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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6234 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6233 
DHT Milq? 6233 
The DHT journey. 6233 
DHT tone 6233 
Well, why not? 6232 
Holding the Fort 6232 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6232 
Input tube and DC heaters 6231 
Reimyo Pat 777 6231 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6227 
DHT or 300B? 6227 
300B 6227 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6227 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6226 
Hence the confusion 6226 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6226 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6226 
My experience with DHTs 6226 
Pigmented coloration? 6226 
Dht-dht 6226 
Dynamic viscosity? 6226 
The Pallette preamp... 6226 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6226 
"soul" of tubes 6226 
There is a difference... 6226 
Vibration injection? 6226 
Homework # 4334 6226 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6226 
Old valves have more soul! 6225 
Was it soul or soil? 6225 
It was just a heading 6225 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6225 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6225 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6225 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6225 
Injection of analog dither? 6225 
Subliminal signal 6225 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6225 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6225 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6224 
Avicenna = Arabian 6224 
Persian, not Arab 6224 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6224 
More words to describe "sux" please 6224 
Revolution 6224 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6224 
One-stage DHTs 6223 
One other thing 6223 
One stage 6223 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6223 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6223 
I see the things differently. 6223 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6223 
The audiophile attitude 6223 
The where and why of design choices 6223 
Blah blah blah 6223 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6223 
Do I need to be hissing? 6223 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6223 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6223 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6222 
What is randomness? 6222 
Those least three possibilities… 6222 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6222 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6222 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6220 
A Beautiful Mind 6219 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6217 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6202 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6202 
Abandoning Milq? 6202 
Will see how it goes.... 6202 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6200 
Topology and 2A3? 6200 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6200 
Type Casting 6200 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6200 
6sn7-2a3 6200 
Topology vs parts 6200 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6200 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6200 
Parts Frenzy 6200 
Too many new sounds 6200 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6199 
New tubes 6198 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6198 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6198 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6198 
New 2A3 6198 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6197 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6196 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6196 
Czech tubes 6194 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6194 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6194 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6193 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6193 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6190 
Here she is. 6189 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6185 
New 2A3 tubes 6185 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6185 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6184 
Multistage DHT circuits 6183 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6182 
Emission Labs 2A3 6182 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6182 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6182 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6182 
The YO186 Strip Show 6182 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6181 
It will be interesting…. 6181 
OPT impedence 6181 
More about the Plate Loading 6181 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6176 
2A3 data 6176 
The New 2A3 tubes 6176 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6176 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6175 
Everything about everything. 6175 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6175 
Options, options, options.... 6175 
I think we agree overall 6175 
An IDHT with more gain? 6174 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6174 
2A3 tube impressions 6169 
Interesting analogy 6169 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6169 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6169 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6169 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6169 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6169 
Why NOS tubes? 6168 
The Holly Ignorance 6168 
Tube tasting 6168 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6168 
Make mine thoriated please 6168 
Any Germans out there? 6168 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6168 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6168 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6168 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6167 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6167 
Tube sound and vibration 6167 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6161 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6160 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6160 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6159 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6159 
B4/B5 British made 6158 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6158 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6157 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6157 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6156 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6155 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6152 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6152 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6151 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6151 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6151 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6151 
The identical operation environment? 6151 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6151 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6151 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6150 
How to get max power from 2A3 6150 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6150 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6150 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6150 
Gain is not power. 6150 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6150 
Specialized DSET approach 6150 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6150 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6150 
The 2A3 loading 6150 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6150 
Optimizing the 2A3 6150 
How much to DSET a DSET 6150 
DSET for Titan 6150 
The Best of All Worlds 6150 
Multiamp setup 6149 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6149 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6149 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6149 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6143 
2A3 and 400V supply 6143 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6142 
Another shot at numbers 6142 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6142 
Okay, so this might work.... 6142 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6142 
Looks good, but.... 6141 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6141 
Less is more... usually. 6141 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6140 
Stepping Out 6140 
Said to be good, but 6140 
Gain to lose 6140 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6140 
Another idea for losing gain 6140 
What's best 6140 
Options, options... 6140 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6140 
Other compromises... 6139 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6138 
Is it glowing yet? 6118 
It is comming.... 6118 
The new MF channel. 6112 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6111 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6103 
The intestage loading talk. 6100 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6095 
1 in 50? 6095 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6095 
Die Walküre soldering. 6094 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6093 
Another amp arond YO186 6092 
Gain? 6092 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6092 
Simple is good 6091 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6091 
The Milq DSET is up. 6090 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6088 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6088 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6087 
Ok, what do I want? 6087 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6087 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6087 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6087 
How about the tweeter? 6086 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6086 
Safe and Sound 6086 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6086 
Some clarifications. 6086 
How about that?!!! 6086 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6084 
Head Room 6084 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6083 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6083 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6083 
Again with the PS 6083 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6081 
Parallel Universe 6081 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6079 
Why I let other people build them... 6079 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6079 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6078 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6075 
MF: the pre-final version. 6075 
Loftin-White? 6075 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6075 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6075 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6071 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6071 
Define really quiet 6070 
Another variable of sound 6070 
Backlash? 6070 
Alternative filament supplies 6070 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6070 
Going down the DC path 6069 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6069 
Molecular sound 6069 
AC-DC heater supply 6069 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6069 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6069 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6069 
Hiss or Hum 6069 
AC transformers 6069 
I have seen the Promised Land 6068 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6068 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6067 
Divide and Conquer 6067 
The design phase is over. 6066 
The unexpected insanity! 6065 
Loading 6065 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6065 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6065 
Going the Distance 6065 
Read the f*** manual! 6065 
Agreed. 6065 
I agree 6065 
The filament transformer 6065 
Center-tap and options 6065 
Something like this…. 6065 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6065 
The foreplay is going on. 6065 
Split balance 6064 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6064 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6064 
SHuguang 6064 
Going through…. 6063 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6062 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6062 
Hum vs voltage 6062 
Meow about the tubes… 6062 
To Be a Content Cat 6062 
Completed! 6059 
Tradition 6059 
Absolutely beautiful! 6059 
The 'film' caps in PS 6058 
Science or religion 6058 
Mass Extinction 6058 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6058 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6058 
Capacitor choices 6058 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6057 
The minor day of Quartets. 6057 
Them's the Breaks 6057 
Eventually! 6056 
So Soon? 6056 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6056 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6055 
The wire for DC-coupling 6055 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6055 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6055 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6054 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6053 
The DHT live reserve 6052 
Some interestng models 6052 
Eaten alive. 6052 
The tubey déjà vu? 6051 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6047 
The 4V takes a lead. 6043 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6040 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6040 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6038 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6037 
Exiting the design mode? 6037 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6037 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6033 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6032 
Setting up the new Playback 6031 
And the winner is… so far 6028 
If you like type 45... 6028 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6028 
Favorite Flavor? 6028 
The 45 times Meow... 6028 
The problem that I see is… 6028 
Running the 45 6028 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6027 
The commentaries about everything. 6027 
Driver tube and biasing 6027 
DHT drivers 6027 
The ideas are worth trying? 6027 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6023 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6023 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6022 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6022 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6022 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6022 
Operating points and cathode current 6022 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6022 
Actually it is not so simple. 6022 
Resistors at the front 6021 
A minor alternation of a position 6021 
The era of enlightenment. 6018 
The devil is in the details.... 6018 
Constructing Sound 6018 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6017 
The “strange” YO186 6008 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5963 
2S4S and 2A3 5954 
Ho to use the YO186 5947 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5947 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5947 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5945 
Not anymore! 5934 
The very good YoYonisation! 5933 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5932 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5919 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5919 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5866 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5865 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5862 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5852 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5614 
All the Best from Burgundy 5614 
Cheesy tubes 5613 
Me and my DHT references… 5504 
Y0-186 in winter. 5407 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5406 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5375 
In My Dreams 5375 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5375 
Blame? 5374 
When good is not good enough. 5374 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5374 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5373 
How the YO186 was used. 4957 
What is old is new? 4956 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4955 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4504 
That sucks. 4504 
YO186 4502 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4502 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4502 
A hallucination? 4499 
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