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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6486 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6485 
DHT Milq? 6485 
The DHT journey. 6485 
DHT tone 6485 
Well, why not? 6484 
Holding the Fort 6484 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6484 
Input tube and DC heaters 6483 
Reimyo Pat 777 6483 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6479 
DHT or 300B? 6479 
300B 6479 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6479 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6478 
Hence the confusion 6478 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6478 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6478 
My experience with DHTs 6478 
Pigmented coloration? 6478 
Dht-dht 6478 
Dynamic viscosity? 6478 
The Pallette preamp... 6478 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6478 
"soul" of tubes 6478 
There is a difference... 6478 
Vibration injection? 6478 
Homework # 4334 6478 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6478 
Old valves have more soul! 6477 
Was it soul or soil? 6477 
It was just a heading 6477 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6477 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6477 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6477 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6477 
Injection of analog dither? 6477 
Subliminal signal 6477 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6477 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6477 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6476 
Avicenna = Arabian 6476 
Persian, not Arab 6476 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6476 
More words to describe "sux" please 6476 
Revolution 6476 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6476 
One-stage DHTs 6475 
One other thing 6475 
One stage 6475 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6475 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6475 
I see the things differently. 6475 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6475 
The audiophile attitude 6475 
The where and why of design choices 6475 
Blah blah blah 6475 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6475 
Do I need to be hissing? 6475 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6475 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6475 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6474 
What is randomness? 6474 
Those least three possibilities… 6474 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6474 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6474 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6472 
A Beautiful Mind 6471 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6469 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6454 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6454 
Abandoning Milq? 6454 
Will see how it goes.... 6454 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6452 
Topology and 2A3? 6452 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6452 
Type Casting 6452 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6452 
6sn7-2a3 6452 
Topology vs parts 6452 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6452 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6452 
Parts Frenzy 6452 
Too many new sounds 6452 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6451 
New tubes 6450 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6450 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6450 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6450 
New 2A3 6450 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6449 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6448 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6448 
Czech tubes 6446 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6446 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6446 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6445 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6445 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6442 
Here she is. 6441 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6437 
New 2A3 tubes 6437 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6437 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6436 
Multistage DHT circuits 6435 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6434 
Emission Labs 2A3 6434 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6434 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6434 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6434 
The YO186 Strip Show 6434 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6433 
It will be interesting…. 6433 
OPT impedence 6433 
More about the Plate Loading 6433 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6428 
2A3 data 6428 
The New 2A3 tubes 6428 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6428 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6427 
Everything about everything. 6427 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6427 
Options, options, options.... 6427 
I think we agree overall 6427 
An IDHT with more gain? 6426 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6426 
2A3 tube impressions 6421 
Interesting analogy 6421 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6421 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6421 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6421 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6421 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6421 
Why NOS tubes? 6420 
The Holly Ignorance 6420 
Tube tasting 6420 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6420 
Make mine thoriated please 6420 
Any Germans out there? 6420 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6420 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6420 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6420 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6419 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6419 
Tube sound and vibration 6419 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6413 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6412 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6412 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6411 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6411 
B4/B5 British made 6410 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6410 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6409 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6409 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6408 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6407 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6404 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6404 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6403 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6403 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6403 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6403 
The identical operation environment? 6403 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6403 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6403 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6402 
How to get max power from 2A3 6402 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6402 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6402 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6402 
Gain is not power. 6402 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6402 
Specialized DSET approach 6402 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6402 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6402 
The 2A3 loading 6402 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6402 
Optimizing the 2A3 6402 
How much to DSET a DSET 6402 
DSET for Titan 6402 
The Best of All Worlds 6402 
Multiamp setup 6401 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6401 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6401 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6401 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6395 
2A3 and 400V supply 6395 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6394 
Another shot at numbers 6394 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6394 
Okay, so this might work.... 6394 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6394 
Looks good, but.... 6393 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6393 
Less is more... usually. 6393 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6392 
Stepping Out 6392 
Said to be good, but 6392 
Gain to lose 6392 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6392 
Another idea for losing gain 6392 
What's best 6392 
Options, options... 6392 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6392 
Other compromises... 6391 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6390 
Is it glowing yet? 6370 
It is comming.... 6370 
The new MF channel. 6364 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6363 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6355 
The intestage loading talk. 6352 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6347 
1 in 50? 6347 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6347 
Die Walküre soldering. 6346 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6345 
Another amp arond YO186 6344 
Gain? 6344 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6344 
Simple is good 6343 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6343 
The Milq DSET is up. 6342 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6340 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6340 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6339 
Ok, what do I want? 6339 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6339 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6339 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6339 
How about the tweeter? 6338 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6338 
Safe and Sound 6338 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6338 
Some clarifications. 6338 
How about that?!!! 6338 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6336 
Head Room 6336 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6335 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6335 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6335 
Again with the PS 6335 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6333 
Parallel Universe 6333 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6331 
Why I let other people build them... 6331 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6331 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6330 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6327 
MF: the pre-final version. 6327 
Loftin-White? 6327 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6327 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6327 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6323 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6323 
Define really quiet 6322 
Another variable of sound 6322 
Backlash? 6322 
Alternative filament supplies 6322 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6322 
Going down the DC path 6321 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6321 
Molecular sound 6321 
AC-DC heater supply 6321 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6321 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6321 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6321 
Hiss or Hum 6321 
AC transformers 6321 
I have seen the Promised Land 6320 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6320 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6319 
Divide and Conquer 6319 
The design phase is over. 6318 
The unexpected insanity! 6317 
Loading 6317 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6317 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6317 
Going the Distance 6317 
Read the f*** manual! 6317 
Agreed. 6317 
I agree 6317 
The filament transformer 6317 
Center-tap and options 6317 
Something like this…. 6317 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6317 
The foreplay is going on. 6317 
Split balance 6316 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6316 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6316 
SHuguang 6316 
Going through…. 6315 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6314 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6314 
Hum vs voltage 6314 
Meow about the tubes… 6314 
To Be a Content Cat 6314 
Completed! 6311 
Tradition 6311 
Absolutely beautiful! 6311 
The 'film' caps in PS 6310 
Science or religion 6310 
Mass Extinction 6310 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6310 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6310 
Capacitor choices 6310 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6309 
The minor day of Quartets. 6309 
Them's the Breaks 6309 
Eventually! 6308 
So Soon? 6308 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6308 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6307 
The wire for DC-coupling 6307 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6307 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6307 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6306 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6305 
The DHT live reserve 6304 
Some interestng models 6304 
Eaten alive. 6304 
The tubey déjà vu? 6303 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6299 
The 4V takes a lead. 6295 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6292 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6292 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6290 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6289 
Exiting the design mode? 6289 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6289 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6285 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6284 
Setting up the new Playback 6283 
And the winner is… so far 6280 
If you like type 45... 6280 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6280 
Favorite Flavor? 6280 
The 45 times Meow... 6280 
The problem that I see is… 6280 
Running the 45 6280 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6279 
The commentaries about everything. 6279 
Driver tube and biasing 6279 
DHT drivers 6279 
The ideas are worth trying? 6279 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6275 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6275 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6274 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6274 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6274 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6274 
Operating points and cathode current 6274 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6274 
Actually it is not so simple. 6274 
Resistors at the front 6273 
A minor alternation of a position 6273 
The era of enlightenment. 6270 
The devil is in the details.... 6270 
Constructing Sound 6270 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6269 
The “strange” YO186 6260 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6215 
2S4S and 2A3 6206 
Ho to use the YO186 6199 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6199 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6199 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6197 
Not anymore! 6186 
The very good YoYonisation! 6185 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6184 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6171 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6171 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6118 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6117 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6114 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6104 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5866 
All the Best from Burgundy 5866 
Cheesy tubes 5865 
Me and my DHT references… 5756 
Y0-186 in winter. 5659 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5658 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5627 
In My Dreams 5627 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5627 
Blame? 5626 
When good is not good enough. 5626 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5626 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5625 
How the YO186 was used. 5209 
What is old is new? 5208 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5207 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4756 
That sucks. 4756 
YO186 4754 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4754 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4754 
A hallucination? 4751 
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