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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6375 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6374 
DHT Milq? 6374 
The DHT journey. 6374 
DHT tone 6374 
Well, why not? 6373 
Holding the Fort 6373 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6373 
Input tube and DC heaters 6372 
Reimyo Pat 777 6372 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6368 
DHT or 300B? 6368 
300B 6368 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6368 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6367 
Hence the confusion 6367 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6367 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6367 
My experience with DHTs 6367 
Pigmented coloration? 6367 
Dht-dht 6367 
Dynamic viscosity? 6367 
The Pallette preamp... 6367 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6367 
"soul" of tubes 6367 
There is a difference... 6367 
Vibration injection? 6367 
Homework # 4334 6367 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6367 
Old valves have more soul! 6366 
Was it soul or soil? 6366 
It was just a heading 6366 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6366 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6366 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6366 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6366 
Injection of analog dither? 6366 
Subliminal signal 6366 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6366 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6366 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6365 
Avicenna = Arabian 6365 
Persian, not Arab 6365 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6365 
More words to describe "sux" please 6365 
Revolution 6365 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6365 
One-stage DHTs 6364 
One other thing 6364 
One stage 6364 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6364 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6364 
I see the things differently. 6364 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6364 
The audiophile attitude 6364 
The where and why of design choices 6364 
Blah blah blah 6364 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6364 
Do I need to be hissing? 6364 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6364 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6364 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6363 
What is randomness? 6363 
Those least three possibilities… 6363 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6363 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6363 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6361 
A Beautiful Mind 6360 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6358 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6343 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6343 
Abandoning Milq? 6343 
Will see how it goes.... 6343 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6341 
Topology and 2A3? 6341 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6341 
Type Casting 6341 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6341 
6sn7-2a3 6341 
Topology vs parts 6341 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6341 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6341 
Parts Frenzy 6341 
Too many new sounds 6341 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6340 
New tubes 6339 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6339 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6339 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6339 
New 2A3 6339 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6338 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6337 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6337 
Czech tubes 6335 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6335 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6335 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6334 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6334 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6331 
Here she is. 6330 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6326 
New 2A3 tubes 6326 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6326 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6325 
Multistage DHT circuits 6324 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6323 
Emission Labs 2A3 6323 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6323 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6323 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6323 
The YO186 Strip Show 6323 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6322 
It will be interesting…. 6322 
OPT impedence 6322 
More about the Plate Loading 6322 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6317 
2A3 data 6317 
The New 2A3 tubes 6317 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6317 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6316 
Everything about everything. 6316 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6316 
Options, options, options.... 6316 
I think we agree overall 6316 
An IDHT with more gain? 6315 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6315 
2A3 tube impressions 6310 
Interesting analogy 6310 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6310 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6310 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6310 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6310 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6310 
Why NOS tubes? 6309 
The Holly Ignorance 6309 
Tube tasting 6309 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6309 
Make mine thoriated please 6309 
Any Germans out there? 6309 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6309 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6309 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6309 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6308 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6308 
Tube sound and vibration 6308 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6302 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6301 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6301 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6300 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6300 
B4/B5 British made 6299 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6299 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6298 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6298 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6297 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6296 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6293 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6293 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6292 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6292 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6292 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6292 
The identical operation environment? 6292 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6292 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6292 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6291 
How to get max power from 2A3 6291 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6291 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6291 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6291 
Gain is not power. 6291 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6291 
Specialized DSET approach 6291 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6291 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6291 
The 2A3 loading 6291 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6291 
Optimizing the 2A3 6291 
How much to DSET a DSET 6291 
DSET for Titan 6291 
The Best of All Worlds 6291 
Multiamp setup 6290 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6290 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6290 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6290 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6284 
2A3 and 400V supply 6284 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6283 
Another shot at numbers 6283 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6283 
Okay, so this might work.... 6283 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6283 
Looks good, but.... 6282 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6282 
Less is more... usually. 6282 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6281 
Stepping Out 6281 
Said to be good, but 6281 
Gain to lose 6281 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6281 
Another idea for losing gain 6281 
What's best 6281 
Options, options... 6281 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6281 
Other compromises... 6280 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6279 
Is it glowing yet? 6259 
It is comming.... 6259 
The new MF channel. 6253 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6252 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6244 
The intestage loading talk. 6241 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6236 
1 in 50? 6236 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6236 
Die Walküre soldering. 6235 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6234 
Another amp arond YO186 6233 
Gain? 6233 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6233 
Simple is good 6232 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6232 
The Milq DSET is up. 6231 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6229 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6229 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6228 
Ok, what do I want? 6228 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6228 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6228 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6228 
How about the tweeter? 6227 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6227 
Safe and Sound 6227 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6227 
Some clarifications. 6227 
How about that?!!! 6227 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6225 
Head Room 6225 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6224 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6224 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6224 
Again with the PS 6224 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6222 
Parallel Universe 6222 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6220 
Why I let other people build them... 6220 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6220 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6219 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6216 
MF: the pre-final version. 6216 
Loftin-White? 6216 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6216 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6216 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6212 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6212 
Define really quiet 6211 
Another variable of sound 6211 
Backlash? 6211 
Alternative filament supplies 6211 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6211 
Going down the DC path 6210 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6210 
Molecular sound 6210 
AC-DC heater supply 6210 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6210 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6210 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6210 
Hiss or Hum 6210 
AC transformers 6210 
I have seen the Promised Land 6209 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6209 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6208 
Divide and Conquer 6208 
The design phase is over. 6207 
The unexpected insanity! 6206 
Loading 6206 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6206 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6206 
Going the Distance 6206 
Read the f*** manual! 6206 
Agreed. 6206 
I agree 6206 
The filament transformer 6206 
Center-tap and options 6206 
Something like this…. 6206 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6206 
The foreplay is going on. 6206 
Split balance 6205 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6205 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6205 
SHuguang 6205 
Going through…. 6204 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6203 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6203 
Hum vs voltage 6203 
Meow about the tubes… 6203 
To Be a Content Cat 6203 
Completed! 6200 
Tradition 6200 
Absolutely beautiful! 6200 
The 'film' caps in PS 6199 
Science or religion 6199 
Mass Extinction 6199 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6199 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6199 
Capacitor choices 6199 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6198 
The minor day of Quartets. 6198 
Them's the Breaks 6198 
Eventually! 6197 
So Soon? 6197 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6197 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6196 
The wire for DC-coupling 6196 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6196 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6196 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6195 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6194 
The DHT live reserve 6193 
Some interestng models 6193 
Eaten alive. 6193 
The tubey déjà vu? 6192 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6188 
The 4V takes a lead. 6184 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6181 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6181 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6179 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6178 
Exiting the design mode? 6178 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6178 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6174 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6173 
Setting up the new Playback 6172 
And the winner is… so far 6169 
If you like type 45... 6169 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6169 
Favorite Flavor? 6169 
The 45 times Meow... 6169 
The problem that I see is… 6169 
Running the 45 6169 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6168 
The commentaries about everything. 6168 
Driver tube and biasing 6168 
DHT drivers 6168 
The ideas are worth trying? 6168 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6164 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6164 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6163 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6163 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6163 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6163 
Operating points and cathode current 6163 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6163 
Actually it is not so simple. 6163 
Resistors at the front 6162 
A minor alternation of a position 6162 
The era of enlightenment. 6159 
The devil is in the details.... 6159 
Constructing Sound 6159 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6158 
The “strange” YO186 6149 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6104 
2S4S and 2A3 6095 
Ho to use the YO186 6088 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6088 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6088 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6086 
Not anymore! 6075 
The very good YoYonisation! 6074 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6073 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6060 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6060 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6007 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6006 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6003 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5993 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5755 
All the Best from Burgundy 5755 
Cheesy tubes 5754 
Me and my DHT references… 5645 
Y0-186 in winter. 5548 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5547 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5516 
In My Dreams 5516 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5516 
Blame? 5515 
When good is not good enough. 5515 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5515 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5514 
How the YO186 was used. 5098 
What is old is new? 5097 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5096 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4645 
That sucks. 4645 
YO186 4643 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4643 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4643 
A hallucination? 4640 
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