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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6409 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6408 
DHT Milq? 6408 
The DHT journey. 6408 
DHT tone 6408 
Well, why not? 6407 
Holding the Fort 6407 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6407 
Input tube and DC heaters 6406 
Reimyo Pat 777 6406 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6402 
DHT or 300B? 6402 
300B 6402 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6402 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6401 
Hence the confusion 6401 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6401 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6401 
My experience with DHTs 6401 
Pigmented coloration? 6401 
Dht-dht 6401 
Dynamic viscosity? 6401 
The Pallette preamp... 6401 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6401 
"soul" of tubes 6401 
There is a difference... 6401 
Vibration injection? 6401 
Homework # 4334 6401 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6401 
Old valves have more soul! 6400 
Was it soul or soil? 6400 
It was just a heading 6400 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6400 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6400 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6400 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6400 
Injection of analog dither? 6400 
Subliminal signal 6400 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6400 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6400 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6399 
Avicenna = Arabian 6399 
Persian, not Arab 6399 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6399 
More words to describe "sux" please 6399 
Revolution 6399 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6399 
One-stage DHTs 6398 
One other thing 6398 
One stage 6398 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6398 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6398 
I see the things differently. 6398 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6398 
The audiophile attitude 6398 
The where and why of design choices 6398 
Blah blah blah 6398 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6398 
Do I need to be hissing? 6398 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6398 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6398 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6397 
What is randomness? 6397 
Those least three possibilities… 6397 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6397 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6397 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6395 
A Beautiful Mind 6394 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6392 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6377 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6377 
Abandoning Milq? 6377 
Will see how it goes.... 6377 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6375 
Topology and 2A3? 6375 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6375 
Type Casting 6375 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6375 
6sn7-2a3 6375 
Topology vs parts 6375 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6375 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6375 
Parts Frenzy 6375 
Too many new sounds 6375 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6374 
New tubes 6373 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6373 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6373 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6373 
New 2A3 6373 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6372 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6371 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6371 
Czech tubes 6369 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6369 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6369 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6368 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6368 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6365 
Here she is. 6364 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6360 
New 2A3 tubes 6360 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6360 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6359 
Multistage DHT circuits 6358 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6357 
Emission Labs 2A3 6357 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6357 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6357 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6357 
The YO186 Strip Show 6357 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6356 
It will be interesting…. 6356 
OPT impedence 6356 
More about the Plate Loading 6356 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6351 
2A3 data 6351 
The New 2A3 tubes 6351 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6351 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6350 
Everything about everything. 6350 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6350 
Options, options, options.... 6350 
I think we agree overall 6350 
An IDHT with more gain? 6349 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6349 
2A3 tube impressions 6344 
Interesting analogy 6344 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6344 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6344 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6344 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6344 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6344 
Why NOS tubes? 6343 
The Holly Ignorance 6343 
Tube tasting 6343 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6343 
Make mine thoriated please 6343 
Any Germans out there? 6343 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6343 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6343 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6343 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6342 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6342 
Tube sound and vibration 6342 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6336 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6335 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6335 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6334 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6334 
B4/B5 British made 6333 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6333 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6332 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6332 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6331 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6330 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6327 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6327 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6326 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6326 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6326 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6326 
The identical operation environment? 6326 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6326 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6326 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6325 
How to get max power from 2A3 6325 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6325 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6325 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6325 
Gain is not power. 6325 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6325 
Specialized DSET approach 6325 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6325 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6325 
The 2A3 loading 6325 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6325 
Optimizing the 2A3 6325 
How much to DSET a DSET 6325 
DSET for Titan 6325 
The Best of All Worlds 6325 
Multiamp setup 6324 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6324 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6324 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6324 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6318 
2A3 and 400V supply 6318 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6317 
Another shot at numbers 6317 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6317 
Okay, so this might work.... 6317 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6317 
Looks good, but.... 6316 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6316 
Less is more... usually. 6316 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6315 
Stepping Out 6315 
Said to be good, but 6315 
Gain to lose 6315 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6315 
Another idea for losing gain 6315 
What's best 6315 
Options, options... 6315 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6315 
Other compromises... 6314 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6313 
Is it glowing yet? 6293 
It is comming.... 6293 
The new MF channel. 6287 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6286 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6278 
The intestage loading talk. 6275 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6270 
1 in 50? 6270 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6270 
Die Walküre soldering. 6269 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6268 
Another amp arond YO186 6267 
Gain? 6267 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6267 
Simple is good 6266 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6266 
The Milq DSET is up. 6265 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6263 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6263 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6262 
Ok, what do I want? 6262 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6262 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6262 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6262 
How about the tweeter? 6261 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6261 
Safe and Sound 6261 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6261 
Some clarifications. 6261 
How about that?!!! 6261 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6259 
Head Room 6259 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6258 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6258 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6258 
Again with the PS 6258 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6256 
Parallel Universe 6256 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6254 
Why I let other people build them... 6254 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6254 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6253 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6250 
MF: the pre-final version. 6250 
Loftin-White? 6250 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6250 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6250 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6246 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6246 
Define really quiet 6245 
Another variable of sound 6245 
Backlash? 6245 
Alternative filament supplies 6245 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6245 
Going down the DC path 6244 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6244 
Molecular sound 6244 
AC-DC heater supply 6244 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6244 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6244 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6244 
Hiss or Hum 6244 
AC transformers 6244 
I have seen the Promised Land 6243 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6243 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6242 
Divide and Conquer 6242 
The design phase is over. 6241 
The unexpected insanity! 6240 
Loading 6240 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6240 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6240 
Going the Distance 6240 
Read the f*** manual! 6240 
Agreed. 6240 
I agree 6240 
The filament transformer 6240 
Center-tap and options 6240 
Something like this…. 6240 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6240 
The foreplay is going on. 6240 
Split balance 6239 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6239 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6239 
SHuguang 6239 
Going through…. 6238 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6237 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6237 
Hum vs voltage 6237 
Meow about the tubes… 6237 
To Be a Content Cat 6237 
Completed! 6234 
Tradition 6234 
Absolutely beautiful! 6234 
The 'film' caps in PS 6233 
Science or religion 6233 
Mass Extinction 6233 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6233 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6233 
Capacitor choices 6233 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6232 
The minor day of Quartets. 6232 
Them's the Breaks 6232 
Eventually! 6231 
So Soon? 6231 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6231 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6230 
The wire for DC-coupling 6230 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6230 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6230 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6229 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6228 
The DHT live reserve 6227 
Some interestng models 6227 
Eaten alive. 6227 
The tubey déjà vu? 6226 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6222 
The 4V takes a lead. 6218 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6215 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6215 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6213 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6212 
Exiting the design mode? 6212 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6212 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6208 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6207 
Setting up the new Playback 6206 
And the winner is… so far 6203 
If you like type 45... 6203 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6203 
Favorite Flavor? 6203 
The 45 times Meow... 6203 
The problem that I see is… 6203 
Running the 45 6203 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6202 
The commentaries about everything. 6202 
Driver tube and biasing 6202 
DHT drivers 6202 
The ideas are worth trying? 6202 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6198 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6198 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6197 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6197 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6197 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6197 
Operating points and cathode current 6197 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6197 
Actually it is not so simple. 6197 
Resistors at the front 6196 
A minor alternation of a position 6196 
The era of enlightenment. 6193 
The devil is in the details.... 6193 
Constructing Sound 6193 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6192 
The “strange” YO186 6183 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6138 
2S4S and 2A3 6129 
Ho to use the YO186 6122 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6122 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6122 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6120 
Not anymore! 6109 
The very good YoYonisation! 6108 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6107 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6094 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6094 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6041 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6040 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6037 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6027 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5789 
All the Best from Burgundy 5789 
Cheesy tubes 5788 
Me and my DHT references… 5679 
Y0-186 in winter. 5582 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5581 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5550 
In My Dreams 5550 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5550 
Blame? 5549 
When good is not good enough. 5549 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5549 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5548 
How the YO186 was used. 5132 
What is old is new? 5131 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5130 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4679 
That sucks. 4679 
YO186 4677 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4677 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4677 
A hallucination? 4674 
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