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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6380 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6379 
DHT Milq? 6379 
The DHT journey. 6379 
DHT tone 6379 
Well, why not? 6378 
Holding the Fort 6378 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6378 
Input tube and DC heaters 6377 
Reimyo Pat 777 6377 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6373 
DHT or 300B? 6373 
300B 6373 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6373 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6372 
Hence the confusion 6372 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6372 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6372 
My experience with DHTs 6372 
Pigmented coloration? 6372 
Dht-dht 6372 
Dynamic viscosity? 6372 
The Pallette preamp... 6372 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6372 
"soul" of tubes 6372 
There is a difference... 6372 
Vibration injection? 6372 
Homework # 4334 6372 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6372 
Old valves have more soul! 6371 
Was it soul or soil? 6371 
It was just a heading 6371 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6371 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6371 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6371 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6371 
Injection of analog dither? 6371 
Subliminal signal 6371 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6371 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6371 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6370 
Avicenna = Arabian 6370 
Persian, not Arab 6370 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6370 
More words to describe "sux" please 6370 
Revolution 6370 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6370 
One-stage DHTs 6369 
One other thing 6369 
One stage 6369 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6369 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6369 
I see the things differently. 6369 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6369 
The audiophile attitude 6369 
The where and why of design choices 6369 
Blah blah blah 6369 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6369 
Do I need to be hissing? 6369 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6369 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6369 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6368 
What is randomness? 6368 
Those least three possibilities… 6368 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6368 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6368 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6366 
A Beautiful Mind 6365 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6363 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6348 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6348 
Abandoning Milq? 6348 
Will see how it goes.... 6348 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6346 
Topology and 2A3? 6346 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6346 
Type Casting 6346 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6346 
6sn7-2a3 6346 
Topology vs parts 6346 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6346 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6346 
Parts Frenzy 6346 
Too many new sounds 6346 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6345 
New tubes 6344 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6344 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6344 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6344 
New 2A3 6344 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6343 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6342 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6342 
Czech tubes 6340 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6340 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6340 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6339 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6339 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6336 
Here she is. 6335 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6331 
New 2A3 tubes 6331 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6331 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6330 
Multistage DHT circuits 6329 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6328 
Emission Labs 2A3 6328 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6328 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6328 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6328 
The YO186 Strip Show 6328 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6327 
It will be interesting…. 6327 
OPT impedence 6327 
More about the Plate Loading 6327 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6322 
2A3 data 6322 
The New 2A3 tubes 6322 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6322 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6321 
Everything about everything. 6321 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6321 
Options, options, options.... 6321 
I think we agree overall 6321 
An IDHT with more gain? 6320 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6320 
2A3 tube impressions 6315 
Interesting analogy 6315 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6315 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6315 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6315 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6315 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6315 
Why NOS tubes? 6314 
The Holly Ignorance 6314 
Tube tasting 6314 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6314 
Make mine thoriated please 6314 
Any Germans out there? 6314 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6314 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6314 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6314 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6313 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6313 
Tube sound and vibration 6313 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6307 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6306 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6306 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6305 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6305 
B4/B5 British made 6304 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6304 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6303 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6303 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6302 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6301 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6298 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6298 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6297 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6297 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6297 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6297 
The identical operation environment? 6297 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6297 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6297 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6296 
How to get max power from 2A3 6296 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6296 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6296 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6296 
Gain is not power. 6296 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6296 
Specialized DSET approach 6296 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6296 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6296 
The 2A3 loading 6296 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6296 
Optimizing the 2A3 6296 
How much to DSET a DSET 6296 
DSET for Titan 6296 
The Best of All Worlds 6296 
Multiamp setup 6295 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6295 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6295 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6295 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6289 
2A3 and 400V supply 6289 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6288 
Another shot at numbers 6288 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6288 
Okay, so this might work.... 6288 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6288 
Looks good, but.... 6287 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6287 
Less is more... usually. 6287 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6286 
Stepping Out 6286 
Said to be good, but 6286 
Gain to lose 6286 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6286 
Another idea for losing gain 6286 
What's best 6286 
Options, options... 6286 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6286 
Other compromises... 6285 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6284 
Is it glowing yet? 6264 
It is comming.... 6264 
The new MF channel. 6258 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6257 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6249 
The intestage loading talk. 6246 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6241 
1 in 50? 6241 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6241 
Die Walküre soldering. 6240 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6239 
Another amp arond YO186 6238 
Gain? 6238 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6238 
Simple is good 6237 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6237 
The Milq DSET is up. 6236 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6234 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6234 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6233 
Ok, what do I want? 6233 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6233 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6233 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6233 
How about the tweeter? 6232 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6232 
Safe and Sound 6232 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6232 
Some clarifications. 6232 
How about that?!!! 6232 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6230 
Head Room 6230 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6229 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6229 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6229 
Again with the PS 6229 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6227 
Parallel Universe 6227 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6225 
Why I let other people build them... 6225 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6225 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6224 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6221 
MF: the pre-final version. 6221 
Loftin-White? 6221 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6221 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6221 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6217 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6217 
Define really quiet 6216 
Another variable of sound 6216 
Backlash? 6216 
Alternative filament supplies 6216 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6216 
Going down the DC path 6215 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6215 
Molecular sound 6215 
AC-DC heater supply 6215 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6215 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6215 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6215 
Hiss or Hum 6215 
AC transformers 6215 
I have seen the Promised Land 6214 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6214 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6213 
Divide and Conquer 6213 
The design phase is over. 6212 
The unexpected insanity! 6211 
Loading 6211 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6211 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6211 
Going the Distance 6211 
Read the f*** manual! 6211 
Agreed. 6211 
I agree 6211 
The filament transformer 6211 
Center-tap and options 6211 
Something like this…. 6211 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6211 
The foreplay is going on. 6211 
Split balance 6210 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6210 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6210 
SHuguang 6210 
Going through…. 6209 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6208 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6208 
Hum vs voltage 6208 
Meow about the tubes… 6208 
To Be a Content Cat 6208 
Completed! 6205 
Tradition 6205 
Absolutely beautiful! 6205 
The 'film' caps in PS 6204 
Science or religion 6204 
Mass Extinction 6204 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6204 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6204 
Capacitor choices 6204 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6203 
The minor day of Quartets. 6203 
Them's the Breaks 6203 
Eventually! 6202 
So Soon? 6202 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6202 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6201 
The wire for DC-coupling 6201 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6201 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6201 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6200 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6199 
The DHT live reserve 6198 
Some interestng models 6198 
Eaten alive. 6198 
The tubey déjà vu? 6197 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6193 
The 4V takes a lead. 6189 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6186 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6186 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6184 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6183 
Exiting the design mode? 6183 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6183 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6179 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6178 
Setting up the new Playback 6177 
And the winner is… so far 6174 
If you like type 45... 6174 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6174 
Favorite Flavor? 6174 
The 45 times Meow... 6174 
The problem that I see is… 6174 
Running the 45 6174 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6173 
The commentaries about everything. 6173 
Driver tube and biasing 6173 
DHT drivers 6173 
The ideas are worth trying? 6173 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6169 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6169 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6168 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6168 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6168 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6168 
Operating points and cathode current 6168 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6168 
Actually it is not so simple. 6168 
Resistors at the front 6167 
A minor alternation of a position 6167 
The era of enlightenment. 6164 
The devil is in the details.... 6164 
Constructing Sound 6164 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6163 
The “strange” YO186 6154 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6109 
2S4S and 2A3 6100 
Ho to use the YO186 6093 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6093 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6093 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6091 
Not anymore! 6080 
The very good YoYonisation! 6079 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6078 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6065 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6065 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6012 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6011 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6008 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5998 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5760 
All the Best from Burgundy 5760 
Cheesy tubes 5759 
Me and my DHT references… 5650 
Y0-186 in winter. 5553 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5552 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5521 
In My Dreams 5521 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5521 
Blame? 5520 
When good is not good enough. 5520 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5520 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5519 
How the YO186 was used. 5103 
What is old is new? 5102 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5101 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4650 
That sucks. 4650 
YO186 4648 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4648 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4648 
A hallucination? 4645 
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