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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6460 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6459 
DHT Milq? 6459 
The DHT journey. 6459 
DHT tone 6459 
Well, why not? 6458 
Holding the Fort 6458 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6458 
Input tube and DC heaters 6457 
Reimyo Pat 777 6457 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6453 
DHT or 300B? 6453 
300B 6453 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6453 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6452 
Hence the confusion 6452 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6452 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6452 
My experience with DHTs 6452 
Pigmented coloration? 6452 
Dht-dht 6452 
Dynamic viscosity? 6452 
The Pallette preamp... 6452 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6452 
"soul" of tubes 6452 
There is a difference... 6452 
Vibration injection? 6452 
Homework # 4334 6452 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6452 
Old valves have more soul! 6451 
Was it soul or soil? 6451 
It was just a heading 6451 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6451 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6451 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6451 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6451 
Injection of analog dither? 6451 
Subliminal signal 6451 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6451 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6451 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6450 
Avicenna = Arabian 6450 
Persian, not Arab 6450 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6450 
More words to describe "sux" please 6450 
Revolution 6450 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6450 
One-stage DHTs 6449 
One other thing 6449 
One stage 6449 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6449 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6449 
I see the things differently. 6449 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6449 
The audiophile attitude 6449 
The where and why of design choices 6449 
Blah blah blah 6449 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6449 
Do I need to be hissing? 6449 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6449 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6449 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6448 
What is randomness? 6448 
Those least three possibilities… 6448 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6448 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6448 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6446 
A Beautiful Mind 6445 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6443 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6428 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6428 
Abandoning Milq? 6428 
Will see how it goes.... 6428 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6426 
Topology and 2A3? 6426 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6426 
Type Casting 6426 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6426 
6sn7-2a3 6426 
Topology vs parts 6426 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6426 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6426 
Parts Frenzy 6426 
Too many new sounds 6426 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6425 
New tubes 6424 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6424 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6424 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6424 
New 2A3 6424 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6423 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6422 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6422 
Czech tubes 6420 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6420 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6420 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6419 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6419 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6416 
Here she is. 6415 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6411 
New 2A3 tubes 6411 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6411 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6410 
Multistage DHT circuits 6409 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6408 
Emission Labs 2A3 6408 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6408 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6408 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6408 
The YO186 Strip Show 6408 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6407 
It will be interesting…. 6407 
OPT impedence 6407 
More about the Plate Loading 6407 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6402 
2A3 data 6402 
The New 2A3 tubes 6402 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6402 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6401 
Everything about everything. 6401 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6401 
Options, options, options.... 6401 
I think we agree overall 6401 
An IDHT with more gain? 6400 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6400 
2A3 tube impressions 6395 
Interesting analogy 6395 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6395 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6395 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6395 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6395 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6395 
Why NOS tubes? 6394 
The Holly Ignorance 6394 
Tube tasting 6394 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6394 
Make mine thoriated please 6394 
Any Germans out there? 6394 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6394 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6394 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6394 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6393 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6393 
Tube sound and vibration 6393 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6387 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6386 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6386 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6385 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6385 
B4/B5 British made 6384 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6384 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6383 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6383 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6382 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6381 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6378 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6378 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6377 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6377 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6377 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6377 
The identical operation environment? 6377 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6377 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6377 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6376 
How to get max power from 2A3 6376 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6376 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6376 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6376 
Gain is not power. 6376 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6376 
Specialized DSET approach 6376 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6376 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6376 
The 2A3 loading 6376 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6376 
Optimizing the 2A3 6376 
How much to DSET a DSET 6376 
DSET for Titan 6376 
The Best of All Worlds 6376 
Multiamp setup 6375 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6375 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6375 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6375 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6369 
2A3 and 400V supply 6369 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6368 
Another shot at numbers 6368 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6368 
Okay, so this might work.... 6368 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6368 
Looks good, but.... 6367 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6367 
Less is more... usually. 6367 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6366 
Stepping Out 6366 
Said to be good, but 6366 
Gain to lose 6366 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6366 
Another idea for losing gain 6366 
What's best 6366 
Options, options... 6366 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6366 
Other compromises... 6365 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6364 
Is it glowing yet? 6344 
It is comming.... 6344 
The new MF channel. 6338 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6337 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6329 
The intestage loading talk. 6326 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6321 
1 in 50? 6321 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6321 
Die Walküre soldering. 6320 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6319 
Another amp arond YO186 6318 
Gain? 6318 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6318 
Simple is good 6317 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6317 
The Milq DSET is up. 6316 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6314 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6314 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6313 
Ok, what do I want? 6313 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6313 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6313 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6313 
How about the tweeter? 6312 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6312 
Safe and Sound 6312 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6312 
Some clarifications. 6312 
How about that?!!! 6312 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6310 
Head Room 6310 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6309 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6309 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6309 
Again with the PS 6309 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6307 
Parallel Universe 6307 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6305 
Why I let other people build them... 6305 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6305 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6304 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6301 
MF: the pre-final version. 6301 
Loftin-White? 6301 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6301 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6301 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6297 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6297 
Define really quiet 6296 
Another variable of sound 6296 
Backlash? 6296 
Alternative filament supplies 6296 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6296 
Going down the DC path 6295 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6295 
Molecular sound 6295 
AC-DC heater supply 6295 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6295 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6295 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6295 
Hiss or Hum 6295 
AC transformers 6295 
I have seen the Promised Land 6294 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6294 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6293 
Divide and Conquer 6293 
The design phase is over. 6292 
The unexpected insanity! 6291 
Loading 6291 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6291 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6291 
Going the Distance 6291 
Read the f*** manual! 6291 
Agreed. 6291 
I agree 6291 
The filament transformer 6291 
Center-tap and options 6291 
Something like this…. 6291 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6291 
The foreplay is going on. 6291 
Split balance 6290 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6290 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6290 
SHuguang 6290 
Going through…. 6289 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6288 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6288 
Hum vs voltage 6288 
Meow about the tubes… 6288 
To Be a Content Cat 6288 
Completed! 6285 
Tradition 6285 
Absolutely beautiful! 6285 
The 'film' caps in PS 6284 
Science or religion 6284 
Mass Extinction 6284 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6284 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6284 
Capacitor choices 6284 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6283 
The minor day of Quartets. 6283 
Them's the Breaks 6283 
Eventually! 6282 
So Soon? 6282 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6282 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6281 
The wire for DC-coupling 6281 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6281 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6281 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6280 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6279 
The DHT live reserve 6278 
Some interestng models 6278 
Eaten alive. 6278 
The tubey déjà vu? 6277 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6273 
The 4V takes a lead. 6269 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6266 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6266 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6264 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6263 
Exiting the design mode? 6263 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6263 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6259 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6258 
Setting up the new Playback 6257 
And the winner is… so far 6254 
If you like type 45... 6254 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6254 
Favorite Flavor? 6254 
The 45 times Meow... 6254 
The problem that I see is… 6254 
Running the 45 6254 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6253 
The commentaries about everything. 6253 
Driver tube and biasing 6253 
DHT drivers 6253 
The ideas are worth trying? 6253 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6249 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6249 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6248 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6248 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6248 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6248 
Operating points and cathode current 6248 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6248 
Actually it is not so simple. 6248 
Resistors at the front 6247 
A minor alternation of a position 6247 
The era of enlightenment. 6244 
The devil is in the details.... 6244 
Constructing Sound 6244 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6243 
The “strange” YO186 6234 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6189 
2S4S and 2A3 6180 
Ho to use the YO186 6173 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6173 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6173 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6171 
Not anymore! 6160 
The very good YoYonisation! 6159 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6158 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6145 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6145 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6092 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6091 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6088 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6078 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5840 
All the Best from Burgundy 5840 
Cheesy tubes 5839 
Me and my DHT references… 5730 
Y0-186 in winter. 5633 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5632 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5601 
In My Dreams 5601 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5601 
Blame? 5600 
When good is not good enough. 5600 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5600 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5599 
How the YO186 was used. 5183 
What is old is new? 5182 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5181 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4730 
That sucks. 4730 
YO186 4728 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4728 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4728 
A hallucination? 4725 
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