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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6445 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6444 
DHT Milq? 6444 
The DHT journey. 6444 
DHT tone 6444 
Well, why not? 6443 
Holding the Fort 6443 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6443 
Input tube and DC heaters 6442 
Reimyo Pat 777 6442 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6438 
DHT or 300B? 6438 
300B 6438 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6438 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6437 
Hence the confusion 6437 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6437 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6437 
My experience with DHTs 6437 
Pigmented coloration? 6437 
Dht-dht 6437 
Dynamic viscosity? 6437 
The Pallette preamp... 6437 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6437 
"soul" of tubes 6437 
There is a difference... 6437 
Vibration injection? 6437 
Homework # 4334 6437 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6437 
Old valves have more soul! 6436 
Was it soul or soil? 6436 
It was just a heading 6436 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6436 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6436 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6436 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6436 
Injection of analog dither? 6436 
Subliminal signal 6436 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6436 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6436 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6435 
Avicenna = Arabian 6435 
Persian, not Arab 6435 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6435 
More words to describe "sux" please 6435 
Revolution 6435 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6435 
One-stage DHTs 6434 
One other thing 6434 
One stage 6434 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6434 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6434 
I see the things differently. 6434 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6434 
The audiophile attitude 6434 
The where and why of design choices 6434 
Blah blah blah 6434 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6434 
Do I need to be hissing? 6434 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6434 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6434 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6433 
What is randomness? 6433 
Those least three possibilities… 6433 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6433 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6433 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6431 
A Beautiful Mind 6430 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6428 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6413 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6413 
Abandoning Milq? 6413 
Will see how it goes.... 6413 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6411 
Topology and 2A3? 6411 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6411 
Type Casting 6411 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6411 
6sn7-2a3 6411 
Topology vs parts 6411 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6411 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6411 
Parts Frenzy 6411 
Too many new sounds 6411 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6410 
New tubes 6409 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6409 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6409 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6409 
New 2A3 6409 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6408 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6407 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6407 
Czech tubes 6405 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6405 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6405 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6404 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6404 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6401 
Here she is. 6400 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6396 
New 2A3 tubes 6396 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6396 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6395 
Multistage DHT circuits 6394 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6393 
Emission Labs 2A3 6393 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6393 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6393 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6393 
The YO186 Strip Show 6393 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6392 
It will be interesting…. 6392 
OPT impedence 6392 
More about the Plate Loading 6392 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6387 
2A3 data 6387 
The New 2A3 tubes 6387 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6387 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6386 
Everything about everything. 6386 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6386 
Options, options, options.... 6386 
I think we agree overall 6386 
An IDHT with more gain? 6385 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6385 
2A3 tube impressions 6380 
Interesting analogy 6380 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6380 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6380 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6380 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6380 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6380 
Why NOS tubes? 6379 
The Holly Ignorance 6379 
Tube tasting 6379 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6379 
Make mine thoriated please 6379 
Any Germans out there? 6379 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6379 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6379 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6379 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6378 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6378 
Tube sound and vibration 6378 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6372 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6371 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6371 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6370 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6370 
B4/B5 British made 6369 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6369 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6368 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6368 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6367 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6366 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6363 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6363 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6362 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6362 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6362 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6362 
The identical operation environment? 6362 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6362 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6362 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6361 
How to get max power from 2A3 6361 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6361 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6361 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6361 
Gain is not power. 6361 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6361 
Specialized DSET approach 6361 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6361 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6361 
The 2A3 loading 6361 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6361 
Optimizing the 2A3 6361 
How much to DSET a DSET 6361 
DSET for Titan 6361 
The Best of All Worlds 6361 
Multiamp setup 6360 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6360 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6360 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6360 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6354 
2A3 and 400V supply 6354 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6353 
Another shot at numbers 6353 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6353 
Okay, so this might work.... 6353 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6353 
Looks good, but.... 6352 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6352 
Less is more... usually. 6352 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6351 
Stepping Out 6351 
Said to be good, but 6351 
Gain to lose 6351 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6351 
Another idea for losing gain 6351 
What's best 6351 
Options, options... 6351 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6351 
Other compromises... 6350 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6349 
Is it glowing yet? 6329 
It is comming.... 6329 
The new MF channel. 6323 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6322 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6314 
The intestage loading talk. 6311 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6306 
1 in 50? 6306 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6306 
Die Walküre soldering. 6305 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6304 
Another amp arond YO186 6303 
Gain? 6303 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6303 
Simple is good 6302 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6302 
The Milq DSET is up. 6301 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6299 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6299 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6298 
Ok, what do I want? 6298 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6298 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6298 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6298 
How about the tweeter? 6297 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6297 
Safe and Sound 6297 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6297 
Some clarifications. 6297 
How about that?!!! 6297 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6295 
Head Room 6295 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6294 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6294 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6294 
Again with the PS 6294 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6292 
Parallel Universe 6292 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6290 
Why I let other people build them... 6290 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6290 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6289 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6286 
MF: the pre-final version. 6286 
Loftin-White? 6286 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6286 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6286 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6282 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6282 
Define really quiet 6281 
Another variable of sound 6281 
Backlash? 6281 
Alternative filament supplies 6281 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6281 
Going down the DC path 6280 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6280 
Molecular sound 6280 
AC-DC heater supply 6280 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6280 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6280 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6280 
Hiss or Hum 6280 
AC transformers 6280 
I have seen the Promised Land 6279 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6279 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6278 
Divide and Conquer 6278 
The design phase is over. 6277 
The unexpected insanity! 6276 
Loading 6276 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6276 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6276 
Going the Distance 6276 
Read the f*** manual! 6276 
Agreed. 6276 
I agree 6276 
The filament transformer 6276 
Center-tap and options 6276 
Something like this…. 6276 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6276 
The foreplay is going on. 6276 
Split balance 6275 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6275 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6275 
SHuguang 6275 
Going through…. 6274 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6273 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6273 
Hum vs voltage 6273 
Meow about the tubes… 6273 
To Be a Content Cat 6273 
Completed! 6270 
Tradition 6270 
Absolutely beautiful! 6270 
The 'film' caps in PS 6269 
Science or religion 6269 
Mass Extinction 6269 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6269 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6269 
Capacitor choices 6269 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6268 
The minor day of Quartets. 6268 
Them's the Breaks 6268 
Eventually! 6267 
So Soon? 6267 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6267 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6266 
The wire for DC-coupling 6266 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6266 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6266 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6265 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6264 
The DHT live reserve 6263 
Some interestng models 6263 
Eaten alive. 6263 
The tubey déjà vu? 6262 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6258 
The 4V takes a lead. 6254 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6251 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6251 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6249 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6248 
Exiting the design mode? 6248 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6248 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6244 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6243 
Setting up the new Playback 6242 
And the winner is… so far 6239 
If you like type 45... 6239 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6239 
Favorite Flavor? 6239 
The 45 times Meow... 6239 
The problem that I see is… 6239 
Running the 45 6239 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6238 
The commentaries about everything. 6238 
Driver tube and biasing 6238 
DHT drivers 6238 
The ideas are worth trying? 6238 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6234 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6234 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6233 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6233 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6233 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6233 
Operating points and cathode current 6233 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6233 
Actually it is not so simple. 6233 
Resistors at the front 6232 
A minor alternation of a position 6232 
The era of enlightenment. 6229 
The devil is in the details.... 6229 
Constructing Sound 6229 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6228 
The “strange” YO186 6219 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6174 
2S4S and 2A3 6165 
Ho to use the YO186 6158 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6158 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6158 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6156 
Not anymore! 6145 
The very good YoYonisation! 6144 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6143 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6130 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6130 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6077 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6076 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6073 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6063 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5825 
All the Best from Burgundy 5825 
Cheesy tubes 5824 
Me and my DHT references… 5715 
Y0-186 in winter. 5618 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5617 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5586 
In My Dreams 5586 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5586 
Blame? 5585 
When good is not good enough. 5585 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5585 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5584 
How the YO186 was used. 5168 
What is old is new? 5167 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5166 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4715 
That sucks. 4715 
YO186 4713 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4713 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4713 
A hallucination? 4710 
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