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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6432 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6431 
DHT Milq? 6431 
The DHT journey. 6431 
DHT tone 6431 
Well, why not? 6430 
Holding the Fort 6430 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6430 
Input tube and DC heaters 6429 
Reimyo Pat 777 6429 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6425 
DHT or 300B? 6425 
300B 6425 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6425 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6424 
Hence the confusion 6424 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6424 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6424 
My experience with DHTs 6424 
Pigmented coloration? 6424 
Dht-dht 6424 
Dynamic viscosity? 6424 
The Pallette preamp... 6424 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6424 
"soul" of tubes 6424 
There is a difference... 6424 
Vibration injection? 6424 
Homework # 4334 6424 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6424 
Old valves have more soul! 6423 
Was it soul or soil? 6423 
It was just a heading 6423 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6423 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6423 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6423 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6423 
Injection of analog dither? 6423 
Subliminal signal 6423 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6423 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6423 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6422 
Avicenna = Arabian 6422 
Persian, not Arab 6422 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6422 
More words to describe "sux" please 6422 
Revolution 6422 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6422 
One-stage DHTs 6421 
One other thing 6421 
One stage 6421 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6421 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6421 
I see the things differently. 6421 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6421 
The audiophile attitude 6421 
The where and why of design choices 6421 
Blah blah blah 6421 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6421 
Do I need to be hissing? 6421 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6421 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6421 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6420 
What is randomness? 6420 
Those least three possibilities… 6420 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6420 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6420 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6418 
A Beautiful Mind 6417 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6415 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6400 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6400 
Abandoning Milq? 6400 
Will see how it goes.... 6400 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6398 
Topology and 2A3? 6398 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6398 
Type Casting 6398 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6398 
6sn7-2a3 6398 
Topology vs parts 6398 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6398 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6398 
Parts Frenzy 6398 
Too many new sounds 6398 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6397 
New tubes 6396 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6396 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6396 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6396 
New 2A3 6396 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6395 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6394 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6394 
Czech tubes 6392 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6392 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6392 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6391 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6391 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6388 
Here she is. 6387 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6383 
New 2A3 tubes 6383 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6383 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6382 
Multistage DHT circuits 6381 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6380 
Emission Labs 2A3 6380 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6380 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6380 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6380 
The YO186 Strip Show 6380 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6379 
It will be interesting…. 6379 
OPT impedence 6379 
More about the Plate Loading 6379 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6374 
2A3 data 6374 
The New 2A3 tubes 6374 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6374 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6373 
Everything about everything. 6373 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6373 
Options, options, options.... 6373 
I think we agree overall 6373 
An IDHT with more gain? 6372 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6372 
2A3 tube impressions 6367 
Interesting analogy 6367 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6367 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6367 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6367 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6367 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6367 
Why NOS tubes? 6366 
The Holly Ignorance 6366 
Tube tasting 6366 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6366 
Make mine thoriated please 6366 
Any Germans out there? 6366 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6366 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6366 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6366 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6365 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6365 
Tube sound and vibration 6365 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6359 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6358 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6358 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6357 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6357 
B4/B5 British made 6356 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6356 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6355 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6355 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6354 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6353 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6350 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6350 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6349 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6349 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6349 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6349 
The identical operation environment? 6349 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6349 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6349 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6348 
How to get max power from 2A3 6348 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6348 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6348 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6348 
Gain is not power. 6348 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6348 
Specialized DSET approach 6348 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6348 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6348 
The 2A3 loading 6348 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6348 
Optimizing the 2A3 6348 
How much to DSET a DSET 6348 
DSET for Titan 6348 
The Best of All Worlds 6348 
Multiamp setup 6347 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6347 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6347 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6347 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6341 
2A3 and 400V supply 6341 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6340 
Another shot at numbers 6340 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6340 
Okay, so this might work.... 6340 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6340 
Looks good, but.... 6339 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6339 
Less is more... usually. 6339 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6338 
Stepping Out 6338 
Said to be good, but 6338 
Gain to lose 6338 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6338 
Another idea for losing gain 6338 
What's best 6338 
Options, options... 6338 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6338 
Other compromises... 6337 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6336 
Is it glowing yet? 6316 
It is comming.... 6316 
The new MF channel. 6310 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6309 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6301 
The intestage loading talk. 6298 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6293 
1 in 50? 6293 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6293 
Die Walküre soldering. 6292 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6291 
Another amp arond YO186 6290 
Gain? 6290 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6290 
Simple is good 6289 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6289 
The Milq DSET is up. 6288 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6286 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6286 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6285 
Ok, what do I want? 6285 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6285 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6285 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6285 
How about the tweeter? 6284 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6284 
Safe and Sound 6284 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6284 
Some clarifications. 6284 
How about that?!!! 6284 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6282 
Head Room 6282 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6281 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6281 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6281 
Again with the PS 6281 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6279 
Parallel Universe 6279 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6277 
Why I let other people build them... 6277 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6277 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6276 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6273 
MF: the pre-final version. 6273 
Loftin-White? 6273 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6273 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6273 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6269 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6269 
Define really quiet 6268 
Another variable of sound 6268 
Backlash? 6268 
Alternative filament supplies 6268 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6268 
Going down the DC path 6267 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6267 
Molecular sound 6267 
AC-DC heater supply 6267 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6267 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6267 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6267 
Hiss or Hum 6267 
AC transformers 6267 
I have seen the Promised Land 6266 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6266 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6265 
Divide and Conquer 6265 
The design phase is over. 6264 
The unexpected insanity! 6263 
Loading 6263 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6263 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6263 
Going the Distance 6263 
Read the f*** manual! 6263 
Agreed. 6263 
I agree 6263 
The filament transformer 6263 
Center-tap and options 6263 
Something like this…. 6263 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6263 
The foreplay is going on. 6263 
Split balance 6262 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6262 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6262 
SHuguang 6262 
Going through…. 6261 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6260 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6260 
Hum vs voltage 6260 
Meow about the tubes… 6260 
To Be a Content Cat 6260 
Completed! 6257 
Tradition 6257 
Absolutely beautiful! 6257 
The 'film' caps in PS 6256 
Science or religion 6256 
Mass Extinction 6256 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6256 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6256 
Capacitor choices 6256 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6255 
The minor day of Quartets. 6255 
Them's the Breaks 6255 
Eventually! 6254 
So Soon? 6254 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6254 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6253 
The wire for DC-coupling 6253 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6253 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6253 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6252 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6251 
The DHT live reserve 6250 
Some interestng models 6250 
Eaten alive. 6250 
The tubey déjà vu? 6249 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6245 
The 4V takes a lead. 6241 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6238 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6238 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6236 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6235 
Exiting the design mode? 6235 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6235 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6231 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6230 
Setting up the new Playback 6229 
And the winner is… so far 6226 
If you like type 45... 6226 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6226 
Favorite Flavor? 6226 
The 45 times Meow... 6226 
The problem that I see is… 6226 
Running the 45 6226 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6225 
The commentaries about everything. 6225 
Driver tube and biasing 6225 
DHT drivers 6225 
The ideas are worth trying? 6225 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6221 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6221 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6220 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6220 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6220 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6220 
Operating points and cathode current 6220 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6220 
Actually it is not so simple. 6220 
Resistors at the front 6219 
A minor alternation of a position 6219 
The era of enlightenment. 6216 
The devil is in the details.... 6216 
Constructing Sound 6216 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6215 
The “strange” YO186 6206 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6161 
2S4S and 2A3 6152 
Ho to use the YO186 6145 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6145 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6145 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6143 
Not anymore! 6132 
The very good YoYonisation! 6131 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6130 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6117 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6117 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6064 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6063 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6060 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6050 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5812 
All the Best from Burgundy 5812 
Cheesy tubes 5811 
Me and my DHT references… 5702 
Y0-186 in winter. 5605 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5604 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5573 
In My Dreams 5573 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5573 
Blame? 5572 
When good is not good enough. 5572 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5572 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5571 
How the YO186 was used. 5155 
What is old is new? 5154 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5153 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4702 
That sucks. 4702 
YO186 4700 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4700 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4700 
A hallucination? 4697 
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