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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6470 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6469 
DHT Milq? 6469 
The DHT journey. 6469 
DHT tone 6469 
Well, why not? 6468 
Holding the Fort 6468 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6468 
Input tube and DC heaters 6467 
Reimyo Pat 777 6467 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6463 
DHT or 300B? 6463 
300B 6463 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6463 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6462 
Hence the confusion 6462 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6462 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6462 
My experience with DHTs 6462 
Pigmented coloration? 6462 
Dht-dht 6462 
Dynamic viscosity? 6462 
The Pallette preamp... 6462 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6462 
"soul" of tubes 6462 
There is a difference... 6462 
Vibration injection? 6462 
Homework # 4334 6462 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6462 
Old valves have more soul! 6461 
Was it soul or soil? 6461 
It was just a heading 6461 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6461 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6461 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6461 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6461 
Injection of analog dither? 6461 
Subliminal signal 6461 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6461 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6461 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6460 
Avicenna = Arabian 6460 
Persian, not Arab 6460 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6460 
More words to describe "sux" please 6460 
Revolution 6460 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6460 
One-stage DHTs 6459 
One other thing 6459 
One stage 6459 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6459 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6459 
I see the things differently. 6459 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6459 
The audiophile attitude 6459 
The where and why of design choices 6459 
Blah blah blah 6459 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6459 
Do I need to be hissing? 6459 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6459 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6459 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6458 
What is randomness? 6458 
Those least three possibilities… 6458 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6458 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6458 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6456 
A Beautiful Mind 6455 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6453 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6438 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6438 
Abandoning Milq? 6438 
Will see how it goes.... 6438 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6436 
Topology and 2A3? 6436 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6436 
Type Casting 6436 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6436 
6sn7-2a3 6436 
Topology vs parts 6436 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6436 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6436 
Parts Frenzy 6436 
Too many new sounds 6436 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6435 
New tubes 6434 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6434 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6434 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6434 
New 2A3 6434 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6433 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6432 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6432 
Czech tubes 6430 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6430 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6430 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6429 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6429 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6426 
Here she is. 6425 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6421 
New 2A3 tubes 6421 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6421 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6420 
Multistage DHT circuits 6419 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6418 
Emission Labs 2A3 6418 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6418 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6418 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6418 
The YO186 Strip Show 6418 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6417 
It will be interesting…. 6417 
OPT impedence 6417 
More about the Plate Loading 6417 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6412 
2A3 data 6412 
The New 2A3 tubes 6412 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6412 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6411 
Everything about everything. 6411 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6411 
Options, options, options.... 6411 
I think we agree overall 6411 
An IDHT with more gain? 6410 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6410 
2A3 tube impressions 6405 
Interesting analogy 6405 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6405 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6405 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6405 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6405 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6405 
Why NOS tubes? 6404 
The Holly Ignorance 6404 
Tube tasting 6404 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6404 
Make mine thoriated please 6404 
Any Germans out there? 6404 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6404 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6404 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6404 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6403 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6403 
Tube sound and vibration 6403 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6397 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6396 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6396 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6395 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6395 
B4/B5 British made 6394 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6394 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6393 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6393 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6392 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6391 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6388 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6388 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6387 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6387 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6387 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6387 
The identical operation environment? 6387 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6387 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6387 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6386 
How to get max power from 2A3 6386 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6386 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6386 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6386 
Gain is not power. 6386 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6386 
Specialized DSET approach 6386 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6386 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6386 
The 2A3 loading 6386 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6386 
Optimizing the 2A3 6386 
How much to DSET a DSET 6386 
DSET for Titan 6386 
The Best of All Worlds 6386 
Multiamp setup 6385 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6385 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6385 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6385 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6379 
2A3 and 400V supply 6379 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6378 
Another shot at numbers 6378 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6378 
Okay, so this might work.... 6378 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6378 
Looks good, but.... 6377 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6377 
Less is more... usually. 6377 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6376 
Stepping Out 6376 
Said to be good, but 6376 
Gain to lose 6376 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6376 
Another idea for losing gain 6376 
What's best 6376 
Options, options... 6376 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6376 
Other compromises... 6375 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6374 
Is it glowing yet? 6354 
It is comming.... 6354 
The new MF channel. 6348 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6347 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6339 
The intestage loading talk. 6336 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6331 
1 in 50? 6331 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6331 
Die Walküre soldering. 6330 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6329 
Another amp arond YO186 6328 
Gain? 6328 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6328 
Simple is good 6327 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6327 
The Milq DSET is up. 6326 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6324 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6324 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6323 
Ok, what do I want? 6323 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6323 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6323 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6323 
How about the tweeter? 6322 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6322 
Safe and Sound 6322 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6322 
Some clarifications. 6322 
How about that?!!! 6322 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6320 
Head Room 6320 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6319 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6319 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6319 
Again with the PS 6319 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6317 
Parallel Universe 6317 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6315 
Why I let other people build them... 6315 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6315 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6314 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6311 
MF: the pre-final version. 6311 
Loftin-White? 6311 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6311 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6311 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6307 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6307 
Define really quiet 6306 
Another variable of sound 6306 
Backlash? 6306 
Alternative filament supplies 6306 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6306 
Going down the DC path 6305 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6305 
Molecular sound 6305 
AC-DC heater supply 6305 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6305 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6305 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6305 
Hiss or Hum 6305 
AC transformers 6305 
I have seen the Promised Land 6304 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6304 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6303 
Divide and Conquer 6303 
The design phase is over. 6302 
The unexpected insanity! 6301 
Loading 6301 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6301 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6301 
Going the Distance 6301 
Read the f*** manual! 6301 
Agreed. 6301 
I agree 6301 
The filament transformer 6301 
Center-tap and options 6301 
Something like this…. 6301 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6301 
The foreplay is going on. 6301 
Split balance 6300 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6300 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6300 
SHuguang 6300 
Going through…. 6299 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6298 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6298 
Hum vs voltage 6298 
Meow about the tubes… 6298 
To Be a Content Cat 6298 
Completed! 6295 
Tradition 6295 
Absolutely beautiful! 6295 
The 'film' caps in PS 6294 
Science or religion 6294 
Mass Extinction 6294 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6294 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6294 
Capacitor choices 6294 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6293 
The minor day of Quartets. 6293 
Them's the Breaks 6293 
Eventually! 6292 
So Soon? 6292 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6292 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6291 
The wire for DC-coupling 6291 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6291 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6291 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6290 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6289 
The DHT live reserve 6288 
Some interestng models 6288 
Eaten alive. 6288 
The tubey déjà vu? 6287 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6283 
The 4V takes a lead. 6279 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6276 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6276 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6274 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6273 
Exiting the design mode? 6273 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6273 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6269 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6268 
Setting up the new Playback 6267 
And the winner is… so far 6264 
If you like type 45... 6264 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6264 
Favorite Flavor? 6264 
The 45 times Meow... 6264 
The problem that I see is… 6264 
Running the 45 6264 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6263 
The commentaries about everything. 6263 
Driver tube and biasing 6263 
DHT drivers 6263 
The ideas are worth trying? 6263 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6259 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6259 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6258 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6258 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6258 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6258 
Operating points and cathode current 6258 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6258 
Actually it is not so simple. 6258 
Resistors at the front 6257 
A minor alternation of a position 6257 
The era of enlightenment. 6254 
The devil is in the details.... 6254 
Constructing Sound 6254 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6253 
The “strange” YO186 6244 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6199 
2S4S and 2A3 6190 
Ho to use the YO186 6183 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6183 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6183 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6181 
Not anymore! 6170 
The very good YoYonisation! 6169 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6168 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6155 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6155 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6102 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6101 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6098 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6088 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5850 
All the Best from Burgundy 5850 
Cheesy tubes 5849 
Me and my DHT references… 5740 
Y0-186 in winter. 5643 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5642 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5611 
In My Dreams 5611 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5611 
Blame? 5610 
When good is not good enough. 5610 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5610 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5609 
How the YO186 was used. 5193 
What is old is new? 5192 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5191 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4740 
That sucks. 4740 
YO186 4738 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4738 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4738 
A hallucination? 4735 
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