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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6399 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6398 
DHT Milq? 6398 
The DHT journey. 6398 
DHT tone 6398 
Well, why not? 6397 
Holding the Fort 6397 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6397 
Input tube and DC heaters 6396 
Reimyo Pat 777 6396 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6392 
DHT or 300B? 6392 
300B 6392 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6392 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6391 
Hence the confusion 6391 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6391 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6391 
My experience with DHTs 6391 
Pigmented coloration? 6391 
Dht-dht 6391 
Dynamic viscosity? 6391 
The Pallette preamp... 6391 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6391 
"soul" of tubes 6391 
There is a difference... 6391 
Vibration injection? 6391 
Homework # 4334 6391 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6391 
Old valves have more soul! 6390 
Was it soul or soil? 6390 
It was just a heading 6390 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6390 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6390 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6390 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6390 
Injection of analog dither? 6390 
Subliminal signal 6390 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6390 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6390 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6389 
Avicenna = Arabian 6389 
Persian, not Arab 6389 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6389 
More words to describe "sux" please 6389 
Revolution 6389 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6389 
One-stage DHTs 6388 
One other thing 6388 
One stage 6388 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6388 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6388 
I see the things differently. 6388 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6388 
The audiophile attitude 6388 
The where and why of design choices 6388 
Blah blah blah 6388 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6388 
Do I need to be hissing? 6388 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6388 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6388 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6387 
What is randomness? 6387 
Those least three possibilities… 6387 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6387 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6387 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6385 
A Beautiful Mind 6384 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6382 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6367 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6367 
Abandoning Milq? 6367 
Will see how it goes.... 6367 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6365 
Topology and 2A3? 6365 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6365 
Type Casting 6365 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6365 
6sn7-2a3 6365 
Topology vs parts 6365 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6365 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6365 
Parts Frenzy 6365 
Too many new sounds 6365 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6364 
New tubes 6363 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6363 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6363 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6363 
New 2A3 6363 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6362 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6361 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6361 
Czech tubes 6359 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6359 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6359 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6358 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6358 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6355 
Here she is. 6354 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6350 
New 2A3 tubes 6350 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6350 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6349 
Multistage DHT circuits 6348 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6347 
Emission Labs 2A3 6347 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6347 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6347 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6347 
The YO186 Strip Show 6347 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6346 
It will be interesting…. 6346 
OPT impedence 6346 
More about the Plate Loading 6346 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6341 
2A3 data 6341 
The New 2A3 tubes 6341 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6341 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6340 
Everything about everything. 6340 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6340 
Options, options, options.... 6340 
I think we agree overall 6340 
An IDHT with more gain? 6339 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6339 
2A3 tube impressions 6334 
Interesting analogy 6334 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6334 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6334 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6334 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6334 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6334 
Why NOS tubes? 6333 
The Holly Ignorance 6333 
Tube tasting 6333 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6333 
Make mine thoriated please 6333 
Any Germans out there? 6333 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6333 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6333 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6333 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6332 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6332 
Tube sound and vibration 6332 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6326 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6325 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6325 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6324 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6324 
B4/B5 British made 6323 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6323 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6322 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6322 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6321 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6320 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6317 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6317 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6316 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6316 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6316 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6316 
The identical operation environment? 6316 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6316 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6316 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6315 
How to get max power from 2A3 6315 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6315 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6315 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6315 
Gain is not power. 6315 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6315 
Specialized DSET approach 6315 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6315 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6315 
The 2A3 loading 6315 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6315 
Optimizing the 2A3 6315 
How much to DSET a DSET 6315 
DSET for Titan 6315 
The Best of All Worlds 6315 
Multiamp setup 6314 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6314 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6314 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6314 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6308 
2A3 and 400V supply 6308 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6307 
Another shot at numbers 6307 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6307 
Okay, so this might work.... 6307 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6307 
Looks good, but.... 6306 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6306 
Less is more... usually. 6306 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6305 
Stepping Out 6305 
Said to be good, but 6305 
Gain to lose 6305 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6305 
Another idea for losing gain 6305 
What's best 6305 
Options, options... 6305 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6305 
Other compromises... 6304 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6303 
Is it glowing yet? 6283 
It is comming.... 6283 
The new MF channel. 6277 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6276 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6268 
The intestage loading talk. 6265 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6260 
1 in 50? 6260 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6260 
Die Walküre soldering. 6259 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6258 
Another amp arond YO186 6257 
Gain? 6257 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6257 
Simple is good 6256 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6256 
The Milq DSET is up. 6255 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6253 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6253 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6252 
Ok, what do I want? 6252 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6252 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6252 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6252 
How about the tweeter? 6251 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6251 
Safe and Sound 6251 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6251 
Some clarifications. 6251 
How about that?!!! 6251 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6249 
Head Room 6249 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6248 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6248 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6248 
Again with the PS 6248 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6246 
Parallel Universe 6246 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6244 
Why I let other people build them... 6244 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6244 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6243 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6240 
MF: the pre-final version. 6240 
Loftin-White? 6240 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6240 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6240 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6236 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6236 
Define really quiet 6235 
Another variable of sound 6235 
Backlash? 6235 
Alternative filament supplies 6235 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6235 
Going down the DC path 6234 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6234 
Molecular sound 6234 
AC-DC heater supply 6234 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6234 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6234 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6234 
Hiss or Hum 6234 
AC transformers 6234 
I have seen the Promised Land 6233 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6233 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6232 
Divide and Conquer 6232 
The design phase is over. 6231 
The unexpected insanity! 6230 
Loading 6230 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6230 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6230 
Going the Distance 6230 
Read the f*** manual! 6230 
Agreed. 6230 
I agree 6230 
The filament transformer 6230 
Center-tap and options 6230 
Something like this…. 6230 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6230 
The foreplay is going on. 6230 
Split balance 6229 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6229 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6229 
SHuguang 6229 
Going through…. 6228 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6227 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6227 
Hum vs voltage 6227 
Meow about the tubes… 6227 
To Be a Content Cat 6227 
Completed! 6224 
Tradition 6224 
Absolutely beautiful! 6224 
The 'film' caps in PS 6223 
Science or religion 6223 
Mass Extinction 6223 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6223 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6223 
Capacitor choices 6223 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6222 
The minor day of Quartets. 6222 
Them's the Breaks 6222 
Eventually! 6221 
So Soon? 6221 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6221 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6220 
The wire for DC-coupling 6220 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6220 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6220 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6219 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6218 
The DHT live reserve 6217 
Some interestng models 6217 
Eaten alive. 6217 
The tubey déjà vu? 6216 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6212 
The 4V takes a lead. 6208 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6205 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6205 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6203 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6202 
Exiting the design mode? 6202 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6202 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6198 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6197 
Setting up the new Playback 6196 
And the winner is… so far 6193 
If you like type 45... 6193 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6193 
Favorite Flavor? 6193 
The 45 times Meow... 6193 
The problem that I see is… 6193 
Running the 45 6193 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6192 
The commentaries about everything. 6192 
Driver tube and biasing 6192 
DHT drivers 6192 
The ideas are worth trying? 6192 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6188 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6188 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6187 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6187 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6187 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6187 
Operating points and cathode current 6187 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6187 
Actually it is not so simple. 6187 
Resistors at the front 6186 
A minor alternation of a position 6186 
The era of enlightenment. 6183 
The devil is in the details.... 6183 
Constructing Sound 6183 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6182 
The “strange” YO186 6173 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6128 
2S4S and 2A3 6119 
Ho to use the YO186 6112 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6112 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6112 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6110 
Not anymore! 6099 
The very good YoYonisation! 6098 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6097 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6084 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6084 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6031 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6030 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6027 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6017 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5779 
All the Best from Burgundy 5779 
Cheesy tubes 5778 
Me and my DHT references… 5669 
Y0-186 in winter. 5572 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5571 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5540 
In My Dreams 5540 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5540 
Blame? 5539 
When good is not good enough. 5539 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5539 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5538 
How the YO186 was used. 5122 
What is old is new? 5121 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5120 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4669 
That sucks. 4669 
YO186 4667 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4667 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4667 
A hallucination? 4664 
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