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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6476 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6475 
DHT Milq? 6475 
The DHT journey. 6475 
DHT tone 6475 
Well, why not? 6474 
Holding the Fort 6474 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6474 
Input tube and DC heaters 6473 
Reimyo Pat 777 6473 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6469 
DHT or 300B? 6469 
300B 6469 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6469 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6468 
Hence the confusion 6468 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6468 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6468 
My experience with DHTs 6468 
Pigmented coloration? 6468 
Dht-dht 6468 
Dynamic viscosity? 6468 
The Pallette preamp... 6468 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6468 
"soul" of tubes 6468 
There is a difference... 6468 
Vibration injection? 6468 
Homework # 4334 6468 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6468 
Old valves have more soul! 6467 
Was it soul or soil? 6467 
It was just a heading 6467 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6467 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6467 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6467 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6467 
Injection of analog dither? 6467 
Subliminal signal 6467 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6467 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6467 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6466 
Avicenna = Arabian 6466 
Persian, not Arab 6466 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6466 
More words to describe "sux" please 6466 
Revolution 6466 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6466 
One-stage DHTs 6465 
One other thing 6465 
One stage 6465 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6465 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6465 
I see the things differently. 6465 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6465 
The audiophile attitude 6465 
The where and why of design choices 6465 
Blah blah blah 6465 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6465 
Do I need to be hissing? 6465 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6465 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6465 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6464 
What is randomness? 6464 
Those least three possibilities… 6464 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6464 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6464 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6462 
A Beautiful Mind 6461 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6459 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6444 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6444 
Abandoning Milq? 6444 
Will see how it goes.... 6444 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6442 
Topology and 2A3? 6442 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6442 
Type Casting 6442 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6442 
6sn7-2a3 6442 
Topology vs parts 6442 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6442 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6442 
Parts Frenzy 6442 
Too many new sounds 6442 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6441 
New tubes 6440 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6440 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6440 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6440 
New 2A3 6440 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6439 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6438 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6438 
Czech tubes 6436 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6436 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6436 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6435 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6435 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6432 
Here she is. 6431 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6427 
New 2A3 tubes 6427 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6427 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6426 
Multistage DHT circuits 6425 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6424 
Emission Labs 2A3 6424 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6424 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6424 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6424 
The YO186 Strip Show 6424 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6423 
It will be interesting…. 6423 
OPT impedence 6423 
More about the Plate Loading 6423 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6418 
2A3 data 6418 
The New 2A3 tubes 6418 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6418 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6417 
Everything about everything. 6417 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6417 
Options, options, options.... 6417 
I think we agree overall 6417 
An IDHT with more gain? 6416 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6416 
2A3 tube impressions 6411 
Interesting analogy 6411 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6411 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6411 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6411 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6411 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6411 
Why NOS tubes? 6410 
The Holly Ignorance 6410 
Tube tasting 6410 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6410 
Make mine thoriated please 6410 
Any Germans out there? 6410 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6410 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6410 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6410 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6409 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6409 
Tube sound and vibration 6409 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6403 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6402 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6402 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6401 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6401 
B4/B5 British made 6400 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6400 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6399 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6399 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6398 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6397 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6394 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6394 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6393 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6393 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6393 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6393 
The identical operation environment? 6393 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6393 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6393 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6392 
How to get max power from 2A3 6392 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6392 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6392 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6392 
Gain is not power. 6392 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6392 
Specialized DSET approach 6392 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6392 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6392 
The 2A3 loading 6392 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6392 
Optimizing the 2A3 6392 
How much to DSET a DSET 6392 
DSET for Titan 6392 
The Best of All Worlds 6392 
Multiamp setup 6391 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6391 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6391 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6391 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6385 
2A3 and 400V supply 6385 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6384 
Another shot at numbers 6384 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6384 
Okay, so this might work.... 6384 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6384 
Looks good, but.... 6383 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6383 
Less is more... usually. 6383 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6382 
Stepping Out 6382 
Said to be good, but 6382 
Gain to lose 6382 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6382 
Another idea for losing gain 6382 
What's best 6382 
Options, options... 6382 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6382 
Other compromises... 6381 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6380 
Is it glowing yet? 6360 
It is comming.... 6360 
The new MF channel. 6354 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6353 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6345 
The intestage loading talk. 6342 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6337 
1 in 50? 6337 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6337 
Die Walküre soldering. 6336 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6335 
Another amp arond YO186 6334 
Gain? 6334 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6334 
Simple is good 6333 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6333 
The Milq DSET is up. 6332 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6330 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6330 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6329 
Ok, what do I want? 6329 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6329 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6329 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6329 
How about the tweeter? 6328 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6328 
Safe and Sound 6328 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6328 
Some clarifications. 6328 
How about that?!!! 6328 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6326 
Head Room 6326 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6325 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6325 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6325 
Again with the PS 6325 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6323 
Parallel Universe 6323 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6321 
Why I let other people build them... 6321 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6321 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6320 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6317 
MF: the pre-final version. 6317 
Loftin-White? 6317 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6317 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6317 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6313 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6313 
Define really quiet 6312 
Another variable of sound 6312 
Backlash? 6312 
Alternative filament supplies 6312 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6312 
Going down the DC path 6311 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6311 
Molecular sound 6311 
AC-DC heater supply 6311 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6311 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6311 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6311 
Hiss or Hum 6311 
AC transformers 6311 
I have seen the Promised Land 6310 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6310 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6309 
Divide and Conquer 6309 
The design phase is over. 6308 
The unexpected insanity! 6307 
Loading 6307 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6307 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6307 
Going the Distance 6307 
Read the f*** manual! 6307 
Agreed. 6307 
I agree 6307 
The filament transformer 6307 
Center-tap and options 6307 
Something like this…. 6307 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6307 
The foreplay is going on. 6307 
Split balance 6306 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6306 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6306 
SHuguang 6306 
Going through…. 6305 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6304 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6304 
Hum vs voltage 6304 
Meow about the tubes… 6304 
To Be a Content Cat 6304 
Completed! 6301 
Tradition 6301 
Absolutely beautiful! 6301 
The 'film' caps in PS 6300 
Science or religion 6300 
Mass Extinction 6300 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6300 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6300 
Capacitor choices 6300 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6299 
The minor day of Quartets. 6299 
Them's the Breaks 6299 
Eventually! 6298 
So Soon? 6298 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6298 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6297 
The wire for DC-coupling 6297 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6297 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6297 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6296 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6295 
The DHT live reserve 6294 
Some interestng models 6294 
Eaten alive. 6294 
The tubey déjà vu? 6293 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6289 
The 4V takes a lead. 6285 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6282 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6282 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6280 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6279 
Exiting the design mode? 6279 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6279 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6275 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6274 
Setting up the new Playback 6273 
And the winner is… so far 6270 
If you like type 45... 6270 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6270 
Favorite Flavor? 6270 
The 45 times Meow... 6270 
The problem that I see is… 6270 
Running the 45 6270 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6269 
The commentaries about everything. 6269 
Driver tube and biasing 6269 
DHT drivers 6269 
The ideas are worth trying? 6269 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6265 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6265 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6264 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6264 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6264 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6264 
Operating points and cathode current 6264 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6264 
Actually it is not so simple. 6264 
Resistors at the front 6263 
A minor alternation of a position 6263 
The era of enlightenment. 6260 
The devil is in the details.... 6260 
Constructing Sound 6260 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6259 
The “strange” YO186 6250 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6205 
2S4S and 2A3 6196 
Ho to use the YO186 6189 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6189 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6189 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6187 
Not anymore! 6176 
The very good YoYonisation! 6175 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6174 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6161 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6161 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6108 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6107 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6104 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6094 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5856 
All the Best from Burgundy 5856 
Cheesy tubes 5855 
Me and my DHT references… 5746 
Y0-186 in winter. 5649 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5648 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5617 
In My Dreams 5617 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5617 
Blame? 5616 
When good is not good enough. 5616 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5616 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5615 
How the YO186 was used. 5199 
What is old is new? 5198 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5197 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4746 
That sucks. 4746 
YO186 4744 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4744 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4744 
A hallucination? 4741 
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