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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6379 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6378 
DHT Milq? 6378 
The DHT journey. 6378 
DHT tone 6378 
Well, why not? 6377 
Holding the Fort 6377 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6377 
Input tube and DC heaters 6376 
Reimyo Pat 777 6376 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6372 
DHT or 300B? 6372 
300B 6372 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6372 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6371 
Hence the confusion 6371 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6371 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6371 
My experience with DHTs 6371 
Pigmented coloration? 6371 
Dht-dht 6371 
Dynamic viscosity? 6371 
The Pallette preamp... 6371 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6371 
"soul" of tubes 6371 
There is a difference... 6371 
Vibration injection? 6371 
Homework # 4334 6371 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6371 
Old valves have more soul! 6370 
Was it soul or soil? 6370 
It was just a heading 6370 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6370 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6370 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6370 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6370 
Injection of analog dither? 6370 
Subliminal signal 6370 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6370 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6370 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6369 
Avicenna = Arabian 6369 
Persian, not Arab 6369 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6369 
More words to describe "sux" please 6369 
Revolution 6369 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6369 
One-stage DHTs 6368 
One other thing 6368 
One stage 6368 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6368 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6368 
I see the things differently. 6368 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6368 
The audiophile attitude 6368 
The where and why of design choices 6368 
Blah blah blah 6368 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6368 
Do I need to be hissing? 6368 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6368 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6368 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6367 
What is randomness? 6367 
Those least three possibilities… 6367 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6367 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6367 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6365 
A Beautiful Mind 6364 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6362 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6347 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6347 
Abandoning Milq? 6347 
Will see how it goes.... 6347 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6345 
Topology and 2A3? 6345 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6345 
Type Casting 6345 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6345 
6sn7-2a3 6345 
Topology vs parts 6345 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6345 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6345 
Parts Frenzy 6345 
Too many new sounds 6345 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6344 
New tubes 6343 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6343 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6343 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6343 
New 2A3 6343 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6342 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6341 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6341 
Czech tubes 6339 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6339 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6339 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6338 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6338 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6335 
Here she is. 6334 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6330 
New 2A3 tubes 6330 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6330 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6329 
Multistage DHT circuits 6328 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6327 
Emission Labs 2A3 6327 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6327 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6327 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6327 
The YO186 Strip Show 6327 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6326 
It will be interesting…. 6326 
OPT impedence 6326 
More about the Plate Loading 6326 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6321 
2A3 data 6321 
The New 2A3 tubes 6321 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6321 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6320 
Everything about everything. 6320 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6320 
Options, options, options.... 6320 
I think we agree overall 6320 
An IDHT with more gain? 6319 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6319 
2A3 tube impressions 6314 
Interesting analogy 6314 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6314 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6314 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6314 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6314 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6314 
Why NOS tubes? 6313 
The Holly Ignorance 6313 
Tube tasting 6313 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6313 
Make mine thoriated please 6313 
Any Germans out there? 6313 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6313 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6313 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6313 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6312 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6312 
Tube sound and vibration 6312 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6306 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6305 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6305 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6304 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6304 
B4/B5 British made 6303 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6303 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6302 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6302 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6301 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6300 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6297 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6297 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6296 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6296 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6296 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6296 
The identical operation environment? 6296 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6296 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6296 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6295 
How to get max power from 2A3 6295 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6295 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6295 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6295 
Gain is not power. 6295 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6295 
Specialized DSET approach 6295 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6295 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6295 
The 2A3 loading 6295 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6295 
Optimizing the 2A3 6295 
How much to DSET a DSET 6295 
DSET for Titan 6295 
The Best of All Worlds 6295 
Multiamp setup 6294 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6294 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6294 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6294 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6288 
2A3 and 400V supply 6288 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6287 
Another shot at numbers 6287 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6287 
Okay, so this might work.... 6287 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6287 
Looks good, but.... 6286 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6286 
Less is more... usually. 6286 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6285 
Stepping Out 6285 
Said to be good, but 6285 
Gain to lose 6285 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6285 
Another idea for losing gain 6285 
What's best 6285 
Options, options... 6285 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6285 
Other compromises... 6284 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6283 
Is it glowing yet? 6263 
It is comming.... 6263 
The new MF channel. 6257 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6256 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6248 
The intestage loading talk. 6245 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6240 
1 in 50? 6240 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6240 
Die Walküre soldering. 6239 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6238 
Another amp arond YO186 6237 
Gain? 6237 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6237 
Simple is good 6236 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6236 
The Milq DSET is up. 6235 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6233 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6233 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6232 
Ok, what do I want? 6232 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6232 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6232 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6232 
How about the tweeter? 6231 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6231 
Safe and Sound 6231 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6231 
Some clarifications. 6231 
How about that?!!! 6231 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6229 
Head Room 6229 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6228 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6228 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6228 
Again with the PS 6228 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6226 
Parallel Universe 6226 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6224 
Why I let other people build them... 6224 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6224 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6223 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6220 
MF: the pre-final version. 6220 
Loftin-White? 6220 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6220 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6220 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6216 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6216 
Define really quiet 6215 
Another variable of sound 6215 
Backlash? 6215 
Alternative filament supplies 6215 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6215 
Going down the DC path 6214 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6214 
Molecular sound 6214 
AC-DC heater supply 6214 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6214 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6214 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6214 
Hiss or Hum 6214 
AC transformers 6214 
I have seen the Promised Land 6213 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6213 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6212 
Divide and Conquer 6212 
The design phase is over. 6211 
The unexpected insanity! 6210 
Loading 6210 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6210 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6210 
Going the Distance 6210 
Read the f*** manual! 6210 
Agreed. 6210 
I agree 6210 
The filament transformer 6210 
Center-tap and options 6210 
Something like this…. 6210 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6210 
The foreplay is going on. 6210 
Split balance 6209 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6209 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6209 
SHuguang 6209 
Going through…. 6208 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6207 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6207 
Hum vs voltage 6207 
Meow about the tubes… 6207 
To Be a Content Cat 6207 
Completed! 6204 
Tradition 6204 
Absolutely beautiful! 6204 
The 'film' caps in PS 6203 
Science or religion 6203 
Mass Extinction 6203 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6203 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6203 
Capacitor choices 6203 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6202 
The minor day of Quartets. 6202 
Them's the Breaks 6202 
Eventually! 6201 
So Soon? 6201 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6201 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6200 
The wire for DC-coupling 6200 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6200 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6200 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6199 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6198 
The DHT live reserve 6197 
Some interestng models 6197 
Eaten alive. 6197 
The tubey déjà vu? 6196 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6192 
The 4V takes a lead. 6188 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6185 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6185 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6183 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6182 
Exiting the design mode? 6182 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6182 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6178 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6177 
Setting up the new Playback 6176 
And the winner is… so far 6173 
If you like type 45... 6173 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6173 
Favorite Flavor? 6173 
The 45 times Meow... 6173 
The problem that I see is… 6173 
Running the 45 6173 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6172 
The commentaries about everything. 6172 
Driver tube and biasing 6172 
DHT drivers 6172 
The ideas are worth trying? 6172 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6168 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6168 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6167 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6167 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6167 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6167 
Operating points and cathode current 6167 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6167 
Actually it is not so simple. 6167 
Resistors at the front 6166 
A minor alternation of a position 6166 
The era of enlightenment. 6163 
The devil is in the details.... 6163 
Constructing Sound 6163 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6162 
The “strange” YO186 6153 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6108 
2S4S and 2A3 6099 
Ho to use the YO186 6092 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6092 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6092 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6090 
Not anymore! 6079 
The very good YoYonisation! 6078 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6077 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6064 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6064 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6011 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6010 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6007 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5997 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5759 
All the Best from Burgundy 5759 
Cheesy tubes 5758 
Me and my DHT references… 5649 
Y0-186 in winter. 5552 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5551 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5520 
In My Dreams 5520 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5520 
Blame? 5519 
When good is not good enough. 5519 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5519 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5518 
How the YO186 was used. 5102 
What is old is new? 5101 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5100 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4649 
That sucks. 4649 
YO186 4647 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4647 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4647 
A hallucination? 4644 
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