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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6401 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6400 
DHT Milq? 6400 
The DHT journey. 6400 
DHT tone 6400 
Well, why not? 6399 
Holding the Fort 6399 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6399 
Input tube and DC heaters 6398 
Reimyo Pat 777 6398 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6394 
DHT or 300B? 6394 
300B 6394 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6394 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6393 
Hence the confusion 6393 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6393 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6393 
My experience with DHTs 6393 
Pigmented coloration? 6393 
Dht-dht 6393 
Dynamic viscosity? 6393 
The Pallette preamp... 6393 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6393 
"soul" of tubes 6393 
There is a difference... 6393 
Vibration injection? 6393 
Homework # 4334 6393 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6393 
Old valves have more soul! 6392 
Was it soul or soil? 6392 
It was just a heading 6392 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6392 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6392 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6392 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6392 
Injection of analog dither? 6392 
Subliminal signal 6392 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6392 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6392 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6391 
Avicenna = Arabian 6391 
Persian, not Arab 6391 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6391 
More words to describe "sux" please 6391 
Revolution 6391 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6391 
One-stage DHTs 6390 
One other thing 6390 
One stage 6390 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6390 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6390 
I see the things differently. 6390 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6390 
The audiophile attitude 6390 
The where and why of design choices 6390 
Blah blah blah 6390 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6390 
Do I need to be hissing? 6390 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6390 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6390 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6389 
What is randomness? 6389 
Those least three possibilities… 6389 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6389 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6389 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6387 
A Beautiful Mind 6386 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6384 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6369 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6369 
Abandoning Milq? 6369 
Will see how it goes.... 6369 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6367 
Topology and 2A3? 6367 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6367 
Type Casting 6367 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6367 
6sn7-2a3 6367 
Topology vs parts 6367 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6367 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6367 
Parts Frenzy 6367 
Too many new sounds 6367 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6366 
New tubes 6365 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6365 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6365 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6365 
New 2A3 6365 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6364 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6363 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6363 
Czech tubes 6361 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6361 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6361 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6360 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6360 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6357 
Here she is. 6356 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6352 
New 2A3 tubes 6352 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6352 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6351 
Multistage DHT circuits 6350 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6349 
Emission Labs 2A3 6349 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6349 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6349 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6349 
The YO186 Strip Show 6349 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6348 
It will be interesting…. 6348 
OPT impedence 6348 
More about the Plate Loading 6348 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6343 
2A3 data 6343 
The New 2A3 tubes 6343 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6343 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6342 
Everything about everything. 6342 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6342 
Options, options, options.... 6342 
I think we agree overall 6342 
An IDHT with more gain? 6341 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6341 
2A3 tube impressions 6336 
Interesting analogy 6336 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6336 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6336 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6336 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6336 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6336 
Why NOS tubes? 6335 
The Holly Ignorance 6335 
Tube tasting 6335 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6335 
Make mine thoriated please 6335 
Any Germans out there? 6335 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6335 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6335 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6335 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6334 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6334 
Tube sound and vibration 6334 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6328 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6327 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6327 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6326 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6326 
B4/B5 British made 6325 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6325 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6324 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6324 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6323 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6322 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6319 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6319 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6318 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6318 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6318 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6318 
The identical operation environment? 6318 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6318 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6318 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6317 
How to get max power from 2A3 6317 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6317 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6317 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6317 
Gain is not power. 6317 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6317 
Specialized DSET approach 6317 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6317 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6317 
The 2A3 loading 6317 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6317 
Optimizing the 2A3 6317 
How much to DSET a DSET 6317 
DSET for Titan 6317 
The Best of All Worlds 6317 
Multiamp setup 6316 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6316 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6316 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6316 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6310 
2A3 and 400V supply 6310 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6309 
Another shot at numbers 6309 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6309 
Okay, so this might work.... 6309 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6309 
Looks good, but.... 6308 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6308 
Less is more... usually. 6308 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6307 
Stepping Out 6307 
Said to be good, but 6307 
Gain to lose 6307 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6307 
Another idea for losing gain 6307 
What's best 6307 
Options, options... 6307 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6307 
Other compromises... 6306 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6305 
Is it glowing yet? 6285 
It is comming.... 6285 
The new MF channel. 6279 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6278 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6270 
The intestage loading talk. 6267 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6262 
1 in 50? 6262 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6262 
Die Walküre soldering. 6261 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6260 
Another amp arond YO186 6259 
Gain? 6259 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6259 
Simple is good 6258 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6258 
The Milq DSET is up. 6257 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6255 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6255 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6254 
Ok, what do I want? 6254 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6254 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6254 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6254 
How about the tweeter? 6253 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6253 
Safe and Sound 6253 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6253 
Some clarifications. 6253 
How about that?!!! 6253 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6251 
Head Room 6251 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6250 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6250 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6250 
Again with the PS 6250 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6248 
Parallel Universe 6248 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6246 
Why I let other people build them... 6246 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6246 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6245 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6242 
MF: the pre-final version. 6242 
Loftin-White? 6242 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6242 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6242 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6238 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6238 
Define really quiet 6237 
Another variable of sound 6237 
Backlash? 6237 
Alternative filament supplies 6237 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6237 
Going down the DC path 6236 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6236 
Molecular sound 6236 
AC-DC heater supply 6236 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6236 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6236 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6236 
Hiss or Hum 6236 
AC transformers 6236 
I have seen the Promised Land 6235 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6235 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6234 
Divide and Conquer 6234 
The design phase is over. 6233 
The unexpected insanity! 6232 
Loading 6232 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6232 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6232 
Going the Distance 6232 
Read the f*** manual! 6232 
Agreed. 6232 
I agree 6232 
The filament transformer 6232 
Center-tap and options 6232 
Something like this…. 6232 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6232 
The foreplay is going on. 6232 
Split balance 6231 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6231 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6231 
SHuguang 6231 
Going through…. 6230 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6229 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6229 
Hum vs voltage 6229 
Meow about the tubes… 6229 
To Be a Content Cat 6229 
Completed! 6226 
Tradition 6226 
Absolutely beautiful! 6226 
The 'film' caps in PS 6225 
Science or religion 6225 
Mass Extinction 6225 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6225 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6225 
Capacitor choices 6225 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6224 
The minor day of Quartets. 6224 
Them's the Breaks 6224 
Eventually! 6223 
So Soon? 6223 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6223 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6222 
The wire for DC-coupling 6222 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6222 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6222 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6221 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6220 
The DHT live reserve 6219 
Some interestng models 6219 
Eaten alive. 6219 
The tubey déjà vu? 6218 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6214 
The 4V takes a lead. 6210 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6207 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6207 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6205 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6204 
Exiting the design mode? 6204 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6204 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6200 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6199 
Setting up the new Playback 6198 
And the winner is… so far 6195 
If you like type 45... 6195 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6195 
Favorite Flavor? 6195 
The 45 times Meow... 6195 
The problem that I see is… 6195 
Running the 45 6195 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6194 
The commentaries about everything. 6194 
Driver tube and biasing 6194 
DHT drivers 6194 
The ideas are worth trying? 6194 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6190 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6190 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6189 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6189 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6189 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6189 
Operating points and cathode current 6189 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6189 
Actually it is not so simple. 6189 
Resistors at the front 6188 
A minor alternation of a position 6188 
The era of enlightenment. 6185 
The devil is in the details.... 6185 
Constructing Sound 6185 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6184 
The “strange” YO186 6175 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6130 
2S4S and 2A3 6121 
Ho to use the YO186 6114 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6114 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6114 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6112 
Not anymore! 6101 
The very good YoYonisation! 6100 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6099 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6086 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6086 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6033 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6032 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6029 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6019 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5781 
All the Best from Burgundy 5781 
Cheesy tubes 5780 
Me and my DHT references… 5671 
Y0-186 in winter. 5574 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5573 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5542 
In My Dreams 5542 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5542 
Blame? 5541 
When good is not good enough. 5541 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5541 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5540 
How the YO186 was used. 5124 
What is old is new? 5123 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5122 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4671 
That sucks. 4671 
YO186 4669 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4669 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4669 
A hallucination? 4666 
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