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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6408 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6407 
DHT Milq? 6407 
The DHT journey. 6407 
DHT tone 6407 
Well, why not? 6406 
Holding the Fort 6406 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6406 
Input tube and DC heaters 6405 
Reimyo Pat 777 6405 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6401 
DHT or 300B? 6401 
300B 6401 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6401 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6400 
Hence the confusion 6400 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6400 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6400 
My experience with DHTs 6400 
Pigmented coloration? 6400 
Dht-dht 6400 
Dynamic viscosity? 6400 
The Pallette preamp... 6400 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6400 
"soul" of tubes 6400 
There is a difference... 6400 
Vibration injection? 6400 
Homework # 4334 6400 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6400 
Old valves have more soul! 6399 
Was it soul or soil? 6399 
It was just a heading 6399 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6399 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6399 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6399 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6399 
Injection of analog dither? 6399 
Subliminal signal 6399 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6399 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6399 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6398 
Avicenna = Arabian 6398 
Persian, not Arab 6398 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6398 
More words to describe "sux" please 6398 
Revolution 6398 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6398 
One-stage DHTs 6397 
One other thing 6397 
One stage 6397 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6397 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6397 
I see the things differently. 6397 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6397 
The audiophile attitude 6397 
The where and why of design choices 6397 
Blah blah blah 6397 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6397 
Do I need to be hissing? 6397 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6397 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6397 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6396 
What is randomness? 6396 
Those least three possibilities… 6396 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6396 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6396 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6394 
A Beautiful Mind 6393 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6391 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6376 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6376 
Abandoning Milq? 6376 
Will see how it goes.... 6376 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6374 
Topology and 2A3? 6374 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6374 
Type Casting 6374 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6374 
6sn7-2a3 6374 
Topology vs parts 6374 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6374 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6374 
Parts Frenzy 6374 
Too many new sounds 6374 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6373 
New tubes 6372 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6372 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6372 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6372 
New 2A3 6372 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6371 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6370 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6370 
Czech tubes 6368 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6368 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6368 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6367 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6367 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6364 
Here she is. 6363 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6359 
New 2A3 tubes 6359 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6359 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6358 
Multistage DHT circuits 6357 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6356 
Emission Labs 2A3 6356 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6356 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6356 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6356 
The YO186 Strip Show 6356 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6355 
It will be interesting…. 6355 
OPT impedence 6355 
More about the Plate Loading 6355 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6350 
2A3 data 6350 
The New 2A3 tubes 6350 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6350 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6349 
Everything about everything. 6349 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6349 
Options, options, options.... 6349 
I think we agree overall 6349 
An IDHT with more gain? 6348 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6348 
2A3 tube impressions 6343 
Interesting analogy 6343 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6343 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6343 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6343 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6343 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6343 
Why NOS tubes? 6342 
The Holly Ignorance 6342 
Tube tasting 6342 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6342 
Make mine thoriated please 6342 
Any Germans out there? 6342 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6342 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6342 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6342 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6341 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6341 
Tube sound and vibration 6341 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6335 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6334 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6334 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6333 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6333 
B4/B5 British made 6332 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6332 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6331 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6331 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6330 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6329 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6326 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6326 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6325 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6325 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6325 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6325 
The identical operation environment? 6325 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6325 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6325 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6324 
How to get max power from 2A3 6324 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6324 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6324 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6324 
Gain is not power. 6324 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6324 
Specialized DSET approach 6324 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6324 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6324 
The 2A3 loading 6324 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6324 
Optimizing the 2A3 6324 
How much to DSET a DSET 6324 
DSET for Titan 6324 
The Best of All Worlds 6324 
Multiamp setup 6323 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6323 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6323 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6323 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6317 
2A3 and 400V supply 6317 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6316 
Another shot at numbers 6316 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6316 
Okay, so this might work.... 6316 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6316 
Looks good, but.... 6315 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6315 
Less is more... usually. 6315 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6314 
Stepping Out 6314 
Said to be good, but 6314 
Gain to lose 6314 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6314 
Another idea for losing gain 6314 
What's best 6314 
Options, options... 6314 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6314 
Other compromises... 6313 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6312 
Is it glowing yet? 6292 
It is comming.... 6292 
The new MF channel. 6286 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6285 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6277 
The intestage loading talk. 6274 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6269 
1 in 50? 6269 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6269 
Die Walküre soldering. 6268 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6267 
Another amp arond YO186 6266 
Gain? 6266 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6266 
Simple is good 6265 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6265 
The Milq DSET is up. 6264 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6262 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6262 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6261 
Ok, what do I want? 6261 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6261 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6261 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6261 
How about the tweeter? 6260 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6260 
Safe and Sound 6260 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6260 
Some clarifications. 6260 
How about that?!!! 6260 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6258 
Head Room 6258 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6257 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6257 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6257 
Again with the PS 6257 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6255 
Parallel Universe 6255 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6253 
Why I let other people build them... 6253 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6253 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6252 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6249 
MF: the pre-final version. 6249 
Loftin-White? 6249 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6249 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6249 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6245 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6245 
Define really quiet 6244 
Another variable of sound 6244 
Backlash? 6244 
Alternative filament supplies 6244 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6244 
Going down the DC path 6243 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6243 
Molecular sound 6243 
AC-DC heater supply 6243 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6243 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6243 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6243 
Hiss or Hum 6243 
AC transformers 6243 
I have seen the Promised Land 6242 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6242 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6241 
Divide and Conquer 6241 
The design phase is over. 6240 
The unexpected insanity! 6239 
Loading 6239 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6239 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6239 
Going the Distance 6239 
Read the f*** manual! 6239 
Agreed. 6239 
I agree 6239 
The filament transformer 6239 
Center-tap and options 6239 
Something like this…. 6239 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6239 
The foreplay is going on. 6239 
Split balance 6238 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6238 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6238 
SHuguang 6238 
Going through…. 6237 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6236 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6236 
Hum vs voltage 6236 
Meow about the tubes… 6236 
To Be a Content Cat 6236 
Completed! 6233 
Tradition 6233 
Absolutely beautiful! 6233 
The 'film' caps in PS 6232 
Science or religion 6232 
Mass Extinction 6232 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6232 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6232 
Capacitor choices 6232 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6231 
The minor day of Quartets. 6231 
Them's the Breaks 6231 
Eventually! 6230 
So Soon? 6230 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6230 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6229 
The wire for DC-coupling 6229 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6229 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6229 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6228 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6227 
The DHT live reserve 6226 
Some interestng models 6226 
Eaten alive. 6226 
The tubey déjà vu? 6225 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6221 
The 4V takes a lead. 6217 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6214 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6214 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6212 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6211 
Exiting the design mode? 6211 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6211 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6207 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6206 
Setting up the new Playback 6205 
And the winner is… so far 6202 
If you like type 45... 6202 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6202 
Favorite Flavor? 6202 
The 45 times Meow... 6202 
The problem that I see is… 6202 
Running the 45 6202 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6201 
The commentaries about everything. 6201 
Driver tube and biasing 6201 
DHT drivers 6201 
The ideas are worth trying? 6201 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6197 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6197 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6196 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6196 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6196 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6196 
Operating points and cathode current 6196 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6196 
Actually it is not so simple. 6196 
Resistors at the front 6195 
A minor alternation of a position 6195 
The era of enlightenment. 6192 
The devil is in the details.... 6192 
Constructing Sound 6192 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6191 
The “strange” YO186 6182 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6137 
2S4S and 2A3 6128 
Ho to use the YO186 6121 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6121 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6121 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6119 
Not anymore! 6108 
The very good YoYonisation! 6107 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6106 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6093 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6093 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6040 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6039 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6036 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6026 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5788 
All the Best from Burgundy 5788 
Cheesy tubes 5787 
Me and my DHT references… 5678 
Y0-186 in winter. 5581 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5580 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5549 
In My Dreams 5549 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5549 
Blame? 5548 
When good is not good enough. 5548 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5548 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5547 
How the YO186 was used. 5131 
What is old is new? 5130 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5129 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4678 
That sucks. 4678 
YO186 4676 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4676 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4676 
A hallucination? 4673 
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