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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6369 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6368 
DHT Milq? 6368 
The DHT journey. 6368 
DHT tone 6368 
Well, why not? 6367 
Holding the Fort 6367 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6367 
Input tube and DC heaters 6366 
Reimyo Pat 777 6366 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6362 
DHT or 300B? 6362 
300B 6362 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6362 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6361 
Hence the confusion 6361 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6361 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6361 
My experience with DHTs 6361 
Pigmented coloration? 6361 
Dht-dht 6361 
Dynamic viscosity? 6361 
The Pallette preamp... 6361 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6361 
"soul" of tubes 6361 
There is a difference... 6361 
Vibration injection? 6361 
Homework # 4334 6361 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6361 
Old valves have more soul! 6360 
Was it soul or soil? 6360 
It was just a heading 6360 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6360 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6360 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6360 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6360 
Injection of analog dither? 6360 
Subliminal signal 6360 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6360 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6360 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6359 
Avicenna = Arabian 6359 
Persian, not Arab 6359 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6359 
More words to describe "sux" please 6359 
Revolution 6359 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6359 
One-stage DHTs 6358 
One other thing 6358 
One stage 6358 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6358 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6358 
I see the things differently. 6358 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6358 
The audiophile attitude 6358 
The where and why of design choices 6358 
Blah blah blah 6358 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6358 
Do I need to be hissing? 6358 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6358 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6358 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6357 
What is randomness? 6357 
Those least three possibilities… 6357 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6357 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6357 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6355 
A Beautiful Mind 6354 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6352 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6337 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6337 
Abandoning Milq? 6337 
Will see how it goes.... 6337 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6335 
Topology and 2A3? 6335 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6335 
Type Casting 6335 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6335 
6sn7-2a3 6335 
Topology vs parts 6335 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6335 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6335 
Parts Frenzy 6335 
Too many new sounds 6335 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6334 
New tubes 6333 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6333 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6333 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6333 
New 2A3 6333 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6332 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6331 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6331 
Czech tubes 6329 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6329 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6329 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6328 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6328 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6325 
Here she is. 6324 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6320 
New 2A3 tubes 6320 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6320 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6319 
Multistage DHT circuits 6318 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6317 
Emission Labs 2A3 6317 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6317 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6317 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6317 
The YO186 Strip Show 6317 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6316 
It will be interesting…. 6316 
OPT impedence 6316 
More about the Plate Loading 6316 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6311 
2A3 data 6311 
The New 2A3 tubes 6311 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6311 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6310 
Everything about everything. 6310 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6310 
Options, options, options.... 6310 
I think we agree overall 6310 
An IDHT with more gain? 6309 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6309 
2A3 tube impressions 6304 
Interesting analogy 6304 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6304 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6304 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6304 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6304 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6304 
Why NOS tubes? 6303 
The Holly Ignorance 6303 
Tube tasting 6303 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6303 
Make mine thoriated please 6303 
Any Germans out there? 6303 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6303 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6303 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6303 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6302 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6302 
Tube sound and vibration 6302 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6296 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6295 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6295 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6294 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6294 
B4/B5 British made 6293 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6293 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6292 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6292 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6291 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6290 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6287 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6287 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6286 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6286 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6286 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6286 
The identical operation environment? 6286 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6286 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6286 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6285 
How to get max power from 2A3 6285 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6285 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6285 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6285 
Gain is not power. 6285 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6285 
Specialized DSET approach 6285 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6285 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6285 
The 2A3 loading 6285 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6285 
Optimizing the 2A3 6285 
How much to DSET a DSET 6285 
DSET for Titan 6285 
The Best of All Worlds 6285 
Multiamp setup 6284 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6284 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6284 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6284 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6278 
2A3 and 400V supply 6278 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6277 
Another shot at numbers 6277 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6277 
Okay, so this might work.... 6277 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6277 
Looks good, but.... 6276 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6276 
Less is more... usually. 6276 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6275 
Stepping Out 6275 
Said to be good, but 6275 
Gain to lose 6275 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6275 
Another idea for losing gain 6275 
What's best 6275 
Options, options... 6275 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6275 
Other compromises... 6274 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6273 
Is it glowing yet? 6253 
It is comming.... 6253 
The new MF channel. 6247 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6246 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6238 
The intestage loading talk. 6235 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6230 
1 in 50? 6230 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6230 
Die Walküre soldering. 6229 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6228 
Another amp arond YO186 6227 
Gain? 6227 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6227 
Simple is good 6226 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6226 
The Milq DSET is up. 6225 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6223 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6223 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6222 
Ok, what do I want? 6222 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6222 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6222 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6222 
How about the tweeter? 6221 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6221 
Safe and Sound 6221 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6221 
Some clarifications. 6221 
How about that?!!! 6221 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6219 
Head Room 6219 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6218 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6218 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6218 
Again with the PS 6218 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6216 
Parallel Universe 6216 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6214 
Why I let other people build them... 6214 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6214 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6213 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6210 
MF: the pre-final version. 6210 
Loftin-White? 6210 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6210 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6210 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6206 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6206 
Define really quiet 6205 
Another variable of sound 6205 
Backlash? 6205 
Alternative filament supplies 6205 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6205 
Going down the DC path 6204 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6204 
Molecular sound 6204 
AC-DC heater supply 6204 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6204 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6204 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6204 
Hiss or Hum 6204 
AC transformers 6204 
I have seen the Promised Land 6203 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6203 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6202 
Divide and Conquer 6202 
The design phase is over. 6201 
The unexpected insanity! 6200 
Loading 6200 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6200 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6200 
Going the Distance 6200 
Read the f*** manual! 6200 
Agreed. 6200 
I agree 6200 
The filament transformer 6200 
Center-tap and options 6200 
Something like this…. 6200 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6200 
The foreplay is going on. 6200 
Split balance 6199 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6199 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6199 
SHuguang 6199 
Going through…. 6198 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6197 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6197 
Hum vs voltage 6197 
Meow about the tubes… 6197 
To Be a Content Cat 6197 
Completed! 6194 
Tradition 6194 
Absolutely beautiful! 6194 
The 'film' caps in PS 6193 
Science or religion 6193 
Mass Extinction 6193 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6193 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6193 
Capacitor choices 6193 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6192 
The minor day of Quartets. 6192 
Them's the Breaks 6192 
Eventually! 6191 
So Soon? 6191 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6191 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6190 
The wire for DC-coupling 6190 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6190 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6190 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6189 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6188 
The DHT live reserve 6187 
Some interestng models 6187 
Eaten alive. 6187 
The tubey déjà vu? 6186 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6182 
The 4V takes a lead. 6178 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6175 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6175 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6173 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6172 
Exiting the design mode? 6172 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6172 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6168 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6167 
Setting up the new Playback 6166 
And the winner is… so far 6163 
If you like type 45... 6163 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6163 
Favorite Flavor? 6163 
The 45 times Meow... 6163 
The problem that I see is… 6163 
Running the 45 6163 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6162 
The commentaries about everything. 6162 
Driver tube and biasing 6162 
DHT drivers 6162 
The ideas are worth trying? 6162 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6158 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6158 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6157 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6157 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6157 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6157 
Operating points and cathode current 6157 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6157 
Actually it is not so simple. 6157 
Resistors at the front 6156 
A minor alternation of a position 6156 
The era of enlightenment. 6153 
The devil is in the details.... 6153 
Constructing Sound 6153 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6152 
The “strange” YO186 6143 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6098 
2S4S and 2A3 6089 
Ho to use the YO186 6082 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6082 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6082 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6080 
Not anymore! 6069 
The very good YoYonisation! 6068 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6067 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6054 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6054 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6001 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6000 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5997 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5987 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5749 
All the Best from Burgundy 5749 
Cheesy tubes 5748 
Me and my DHT references… 5639 
Y0-186 in winter. 5542 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5541 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5510 
In My Dreams 5510 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5510 
Blame? 5509 
When good is not good enough. 5509 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5509 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5508 
How the YO186 was used. 5092 
What is old is new? 5091 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5090 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4639 
That sucks. 4639 
YO186 4637 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4637 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4637 
A hallucination? 4634 
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