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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6402 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6401 
DHT Milq? 6401 
The DHT journey. 6401 
DHT tone 6401 
Well, why not? 6400 
Holding the Fort 6400 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6400 
Input tube and DC heaters 6399 
Reimyo Pat 777 6399 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6395 
DHT or 300B? 6395 
300B 6395 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6395 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6394 
Hence the confusion 6394 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6394 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6394 
My experience with DHTs 6394 
Pigmented coloration? 6394 
Dht-dht 6394 
Dynamic viscosity? 6394 
The Pallette preamp... 6394 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6394 
"soul" of tubes 6394 
There is a difference... 6394 
Vibration injection? 6394 
Homework # 4334 6394 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6394 
Old valves have more soul! 6393 
Was it soul or soil? 6393 
It was just a heading 6393 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6393 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6393 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6393 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6393 
Injection of analog dither? 6393 
Subliminal signal 6393 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6393 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6393 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6392 
Avicenna = Arabian 6392 
Persian, not Arab 6392 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6392 
More words to describe "sux" please 6392 
Revolution 6392 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6392 
One-stage DHTs 6391 
One other thing 6391 
One stage 6391 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6391 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6391 
I see the things differently. 6391 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6391 
The audiophile attitude 6391 
The where and why of design choices 6391 
Blah blah blah 6391 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6391 
Do I need to be hissing? 6391 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6391 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6391 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6390 
What is randomness? 6390 
Those least three possibilities… 6390 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6390 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6390 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6388 
A Beautiful Mind 6387 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6385 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6370 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6370 
Abandoning Milq? 6370 
Will see how it goes.... 6370 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6368 
Topology and 2A3? 6368 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6368 
Type Casting 6368 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6368 
6sn7-2a3 6368 
Topology vs parts 6368 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6368 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6368 
Parts Frenzy 6368 
Too many new sounds 6368 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6367 
New tubes 6366 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6366 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6366 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6366 
New 2A3 6366 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6365 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6364 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6364 
Czech tubes 6362 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6362 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6362 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6361 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6361 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6358 
Here she is. 6357 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6353 
New 2A3 tubes 6353 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6353 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6352 
Multistage DHT circuits 6351 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6350 
Emission Labs 2A3 6350 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6350 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6350 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6350 
The YO186 Strip Show 6350 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6349 
It will be interesting…. 6349 
OPT impedence 6349 
More about the Plate Loading 6349 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6344 
2A3 data 6344 
The New 2A3 tubes 6344 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6344 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6343 
Everything about everything. 6343 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6343 
Options, options, options.... 6343 
I think we agree overall 6343 
An IDHT with more gain? 6342 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6342 
2A3 tube impressions 6337 
Interesting analogy 6337 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6337 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6337 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6337 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6337 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6337 
Why NOS tubes? 6336 
The Holly Ignorance 6336 
Tube tasting 6336 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6336 
Make mine thoriated please 6336 
Any Germans out there? 6336 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6336 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6336 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6336 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6335 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6335 
Tube sound and vibration 6335 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6329 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6328 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6328 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6327 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6327 
B4/B5 British made 6326 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6326 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6325 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6325 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6324 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6323 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6320 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6320 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6319 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6319 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6319 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6319 
The identical operation environment? 6319 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6319 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6319 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6318 
How to get max power from 2A3 6318 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6318 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6318 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6318 
Gain is not power. 6318 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6318 
Specialized DSET approach 6318 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6318 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6318 
The 2A3 loading 6318 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6318 
Optimizing the 2A3 6318 
How much to DSET a DSET 6318 
DSET for Titan 6318 
The Best of All Worlds 6318 
Multiamp setup 6317 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6317 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6317 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6317 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6311 
2A3 and 400V supply 6311 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6310 
Another shot at numbers 6310 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6310 
Okay, so this might work.... 6310 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6310 
Looks good, but.... 6309 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6309 
Less is more... usually. 6309 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6308 
Stepping Out 6308 
Said to be good, but 6308 
Gain to lose 6308 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6308 
Another idea for losing gain 6308 
What's best 6308 
Options, options... 6308 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6308 
Other compromises... 6307 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6306 
Is it glowing yet? 6286 
It is comming.... 6286 
The new MF channel. 6280 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6279 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6271 
The intestage loading talk. 6268 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6263 
1 in 50? 6263 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6263 
Die Walküre soldering. 6262 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6261 
Another amp arond YO186 6260 
Gain? 6260 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6260 
Simple is good 6259 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6259 
The Milq DSET is up. 6258 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6256 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6256 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6255 
Ok, what do I want? 6255 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6255 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6255 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6255 
How about the tweeter? 6254 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6254 
Safe and Sound 6254 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6254 
Some clarifications. 6254 
How about that?!!! 6254 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6252 
Head Room 6252 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6251 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6251 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6251 
Again with the PS 6251 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6249 
Parallel Universe 6249 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6247 
Why I let other people build them... 6247 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6247 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6246 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6243 
MF: the pre-final version. 6243 
Loftin-White? 6243 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6243 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6243 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6239 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6239 
Define really quiet 6238 
Another variable of sound 6238 
Backlash? 6238 
Alternative filament supplies 6238 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6238 
Going down the DC path 6237 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6237 
Molecular sound 6237 
AC-DC heater supply 6237 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6237 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6237 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6237 
Hiss or Hum 6237 
AC transformers 6237 
I have seen the Promised Land 6236 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6236 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6235 
Divide and Conquer 6235 
The design phase is over. 6234 
The unexpected insanity! 6233 
Loading 6233 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6233 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6233 
Going the Distance 6233 
Read the f*** manual! 6233 
Agreed. 6233 
I agree 6233 
The filament transformer 6233 
Center-tap and options 6233 
Something like this…. 6233 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6233 
The foreplay is going on. 6233 
Split balance 6232 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6232 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6232 
SHuguang 6232 
Going through…. 6231 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6230 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6230 
Hum vs voltage 6230 
Meow about the tubes… 6230 
To Be a Content Cat 6230 
Completed! 6227 
Tradition 6227 
Absolutely beautiful! 6227 
The 'film' caps in PS 6226 
Science or religion 6226 
Mass Extinction 6226 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6226 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6226 
Capacitor choices 6226 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6225 
The minor day of Quartets. 6225 
Them's the Breaks 6225 
Eventually! 6224 
So Soon? 6224 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6224 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6223 
The wire for DC-coupling 6223 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6223 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6223 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6222 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6221 
The DHT live reserve 6220 
Some interestng models 6220 
Eaten alive. 6220 
The tubey déjà vu? 6219 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6215 
The 4V takes a lead. 6211 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6208 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6208 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6206 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6205 
Exiting the design mode? 6205 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6205 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6201 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6200 
Setting up the new Playback 6199 
And the winner is… so far 6196 
If you like type 45... 6196 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6196 
Favorite Flavor? 6196 
The 45 times Meow... 6196 
The problem that I see is… 6196 
Running the 45 6196 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6195 
The commentaries about everything. 6195 
Driver tube and biasing 6195 
DHT drivers 6195 
The ideas are worth trying? 6195 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6191 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6191 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6190 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6190 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6190 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6190 
Operating points and cathode current 6190 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6190 
Actually it is not so simple. 6190 
Resistors at the front 6189 
A minor alternation of a position 6189 
The era of enlightenment. 6186 
The devil is in the details.... 6186 
Constructing Sound 6186 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6185 
The “strange” YO186 6176 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6131 
2S4S and 2A3 6122 
Ho to use the YO186 6115 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6115 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6115 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6113 
Not anymore! 6102 
The very good YoYonisation! 6101 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6100 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6087 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6087 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6034 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6033 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6030 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6020 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5782 
All the Best from Burgundy 5782 
Cheesy tubes 5781 
Me and my DHT references… 5672 
Y0-186 in winter. 5575 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5574 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5543 
In My Dreams 5543 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5543 
Blame? 5542 
When good is not good enough. 5542 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5542 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5541 
How the YO186 was used. 5125 
What is old is new? 5124 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5123 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4672 
That sucks. 4672 
YO186 4670 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4670 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4670 
A hallucination? 4667 
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