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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6422 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6421 
DHT Milq? 6421 
The DHT journey. 6421 
DHT tone 6421 
Well, why not? 6420 
Holding the Fort 6420 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6420 
Input tube and DC heaters 6419 
Reimyo Pat 777 6419 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6415 
DHT or 300B? 6415 
300B 6415 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6415 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6414 
Hence the confusion 6414 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6414 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6414 
My experience with DHTs 6414 
Pigmented coloration? 6414 
Dht-dht 6414 
Dynamic viscosity? 6414 
The Pallette preamp... 6414 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6414 
"soul" of tubes 6414 
There is a difference... 6414 
Vibration injection? 6414 
Homework # 4334 6414 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6414 
Old valves have more soul! 6413 
Was it soul or soil? 6413 
It was just a heading 6413 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6413 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6413 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6413 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6413 
Injection of analog dither? 6413 
Subliminal signal 6413 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6413 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6413 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6412 
Avicenna = Arabian 6412 
Persian, not Arab 6412 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6412 
More words to describe "sux" please 6412 
Revolution 6412 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6412 
One-stage DHTs 6411 
One other thing 6411 
One stage 6411 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6411 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6411 
I see the things differently. 6411 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6411 
The audiophile attitude 6411 
The where and why of design choices 6411 
Blah blah blah 6411 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6411 
Do I need to be hissing? 6411 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6411 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6411 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6410 
What is randomness? 6410 
Those least three possibilities… 6410 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6410 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6410 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6408 
A Beautiful Mind 6407 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6405 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6390 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6390 
Abandoning Milq? 6390 
Will see how it goes.... 6390 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6388 
Topology and 2A3? 6388 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6388 
Type Casting 6388 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6388 
6sn7-2a3 6388 
Topology vs parts 6388 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6388 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6388 
Parts Frenzy 6388 
Too many new sounds 6388 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6387 
New tubes 6386 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6386 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6386 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6386 
New 2A3 6386 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6385 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6384 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6384 
Czech tubes 6382 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6382 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6382 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6381 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6381 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6378 
Here she is. 6377 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6373 
New 2A3 tubes 6373 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6373 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6372 
Multistage DHT circuits 6371 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6370 
Emission Labs 2A3 6370 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6370 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6370 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6370 
The YO186 Strip Show 6370 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6369 
It will be interesting…. 6369 
OPT impedence 6369 
More about the Plate Loading 6369 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6364 
2A3 data 6364 
The New 2A3 tubes 6364 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6364 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6363 
Everything about everything. 6363 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6363 
Options, options, options.... 6363 
I think we agree overall 6363 
An IDHT with more gain? 6362 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6362 
2A3 tube impressions 6357 
Interesting analogy 6357 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6357 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6357 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6357 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6357 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6357 
Why NOS tubes? 6356 
The Holly Ignorance 6356 
Tube tasting 6356 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6356 
Make mine thoriated please 6356 
Any Germans out there? 6356 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6356 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6356 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6356 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6355 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6355 
Tube sound and vibration 6355 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6349 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6348 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6348 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6347 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6347 
B4/B5 British made 6346 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6346 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6345 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6345 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6344 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6343 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6340 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6340 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6339 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6339 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6339 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6339 
The identical operation environment? 6339 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6339 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6339 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6338 
How to get max power from 2A3 6338 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6338 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6338 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6338 
Gain is not power. 6338 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6338 
Specialized DSET approach 6338 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6338 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6338 
The 2A3 loading 6338 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6338 
Optimizing the 2A3 6338 
How much to DSET a DSET 6338 
DSET for Titan 6338 
The Best of All Worlds 6338 
Multiamp setup 6337 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6337 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6337 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6337 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6331 
2A3 and 400V supply 6331 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6330 
Another shot at numbers 6330 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6330 
Okay, so this might work.... 6330 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6330 
Looks good, but.... 6329 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6329 
Less is more... usually. 6329 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6328 
Stepping Out 6328 
Said to be good, but 6328 
Gain to lose 6328 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6328 
Another idea for losing gain 6328 
What's best 6328 
Options, options... 6328 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6328 
Other compromises... 6327 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6326 
Is it glowing yet? 6306 
It is comming.... 6306 
The new MF channel. 6300 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6299 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6291 
The intestage loading talk. 6288 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6283 
1 in 50? 6283 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6283 
Die Walküre soldering. 6282 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6281 
Another amp arond YO186 6280 
Gain? 6280 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6280 
Simple is good 6279 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6279 
The Milq DSET is up. 6278 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6276 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6276 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6275 
Ok, what do I want? 6275 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6275 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6275 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6275 
How about the tweeter? 6274 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6274 
Safe and Sound 6274 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6274 
Some clarifications. 6274 
How about that?!!! 6274 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6272 
Head Room 6272 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6271 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6271 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6271 
Again with the PS 6271 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6269 
Parallel Universe 6269 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6267 
Why I let other people build them... 6267 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6267 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6266 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6263 
MF: the pre-final version. 6263 
Loftin-White? 6263 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6263 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6263 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6259 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6259 
Define really quiet 6258 
Another variable of sound 6258 
Backlash? 6258 
Alternative filament supplies 6258 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6258 
Going down the DC path 6257 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6257 
Molecular sound 6257 
AC-DC heater supply 6257 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6257 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6257 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6257 
Hiss or Hum 6257 
AC transformers 6257 
I have seen the Promised Land 6256 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6256 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6255 
Divide and Conquer 6255 
The design phase is over. 6254 
The unexpected insanity! 6253 
Loading 6253 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6253 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6253 
Going the Distance 6253 
Read the f*** manual! 6253 
Agreed. 6253 
I agree 6253 
The filament transformer 6253 
Center-tap and options 6253 
Something like this…. 6253 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6253 
The foreplay is going on. 6253 
Split balance 6252 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6252 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6252 
SHuguang 6252 
Going through…. 6251 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6250 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6250 
Hum vs voltage 6250 
Meow about the tubes… 6250 
To Be a Content Cat 6250 
Completed! 6247 
Tradition 6247 
Absolutely beautiful! 6247 
The 'film' caps in PS 6246 
Science or religion 6246 
Mass Extinction 6246 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6246 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6246 
Capacitor choices 6246 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6245 
The minor day of Quartets. 6245 
Them's the Breaks 6245 
Eventually! 6244 
So Soon? 6244 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6244 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6243 
The wire for DC-coupling 6243 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6243 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6243 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6242 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6241 
The DHT live reserve 6240 
Some interestng models 6240 
Eaten alive. 6240 
The tubey déjà vu? 6239 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6235 
The 4V takes a lead. 6231 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6228 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6228 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6226 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6225 
Exiting the design mode? 6225 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6225 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6221 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6220 
Setting up the new Playback 6219 
And the winner is… so far 6216 
If you like type 45... 6216 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6216 
Favorite Flavor? 6216 
The 45 times Meow... 6216 
The problem that I see is… 6216 
Running the 45 6216 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6215 
The commentaries about everything. 6215 
Driver tube and biasing 6215 
DHT drivers 6215 
The ideas are worth trying? 6215 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6211 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6211 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6210 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6210 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6210 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6210 
Operating points and cathode current 6210 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6210 
Actually it is not so simple. 6210 
Resistors at the front 6209 
A minor alternation of a position 6209 
The era of enlightenment. 6206 
The devil is in the details.... 6206 
Constructing Sound 6206 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6205 
The “strange” YO186 6196 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6151 
2S4S and 2A3 6142 
Ho to use the YO186 6135 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6135 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6135 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6133 
Not anymore! 6122 
The very good YoYonisation! 6121 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6120 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6107 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6107 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6054 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6053 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6050 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6040 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5802 
All the Best from Burgundy 5802 
Cheesy tubes 5801 
Me and my DHT references… 5692 
Y0-186 in winter. 5595 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5594 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5563 
In My Dreams 5563 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5563 
Blame? 5562 
When good is not good enough. 5562 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5562 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5561 
How the YO186 was used. 5145 
What is old is new? 5144 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5143 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4692 
That sucks. 4692 
YO186 4690 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4690 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4690 
A hallucination? 4687 
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