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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6391 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6390 
DHT Milq? 6390 
The DHT journey. 6390 
DHT tone 6390 
Well, why not? 6389 
Holding the Fort 6389 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6389 
Input tube and DC heaters 6388 
Reimyo Pat 777 6388 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6384 
DHT or 300B? 6384 
300B 6384 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6384 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6383 
Hence the confusion 6383 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6383 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6383 
My experience with DHTs 6383 
Pigmented coloration? 6383 
Dht-dht 6383 
Dynamic viscosity? 6383 
The Pallette preamp... 6383 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6383 
"soul" of tubes 6383 
There is a difference... 6383 
Vibration injection? 6383 
Homework # 4334 6383 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6383 
Old valves have more soul! 6382 
Was it soul or soil? 6382 
It was just a heading 6382 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6382 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6382 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6382 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6382 
Injection of analog dither? 6382 
Subliminal signal 6382 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6382 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6382 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6381 
Avicenna = Arabian 6381 
Persian, not Arab 6381 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6381 
More words to describe "sux" please 6381 
Revolution 6381 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6381 
One-stage DHTs 6380 
One other thing 6380 
One stage 6380 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6380 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6380 
I see the things differently. 6380 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6380 
The audiophile attitude 6380 
The where and why of design choices 6380 
Blah blah blah 6380 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6380 
Do I need to be hissing? 6380 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6380 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6380 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6379 
What is randomness? 6379 
Those least three possibilities… 6379 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6379 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6379 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6377 
A Beautiful Mind 6376 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6374 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6359 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6359 
Abandoning Milq? 6359 
Will see how it goes.... 6359 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6357 
Topology and 2A3? 6357 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6357 
Type Casting 6357 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6357 
6sn7-2a3 6357 
Topology vs parts 6357 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6357 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6357 
Parts Frenzy 6357 
Too many new sounds 6357 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6356 
New tubes 6355 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6355 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6355 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6355 
New 2A3 6355 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6354 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6353 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6353 
Czech tubes 6351 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6351 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6351 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6350 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6350 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6347 
Here she is. 6346 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6342 
New 2A3 tubes 6342 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6342 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6341 
Multistage DHT circuits 6340 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6339 
Emission Labs 2A3 6339 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6339 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6339 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6339 
The YO186 Strip Show 6339 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6338 
It will be interesting…. 6338 
OPT impedence 6338 
More about the Plate Loading 6338 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6333 
2A3 data 6333 
The New 2A3 tubes 6333 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6333 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6332 
Everything about everything. 6332 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6332 
Options, options, options.... 6332 
I think we agree overall 6332 
An IDHT with more gain? 6331 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6331 
2A3 tube impressions 6326 
Interesting analogy 6326 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6326 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6326 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6326 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6326 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6326 
Why NOS tubes? 6325 
The Holly Ignorance 6325 
Tube tasting 6325 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6325 
Make mine thoriated please 6325 
Any Germans out there? 6325 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6325 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6325 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6325 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6324 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6324 
Tube sound and vibration 6324 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6318 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6317 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6317 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6316 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6316 
B4/B5 British made 6315 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6315 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6314 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6314 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6313 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6312 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6309 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6309 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6308 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6308 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6308 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6308 
The identical operation environment? 6308 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6308 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6308 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6307 
How to get max power from 2A3 6307 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6307 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6307 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6307 
Gain is not power. 6307 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6307 
Specialized DSET approach 6307 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6307 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6307 
The 2A3 loading 6307 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6307 
Optimizing the 2A3 6307 
How much to DSET a DSET 6307 
DSET for Titan 6307 
The Best of All Worlds 6307 
Multiamp setup 6306 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6306 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6306 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6306 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6300 
2A3 and 400V supply 6300 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6299 
Another shot at numbers 6299 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6299 
Okay, so this might work.... 6299 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6299 
Looks good, but.... 6298 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6298 
Less is more... usually. 6298 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6297 
Stepping Out 6297 
Said to be good, but 6297 
Gain to lose 6297 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6297 
Another idea for losing gain 6297 
What's best 6297 
Options, options... 6297 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6297 
Other compromises... 6296 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6295 
Is it glowing yet? 6275 
It is comming.... 6275 
The new MF channel. 6269 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6268 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6260 
The intestage loading talk. 6257 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6252 
1 in 50? 6252 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6252 
Die Walküre soldering. 6251 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6250 
Another amp arond YO186 6249 
Gain? 6249 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6249 
Simple is good 6248 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6248 
The Milq DSET is up. 6247 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6245 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6245 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6244 
Ok, what do I want? 6244 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6244 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6244 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6244 
How about the tweeter? 6243 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6243 
Safe and Sound 6243 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6243 
Some clarifications. 6243 
How about that?!!! 6243 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6241 
Head Room 6241 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6240 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6240 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6240 
Again with the PS 6240 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6238 
Parallel Universe 6238 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6236 
Why I let other people build them... 6236 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6236 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6235 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6232 
MF: the pre-final version. 6232 
Loftin-White? 6232 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6232 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6232 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6228 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6228 
Define really quiet 6227 
Another variable of sound 6227 
Backlash? 6227 
Alternative filament supplies 6227 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6227 
Going down the DC path 6226 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6226 
Molecular sound 6226 
AC-DC heater supply 6226 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6226 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6226 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6226 
Hiss or Hum 6226 
AC transformers 6226 
I have seen the Promised Land 6225 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6225 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6224 
Divide and Conquer 6224 
The design phase is over. 6223 
The unexpected insanity! 6222 
Loading 6222 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6222 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6222 
Going the Distance 6222 
Read the f*** manual! 6222 
Agreed. 6222 
I agree 6222 
The filament transformer 6222 
Center-tap and options 6222 
Something like this…. 6222 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6222 
The foreplay is going on. 6222 
Split balance 6221 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6221 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6221 
SHuguang 6221 
Going through…. 6220 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6219 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6219 
Hum vs voltage 6219 
Meow about the tubes… 6219 
To Be a Content Cat 6219 
Completed! 6216 
Tradition 6216 
Absolutely beautiful! 6216 
The 'film' caps in PS 6215 
Science or religion 6215 
Mass Extinction 6215 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6215 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6215 
Capacitor choices 6215 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6214 
The minor day of Quartets. 6214 
Them's the Breaks 6214 
Eventually! 6213 
So Soon? 6213 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6213 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6212 
The wire for DC-coupling 6212 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6212 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6212 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6211 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6210 
The DHT live reserve 6209 
Some interestng models 6209 
Eaten alive. 6209 
The tubey déjà vu? 6208 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6204 
The 4V takes a lead. 6200 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6197 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6197 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6195 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6194 
Exiting the design mode? 6194 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6194 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6190 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6189 
Setting up the new Playback 6188 
And the winner is… so far 6185 
If you like type 45... 6185 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6185 
Favorite Flavor? 6185 
The 45 times Meow... 6185 
The problem that I see is… 6185 
Running the 45 6185 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6184 
The commentaries about everything. 6184 
Driver tube and biasing 6184 
DHT drivers 6184 
The ideas are worth trying? 6184 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6180 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6180 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6179 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6179 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6179 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6179 
Operating points and cathode current 6179 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6179 
Actually it is not so simple. 6179 
Resistors at the front 6178 
A minor alternation of a position 6178 
The era of enlightenment. 6175 
The devil is in the details.... 6175 
Constructing Sound 6175 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6174 
The “strange” YO186 6165 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6120 
2S4S and 2A3 6111 
Ho to use the YO186 6104 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6104 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6104 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6102 
Not anymore! 6091 
The very good YoYonisation! 6090 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6089 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6076 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6076 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6023 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6022 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6019 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6009 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5771 
All the Best from Burgundy 5771 
Cheesy tubes 5770 
Me and my DHT references… 5661 
Y0-186 in winter. 5564 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5563 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5532 
In My Dreams 5532 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5532 
Blame? 5531 
When good is not good enough. 5531 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5531 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5530 
How the YO186 was used. 5114 
What is old is new? 5113 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5112 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4661 
That sucks. 4661 
YO186 4659 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4659 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4659 
A hallucination? 4656 
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