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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6471 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6470 
DHT Milq? 6470 
The DHT journey. 6470 
DHT tone 6470 
Well, why not? 6469 
Holding the Fort 6469 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6469 
Input tube and DC heaters 6468 
Reimyo Pat 777 6468 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6464 
DHT or 300B? 6464 
300B 6464 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6464 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6463 
Hence the confusion 6463 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6463 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6463 
My experience with DHTs 6463 
Pigmented coloration? 6463 
Dht-dht 6463 
Dynamic viscosity? 6463 
The Pallette preamp... 6463 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6463 
"soul" of tubes 6463 
There is a difference... 6463 
Vibration injection? 6463 
Homework # 4334 6463 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6463 
Old valves have more soul! 6462 
Was it soul or soil? 6462 
It was just a heading 6462 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6462 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6462 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6462 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6462 
Injection of analog dither? 6462 
Subliminal signal 6462 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6462 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6462 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6461 
Avicenna = Arabian 6461 
Persian, not Arab 6461 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6461 
More words to describe "sux" please 6461 
Revolution 6461 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6461 
One-stage DHTs 6460 
One other thing 6460 
One stage 6460 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6460 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6460 
I see the things differently. 6460 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6460 
The audiophile attitude 6460 
The where and why of design choices 6460 
Blah blah blah 6460 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6460 
Do I need to be hissing? 6460 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6460 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6460 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6459 
What is randomness? 6459 
Those least three possibilities… 6459 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6459 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6459 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6457 
A Beautiful Mind 6456 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6454 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6439 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6439 
Abandoning Milq? 6439 
Will see how it goes.... 6439 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6437 
Topology and 2A3? 6437 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6437 
Type Casting 6437 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6437 
6sn7-2a3 6437 
Topology vs parts 6437 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6437 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6437 
Parts Frenzy 6437 
Too many new sounds 6437 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6436 
New tubes 6435 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6435 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6435 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6435 
New 2A3 6435 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6434 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6433 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6433 
Czech tubes 6431 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6431 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6431 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6430 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6430 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6427 
Here she is. 6426 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6422 
New 2A3 tubes 6422 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6422 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6421 
Multistage DHT circuits 6420 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6419 
Emission Labs 2A3 6419 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6419 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6419 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6419 
The YO186 Strip Show 6419 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6418 
It will be interesting…. 6418 
OPT impedence 6418 
More about the Plate Loading 6418 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6413 
2A3 data 6413 
The New 2A3 tubes 6413 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6413 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6412 
Everything about everything. 6412 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6412 
Options, options, options.... 6412 
I think we agree overall 6412 
An IDHT with more gain? 6411 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6411 
2A3 tube impressions 6406 
Interesting analogy 6406 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6406 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6406 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6406 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6406 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6406 
Why NOS tubes? 6405 
The Holly Ignorance 6405 
Tube tasting 6405 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6405 
Make mine thoriated please 6405 
Any Germans out there? 6405 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6405 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6405 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6405 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6404 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6404 
Tube sound and vibration 6404 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6398 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6397 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6397 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6396 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6396 
B4/B5 British made 6395 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6395 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6394 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6394 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6393 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6392 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6389 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6389 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6388 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6388 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6388 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6388 
The identical operation environment? 6388 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6388 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6388 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6387 
How to get max power from 2A3 6387 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6387 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6387 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6387 
Gain is not power. 6387 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6387 
Specialized DSET approach 6387 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6387 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6387 
The 2A3 loading 6387 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6387 
Optimizing the 2A3 6387 
How much to DSET a DSET 6387 
DSET for Titan 6387 
The Best of All Worlds 6387 
Multiamp setup 6386 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6386 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6386 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6386 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6380 
2A3 and 400V supply 6380 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6379 
Another shot at numbers 6379 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6379 
Okay, so this might work.... 6379 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6379 
Looks good, but.... 6378 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6378 
Less is more... usually. 6378 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6377 
Stepping Out 6377 
Said to be good, but 6377 
Gain to lose 6377 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6377 
Another idea for losing gain 6377 
What's best 6377 
Options, options... 6377 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6377 
Other compromises... 6376 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6375 
Is it glowing yet? 6355 
It is comming.... 6355 
The new MF channel. 6349 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6348 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6340 
The intestage loading talk. 6337 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6332 
1 in 50? 6332 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6332 
Die Walküre soldering. 6331 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6330 
Another amp arond YO186 6329 
Gain? 6329 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6329 
Simple is good 6328 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6328 
The Milq DSET is up. 6327 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6325 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6325 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6324 
Ok, what do I want? 6324 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6324 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6324 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6324 
How about the tweeter? 6323 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6323 
Safe and Sound 6323 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6323 
Some clarifications. 6323 
How about that?!!! 6323 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6321 
Head Room 6321 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6320 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6320 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6320 
Again with the PS 6320 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6318 
Parallel Universe 6318 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6316 
Why I let other people build them... 6316 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6316 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6315 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6312 
MF: the pre-final version. 6312 
Loftin-White? 6312 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6312 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6312 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6308 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6308 
Define really quiet 6307 
Another variable of sound 6307 
Backlash? 6307 
Alternative filament supplies 6307 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6307 
Going down the DC path 6306 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6306 
Molecular sound 6306 
AC-DC heater supply 6306 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6306 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6306 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6306 
Hiss or Hum 6306 
AC transformers 6306 
I have seen the Promised Land 6305 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6305 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6304 
Divide and Conquer 6304 
The design phase is over. 6303 
The unexpected insanity! 6302 
Loading 6302 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6302 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6302 
Going the Distance 6302 
Read the f*** manual! 6302 
Agreed. 6302 
I agree 6302 
The filament transformer 6302 
Center-tap and options 6302 
Something like this…. 6302 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6302 
The foreplay is going on. 6302 
Split balance 6301 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6301 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6301 
SHuguang 6301 
Going through…. 6300 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6299 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6299 
Hum vs voltage 6299 
Meow about the tubes… 6299 
To Be a Content Cat 6299 
Completed! 6296 
Tradition 6296 
Absolutely beautiful! 6296 
The 'film' caps in PS 6295 
Science or religion 6295 
Mass Extinction 6295 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6295 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6295 
Capacitor choices 6295 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6294 
The minor day of Quartets. 6294 
Them's the Breaks 6294 
Eventually! 6293 
So Soon? 6293 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6293 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6292 
The wire for DC-coupling 6292 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6292 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6292 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6291 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6290 
The DHT live reserve 6289 
Some interestng models 6289 
Eaten alive. 6289 
The tubey déjà vu? 6288 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6284 
The 4V takes a lead. 6280 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6277 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6277 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6275 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6274 
Exiting the design mode? 6274 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6274 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6270 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6269 
Setting up the new Playback 6268 
And the winner is… so far 6265 
If you like type 45... 6265 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6265 
Favorite Flavor? 6265 
The 45 times Meow... 6265 
The problem that I see is… 6265 
Running the 45 6265 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6264 
The commentaries about everything. 6264 
Driver tube and biasing 6264 
DHT drivers 6264 
The ideas are worth trying? 6264 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6260 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6260 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6259 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6259 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6259 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6259 
Operating points and cathode current 6259 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6259 
Actually it is not so simple. 6259 
Resistors at the front 6258 
A minor alternation of a position 6258 
The era of enlightenment. 6255 
The devil is in the details.... 6255 
Constructing Sound 6255 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6254 
The “strange” YO186 6245 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6200 
2S4S and 2A3 6191 
Ho to use the YO186 6184 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6184 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6184 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6182 
Not anymore! 6171 
The very good YoYonisation! 6170 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6169 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6156 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6156 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6103 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6102 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6099 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6089 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5851 
All the Best from Burgundy 5851 
Cheesy tubes 5850 
Me and my DHT references… 5741 
Y0-186 in winter. 5644 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5643 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5612 
In My Dreams 5612 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5612 
Blame? 5611 
When good is not good enough. 5611 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5611 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5610 
How the YO186 was used. 5194 
What is old is new? 5193 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5192 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4741 
That sucks. 4741 
YO186 4739 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4739 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4739 
A hallucination? 4736 
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