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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6457 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6456 
DHT Milq? 6456 
The DHT journey. 6456 
DHT tone 6456 
Well, why not? 6455 
Holding the Fort 6455 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6455 
Input tube and DC heaters 6454 
Reimyo Pat 777 6454 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6450 
DHT or 300B? 6450 
300B 6450 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6450 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6449 
Hence the confusion 6449 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6449 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6449 
My experience with DHTs 6449 
Pigmented coloration? 6449 
Dht-dht 6449 
Dynamic viscosity? 6449 
The Pallette preamp... 6449 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6449 
"soul" of tubes 6449 
There is a difference... 6449 
Vibration injection? 6449 
Homework # 4334 6449 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6449 
Old valves have more soul! 6448 
Was it soul or soil? 6448 
It was just a heading 6448 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6448 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6448 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6448 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6448 
Injection of analog dither? 6448 
Subliminal signal 6448 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6448 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6448 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6447 
Avicenna = Arabian 6447 
Persian, not Arab 6447 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6447 
More words to describe "sux" please 6447 
Revolution 6447 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6447 
One-stage DHTs 6446 
One other thing 6446 
One stage 6446 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6446 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6446 
I see the things differently. 6446 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6446 
The audiophile attitude 6446 
The where and why of design choices 6446 
Blah blah blah 6446 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6446 
Do I need to be hissing? 6446 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6446 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6446 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6445 
What is randomness? 6445 
Those least three possibilities… 6445 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6445 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6445 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6443 
A Beautiful Mind 6442 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6440 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6425 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6425 
Abandoning Milq? 6425 
Will see how it goes.... 6425 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6423 
Topology and 2A3? 6423 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6423 
Type Casting 6423 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6423 
6sn7-2a3 6423 
Topology vs parts 6423 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6423 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6423 
Parts Frenzy 6423 
Too many new sounds 6423 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6422 
New tubes 6421 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6421 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6421 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6421 
New 2A3 6421 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6420 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6419 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6419 
Czech tubes 6417 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6417 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6417 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6416 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6416 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6413 
Here she is. 6412 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6408 
New 2A3 tubes 6408 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6408 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6407 
Multistage DHT circuits 6406 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6405 
Emission Labs 2A3 6405 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6405 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6405 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6405 
The YO186 Strip Show 6405 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6404 
It will be interesting…. 6404 
OPT impedence 6404 
More about the Plate Loading 6404 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6399 
2A3 data 6399 
The New 2A3 tubes 6399 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6399 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6398 
Everything about everything. 6398 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6398 
Options, options, options.... 6398 
I think we agree overall 6398 
An IDHT with more gain? 6397 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6397 
2A3 tube impressions 6392 
Interesting analogy 6392 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6392 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6392 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6392 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6392 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6392 
Why NOS tubes? 6391 
The Holly Ignorance 6391 
Tube tasting 6391 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6391 
Make mine thoriated please 6391 
Any Germans out there? 6391 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6391 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6391 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6391 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6390 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6390 
Tube sound and vibration 6390 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6384 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6383 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6383 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6382 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6382 
B4/B5 British made 6381 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6381 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6380 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6380 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6379 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6378 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6375 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6375 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6374 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6374 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6374 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6374 
The identical operation environment? 6374 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6374 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6374 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6373 
How to get max power from 2A3 6373 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6373 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6373 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6373 
Gain is not power. 6373 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6373 
Specialized DSET approach 6373 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6373 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6373 
The 2A3 loading 6373 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6373 
Optimizing the 2A3 6373 
How much to DSET a DSET 6373 
DSET for Titan 6373 
The Best of All Worlds 6373 
Multiamp setup 6372 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6372 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6372 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6372 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6366 
2A3 and 400V supply 6366 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6365 
Another shot at numbers 6365 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6365 
Okay, so this might work.... 6365 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6365 
Looks good, but.... 6364 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6364 
Less is more... usually. 6364 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6363 
Stepping Out 6363 
Said to be good, but 6363 
Gain to lose 6363 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6363 
Another idea for losing gain 6363 
What's best 6363 
Options, options... 6363 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6363 
Other compromises... 6362 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6361 
Is it glowing yet? 6341 
It is comming.... 6341 
The new MF channel. 6335 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6334 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6326 
The intestage loading talk. 6323 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6318 
1 in 50? 6318 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6318 
Die Walküre soldering. 6317 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6316 
Another amp arond YO186 6315 
Gain? 6315 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6315 
Simple is good 6314 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6314 
The Milq DSET is up. 6313 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6311 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6311 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6310 
Ok, what do I want? 6310 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6310 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6310 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6310 
How about the tweeter? 6309 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6309 
Safe and Sound 6309 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6309 
Some clarifications. 6309 
How about that?!!! 6309 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6307 
Head Room 6307 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6306 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6306 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6306 
Again with the PS 6306 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6304 
Parallel Universe 6304 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6302 
Why I let other people build them... 6302 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6302 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6301 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6298 
MF: the pre-final version. 6298 
Loftin-White? 6298 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6298 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6298 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6294 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6294 
Define really quiet 6293 
Another variable of sound 6293 
Backlash? 6293 
Alternative filament supplies 6293 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6293 
Going down the DC path 6292 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6292 
Molecular sound 6292 
AC-DC heater supply 6292 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6292 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6292 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6292 
Hiss or Hum 6292 
AC transformers 6292 
I have seen the Promised Land 6291 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6291 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6290 
Divide and Conquer 6290 
The design phase is over. 6289 
The unexpected insanity! 6288 
Loading 6288 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6288 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6288 
Going the Distance 6288 
Read the f*** manual! 6288 
Agreed. 6288 
I agree 6288 
The filament transformer 6288 
Center-tap and options 6288 
Something like this…. 6288 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6288 
The foreplay is going on. 6288 
Split balance 6287 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6287 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6287 
SHuguang 6287 
Going through…. 6286 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6285 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6285 
Hum vs voltage 6285 
Meow about the tubes… 6285 
To Be a Content Cat 6285 
Completed! 6282 
Tradition 6282 
Absolutely beautiful! 6282 
The 'film' caps in PS 6281 
Science or religion 6281 
Mass Extinction 6281 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6281 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6281 
Capacitor choices 6281 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6280 
The minor day of Quartets. 6280 
Them's the Breaks 6280 
Eventually! 6279 
So Soon? 6279 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6279 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6278 
The wire for DC-coupling 6278 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6278 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6278 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6277 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6276 
The DHT live reserve 6275 
Some interestng models 6275 
Eaten alive. 6275 
The tubey déjà vu? 6274 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6270 
The 4V takes a lead. 6266 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6263 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6263 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6261 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6260 
Exiting the design mode? 6260 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6260 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6256 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6255 
Setting up the new Playback 6254 
And the winner is… so far 6251 
If you like type 45... 6251 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6251 
Favorite Flavor? 6251 
The 45 times Meow... 6251 
The problem that I see is… 6251 
Running the 45 6251 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6250 
The commentaries about everything. 6250 
Driver tube and biasing 6250 
DHT drivers 6250 
The ideas are worth trying? 6250 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6246 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6246 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6245 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6245 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6245 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6245 
Operating points and cathode current 6245 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6245 
Actually it is not so simple. 6245 
Resistors at the front 6244 
A minor alternation of a position 6244 
The era of enlightenment. 6241 
The devil is in the details.... 6241 
Constructing Sound 6241 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6240 
The “strange” YO186 6231 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6186 
2S4S and 2A3 6177 
Ho to use the YO186 6170 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6170 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6170 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6168 
Not anymore! 6157 
The very good YoYonisation! 6156 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6155 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6142 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6142 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6089 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6088 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6085 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6075 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5837 
All the Best from Burgundy 5837 
Cheesy tubes 5836 
Me and my DHT references… 5727 
Y0-186 in winter. 5630 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5629 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5598 
In My Dreams 5598 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5598 
Blame? 5597 
When good is not good enough. 5597 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5597 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5596 
How the YO186 was used. 5180 
What is old is new? 5179 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5178 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4727 
That sucks. 4727 
YO186 4725 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4725 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4725 
A hallucination? 4722 
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