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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6425 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6424 
DHT Milq? 6424 
The DHT journey. 6424 
DHT tone 6424 
Well, why not? 6423 
Holding the Fort 6423 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6423 
Input tube and DC heaters 6422 
Reimyo Pat 777 6422 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6418 
DHT or 300B? 6418 
300B 6418 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6418 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6417 
Hence the confusion 6417 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6417 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6417 
My experience with DHTs 6417 
Pigmented coloration? 6417 
Dht-dht 6417 
Dynamic viscosity? 6417 
The Pallette preamp... 6417 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6417 
"soul" of tubes 6417 
There is a difference... 6417 
Vibration injection? 6417 
Homework # 4334 6417 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6417 
Old valves have more soul! 6416 
Was it soul or soil? 6416 
It was just a heading 6416 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6416 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6416 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6416 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6416 
Injection of analog dither? 6416 
Subliminal signal 6416 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6416 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6416 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6415 
Avicenna = Arabian 6415 
Persian, not Arab 6415 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6415 
More words to describe "sux" please 6415 
Revolution 6415 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6415 
One-stage DHTs 6414 
One other thing 6414 
One stage 6414 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6414 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6414 
I see the things differently. 6414 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6414 
The audiophile attitude 6414 
The where and why of design choices 6414 
Blah blah blah 6414 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6414 
Do I need to be hissing? 6414 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6414 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6414 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6413 
What is randomness? 6413 
Those least three possibilities… 6413 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6413 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6413 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6411 
A Beautiful Mind 6410 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6408 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6393 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6393 
Abandoning Milq? 6393 
Will see how it goes.... 6393 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6391 
Topology and 2A3? 6391 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6391 
Type Casting 6391 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6391 
6sn7-2a3 6391 
Topology vs parts 6391 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6391 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6391 
Parts Frenzy 6391 
Too many new sounds 6391 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6390 
New tubes 6389 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6389 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6389 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6389 
New 2A3 6389 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6388 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6387 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6387 
Czech tubes 6385 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6385 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6385 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6384 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6384 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6381 
Here she is. 6380 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6376 
New 2A3 tubes 6376 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6376 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6375 
Multistage DHT circuits 6374 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6373 
Emission Labs 2A3 6373 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6373 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6373 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6373 
The YO186 Strip Show 6373 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6372 
It will be interesting…. 6372 
OPT impedence 6372 
More about the Plate Loading 6372 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6367 
2A3 data 6367 
The New 2A3 tubes 6367 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6367 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6366 
Everything about everything. 6366 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6366 
Options, options, options.... 6366 
I think we agree overall 6366 
An IDHT with more gain? 6365 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6365 
2A3 tube impressions 6360 
Interesting analogy 6360 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6360 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6360 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6360 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6360 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6360 
Why NOS tubes? 6359 
The Holly Ignorance 6359 
Tube tasting 6359 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6359 
Make mine thoriated please 6359 
Any Germans out there? 6359 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6359 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6359 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6359 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6358 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6358 
Tube sound and vibration 6358 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6352 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6351 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6351 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6350 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6350 
B4/B5 British made 6349 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6349 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6348 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6348 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6347 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6346 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6343 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6343 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6342 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6342 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6342 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6342 
The identical operation environment? 6342 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6342 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6342 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6341 
How to get max power from 2A3 6341 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6341 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6341 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6341 
Gain is not power. 6341 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6341 
Specialized DSET approach 6341 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6341 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6341 
The 2A3 loading 6341 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6341 
Optimizing the 2A3 6341 
How much to DSET a DSET 6341 
DSET for Titan 6341 
The Best of All Worlds 6341 
Multiamp setup 6340 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6340 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6340 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6340 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6334 
2A3 and 400V supply 6334 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6333 
Another shot at numbers 6333 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6333 
Okay, so this might work.... 6333 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6333 
Looks good, but.... 6332 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6332 
Less is more... usually. 6332 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6331 
Stepping Out 6331 
Said to be good, but 6331 
Gain to lose 6331 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6331 
Another idea for losing gain 6331 
What's best 6331 
Options, options... 6331 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6331 
Other compromises... 6330 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6329 
Is it glowing yet? 6309 
It is comming.... 6309 
The new MF channel. 6303 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6302 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6294 
The intestage loading talk. 6291 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6286 
1 in 50? 6286 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6286 
Die Walküre soldering. 6285 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6284 
Another amp arond YO186 6283 
Gain? 6283 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6283 
Simple is good 6282 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6282 
The Milq DSET is up. 6281 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6279 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6279 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6278 
Ok, what do I want? 6278 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6278 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6278 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6278 
How about the tweeter? 6277 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6277 
Safe and Sound 6277 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6277 
Some clarifications. 6277 
How about that?!!! 6277 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6275 
Head Room 6275 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6274 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6274 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6274 
Again with the PS 6274 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6272 
Parallel Universe 6272 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6270 
Why I let other people build them... 6270 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6270 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6269 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6266 
MF: the pre-final version. 6266 
Loftin-White? 6266 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6266 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6266 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6262 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6262 
Define really quiet 6261 
Another variable of sound 6261 
Backlash? 6261 
Alternative filament supplies 6261 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6261 
Going down the DC path 6260 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6260 
Molecular sound 6260 
AC-DC heater supply 6260 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6260 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6260 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6260 
Hiss or Hum 6260 
AC transformers 6260 
I have seen the Promised Land 6259 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6259 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6258 
Divide and Conquer 6258 
The design phase is over. 6257 
The unexpected insanity! 6256 
Loading 6256 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6256 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6256 
Going the Distance 6256 
Read the f*** manual! 6256 
Agreed. 6256 
I agree 6256 
The filament transformer 6256 
Center-tap and options 6256 
Something like this…. 6256 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6256 
The foreplay is going on. 6256 
Split balance 6255 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6255 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6255 
SHuguang 6255 
Going through…. 6254 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6253 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6253 
Hum vs voltage 6253 
Meow about the tubes… 6253 
To Be a Content Cat 6253 
Completed! 6250 
Tradition 6250 
Absolutely beautiful! 6250 
The 'film' caps in PS 6249 
Science or religion 6249 
Mass Extinction 6249 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6249 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6249 
Capacitor choices 6249 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6248 
The minor day of Quartets. 6248 
Them's the Breaks 6248 
Eventually! 6247 
So Soon? 6247 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6247 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6246 
The wire for DC-coupling 6246 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6246 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6246 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6245 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6244 
The DHT live reserve 6243 
Some interestng models 6243 
Eaten alive. 6243 
The tubey déjà vu? 6242 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6238 
The 4V takes a lead. 6234 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6231 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6231 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6229 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6228 
Exiting the design mode? 6228 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6228 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6224 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6223 
Setting up the new Playback 6222 
And the winner is… so far 6219 
If you like type 45... 6219 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6219 
Favorite Flavor? 6219 
The 45 times Meow... 6219 
The problem that I see is… 6219 
Running the 45 6219 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6218 
The commentaries about everything. 6218 
Driver tube and biasing 6218 
DHT drivers 6218 
The ideas are worth trying? 6218 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6214 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6214 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6213 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6213 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6213 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6213 
Operating points and cathode current 6213 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6213 
Actually it is not so simple. 6213 
Resistors at the front 6212 
A minor alternation of a position 6212 
The era of enlightenment. 6209 
The devil is in the details.... 6209 
Constructing Sound 6209 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6208 
The “strange” YO186 6199 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6154 
2S4S and 2A3 6145 
Ho to use the YO186 6138 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6138 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6138 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6136 
Not anymore! 6125 
The very good YoYonisation! 6124 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6123 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6110 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6110 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6057 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6056 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6053 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6043 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5805 
All the Best from Burgundy 5805 
Cheesy tubes 5804 
Me and my DHT references… 5695 
Y0-186 in winter. 5598 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5597 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5566 
In My Dreams 5566 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5566 
Blame? 5565 
When good is not good enough. 5565 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5565 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5564 
How the YO186 was used. 5148 
What is old is new? 5147 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5146 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4695 
That sucks. 4695 
YO186 4693 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4693 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4693 
A hallucination? 4690 
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