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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6424 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6423 
DHT Milq? 6423 
The DHT journey. 6423 
DHT tone 6423 
Well, why not? 6422 
Holding the Fort 6422 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6422 
Input tube and DC heaters 6421 
Reimyo Pat 777 6421 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6417 
DHT or 300B? 6417 
300B 6417 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6417 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6416 
Hence the confusion 6416 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6416 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6416 
My experience with DHTs 6416 
Pigmented coloration? 6416 
Dht-dht 6416 
Dynamic viscosity? 6416 
The Pallette preamp... 6416 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6416 
"soul" of tubes 6416 
There is a difference... 6416 
Vibration injection? 6416 
Homework # 4334 6416 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6416 
Old valves have more soul! 6415 
Was it soul or soil? 6415 
It was just a heading 6415 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6415 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6415 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6415 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6415 
Injection of analog dither? 6415 
Subliminal signal 6415 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6415 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6415 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6414 
Avicenna = Arabian 6414 
Persian, not Arab 6414 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6414 
More words to describe "sux" please 6414 
Revolution 6414 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6414 
One-stage DHTs 6413 
One other thing 6413 
One stage 6413 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6413 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6413 
I see the things differently. 6413 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6413 
The audiophile attitude 6413 
The where and why of design choices 6413 
Blah blah blah 6413 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6413 
Do I need to be hissing? 6413 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6413 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6413 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6412 
What is randomness? 6412 
Those least three possibilities… 6412 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6412 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6412 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6410 
A Beautiful Mind 6409 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6407 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6392 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6392 
Abandoning Milq? 6392 
Will see how it goes.... 6392 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6390 
Topology and 2A3? 6390 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6390 
Type Casting 6390 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6390 
6sn7-2a3 6390 
Topology vs parts 6390 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6390 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6390 
Parts Frenzy 6390 
Too many new sounds 6390 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6389 
New tubes 6388 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6388 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6388 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6388 
New 2A3 6388 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6387 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6386 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6386 
Czech tubes 6384 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6384 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6384 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6383 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6383 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6380 
Here she is. 6379 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6375 
New 2A3 tubes 6375 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6375 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6374 
Multistage DHT circuits 6373 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6372 
Emission Labs 2A3 6372 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6372 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6372 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6372 
The YO186 Strip Show 6372 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6371 
It will be interesting…. 6371 
OPT impedence 6371 
More about the Plate Loading 6371 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6366 
2A3 data 6366 
The New 2A3 tubes 6366 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6366 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6365 
Everything about everything. 6365 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6365 
Options, options, options.... 6365 
I think we agree overall 6365 
An IDHT with more gain? 6364 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6364 
2A3 tube impressions 6359 
Interesting analogy 6359 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6359 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6359 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6359 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6359 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6359 
Why NOS tubes? 6358 
The Holly Ignorance 6358 
Tube tasting 6358 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6358 
Make mine thoriated please 6358 
Any Germans out there? 6358 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6358 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6358 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6358 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6357 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6357 
Tube sound and vibration 6357 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6351 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6350 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6350 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6349 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6349 
B4/B5 British made 6348 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6348 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6347 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6347 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6346 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6345 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6342 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6342 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6341 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6341 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6341 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6341 
The identical operation environment? 6341 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6341 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6341 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6340 
How to get max power from 2A3 6340 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6340 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6340 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6340 
Gain is not power. 6340 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6340 
Specialized DSET approach 6340 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6340 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6340 
The 2A3 loading 6340 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6340 
Optimizing the 2A3 6340 
How much to DSET a DSET 6340 
DSET for Titan 6340 
The Best of All Worlds 6340 
Multiamp setup 6339 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6339 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6339 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6339 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6333 
2A3 and 400V supply 6333 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6332 
Another shot at numbers 6332 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6332 
Okay, so this might work.... 6332 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6332 
Looks good, but.... 6331 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6331 
Less is more... usually. 6331 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6330 
Stepping Out 6330 
Said to be good, but 6330 
Gain to lose 6330 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6330 
Another idea for losing gain 6330 
What's best 6330 
Options, options... 6330 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6330 
Other compromises... 6329 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6328 
Is it glowing yet? 6308 
It is comming.... 6308 
The new MF channel. 6302 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6301 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6293 
The intestage loading talk. 6290 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6285 
1 in 50? 6285 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6285 
Die Walküre soldering. 6284 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6283 
Another amp arond YO186 6282 
Gain? 6282 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6282 
Simple is good 6281 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6281 
The Milq DSET is up. 6280 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6278 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6278 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6277 
Ok, what do I want? 6277 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6277 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6277 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6277 
How about the tweeter? 6276 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6276 
Safe and Sound 6276 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6276 
Some clarifications. 6276 
How about that?!!! 6276 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6274 
Head Room 6274 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6273 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6273 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6273 
Again with the PS 6273 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6271 
Parallel Universe 6271 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6269 
Why I let other people build them... 6269 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6269 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6268 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6265 
MF: the pre-final version. 6265 
Loftin-White? 6265 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6265 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6265 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6261 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6261 
Define really quiet 6260 
Another variable of sound 6260 
Backlash? 6260 
Alternative filament supplies 6260 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6260 
Going down the DC path 6259 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6259 
Molecular sound 6259 
AC-DC heater supply 6259 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6259 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6259 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6259 
Hiss or Hum 6259 
AC transformers 6259 
I have seen the Promised Land 6258 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6258 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6257 
Divide and Conquer 6257 
The design phase is over. 6256 
The unexpected insanity! 6255 
Loading 6255 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6255 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6255 
Going the Distance 6255 
Read the f*** manual! 6255 
Agreed. 6255 
I agree 6255 
The filament transformer 6255 
Center-tap and options 6255 
Something like this…. 6255 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6255 
The foreplay is going on. 6255 
Split balance 6254 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6254 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6254 
SHuguang 6254 
Going through…. 6253 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6252 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6252 
Hum vs voltage 6252 
Meow about the tubes… 6252 
To Be a Content Cat 6252 
Completed! 6249 
Tradition 6249 
Absolutely beautiful! 6249 
The 'film' caps in PS 6248 
Science or religion 6248 
Mass Extinction 6248 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6248 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6248 
Capacitor choices 6248 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6247 
The minor day of Quartets. 6247 
Them's the Breaks 6247 
Eventually! 6246 
So Soon? 6246 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6246 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6245 
The wire for DC-coupling 6245 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6245 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6245 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6244 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6243 
The DHT live reserve 6242 
Some interestng models 6242 
Eaten alive. 6242 
The tubey déjà vu? 6241 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6237 
The 4V takes a lead. 6233 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6230 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6230 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6228 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6227 
Exiting the design mode? 6227 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6227 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6223 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6222 
Setting up the new Playback 6221 
And the winner is… so far 6218 
If you like type 45... 6218 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6218 
Favorite Flavor? 6218 
The 45 times Meow... 6218 
The problem that I see is… 6218 
Running the 45 6218 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6217 
The commentaries about everything. 6217 
Driver tube and biasing 6217 
DHT drivers 6217 
The ideas are worth trying? 6217 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6213 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6213 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6212 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6212 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6212 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6212 
Operating points and cathode current 6212 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6212 
Actually it is not so simple. 6212 
Resistors at the front 6211 
A minor alternation of a position 6211 
The era of enlightenment. 6208 
The devil is in the details.... 6208 
Constructing Sound 6208 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6207 
The “strange” YO186 6198 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6153 
2S4S and 2A3 6144 
Ho to use the YO186 6137 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6137 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6137 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6135 
Not anymore! 6124 
The very good YoYonisation! 6123 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6122 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6109 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6109 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6056 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6055 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6052 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6042 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5804 
All the Best from Burgundy 5804 
Cheesy tubes 5803 
Me and my DHT references… 5694 
Y0-186 in winter. 5597 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5596 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5565 
In My Dreams 5565 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5565 
Blame? 5564 
When good is not good enough. 5564 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5564 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5563 
How the YO186 was used. 5147 
What is old is new? 5146 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5145 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4694 
That sucks. 4694 
YO186 4692 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4692 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4692 
A hallucination? 4689 
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