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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6405 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6404 
DHT Milq? 6404 
The DHT journey. 6404 
DHT tone 6404 
Well, why not? 6403 
Holding the Fort 6403 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6403 
Input tube and DC heaters 6402 
Reimyo Pat 777 6402 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6398 
DHT or 300B? 6398 
300B 6398 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6398 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6397 
Hence the confusion 6397 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6397 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6397 
My experience with DHTs 6397 
Pigmented coloration? 6397 
Dht-dht 6397 
Dynamic viscosity? 6397 
The Pallette preamp... 6397 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6397 
"soul" of tubes 6397 
There is a difference... 6397 
Vibration injection? 6397 
Homework # 4334 6397 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6397 
Old valves have more soul! 6396 
Was it soul or soil? 6396 
It was just a heading 6396 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6396 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6396 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6396 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6396 
Injection of analog dither? 6396 
Subliminal signal 6396 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6396 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6396 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6395 
Avicenna = Arabian 6395 
Persian, not Arab 6395 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6395 
More words to describe "sux" please 6395 
Revolution 6395 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6395 
One-stage DHTs 6394 
One other thing 6394 
One stage 6394 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6394 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6394 
I see the things differently. 6394 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6394 
The audiophile attitude 6394 
The where and why of design choices 6394 
Blah blah blah 6394 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6394 
Do I need to be hissing? 6394 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6394 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6394 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6393 
What is randomness? 6393 
Those least three possibilities… 6393 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6393 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6393 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6391 
A Beautiful Mind 6390 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6388 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6373 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6373 
Abandoning Milq? 6373 
Will see how it goes.... 6373 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6371 
Topology and 2A3? 6371 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6371 
Type Casting 6371 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6371 
6sn7-2a3 6371 
Topology vs parts 6371 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6371 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6371 
Parts Frenzy 6371 
Too many new sounds 6371 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6370 
New tubes 6369 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6369 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6369 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6369 
New 2A3 6369 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6368 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6367 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6367 
Czech tubes 6365 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6365 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6365 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6364 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6364 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6361 
Here she is. 6360 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6356 
New 2A3 tubes 6356 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6356 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6355 
Multistage DHT circuits 6354 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6353 
Emission Labs 2A3 6353 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6353 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6353 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6353 
The YO186 Strip Show 6353 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6352 
It will be interesting…. 6352 
OPT impedence 6352 
More about the Plate Loading 6352 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6347 
2A3 data 6347 
The New 2A3 tubes 6347 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6347 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6346 
Everything about everything. 6346 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6346 
Options, options, options.... 6346 
I think we agree overall 6346 
An IDHT with more gain? 6345 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6345 
2A3 tube impressions 6340 
Interesting analogy 6340 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6340 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6340 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6340 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6340 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6340 
Why NOS tubes? 6339 
The Holly Ignorance 6339 
Tube tasting 6339 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6339 
Make mine thoriated please 6339 
Any Germans out there? 6339 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6339 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6339 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6339 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6338 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6338 
Tube sound and vibration 6338 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6332 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6331 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6331 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6330 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6330 
B4/B5 British made 6329 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6329 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6328 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6328 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6327 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6326 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6323 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6323 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6322 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6322 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6322 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6322 
The identical operation environment? 6322 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6322 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6322 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6321 
How to get max power from 2A3 6321 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6321 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6321 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6321 
Gain is not power. 6321 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6321 
Specialized DSET approach 6321 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6321 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6321 
The 2A3 loading 6321 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6321 
Optimizing the 2A3 6321 
How much to DSET a DSET 6321 
DSET for Titan 6321 
The Best of All Worlds 6321 
Multiamp setup 6320 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6320 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6320 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6320 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6314 
2A3 and 400V supply 6314 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6313 
Another shot at numbers 6313 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6313 
Okay, so this might work.... 6313 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6313 
Looks good, but.... 6312 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6312 
Less is more... usually. 6312 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6311 
Stepping Out 6311 
Said to be good, but 6311 
Gain to lose 6311 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6311 
Another idea for losing gain 6311 
What's best 6311 
Options, options... 6311 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6311 
Other compromises... 6310 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6309 
Is it glowing yet? 6289 
It is comming.... 6289 
The new MF channel. 6283 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6282 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6274 
The intestage loading talk. 6271 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6266 
1 in 50? 6266 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6266 
Die Walküre soldering. 6265 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6264 
Another amp arond YO186 6263 
Gain? 6263 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6263 
Simple is good 6262 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6262 
The Milq DSET is up. 6261 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6259 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6259 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6258 
Ok, what do I want? 6258 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6258 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6258 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6258 
How about the tweeter? 6257 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6257 
Safe and Sound 6257 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6257 
Some clarifications. 6257 
How about that?!!! 6257 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6255 
Head Room 6255 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6254 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6254 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6254 
Again with the PS 6254 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6252 
Parallel Universe 6252 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6250 
Why I let other people build them... 6250 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6250 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6249 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6246 
MF: the pre-final version. 6246 
Loftin-White? 6246 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6246 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6246 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6242 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6242 
Define really quiet 6241 
Another variable of sound 6241 
Backlash? 6241 
Alternative filament supplies 6241 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6241 
Going down the DC path 6240 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6240 
Molecular sound 6240 
AC-DC heater supply 6240 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6240 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6240 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6240 
Hiss or Hum 6240 
AC transformers 6240 
I have seen the Promised Land 6239 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6239 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6238 
Divide and Conquer 6238 
The design phase is over. 6237 
The unexpected insanity! 6236 
Loading 6236 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6236 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6236 
Going the Distance 6236 
Read the f*** manual! 6236 
Agreed. 6236 
I agree 6236 
The filament transformer 6236 
Center-tap and options 6236 
Something like this…. 6236 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6236 
The foreplay is going on. 6236 
Split balance 6235 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6235 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6235 
SHuguang 6235 
Going through…. 6234 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6233 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6233 
Hum vs voltage 6233 
Meow about the tubes… 6233 
To Be a Content Cat 6233 
Completed! 6230 
Tradition 6230 
Absolutely beautiful! 6230 
The 'film' caps in PS 6229 
Science or religion 6229 
Mass Extinction 6229 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6229 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6229 
Capacitor choices 6229 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6228 
The minor day of Quartets. 6228 
Them's the Breaks 6228 
Eventually! 6227 
So Soon? 6227 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6227 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6226 
The wire for DC-coupling 6226 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6226 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6226 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6225 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6224 
The DHT live reserve 6223 
Some interestng models 6223 
Eaten alive. 6223 
The tubey déjà vu? 6222 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6218 
The 4V takes a lead. 6214 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6211 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6211 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6209 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6208 
Exiting the design mode? 6208 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6208 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6204 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6203 
Setting up the new Playback 6202 
And the winner is… so far 6199 
If you like type 45... 6199 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6199 
Favorite Flavor? 6199 
The 45 times Meow... 6199 
The problem that I see is… 6199 
Running the 45 6199 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6198 
The commentaries about everything. 6198 
Driver tube and biasing 6198 
DHT drivers 6198 
The ideas are worth trying? 6198 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6194 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6194 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6193 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6193 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6193 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6193 
Operating points and cathode current 6193 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6193 
Actually it is not so simple. 6193 
Resistors at the front 6192 
A minor alternation of a position 6192 
The era of enlightenment. 6189 
The devil is in the details.... 6189 
Constructing Sound 6189 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6188 
The “strange” YO186 6179 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6134 
2S4S and 2A3 6125 
Ho to use the YO186 6118 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6118 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6118 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6116 
Not anymore! 6105 
The very good YoYonisation! 6104 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6103 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6090 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6090 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6037 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6036 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6033 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6023 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5785 
All the Best from Burgundy 5785 
Cheesy tubes 5784 
Me and my DHT references… 5675 
Y0-186 in winter. 5578 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5577 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5546 
In My Dreams 5546 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5546 
Blame? 5545 
When good is not good enough. 5545 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5545 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5544 
How the YO186 was used. 5128 
What is old is new? 5127 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5126 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4675 
That sucks. 4675 
YO186 4673 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4673 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4673 
A hallucination? 4670 
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