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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6446 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6445 
DHT Milq? 6445 
The DHT journey. 6445 
DHT tone 6445 
Well, why not? 6444 
Holding the Fort 6444 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6444 
Input tube and DC heaters 6443 
Reimyo Pat 777 6443 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6439 
DHT or 300B? 6439 
300B 6439 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6439 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6438 
Hence the confusion 6438 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6438 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6438 
My experience with DHTs 6438 
Pigmented coloration? 6438 
Dht-dht 6438 
Dynamic viscosity? 6438 
The Pallette preamp... 6438 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6438 
"soul" of tubes 6438 
There is a difference... 6438 
Vibration injection? 6438 
Homework # 4334 6438 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6438 
Old valves have more soul! 6437 
Was it soul or soil? 6437 
It was just a heading 6437 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6437 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6437 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6437 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6437 
Injection of analog dither? 6437 
Subliminal signal 6437 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6437 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6437 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6436 
Avicenna = Arabian 6436 
Persian, not Arab 6436 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6436 
More words to describe "sux" please 6436 
Revolution 6436 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6436 
One-stage DHTs 6435 
One other thing 6435 
One stage 6435 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6435 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6435 
I see the things differently. 6435 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6435 
The audiophile attitude 6435 
The where and why of design choices 6435 
Blah blah blah 6435 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6435 
Do I need to be hissing? 6435 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6435 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6435 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6434 
What is randomness? 6434 
Those least three possibilities… 6434 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6434 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6434 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6432 
A Beautiful Mind 6431 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6429 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6414 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6414 
Abandoning Milq? 6414 
Will see how it goes.... 6414 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6412 
Topology and 2A3? 6412 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6412 
Type Casting 6412 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6412 
6sn7-2a3 6412 
Topology vs parts 6412 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6412 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6412 
Parts Frenzy 6412 
Too many new sounds 6412 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6411 
New tubes 6410 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6410 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6410 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6410 
New 2A3 6410 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6409 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6408 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6408 
Czech tubes 6406 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6406 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6406 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6405 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6405 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6402 
Here she is. 6401 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6397 
New 2A3 tubes 6397 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6397 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6396 
Multistage DHT circuits 6395 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6394 
Emission Labs 2A3 6394 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6394 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6394 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6394 
The YO186 Strip Show 6394 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6393 
It will be interesting…. 6393 
OPT impedence 6393 
More about the Plate Loading 6393 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6388 
2A3 data 6388 
The New 2A3 tubes 6388 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6388 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6387 
Everything about everything. 6387 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6387 
Options, options, options.... 6387 
I think we agree overall 6387 
An IDHT with more gain? 6386 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6386 
2A3 tube impressions 6381 
Interesting analogy 6381 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6381 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6381 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6381 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6381 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6381 
Why NOS tubes? 6380 
The Holly Ignorance 6380 
Tube tasting 6380 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6380 
Make mine thoriated please 6380 
Any Germans out there? 6380 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6380 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6380 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6380 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6379 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6379 
Tube sound and vibration 6379 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6373 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6372 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6372 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6371 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6371 
B4/B5 British made 6370 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6370 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6369 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6369 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6368 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6367 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6364 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6364 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6363 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6363 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6363 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6363 
The identical operation environment? 6363 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6363 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6363 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6362 
How to get max power from 2A3 6362 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6362 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6362 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6362 
Gain is not power. 6362 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6362 
Specialized DSET approach 6362 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6362 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6362 
The 2A3 loading 6362 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6362 
Optimizing the 2A3 6362 
How much to DSET a DSET 6362 
DSET for Titan 6362 
The Best of All Worlds 6362 
Multiamp setup 6361 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6361 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6361 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6361 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6355 
2A3 and 400V supply 6355 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6354 
Another shot at numbers 6354 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6354 
Okay, so this might work.... 6354 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6354 
Looks good, but.... 6353 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6353 
Less is more... usually. 6353 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6352 
Stepping Out 6352 
Said to be good, but 6352 
Gain to lose 6352 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6352 
Another idea for losing gain 6352 
What's best 6352 
Options, options... 6352 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6352 
Other compromises... 6351 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6350 
Is it glowing yet? 6330 
It is comming.... 6330 
The new MF channel. 6324 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6323 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6315 
The intestage loading talk. 6312 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6307 
1 in 50? 6307 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6307 
Die Walküre soldering. 6306 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6305 
Another amp arond YO186 6304 
Gain? 6304 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6304 
Simple is good 6303 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6303 
The Milq DSET is up. 6302 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6300 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6300 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6299 
Ok, what do I want? 6299 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6299 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6299 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6299 
How about the tweeter? 6298 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6298 
Safe and Sound 6298 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6298 
Some clarifications. 6298 
How about that?!!! 6298 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6296 
Head Room 6296 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6295 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6295 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6295 
Again with the PS 6295 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6293 
Parallel Universe 6293 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6291 
Why I let other people build them... 6291 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6291 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6290 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6287 
MF: the pre-final version. 6287 
Loftin-White? 6287 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6287 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6287 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6283 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6283 
Define really quiet 6282 
Another variable of sound 6282 
Backlash? 6282 
Alternative filament supplies 6282 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6282 
Going down the DC path 6281 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6281 
Molecular sound 6281 
AC-DC heater supply 6281 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6281 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6281 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6281 
Hiss or Hum 6281 
AC transformers 6281 
I have seen the Promised Land 6280 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6280 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6279 
Divide and Conquer 6279 
The design phase is over. 6278 
The unexpected insanity! 6277 
Loading 6277 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6277 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6277 
Going the Distance 6277 
Read the f*** manual! 6277 
Agreed. 6277 
I agree 6277 
The filament transformer 6277 
Center-tap and options 6277 
Something like this…. 6277 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6277 
The foreplay is going on. 6277 
Split balance 6276 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6276 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6276 
SHuguang 6276 
Going through…. 6275 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6274 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6274 
Hum vs voltage 6274 
Meow about the tubes… 6274 
To Be a Content Cat 6274 
Completed! 6271 
Tradition 6271 
Absolutely beautiful! 6271 
The 'film' caps in PS 6270 
Science or religion 6270 
Mass Extinction 6270 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6270 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6270 
Capacitor choices 6270 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6269 
The minor day of Quartets. 6269 
Them's the Breaks 6269 
Eventually! 6268 
So Soon? 6268 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6268 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6267 
The wire for DC-coupling 6267 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6267 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6267 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6266 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6265 
The DHT live reserve 6264 
Some interestng models 6264 
Eaten alive. 6264 
The tubey déjà vu? 6263 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6259 
The 4V takes a lead. 6255 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6252 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6252 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6250 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6249 
Exiting the design mode? 6249 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6249 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6245 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6244 
Setting up the new Playback 6243 
And the winner is… so far 6240 
If you like type 45... 6240 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6240 
Favorite Flavor? 6240 
The 45 times Meow... 6240 
The problem that I see is… 6240 
Running the 45 6240 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6239 
The commentaries about everything. 6239 
Driver tube and biasing 6239 
DHT drivers 6239 
The ideas are worth trying? 6239 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6235 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6235 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6234 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6234 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6234 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6234 
Operating points and cathode current 6234 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6234 
Actually it is not so simple. 6234 
Resistors at the front 6233 
A minor alternation of a position 6233 
The era of enlightenment. 6230 
The devil is in the details.... 6230 
Constructing Sound 6230 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6229 
The “strange” YO186 6220 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6175 
2S4S and 2A3 6166 
Ho to use the YO186 6159 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6159 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6159 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6157 
Not anymore! 6146 
The very good YoYonisation! 6145 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6144 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6131 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6131 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6078 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6077 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6074 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6064 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5826 
All the Best from Burgundy 5826 
Cheesy tubes 5825 
Me and my DHT references… 5716 
Y0-186 in winter. 5619 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5618 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5587 
In My Dreams 5587 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5587 
Blame? 5586 
When good is not good enough. 5586 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5586 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5585 
How the YO186 was used. 5169 
What is old is new? 5168 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5167 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4716 
That sucks. 4716 
YO186 4714 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4714 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4714 
A hallucination? 4711 
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