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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6231 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6230 
DHT Milq? 6230 
The DHT journey. 6230 
DHT tone 6230 
Well, why not? 6229 
Holding the Fort 6229 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6229 
Input tube and DC heaters 6228 
Reimyo Pat 777 6228 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6224 
DHT or 300B? 6224 
300B 6224 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6224 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6223 
Hence the confusion 6223 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6223 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6223 
My experience with DHTs 6223 
Pigmented coloration? 6223 
Dht-dht 6223 
Dynamic viscosity? 6223 
The Pallette preamp... 6223 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6223 
"soul" of tubes 6223 
There is a difference... 6223 
Vibration injection? 6223 
Homework # 4334 6223 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6223 
Old valves have more soul! 6222 
Was it soul or soil? 6222 
It was just a heading 6222 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6222 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6222 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6222 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6222 
Injection of analog dither? 6222 
Subliminal signal 6222 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6222 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6222 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6221 
Avicenna = Arabian 6221 
Persian, not Arab 6221 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6221 
More words to describe "sux" please 6221 
Revolution 6221 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6221 
One-stage DHTs 6220 
One other thing 6220 
One stage 6220 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6220 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6220 
I see the things differently. 6220 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6220 
The audiophile attitude 6220 
The where and why of design choices 6220 
Blah blah blah 6220 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6220 
Do I need to be hissing? 6220 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6220 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6220 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6219 
What is randomness? 6219 
Those least three possibilities… 6219 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6219 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6219 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6217 
A Beautiful Mind 6216 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6214 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6199 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6199 
Abandoning Milq? 6199 
Will see how it goes.... 6199 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6197 
Topology and 2A3? 6197 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6197 
Type Casting 6197 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6197 
6sn7-2a3 6197 
Topology vs parts 6197 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6197 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6197 
Parts Frenzy 6197 
Too many new sounds 6197 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6196 
New tubes 6195 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6195 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6195 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6195 
New 2A3 6195 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6194 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6193 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6193 
Czech tubes 6191 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6191 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6191 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6190 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6190 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6187 
Here she is. 6186 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6182 
New 2A3 tubes 6182 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6182 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6181 
Multistage DHT circuits 6180 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6179 
Emission Labs 2A3 6179 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6179 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6179 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6179 
The YO186 Strip Show 6179 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6178 
It will be interesting…. 6178 
OPT impedence 6178 
More about the Plate Loading 6178 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6173 
2A3 data 6173 
The New 2A3 tubes 6173 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6173 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6172 
Everything about everything. 6172 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6172 
Options, options, options.... 6172 
I think we agree overall 6172 
An IDHT with more gain? 6171 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6171 
2A3 tube impressions 6166 
Interesting analogy 6166 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6166 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6166 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6166 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6166 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6166 
Why NOS tubes? 6165 
The Holly Ignorance 6165 
Tube tasting 6165 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6165 
Make mine thoriated please 6165 
Any Germans out there? 6165 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6165 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6165 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6165 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6164 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6164 
Tube sound and vibration 6164 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6158 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6157 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6157 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6156 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6156 
B4/B5 British made 6155 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6155 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6154 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6154 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6153 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6152 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6149 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6149 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6148 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6148 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6148 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6148 
The identical operation environment? 6148 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6148 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6148 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6147 
How to get max power from 2A3 6147 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6147 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6147 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6147 
Gain is not power. 6147 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6147 
Specialized DSET approach 6147 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6147 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6147 
The 2A3 loading 6147 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6147 
Optimizing the 2A3 6147 
How much to DSET a DSET 6147 
DSET for Titan 6147 
The Best of All Worlds 6147 
Multiamp setup 6146 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6146 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6146 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6146 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6140 
2A3 and 400V supply 6140 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6139 
Another shot at numbers 6139 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6139 
Okay, so this might work.... 6139 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6139 
Looks good, but.... 6138 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6138 
Less is more... usually. 6138 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6137 
Stepping Out 6137 
Said to be good, but 6137 
Gain to lose 6137 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6137 
Another idea for losing gain 6137 
What's best 6137 
Options, options... 6137 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6137 
Other compromises... 6136 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6135 
Is it glowing yet? 6115 
It is comming.... 6115 
The new MF channel. 6109 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6108 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6100 
The intestage loading talk. 6097 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6092 
1 in 50? 6092 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6092 
Die Walküre soldering. 6091 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6090 
Another amp arond YO186 6089 
Gain? 6089 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6089 
Simple is good 6088 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6088 
The Milq DSET is up. 6087 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6085 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6085 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6084 
Ok, what do I want? 6084 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6084 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6084 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6084 
How about the tweeter? 6083 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6083 
Safe and Sound 6083 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6083 
Some clarifications. 6083 
How about that?!!! 6083 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6081 
Head Room 6081 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6080 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6080 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6080 
Again with the PS 6080 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6078 
Parallel Universe 6078 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6076 
Why I let other people build them... 6076 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6076 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6075 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6072 
MF: the pre-final version. 6072 
Loftin-White? 6072 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6072 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6072 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6068 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6068 
Define really quiet 6067 
Another variable of sound 6067 
Backlash? 6067 
Alternative filament supplies 6067 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6067 
Going down the DC path 6066 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6066 
Molecular sound 6066 
AC-DC heater supply 6066 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6066 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6066 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6066 
Hiss or Hum 6066 
AC transformers 6066 
I have seen the Promised Land 6065 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6065 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6064 
Divide and Conquer 6064 
The design phase is over. 6063 
The unexpected insanity! 6062 
Loading 6062 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6062 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6062 
Going the Distance 6062 
Read the f*** manual! 6062 
Agreed. 6062 
I agree 6062 
The filament transformer 6062 
Center-tap and options 6062 
Something like this…. 6062 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6062 
The foreplay is going on. 6062 
Split balance 6061 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6061 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6061 
SHuguang 6061 
Going through…. 6060 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6059 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6059 
Hum vs voltage 6059 
Meow about the tubes… 6059 
To Be a Content Cat 6059 
Completed! 6056 
Tradition 6056 
Absolutely beautiful! 6056 
The 'film' caps in PS 6055 
Science or religion 6055 
Mass Extinction 6055 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6055 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6055 
Capacitor choices 6055 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6054 
The minor day of Quartets. 6054 
Them's the Breaks 6054 
Eventually! 6053 
So Soon? 6053 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6053 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6052 
The wire for DC-coupling 6052 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6052 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6052 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6051 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6050 
The DHT live reserve 6049 
Some interestng models 6049 
Eaten alive. 6049 
The tubey déjà vu? 6048 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6044 
The 4V takes a lead. 6040 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6037 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6037 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6035 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6034 
Exiting the design mode? 6034 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6034 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6030 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6029 
Setting up the new Playback 6028 
And the winner is… so far 6025 
If you like type 45... 6025 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6025 
Favorite Flavor? 6025 
The 45 times Meow... 6025 
The problem that I see is… 6025 
Running the 45 6025 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6024 
The commentaries about everything. 6024 
Driver tube and biasing 6024 
DHT drivers 6024 
The ideas are worth trying? 6024 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6020 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6020 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6019 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6019 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6019 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6019 
Operating points and cathode current 6019 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6019 
Actually it is not so simple. 6019 
Resistors at the front 6018 
A minor alternation of a position 6018 
The era of enlightenment. 6015 
The devil is in the details.... 6015 
Constructing Sound 6015 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6014 
The “strange” YO186 6005 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5960 
2S4S and 2A3 5951 
Ho to use the YO186 5944 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5944 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5944 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5942 
Not anymore! 5931 
The very good YoYonisation! 5930 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5929 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5916 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5916 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5863 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5862 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5859 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5849 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5611 
All the Best from Burgundy 5611 
Cheesy tubes 5610 
Me and my DHT references… 5501 
Y0-186 in winter. 5404 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5403 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5372 
In My Dreams 5372 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5372 
Blame? 5371 
When good is not good enough. 5371 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5371 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5370 
How the YO186 was used. 4954 
What is old is new? 4953 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4952 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4501 
That sucks. 4501 
YO186 4499 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4499 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4499 
A hallucination? 4496 
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