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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6233 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6232 
DHT Milq? 6232 
The DHT journey. 6232 
DHT tone 6232 
Well, why not? 6231 
Holding the Fort 6231 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6231 
Input tube and DC heaters 6230 
Reimyo Pat 777 6230 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6226 
DHT or 300B? 6226 
300B 6226 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6226 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6225 
Hence the confusion 6225 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6225 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6225 
My experience with DHTs 6225 
Pigmented coloration? 6225 
Dht-dht 6225 
Dynamic viscosity? 6225 
The Pallette preamp... 6225 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6225 
"soul" of tubes 6225 
There is a difference... 6225 
Vibration injection? 6225 
Homework # 4334 6225 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6225 
Old valves have more soul! 6224 
Was it soul or soil? 6224 
It was just a heading 6224 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6224 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6224 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6224 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6224 
Injection of analog dither? 6224 
Subliminal signal 6224 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6224 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6224 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6223 
Avicenna = Arabian 6223 
Persian, not Arab 6223 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6223 
More words to describe "sux" please 6223 
Revolution 6223 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6223 
One-stage DHTs 6222 
One other thing 6222 
One stage 6222 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6222 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6222 
I see the things differently. 6222 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6222 
The audiophile attitude 6222 
The where and why of design choices 6222 
Blah blah blah 6222 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6222 
Do I need to be hissing? 6222 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6222 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6222 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6221 
What is randomness? 6221 
Those least three possibilities… 6221 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6221 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6221 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6219 
A Beautiful Mind 6218 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6216 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6201 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6201 
Abandoning Milq? 6201 
Will see how it goes.... 6201 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6199 
Topology and 2A3? 6199 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6199 
Type Casting 6199 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6199 
6sn7-2a3 6199 
Topology vs parts 6199 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6199 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6199 
Parts Frenzy 6199 
Too many new sounds 6199 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6198 
New tubes 6197 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6197 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6197 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6197 
New 2A3 6197 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6196 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6195 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6195 
Czech tubes 6193 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6193 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6193 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6192 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6192 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6189 
Here she is. 6188 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6184 
New 2A3 tubes 6184 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6184 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6183 
Multistage DHT circuits 6182 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6181 
Emission Labs 2A3 6181 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6181 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6181 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6181 
The YO186 Strip Show 6181 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6180 
It will be interesting…. 6180 
OPT impedence 6180 
More about the Plate Loading 6180 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6175 
2A3 data 6175 
The New 2A3 tubes 6175 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6175 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6174 
Everything about everything. 6174 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6174 
Options, options, options.... 6174 
I think we agree overall 6174 
An IDHT with more gain? 6173 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6173 
2A3 tube impressions 6168 
Interesting analogy 6168 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6168 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6168 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6168 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6168 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6168 
Why NOS tubes? 6167 
The Holly Ignorance 6167 
Tube tasting 6167 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6167 
Make mine thoriated please 6167 
Any Germans out there? 6167 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6167 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6167 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6167 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6166 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6166 
Tube sound and vibration 6166 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6160 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6159 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6159 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6158 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6158 
B4/B5 British made 6157 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6157 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6156 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6156 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6155 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6154 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6151 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6151 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6150 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6150 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6150 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6150 
The identical operation environment? 6150 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6150 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6150 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6149 
How to get max power from 2A3 6149 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6149 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6149 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6149 
Gain is not power. 6149 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6149 
Specialized DSET approach 6149 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6149 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6149 
The 2A3 loading 6149 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6149 
Optimizing the 2A3 6149 
How much to DSET a DSET 6149 
DSET for Titan 6149 
The Best of All Worlds 6149 
Multiamp setup 6148 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6148 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6148 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6148 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6142 
2A3 and 400V supply 6142 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6141 
Another shot at numbers 6141 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6141 
Okay, so this might work.... 6141 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6141 
Looks good, but.... 6140 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6140 
Less is more... usually. 6140 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6139 
Stepping Out 6139 
Said to be good, but 6139 
Gain to lose 6139 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6139 
Another idea for losing gain 6139 
What's best 6139 
Options, options... 6139 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6139 
Other compromises... 6138 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6137 
Is it glowing yet? 6117 
It is comming.... 6117 
The new MF channel. 6111 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6110 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6102 
The intestage loading talk. 6099 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6094 
1 in 50? 6094 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6094 
Die Walküre soldering. 6093 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6092 
Another amp arond YO186 6091 
Gain? 6091 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6091 
Simple is good 6090 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6090 
The Milq DSET is up. 6089 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6087 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6087 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6086 
Ok, what do I want? 6086 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6086 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6086 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6086 
How about the tweeter? 6085 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6085 
Safe and Sound 6085 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6085 
Some clarifications. 6085 
How about that?!!! 6085 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6083 
Head Room 6083 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6082 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6082 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6082 
Again with the PS 6082 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6080 
Parallel Universe 6080 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6078 
Why I let other people build them... 6078 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6078 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6077 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6074 
MF: the pre-final version. 6074 
Loftin-White? 6074 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6074 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6074 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6070 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6070 
Define really quiet 6069 
Another variable of sound 6069 
Backlash? 6069 
Alternative filament supplies 6069 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6069 
Going down the DC path 6068 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6068 
Molecular sound 6068 
AC-DC heater supply 6068 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6068 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6068 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6068 
Hiss or Hum 6068 
AC transformers 6068 
I have seen the Promised Land 6067 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6067 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6066 
Divide and Conquer 6066 
The design phase is over. 6065 
The unexpected insanity! 6064 
Loading 6064 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6064 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6064 
Going the Distance 6064 
Read the f*** manual! 6064 
Agreed. 6064 
I agree 6064 
The filament transformer 6064 
Center-tap and options 6064 
Something like this…. 6064 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6064 
The foreplay is going on. 6064 
Split balance 6063 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6063 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6063 
SHuguang 6063 
Going through…. 6062 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6061 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6061 
Hum vs voltage 6061 
Meow about the tubes… 6061 
To Be a Content Cat 6061 
Completed! 6058 
Tradition 6058 
Absolutely beautiful! 6058 
The 'film' caps in PS 6057 
Science or religion 6057 
Mass Extinction 6057 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6057 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6057 
Capacitor choices 6057 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6056 
The minor day of Quartets. 6056 
Them's the Breaks 6056 
Eventually! 6055 
So Soon? 6055 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6055 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6054 
The wire for DC-coupling 6054 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6054 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6054 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6053 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6052 
The DHT live reserve 6051 
Some interestng models 6051 
Eaten alive. 6051 
The tubey déjà vu? 6050 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6046 
The 4V takes a lead. 6042 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6039 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6039 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6037 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6036 
Exiting the design mode? 6036 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6036 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6032 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6031 
Setting up the new Playback 6030 
And the winner is… so far 6027 
If you like type 45... 6027 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6027 
Favorite Flavor? 6027 
The 45 times Meow... 6027 
The problem that I see is… 6027 
Running the 45 6027 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6026 
The commentaries about everything. 6026 
Driver tube and biasing 6026 
DHT drivers 6026 
The ideas are worth trying? 6026 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6022 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6022 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6021 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6021 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6021 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6021 
Operating points and cathode current 6021 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6021 
Actually it is not so simple. 6021 
Resistors at the front 6020 
A minor alternation of a position 6020 
The era of enlightenment. 6017 
The devil is in the details.... 6017 
Constructing Sound 6017 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6016 
The “strange” YO186 6007 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5962 
2S4S and 2A3 5953 
Ho to use the YO186 5946 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5946 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5946 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5944 
Not anymore! 5933 
The very good YoYonisation! 5932 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5931 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5918 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5918 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5865 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5864 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5861 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5851 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5613 
All the Best from Burgundy 5613 
Cheesy tubes 5612 
Me and my DHT references… 5503 
Y0-186 in winter. 5406 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5405 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5374 
In My Dreams 5374 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5374 
Blame? 5373 
When good is not good enough. 5373 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5373 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5372 
How the YO186 was used. 4956 
What is old is new? 4955 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4954 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4503 
That sucks. 4503 
YO186 4501 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4501 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4501 
A hallucination? 4498 
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