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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6472 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6471 
DHT Milq? 6471 
The DHT journey. 6471 
DHT tone 6471 
Well, why not? 6470 
Holding the Fort 6470 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6470 
Input tube and DC heaters 6469 
Reimyo Pat 777 6469 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6465 
DHT or 300B? 6465 
300B 6465 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6465 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6464 
Hence the confusion 6464 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6464 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6464 
My experience with DHTs 6464 
Pigmented coloration? 6464 
Dht-dht 6464 
Dynamic viscosity? 6464 
The Pallette preamp... 6464 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6464 
"soul" of tubes 6464 
There is a difference... 6464 
Vibration injection? 6464 
Homework # 4334 6464 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6464 
Old valves have more soul! 6463 
Was it soul or soil? 6463 
It was just a heading 6463 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6463 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6463 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6463 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6463 
Injection of analog dither? 6463 
Subliminal signal 6463 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6463 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6463 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6462 
Avicenna = Arabian 6462 
Persian, not Arab 6462 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6462 
More words to describe "sux" please 6462 
Revolution 6462 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6462 
One-stage DHTs 6461 
One other thing 6461 
One stage 6461 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6461 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6461 
I see the things differently. 6461 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6461 
The audiophile attitude 6461 
The where and why of design choices 6461 
Blah blah blah 6461 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6461 
Do I need to be hissing? 6461 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6461 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6461 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6460 
What is randomness? 6460 
Those least three possibilities… 6460 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6460 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6460 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6458 
A Beautiful Mind 6457 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6455 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6440 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6440 
Abandoning Milq? 6440 
Will see how it goes.... 6440 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6438 
Topology and 2A3? 6438 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6438 
Type Casting 6438 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6438 
6sn7-2a3 6438 
Topology vs parts 6438 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6438 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6438 
Parts Frenzy 6438 
Too many new sounds 6438 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6437 
New tubes 6436 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6436 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6436 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6436 
New 2A3 6436 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6435 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6434 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6434 
Czech tubes 6432 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6432 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6432 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6431 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6431 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6428 
Here she is. 6427 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6423 
New 2A3 tubes 6423 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6423 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6422 
Multistage DHT circuits 6421 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6420 
Emission Labs 2A3 6420 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6420 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6420 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6420 
The YO186 Strip Show 6420 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6419 
It will be interesting…. 6419 
OPT impedence 6419 
More about the Plate Loading 6419 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6414 
2A3 data 6414 
The New 2A3 tubes 6414 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6414 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6413 
Everything about everything. 6413 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6413 
Options, options, options.... 6413 
I think we agree overall 6413 
An IDHT with more gain? 6412 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6412 
2A3 tube impressions 6407 
Interesting analogy 6407 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6407 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6407 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6407 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6407 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6407 
Why NOS tubes? 6406 
The Holly Ignorance 6406 
Tube tasting 6406 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6406 
Make mine thoriated please 6406 
Any Germans out there? 6406 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6406 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6406 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6406 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6405 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6405 
Tube sound and vibration 6405 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6399 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6398 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6398 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6397 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6397 
B4/B5 British made 6396 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6396 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6395 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6395 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6394 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6393 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6390 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6390 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6389 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6389 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6389 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6389 
The identical operation environment? 6389 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6389 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6389 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6388 
How to get max power from 2A3 6388 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6388 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6388 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6388 
Gain is not power. 6388 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6388 
Specialized DSET approach 6388 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6388 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6388 
The 2A3 loading 6388 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6388 
Optimizing the 2A3 6388 
How much to DSET a DSET 6388 
DSET for Titan 6388 
The Best of All Worlds 6388 
Multiamp setup 6387 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6387 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6387 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6387 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6381 
2A3 and 400V supply 6381 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6380 
Another shot at numbers 6380 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6380 
Okay, so this might work.... 6380 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6380 
Looks good, but.... 6379 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6379 
Less is more... usually. 6379 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6378 
Stepping Out 6378 
Said to be good, but 6378 
Gain to lose 6378 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6378 
Another idea for losing gain 6378 
What's best 6378 
Options, options... 6378 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6378 
Other compromises... 6377 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6376 
Is it glowing yet? 6356 
It is comming.... 6356 
The new MF channel. 6350 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6349 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6341 
The intestage loading talk. 6338 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6333 
1 in 50? 6333 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6333 
Die Walküre soldering. 6332 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6331 
Another amp arond YO186 6330 
Gain? 6330 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6330 
Simple is good 6329 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6329 
The Milq DSET is up. 6328 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6326 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6326 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6325 
Ok, what do I want? 6325 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6325 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6325 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6325 
How about the tweeter? 6324 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6324 
Safe and Sound 6324 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6324 
Some clarifications. 6324 
How about that?!!! 6324 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6322 
Head Room 6322 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6321 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6321 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6321 
Again with the PS 6321 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6319 
Parallel Universe 6319 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6317 
Why I let other people build them... 6317 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6317 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6316 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6313 
MF: the pre-final version. 6313 
Loftin-White? 6313 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6313 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6313 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6309 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6309 
Define really quiet 6308 
Another variable of sound 6308 
Backlash? 6308 
Alternative filament supplies 6308 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6308 
Going down the DC path 6307 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6307 
Molecular sound 6307 
AC-DC heater supply 6307 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6307 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6307 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6307 
Hiss or Hum 6307 
AC transformers 6307 
I have seen the Promised Land 6306 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6306 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6305 
Divide and Conquer 6305 
The design phase is over. 6304 
The unexpected insanity! 6303 
Loading 6303 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6303 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6303 
Going the Distance 6303 
Read the f*** manual! 6303 
Agreed. 6303 
I agree 6303 
The filament transformer 6303 
Center-tap and options 6303 
Something like this…. 6303 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6303 
The foreplay is going on. 6303 
Split balance 6302 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6302 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6302 
SHuguang 6302 
Going through…. 6301 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6300 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6300 
Hum vs voltage 6300 
Meow about the tubes… 6300 
To Be a Content Cat 6300 
Completed! 6297 
Tradition 6297 
Absolutely beautiful! 6297 
The 'film' caps in PS 6296 
Science or religion 6296 
Mass Extinction 6296 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6296 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6296 
Capacitor choices 6296 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6295 
The minor day of Quartets. 6295 
Them's the Breaks 6295 
Eventually! 6294 
So Soon? 6294 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6294 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6293 
The wire for DC-coupling 6293 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6293 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6293 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6292 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6291 
The DHT live reserve 6290 
Some interestng models 6290 
Eaten alive. 6290 
The tubey déjà vu? 6289 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6285 
The 4V takes a lead. 6281 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6278 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6278 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6276 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6275 
Exiting the design mode? 6275 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6275 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6271 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6270 
Setting up the new Playback 6269 
And the winner is… so far 6266 
If you like type 45... 6266 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6266 
Favorite Flavor? 6266 
The 45 times Meow... 6266 
The problem that I see is… 6266 
Running the 45 6266 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6265 
The commentaries about everything. 6265 
Driver tube and biasing 6265 
DHT drivers 6265 
The ideas are worth trying? 6265 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6261 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6261 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6260 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6260 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6260 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6260 
Operating points and cathode current 6260 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6260 
Actually it is not so simple. 6260 
Resistors at the front 6259 
A minor alternation of a position 6259 
The era of enlightenment. 6256 
The devil is in the details.... 6256 
Constructing Sound 6256 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6255 
The “strange” YO186 6246 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6201 
2S4S and 2A3 6192 
Ho to use the YO186 6185 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6185 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6185 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6183 
Not anymore! 6172 
The very good YoYonisation! 6171 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6170 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6157 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6157 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6104 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6103 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6100 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6090 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5852 
All the Best from Burgundy 5852 
Cheesy tubes 5851 
Me and my DHT references… 5742 
Y0-186 in winter. 5645 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5644 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5613 
In My Dreams 5613 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5613 
Blame? 5612 
When good is not good enough. 5612 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5612 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5611 
How the YO186 was used. 5195 
What is old is new? 5194 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5193 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4742 
That sucks. 4742 
YO186 4740 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4740 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4740 
A hallucination? 4737 
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