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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6406 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6405 
DHT Milq? 6405 
The DHT journey. 6405 
DHT tone 6405 
Well, why not? 6404 
Holding the Fort 6404 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6404 
Input tube and DC heaters 6403 
Reimyo Pat 777 6403 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6399 
DHT or 300B? 6399 
300B 6399 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6399 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6398 
Hence the confusion 6398 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6398 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6398 
My experience with DHTs 6398 
Pigmented coloration? 6398 
Dht-dht 6398 
Dynamic viscosity? 6398 
The Pallette preamp... 6398 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6398 
"soul" of tubes 6398 
There is a difference... 6398 
Vibration injection? 6398 
Homework # 4334 6398 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6398 
Old valves have more soul! 6397 
Was it soul or soil? 6397 
It was just a heading 6397 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6397 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6397 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6397 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6397 
Injection of analog dither? 6397 
Subliminal signal 6397 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6397 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6397 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6396 
Avicenna = Arabian 6396 
Persian, not Arab 6396 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6396 
More words to describe "sux" please 6396 
Revolution 6396 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6396 
One-stage DHTs 6395 
One other thing 6395 
One stage 6395 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6395 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6395 
I see the things differently. 6395 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6395 
The audiophile attitude 6395 
The where and why of design choices 6395 
Blah blah blah 6395 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6395 
Do I need to be hissing? 6395 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6395 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6395 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6394 
What is randomness? 6394 
Those least three possibilities… 6394 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6394 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6394 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6392 
A Beautiful Mind 6391 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6389 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6374 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6374 
Abandoning Milq? 6374 
Will see how it goes.... 6374 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6372 
Topology and 2A3? 6372 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6372 
Type Casting 6372 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6372 
6sn7-2a3 6372 
Topology vs parts 6372 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6372 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6372 
Parts Frenzy 6372 
Too many new sounds 6372 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6371 
New tubes 6370 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6370 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6370 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6370 
New 2A3 6370 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6369 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6368 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6368 
Czech tubes 6366 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6366 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6366 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6365 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6365 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6362 
Here she is. 6361 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6357 
New 2A3 tubes 6357 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6357 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6356 
Multistage DHT circuits 6355 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6354 
Emission Labs 2A3 6354 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6354 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6354 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6354 
The YO186 Strip Show 6354 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6353 
It will be interesting…. 6353 
OPT impedence 6353 
More about the Plate Loading 6353 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6348 
2A3 data 6348 
The New 2A3 tubes 6348 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6348 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6347 
Everything about everything. 6347 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6347 
Options, options, options.... 6347 
I think we agree overall 6347 
An IDHT with more gain? 6346 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6346 
2A3 tube impressions 6341 
Interesting analogy 6341 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6341 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6341 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6341 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6341 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6341 
Why NOS tubes? 6340 
The Holly Ignorance 6340 
Tube tasting 6340 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6340 
Make mine thoriated please 6340 
Any Germans out there? 6340 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6340 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6340 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6340 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6339 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6339 
Tube sound and vibration 6339 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6333 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6332 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6332 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6331 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6331 
B4/B5 British made 6330 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6330 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6329 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6329 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6328 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6327 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6324 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6324 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6323 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6323 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6323 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6323 
The identical operation environment? 6323 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6323 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6323 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6322 
How to get max power from 2A3 6322 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6322 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6322 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6322 
Gain is not power. 6322 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6322 
Specialized DSET approach 6322 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6322 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6322 
The 2A3 loading 6322 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6322 
Optimizing the 2A3 6322 
How much to DSET a DSET 6322 
DSET for Titan 6322 
The Best of All Worlds 6322 
Multiamp setup 6321 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6321 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6321 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6321 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6315 
2A3 and 400V supply 6315 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6314 
Another shot at numbers 6314 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6314 
Okay, so this might work.... 6314 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6314 
Looks good, but.... 6313 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6313 
Less is more... usually. 6313 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6312 
Stepping Out 6312 
Said to be good, but 6312 
Gain to lose 6312 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6312 
Another idea for losing gain 6312 
What's best 6312 
Options, options... 6312 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6312 
Other compromises... 6311 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6310 
Is it glowing yet? 6290 
It is comming.... 6290 
The new MF channel. 6284 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6283 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6275 
The intestage loading talk. 6272 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6267 
1 in 50? 6267 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6267 
Die Walküre soldering. 6266 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6265 
Another amp arond YO186 6264 
Gain? 6264 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6264 
Simple is good 6263 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6263 
The Milq DSET is up. 6262 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6260 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6260 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6259 
Ok, what do I want? 6259 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6259 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6259 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6259 
How about the tweeter? 6258 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6258 
Safe and Sound 6258 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6258 
Some clarifications. 6258 
How about that?!!! 6258 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6256 
Head Room 6256 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6255 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6255 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6255 
Again with the PS 6255 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6253 
Parallel Universe 6253 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6251 
Why I let other people build them... 6251 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6251 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6250 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6247 
MF: the pre-final version. 6247 
Loftin-White? 6247 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6247 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6247 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6243 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6243 
Define really quiet 6242 
Another variable of sound 6242 
Backlash? 6242 
Alternative filament supplies 6242 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6242 
Going down the DC path 6241 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6241 
Molecular sound 6241 
AC-DC heater supply 6241 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6241 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6241 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6241 
Hiss or Hum 6241 
AC transformers 6241 
I have seen the Promised Land 6240 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6240 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6239 
Divide and Conquer 6239 
The design phase is over. 6238 
The unexpected insanity! 6237 
Loading 6237 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6237 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6237 
Going the Distance 6237 
Read the f*** manual! 6237 
Agreed. 6237 
I agree 6237 
The filament transformer 6237 
Center-tap and options 6237 
Something like this…. 6237 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6237 
The foreplay is going on. 6237 
Split balance 6236 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6236 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6236 
SHuguang 6236 
Going through…. 6235 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6234 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6234 
Hum vs voltage 6234 
Meow about the tubes… 6234 
To Be a Content Cat 6234 
Completed! 6231 
Tradition 6231 
Absolutely beautiful! 6231 
The 'film' caps in PS 6230 
Science or religion 6230 
Mass Extinction 6230 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6230 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6230 
Capacitor choices 6230 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6229 
The minor day of Quartets. 6229 
Them's the Breaks 6229 
Eventually! 6228 
So Soon? 6228 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6228 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6227 
The wire for DC-coupling 6227 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6227 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6227 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6226 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6225 
The DHT live reserve 6224 
Some interestng models 6224 
Eaten alive. 6224 
The tubey déjà vu? 6223 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6219 
The 4V takes a lead. 6215 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6212 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6212 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6210 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6209 
Exiting the design mode? 6209 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6209 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6205 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6204 
Setting up the new Playback 6203 
And the winner is… so far 6200 
If you like type 45... 6200 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6200 
Favorite Flavor? 6200 
The 45 times Meow... 6200 
The problem that I see is… 6200 
Running the 45 6200 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6199 
The commentaries about everything. 6199 
Driver tube and biasing 6199 
DHT drivers 6199 
The ideas are worth trying? 6199 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6195 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6195 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6194 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6194 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6194 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6194 
Operating points and cathode current 6194 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6194 
Actually it is not so simple. 6194 
Resistors at the front 6193 
A minor alternation of a position 6193 
The era of enlightenment. 6190 
The devil is in the details.... 6190 
Constructing Sound 6190 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6189 
The “strange” YO186 6180 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6135 
2S4S and 2A3 6126 
Ho to use the YO186 6119 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6119 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6119 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6117 
Not anymore! 6106 
The very good YoYonisation! 6105 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6104 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6091 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6091 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6038 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6037 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6034 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6024 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5786 
All the Best from Burgundy 5786 
Cheesy tubes 5785 
Me and my DHT references… 5676 
Y0-186 in winter. 5579 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5578 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5547 
In My Dreams 5547 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5547 
Blame? 5546 
When good is not good enough. 5546 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5546 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5545 
How the YO186 was used. 5129 
What is old is new? 5128 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5127 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4676 
That sucks. 4676 
YO186 4674 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4674 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4674 
A hallucination? 4671 
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