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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6395 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6394 
DHT Milq? 6394 
The DHT journey. 6394 
DHT tone 6394 
Well, why not? 6393 
Holding the Fort 6393 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6393 
Input tube and DC heaters 6392 
Reimyo Pat 777 6392 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6388 
DHT or 300B? 6388 
300B 6388 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6388 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6387 
Hence the confusion 6387 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6387 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6387 
My experience with DHTs 6387 
Pigmented coloration? 6387 
Dht-dht 6387 
Dynamic viscosity? 6387 
The Pallette preamp... 6387 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6387 
"soul" of tubes 6387 
There is a difference... 6387 
Vibration injection? 6387 
Homework # 4334 6387 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6387 
Old valves have more soul! 6386 
Was it soul or soil? 6386 
It was just a heading 6386 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6386 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6386 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6386 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6386 
Injection of analog dither? 6386 
Subliminal signal 6386 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6386 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6386 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6385 
Avicenna = Arabian 6385 
Persian, not Arab 6385 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6385 
More words to describe "sux" please 6385 
Revolution 6385 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6385 
One-stage DHTs 6384 
One other thing 6384 
One stage 6384 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6384 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6384 
I see the things differently. 6384 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6384 
The audiophile attitude 6384 
The where and why of design choices 6384 
Blah blah blah 6384 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6384 
Do I need to be hissing? 6384 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6384 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6384 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6383 
What is randomness? 6383 
Those least three possibilities… 6383 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6383 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6383 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6381 
A Beautiful Mind 6380 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6378 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6363 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6363 
Abandoning Milq? 6363 
Will see how it goes.... 6363 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6361 
Topology and 2A3? 6361 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6361 
Type Casting 6361 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6361 
6sn7-2a3 6361 
Topology vs parts 6361 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6361 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6361 
Parts Frenzy 6361 
Too many new sounds 6361 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6360 
New tubes 6359 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6359 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6359 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6359 
New 2A3 6359 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6358 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6357 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6357 
Czech tubes 6355 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6355 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6355 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6354 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6354 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6351 
Here she is. 6350 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6346 
New 2A3 tubes 6346 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6346 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6345 
Multistage DHT circuits 6344 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6343 
Emission Labs 2A3 6343 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6343 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6343 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6343 
The YO186 Strip Show 6343 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6342 
It will be interesting…. 6342 
OPT impedence 6342 
More about the Plate Loading 6342 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6337 
2A3 data 6337 
The New 2A3 tubes 6337 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6337 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6336 
Everything about everything. 6336 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6336 
Options, options, options.... 6336 
I think we agree overall 6336 
An IDHT with more gain? 6335 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6335 
2A3 tube impressions 6330 
Interesting analogy 6330 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6330 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6330 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6330 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6330 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6330 
Why NOS tubes? 6329 
The Holly Ignorance 6329 
Tube tasting 6329 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6329 
Make mine thoriated please 6329 
Any Germans out there? 6329 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6329 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6329 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6329 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6328 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6328 
Tube sound and vibration 6328 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6322 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6321 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6321 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6320 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6320 
B4/B5 British made 6319 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6319 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6318 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6318 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6317 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6316 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6313 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6313 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6312 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6312 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6312 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6312 
The identical operation environment? 6312 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6312 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6312 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6311 
How to get max power from 2A3 6311 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6311 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6311 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6311 
Gain is not power. 6311 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6311 
Specialized DSET approach 6311 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6311 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6311 
The 2A3 loading 6311 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6311 
Optimizing the 2A3 6311 
How much to DSET a DSET 6311 
DSET for Titan 6311 
The Best of All Worlds 6311 
Multiamp setup 6310 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6310 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6310 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6310 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6304 
2A3 and 400V supply 6304 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6303 
Another shot at numbers 6303 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6303 
Okay, so this might work.... 6303 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6303 
Looks good, but.... 6302 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6302 
Less is more... usually. 6302 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6301 
Stepping Out 6301 
Said to be good, but 6301 
Gain to lose 6301 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6301 
Another idea for losing gain 6301 
What's best 6301 
Options, options... 6301 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6301 
Other compromises... 6300 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6299 
Is it glowing yet? 6279 
It is comming.... 6279 
The new MF channel. 6273 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6272 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6264 
The intestage loading talk. 6261 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6256 
1 in 50? 6256 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6256 
Die Walküre soldering. 6255 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6254 
Another amp arond YO186 6253 
Gain? 6253 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6253 
Simple is good 6252 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6252 
The Milq DSET is up. 6251 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6249 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6249 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6248 
Ok, what do I want? 6248 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6248 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6248 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6248 
How about the tweeter? 6247 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6247 
Safe and Sound 6247 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6247 
Some clarifications. 6247 
How about that?!!! 6247 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6245 
Head Room 6245 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6244 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6244 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6244 
Again with the PS 6244 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6242 
Parallel Universe 6242 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6240 
Why I let other people build them... 6240 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6240 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6239 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6236 
MF: the pre-final version. 6236 
Loftin-White? 6236 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6236 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6236 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6232 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6232 
Define really quiet 6231 
Another variable of sound 6231 
Backlash? 6231 
Alternative filament supplies 6231 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6231 
Going down the DC path 6230 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6230 
Molecular sound 6230 
AC-DC heater supply 6230 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6230 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6230 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6230 
Hiss or Hum 6230 
AC transformers 6230 
I have seen the Promised Land 6229 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6229 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6228 
Divide and Conquer 6228 
The design phase is over. 6227 
The unexpected insanity! 6226 
Loading 6226 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6226 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6226 
Going the Distance 6226 
Read the f*** manual! 6226 
Agreed. 6226 
I agree 6226 
The filament transformer 6226 
Center-tap and options 6226 
Something like this…. 6226 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6226 
The foreplay is going on. 6226 
Split balance 6225 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6225 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6225 
SHuguang 6225 
Going through…. 6224 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6223 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6223 
Hum vs voltage 6223 
Meow about the tubes… 6223 
To Be a Content Cat 6223 
Completed! 6220 
Tradition 6220 
Absolutely beautiful! 6220 
The 'film' caps in PS 6219 
Science or religion 6219 
Mass Extinction 6219 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6219 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6219 
Capacitor choices 6219 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6218 
The minor day of Quartets. 6218 
Them's the Breaks 6218 
Eventually! 6217 
So Soon? 6217 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6217 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6216 
The wire for DC-coupling 6216 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6216 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6216 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6215 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6214 
The DHT live reserve 6213 
Some interestng models 6213 
Eaten alive. 6213 
The tubey déjà vu? 6212 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6208 
The 4V takes a lead. 6204 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6201 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6201 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6199 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6198 
Exiting the design mode? 6198 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6198 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6194 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6193 
Setting up the new Playback 6192 
And the winner is… so far 6189 
If you like type 45... 6189 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6189 
Favorite Flavor? 6189 
The 45 times Meow... 6189 
The problem that I see is… 6189 
Running the 45 6189 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6188 
The commentaries about everything. 6188 
Driver tube and biasing 6188 
DHT drivers 6188 
The ideas are worth trying? 6188 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6184 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6184 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6183 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6183 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6183 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6183 
Operating points and cathode current 6183 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6183 
Actually it is not so simple. 6183 
Resistors at the front 6182 
A minor alternation of a position 6182 
The era of enlightenment. 6179 
The devil is in the details.... 6179 
Constructing Sound 6179 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6178 
The “strange” YO186 6169 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6124 
2S4S and 2A3 6115 
Ho to use the YO186 6108 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6108 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6108 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6106 
Not anymore! 6095 
The very good YoYonisation! 6094 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6093 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6080 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6080 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6027 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6026 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6023 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6013 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5775 
All the Best from Burgundy 5775 
Cheesy tubes 5774 
Me and my DHT references… 5665 
Y0-186 in winter. 5568 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5567 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5536 
In My Dreams 5536 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5536 
Blame? 5535 
When good is not good enough. 5535 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5535 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5534 
How the YO186 was used. 5118 
What is old is new? 5117 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5116 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4665 
That sucks. 4665 
YO186 4663 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4663 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4663 
A hallucination? 4660 
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