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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6394 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6393 
DHT Milq? 6393 
The DHT journey. 6393 
DHT tone 6393 
Well, why not? 6392 
Holding the Fort 6392 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6392 
Input tube and DC heaters 6391 
Reimyo Pat 777 6391 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6387 
DHT or 300B? 6387 
300B 6387 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6387 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6386 
Hence the confusion 6386 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6386 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6386 
My experience with DHTs 6386 
Pigmented coloration? 6386 
Dht-dht 6386 
Dynamic viscosity? 6386 
The Pallette preamp... 6386 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6386 
"soul" of tubes 6386 
There is a difference... 6386 
Vibration injection? 6386 
Homework # 4334 6386 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6386 
Old valves have more soul! 6385 
Was it soul or soil? 6385 
It was just a heading 6385 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6385 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6385 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6385 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6385 
Injection of analog dither? 6385 
Subliminal signal 6385 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6385 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6385 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6384 
Avicenna = Arabian 6384 
Persian, not Arab 6384 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6384 
More words to describe "sux" please 6384 
Revolution 6384 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6384 
One-stage DHTs 6383 
One other thing 6383 
One stage 6383 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6383 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6383 
I see the things differently. 6383 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6383 
The audiophile attitude 6383 
The where and why of design choices 6383 
Blah blah blah 6383 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6383 
Do I need to be hissing? 6383 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6383 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6383 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6382 
What is randomness? 6382 
Those least three possibilities… 6382 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6382 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6382 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6380 
A Beautiful Mind 6379 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6377 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6362 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6362 
Abandoning Milq? 6362 
Will see how it goes.... 6362 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6360 
Topology and 2A3? 6360 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6360 
Type Casting 6360 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6360 
6sn7-2a3 6360 
Topology vs parts 6360 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6360 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6360 
Parts Frenzy 6360 
Too many new sounds 6360 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6359 
New tubes 6358 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6358 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6358 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6358 
New 2A3 6358 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6357 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6356 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6356 
Czech tubes 6354 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6354 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6354 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6353 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6353 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6350 
Here she is. 6349 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6345 
New 2A3 tubes 6345 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6345 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6344 
Multistage DHT circuits 6343 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6342 
Emission Labs 2A3 6342 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6342 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6342 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6342 
The YO186 Strip Show 6342 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6341 
It will be interesting…. 6341 
OPT impedence 6341 
More about the Plate Loading 6341 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6336 
2A3 data 6336 
The New 2A3 tubes 6336 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6336 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6335 
Everything about everything. 6335 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6335 
Options, options, options.... 6335 
I think we agree overall 6335 
An IDHT with more gain? 6334 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6334 
2A3 tube impressions 6329 
Interesting analogy 6329 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6329 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6329 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6329 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6329 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6329 
Why NOS tubes? 6328 
The Holly Ignorance 6328 
Tube tasting 6328 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6328 
Make mine thoriated please 6328 
Any Germans out there? 6328 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6328 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6328 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6328 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6327 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6327 
Tube sound and vibration 6327 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6321 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6320 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6320 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6319 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6319 
B4/B5 British made 6318 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6318 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6317 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6317 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6316 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6315 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6312 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6312 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6311 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6311 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6311 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6311 
The identical operation environment? 6311 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6311 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6311 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6310 
How to get max power from 2A3 6310 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6310 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6310 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6310 
Gain is not power. 6310 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6310 
Specialized DSET approach 6310 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6310 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6310 
The 2A3 loading 6310 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6310 
Optimizing the 2A3 6310 
How much to DSET a DSET 6310 
DSET for Titan 6310 
The Best of All Worlds 6310 
Multiamp setup 6309 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6309 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6309 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6309 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6303 
2A3 and 400V supply 6303 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6302 
Another shot at numbers 6302 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6302 
Okay, so this might work.... 6302 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6302 
Looks good, but.... 6301 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6301 
Less is more... usually. 6301 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6300 
Stepping Out 6300 
Said to be good, but 6300 
Gain to lose 6300 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6300 
Another idea for losing gain 6300 
What's best 6300 
Options, options... 6300 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6300 
Other compromises... 6299 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6298 
Is it glowing yet? 6278 
It is comming.... 6278 
The new MF channel. 6272 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6271 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6263 
The intestage loading talk. 6260 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6255 
1 in 50? 6255 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6255 
Die Walküre soldering. 6254 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6253 
Another amp arond YO186 6252 
Gain? 6252 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6252 
Simple is good 6251 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6251 
The Milq DSET is up. 6250 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6248 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6248 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6247 
Ok, what do I want? 6247 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6247 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6247 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6247 
How about the tweeter? 6246 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6246 
Safe and Sound 6246 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6246 
Some clarifications. 6246 
How about that?!!! 6246 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6244 
Head Room 6244 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6243 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6243 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6243 
Again with the PS 6243 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6241 
Parallel Universe 6241 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6239 
Why I let other people build them... 6239 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6239 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6238 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6235 
MF: the pre-final version. 6235 
Loftin-White? 6235 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6235 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6235 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6231 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6231 
Define really quiet 6230 
Another variable of sound 6230 
Backlash? 6230 
Alternative filament supplies 6230 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6230 
Going down the DC path 6229 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6229 
Molecular sound 6229 
AC-DC heater supply 6229 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6229 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6229 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6229 
Hiss or Hum 6229 
AC transformers 6229 
I have seen the Promised Land 6228 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6228 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6227 
Divide and Conquer 6227 
The design phase is over. 6226 
The unexpected insanity! 6225 
Loading 6225 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6225 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6225 
Going the Distance 6225 
Read the f*** manual! 6225 
Agreed. 6225 
I agree 6225 
The filament transformer 6225 
Center-tap and options 6225 
Something like this…. 6225 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6225 
The foreplay is going on. 6225 
Split balance 6224 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6224 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6224 
SHuguang 6224 
Going through…. 6223 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6222 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6222 
Hum vs voltage 6222 
Meow about the tubes… 6222 
To Be a Content Cat 6222 
Completed! 6219 
Tradition 6219 
Absolutely beautiful! 6219 
The 'film' caps in PS 6218 
Science or religion 6218 
Mass Extinction 6218 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6218 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6218 
Capacitor choices 6218 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6217 
The minor day of Quartets. 6217 
Them's the Breaks 6217 
Eventually! 6216 
So Soon? 6216 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6216 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6215 
The wire for DC-coupling 6215 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6215 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6215 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6214 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6213 
The DHT live reserve 6212 
Some interestng models 6212 
Eaten alive. 6212 
The tubey déjà vu? 6211 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6207 
The 4V takes a lead. 6203 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6200 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6200 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6198 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6197 
Exiting the design mode? 6197 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6197 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6193 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6192 
Setting up the new Playback 6191 
And the winner is… so far 6188 
If you like type 45... 6188 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6188 
Favorite Flavor? 6188 
The 45 times Meow... 6188 
The problem that I see is… 6188 
Running the 45 6188 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6187 
The commentaries about everything. 6187 
Driver tube and biasing 6187 
DHT drivers 6187 
The ideas are worth trying? 6187 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6183 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6183 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6182 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6182 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6182 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6182 
Operating points and cathode current 6182 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6182 
Actually it is not so simple. 6182 
Resistors at the front 6181 
A minor alternation of a position 6181 
The era of enlightenment. 6178 
The devil is in the details.... 6178 
Constructing Sound 6178 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6177 
The “strange” YO186 6168 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6123 
2S4S and 2A3 6114 
Ho to use the YO186 6107 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6107 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6107 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6105 
Not anymore! 6094 
The very good YoYonisation! 6093 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6092 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6079 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6079 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6026 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6025 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6022 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6012 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5774 
All the Best from Burgundy 5774 
Cheesy tubes 5773 
Me and my DHT references… 5664 
Y0-186 in winter. 5567 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5566 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5535 
In My Dreams 5535 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5535 
Blame? 5534 
When good is not good enough. 5534 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5534 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5533 
How the YO186 was used. 5117 
What is old is new? 5116 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5115 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4664 
That sucks. 4664 
YO186 4662 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4662 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4662 
A hallucination? 4659 
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