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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6452 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6451 
DHT Milq? 6451 
The DHT journey. 6451 
DHT tone 6451 
Well, why not? 6450 
Holding the Fort 6450 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6450 
Input tube and DC heaters 6449 
Reimyo Pat 777 6449 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6445 
DHT or 300B? 6445 
300B 6445 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6445 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6444 
Hence the confusion 6444 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6444 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6444 
My experience with DHTs 6444 
Pigmented coloration? 6444 
Dht-dht 6444 
Dynamic viscosity? 6444 
The Pallette preamp... 6444 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6444 
"soul" of tubes 6444 
There is a difference... 6444 
Vibration injection? 6444 
Homework # 4334 6444 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6444 
Old valves have more soul! 6443 
Was it soul or soil? 6443 
It was just a heading 6443 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6443 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6443 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6443 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6443 
Injection of analog dither? 6443 
Subliminal signal 6443 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6443 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6443 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6442 
Avicenna = Arabian 6442 
Persian, not Arab 6442 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6442 
More words to describe "sux" please 6442 
Revolution 6442 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6442 
One-stage DHTs 6441 
One other thing 6441 
One stage 6441 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6441 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6441 
I see the things differently. 6441 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6441 
The audiophile attitude 6441 
The where and why of design choices 6441 
Blah blah blah 6441 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6441 
Do I need to be hissing? 6441 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6441 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6441 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6440 
What is randomness? 6440 
Those least three possibilities… 6440 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6440 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6440 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6438 
A Beautiful Mind 6437 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6435 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6420 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6420 
Abandoning Milq? 6420 
Will see how it goes.... 6420 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6418 
Topology and 2A3? 6418 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6418 
Type Casting 6418 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6418 
6sn7-2a3 6418 
Topology vs parts 6418 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6418 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6418 
Parts Frenzy 6418 
Too many new sounds 6418 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6417 
New tubes 6416 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6416 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6416 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6416 
New 2A3 6416 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6415 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6414 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6414 
Czech tubes 6412 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6412 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6412 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6411 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6411 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6408 
Here she is. 6407 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6403 
New 2A3 tubes 6403 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6403 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6402 
Multistage DHT circuits 6401 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6400 
Emission Labs 2A3 6400 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6400 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6400 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6400 
The YO186 Strip Show 6400 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6399 
It will be interesting…. 6399 
OPT impedence 6399 
More about the Plate Loading 6399 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6394 
2A3 data 6394 
The New 2A3 tubes 6394 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6394 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6393 
Everything about everything. 6393 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6393 
Options, options, options.... 6393 
I think we agree overall 6393 
An IDHT with more gain? 6392 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6392 
2A3 tube impressions 6387 
Interesting analogy 6387 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6387 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6387 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6387 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6387 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6387 
Why NOS tubes? 6386 
The Holly Ignorance 6386 
Tube tasting 6386 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6386 
Make mine thoriated please 6386 
Any Germans out there? 6386 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6386 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6386 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6386 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6385 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6385 
Tube sound and vibration 6385 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6379 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6378 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6378 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6377 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6377 
B4/B5 British made 6376 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6376 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6375 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6375 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6374 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6373 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6370 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6370 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6369 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6369 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6369 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6369 
The identical operation environment? 6369 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6369 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6369 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6368 
How to get max power from 2A3 6368 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6368 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6368 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6368 
Gain is not power. 6368 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6368 
Specialized DSET approach 6368 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6368 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6368 
The 2A3 loading 6368 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6368 
Optimizing the 2A3 6368 
How much to DSET a DSET 6368 
DSET for Titan 6368 
The Best of All Worlds 6368 
Multiamp setup 6367 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6367 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6367 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6367 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6361 
2A3 and 400V supply 6361 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6360 
Another shot at numbers 6360 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6360 
Okay, so this might work.... 6360 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6360 
Looks good, but.... 6359 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6359 
Less is more... usually. 6359 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6358 
Stepping Out 6358 
Said to be good, but 6358 
Gain to lose 6358 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6358 
Another idea for losing gain 6358 
What's best 6358 
Options, options... 6358 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6358 
Other compromises... 6357 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6356 
Is it glowing yet? 6336 
It is comming.... 6336 
The new MF channel. 6330 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6329 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6321 
The intestage loading talk. 6318 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6313 
1 in 50? 6313 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6313 
Die Walküre soldering. 6312 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6311 
Another amp arond YO186 6310 
Gain? 6310 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6310 
Simple is good 6309 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6309 
The Milq DSET is up. 6308 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6306 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6306 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6305 
Ok, what do I want? 6305 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6305 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6305 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6305 
How about the tweeter? 6304 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6304 
Safe and Sound 6304 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6304 
Some clarifications. 6304 
How about that?!!! 6304 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6302 
Head Room 6302 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6301 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6301 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6301 
Again with the PS 6301 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6299 
Parallel Universe 6299 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6297 
Why I let other people build them... 6297 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6297 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6296 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6293 
MF: the pre-final version. 6293 
Loftin-White? 6293 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6293 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6293 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6289 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6289 
Define really quiet 6288 
Another variable of sound 6288 
Backlash? 6288 
Alternative filament supplies 6288 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6288 
Going down the DC path 6287 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6287 
Molecular sound 6287 
AC-DC heater supply 6287 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6287 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6287 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6287 
Hiss or Hum 6287 
AC transformers 6287 
I have seen the Promised Land 6286 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6286 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6285 
Divide and Conquer 6285 
The design phase is over. 6284 
The unexpected insanity! 6283 
Loading 6283 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6283 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6283 
Going the Distance 6283 
Read the f*** manual! 6283 
Agreed. 6283 
I agree 6283 
The filament transformer 6283 
Center-tap and options 6283 
Something like this…. 6283 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6283 
The foreplay is going on. 6283 
Split balance 6282 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6282 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6282 
SHuguang 6282 
Going through…. 6281 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6280 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6280 
Hum vs voltage 6280 
Meow about the tubes… 6280 
To Be a Content Cat 6280 
Completed! 6277 
Tradition 6277 
Absolutely beautiful! 6277 
The 'film' caps in PS 6276 
Science or religion 6276 
Mass Extinction 6276 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6276 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6276 
Capacitor choices 6276 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6275 
The minor day of Quartets. 6275 
Them's the Breaks 6275 
Eventually! 6274 
So Soon? 6274 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6274 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6273 
The wire for DC-coupling 6273 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6273 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6273 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6272 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6271 
The DHT live reserve 6270 
Some interestng models 6270 
Eaten alive. 6270 
The tubey déjà vu? 6269 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6265 
The 4V takes a lead. 6261 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6258 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6258 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6256 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6255 
Exiting the design mode? 6255 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6255 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6251 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6250 
Setting up the new Playback 6249 
And the winner is… so far 6246 
If you like type 45... 6246 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6246 
Favorite Flavor? 6246 
The 45 times Meow... 6246 
The problem that I see is… 6246 
Running the 45 6246 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6245 
The commentaries about everything. 6245 
Driver tube and biasing 6245 
DHT drivers 6245 
The ideas are worth trying? 6245 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6241 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6241 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6240 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6240 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6240 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6240 
Operating points and cathode current 6240 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6240 
Actually it is not so simple. 6240 
Resistors at the front 6239 
A minor alternation of a position 6239 
The era of enlightenment. 6236 
The devil is in the details.... 6236 
Constructing Sound 6236 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6235 
The “strange” YO186 6226 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6181 
2S4S and 2A3 6172 
Ho to use the YO186 6165 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6165 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6165 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6163 
Not anymore! 6152 
The very good YoYonisation! 6151 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6150 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6137 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6137 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6084 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6083 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6080 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6070 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5832 
All the Best from Burgundy 5832 
Cheesy tubes 5831 
Me and my DHT references… 5722 
Y0-186 in winter. 5625 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5624 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5593 
In My Dreams 5593 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5593 
Blame? 5592 
When good is not good enough. 5592 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5592 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5591 
How the YO186 was used. 5175 
What is old is new? 5174 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5173 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4722 
That sucks. 4722 
YO186 4720 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4720 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4720 
A hallucination? 4717 
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