss or Hum 6302 
AC transformers 6302 
I have seen the Promised Land 6301 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6301 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6300 
Divide and Conquer 6300 
The design phase is over. 6299 
The unexpected insanity! 6298 
Loading 6298 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6298 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6298 
Going the Distance 6298 
Read the f*** manual! 6298 
Agreed. 6298 
I agree 6298 
The filament transformer 6298 
Center-tap and options 6298 
Something like this…. 6298 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6298 
The foreplay is going on. 6298 
Split balance 6297 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6297 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6297 
SHuguang 6297 
Going through…. 6296 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6295 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6295 
Hum vs voltage 6295 
Meow about the tubes… 6295 
To Be a Content Cat 6295 
Completed! 6292 
Tradition 6292 
Absolutely beautiful! 6292 
The 'film' caps in PS 6291 
Science or religion 6291 
Mass Extinction 6291 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6291 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6291 
Capacitor choices 6291 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6290 
The minor day of Quartets. 6290 
Them's the Breaks 6290 
Eventually! 6289 
So Soon? 6289 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6289 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6288 
The wire for DC-coupling 6288 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6288 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6288 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6287 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6286 
The DHT live reserve 6285 
Some interestng models 6285 
Eaten alive. 6285 
The tubey déjà vu? 6284 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6280 
The 4V takes a lead. 6276 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6273 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6273 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6271 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6270 
Exiting the design mode? 6270 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6270 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6266 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6265 
Setting up the new Playback 6264 
And the winner is… so far 6261 
If you like type 45... 6261 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6261 
Favorite Flavor? 6261 
The 45 times Meow... 6261 
The problem that I see is… 6261 
Running the 45 6261 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6260 
The commentaries about everything. 6260 
Driver tube and biasing 6260 
DHT drivers 6260 
The ideas are worth trying? 6260 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6256 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6256 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6255 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6255 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6255 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6255 
Operating points and cathode current 6255 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6255 
Actually it is not so simple. 6255 
Resistors at the front 6254 
A minor alternation of a position 6254 
The era of enlightenment. 6251 
The devil is in the details.... 6251 
Constructing Sound 6251 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6250 
The “strange” YO186 6241 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6196 
2S4S and 2A3 6187 
Ho to use the YO186 6180 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6180 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6180 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6178 
Not anymore! 6167 
The very good YoYonisation! 6166 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6165 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6152 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6152 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6099 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6098 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6095 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6085 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5847 
All the Best from Burgundy 5847 
Cheesy tubes 5846 
Me and my DHT references… 5737 
Y0-186 in winter. 5640 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5639 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5608 
In My Dreams 5608 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5608 
Blame? 5607 
When good is not good enough. 5607 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5607 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5606 
How the YO186 was used. 5190 
What is old is new? 5189 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5188 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4737 
That sucks. 4737 
YO186 4735 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4735 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4735 
A hallucination? 4732 
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