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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6533 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6532 
DHT Milq? 6532 
The DHT journey. 6532 
DHT tone 6532 
Well, why not? 6531 
Holding the Fort 6531 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6531 
Input tube and DC heaters 6530 
Reimyo Pat 777 6530 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6526 
DHT or 300B? 6526 
300B 6526 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6526 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6525 
Hence the confusion 6525 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6525 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6525 
My experience with DHTs 6525 
Pigmented coloration? 6525 
Dht-dht 6525 
Dynamic viscosity? 6525 
The Pallette preamp... 6525 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6525 
"soul" of tubes 6525 
There is a difference... 6525 
Vibration injection? 6525 
Homework # 4334 6525 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6525 
Old valves have more soul! 6524 
Was it soul or soil? 6524 
It was just a heading 6524 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6524 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6524 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6524 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6524 
Injection of analog dither? 6524 
Subliminal signal 6524 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6524 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6524 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6523 
Avicenna = Arabian 6523 
Persian, not Arab 6523 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6523 
More words to describe "sux" please 6523 
Revolution 6523 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6523 
One-stage DHTs 6522 
One other thing 6522 
One stage 6522 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6522 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6522 
I see the things differently. 6522 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6522 
The audiophile attitude 6522 
The where and why of design choices 6522 
Blah blah blah 6522 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6522 
Do I need to be hissing? 6522 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6522 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6522 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6521 
What is randomness? 6521 
Those least three possibilities… 6521 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6521 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6521 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6519 
A Beautiful Mind 6518 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6516 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6501 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6501 
Abandoning Milq? 6501 
Will see how it goes.... 6501 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6499 
Topology and 2A3? 6499 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6499 
Type Casting 6499 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6499 
6sn7-2a3 6499 
Topology vs parts 6499 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6499 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6499 
Parts Frenzy 6499 
Too many new sounds 6499 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6498 
New tubes 6497 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6497 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6497 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6497 
New 2A3 6497 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6496 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6495 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6495 
Czech tubes 6493 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6493 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6493 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6492 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6492 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6489 
Here she is. 6488 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6484 
New 2A3 tubes 6484 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6484 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6483 
Multistage DHT circuits 6482 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6481 
Emission Labs 2A3 6481 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6481 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6481 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6481 
The YO186 Strip Show 6481 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6480 
It will be interesting…. 6480 
OPT impedence 6480 
More about the Plate Loading 6480 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6475 
2A3 data 6475 
The New 2A3 tubes 6475 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6475 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6474 
Everything about everything. 6474 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6474 
Options, options, options.... 6474 
I think we agree overall 6474 
An IDHT with more gain? 6473 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6473 
2A3 tube impressions 6468 
Interesting analogy 6468 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6468 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6468 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6468 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6468 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6468 
Why NOS tubes? 6467 
The Holly Ignorance 6467 
Tube tasting 6467 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6467 
Make mine thoriated please 6467 
Any Germans out there? 6467 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6467 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6467 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6467 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6466 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6466 
Tube sound and vibration 6466 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6460 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6459 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6459 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6458 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6458 
B4/B5 British made 6457 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6457 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6456 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6456 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6455 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6454 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6451 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6451 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6450 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6450 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6450 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6450 
The identical operation environment? 6450 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6450 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6450 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6449 
How to get max power from 2A3 6449 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6449 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6449 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6449 
Gain is not power. 6449 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6449 
Specialized DSET approach 6449 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6449 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6449 
The 2A3 loading 6449 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6449 
Optimizing the 2A3 6449 
How much to DSET a DSET 6449 
DSET for Titan 6449 
The Best of All Worlds 6449 
Multiamp setup 6448 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6448 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6448 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6448 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6442 
2A3 and 400V supply 6442 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6441 
Another shot at numbers 6441 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6441 
Okay, so this might work.... 6441 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6441 
Looks good, but.... 6440 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6440 
Less is more... usually. 6440 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6439 
Stepping Out 6439 
Said to be good, but 6439 
Gain to lose 6439 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6439 
Another idea for losing gain 6439 
What's best 6439 
Options, options... 6439 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6439 
Other compromises... 6438 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6437 
Is it glowing yet? 6417 
It is comming.... 6417 
The new MF channel. 6411 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6410 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6402 
The intestage loading talk. 6399 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6394 
1 in 50? 6394 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6394 
Die Walküre soldering. 6393 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6392 
Another amp arond YO186 6391 
Gain? 6391 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6391 
Simple is good 6390 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6390 
The Milq DSET is up. 6389 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6387 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6387 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6386 
Ok, what do I want? 6386 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6386 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6386 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6386 
How about the tweeter? 6385 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6385 
Safe and Sound 6385 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6385 
Some clarifications. 6385 
How about that?!!! 6385 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6383 
Head Room 6383 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6382 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6382 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6382 
Again with the PS 6382 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6380 
Parallel Universe 6380 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6378 
Why I let other people build them... 6378 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6378 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6377 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6374 
MF: the pre-final version. 6374 
Loftin-White? 6374 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6374 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6374 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6370 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6370 
Define really quiet 6369 
Another variable of sound 6369 
Backlash? 6369 
Alternative filament supplies 6369 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6369 
Going down the DC path 6368 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6368 
Molecular sound 6368 
AC-DC heater supply 6368 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6368 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6368 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6368 
Hiss or Hum 6368 
AC transformers 6368 
I have seen the Promised Land 6367 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6367 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6366 
Divide and Conquer 6366 
The design phase is over. 6365 
The unexpected insanity! 6364 
Loading 6364 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6364 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6364 
Going the Distance 6364 
Read the f*** manual! 6364 
Agreed. 6364 
I agree 6364 
The filament transformer 6364 
Center-tap and options 6364 
Something like this…. 6364 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6364 
The foreplay is going on. 6364 
Split balance 6363 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6363 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6363 
SHuguang 6363 
Going through…. 6362 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6361 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6361 
Hum vs voltage 6361 
Meow about the tubes… 6361 
To Be a Content Cat 6361 
Completed! 6358 
Tradition 6358 
Absolutely beautiful! 6358 
The 'film' caps in PS 6357 
Science or religion 6357 
Mass Extinction 6357 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6357 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6357 
Capacitor choices 6357 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6356 
The minor day of Quartets. 6356 
Them's the Breaks 6356 
Eventually! 6355 
So Soon? 6355 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6355 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6354 
The wire for DC-coupling 6354 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6354 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6354 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6353 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6352 
The DHT live reserve 6351 
Some interestng models 6351 
Eaten alive. 6351 
The tubey déjà vu? 6350 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6346 
The 4V takes a lead. 6342 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6339 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6339 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6337 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6336 
Exiting the design mode? 6336 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6336 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6332 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6331 
Setting up the new Playback 6330 
And the winner is… so far 6327 
If you like type 45... 6327 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6327 
Favorite Flavor? 6327 
The 45 times Meow... 6327 
The problem that I see is… 6327 
Running the 45 6327 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6326 
The commentaries about everything. 6326 
Driver tube and biasing 6326 
DHT drivers 6326 
The ideas are worth trying? 6326 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6322 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6322 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6321 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6321 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6321 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6321 
Operating points and cathode current 6321 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6321 
Actually it is not so simple. 6321 
Resistors at the front 6320 
A minor alternation of a position 6320 
The era of enlightenment. 6317 
The devil is in the details.... 6317 
Constructing Sound 6317 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6316 
The “strange” YO186 6307 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6262 
2S4S and 2A3 6253 
Ho to use the YO186 6246 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6246 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6246 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6244 
Not anymore! 6233 
The very good YoYonisation! 6232 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6231 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6218 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6218 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6165 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6164 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6161 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6151 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5913 
All the Best from Burgundy 5913 
Cheesy tubes 5912 
Me and my DHT references… 5803 
Y0-186 in winter. 5706 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5705 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5674 
In My Dreams 5674 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5674 
Blame? 5673 
When good is not good enough. 5673 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5673 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5672 
How the YO186 was used. 5256 
What is old is new? 5255 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5254 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4803 
That sucks. 4803 
YO186 4801 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4801 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4801 
A hallucination? 4798 
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