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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6243 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6242 
DHT Milq? 6242 
The DHT journey. 6242 
DHT tone 6242 
Well, why not? 6241 
Holding the Fort 6241 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6241 
Input tube and DC heaters 6240 
Reimyo Pat 777 6240 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6236 
DHT or 300B? 6236 
300B 6236 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6236 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6235 
Hence the confusion 6235 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6235 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6235 
My experience with DHTs 6235 
Pigmented coloration? 6235 
Dht-dht 6235 
Dynamic viscosity? 6235 
The Pallette preamp... 6235 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6235 
"soul" of tubes 6235 
There is a difference... 6235 
Vibration injection? 6235 
Homework # 4334 6235 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6235 
Old valves have more soul! 6234 
Was it soul or soil? 6234 
It was just a heading 6234 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6234 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6234 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6234 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6234 
Injection of analog dither? 6234 
Subliminal signal 6234 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6234 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6234 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6233 
Avicenna = Arabian 6233 
Persian, not Arab 6233 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6233 
More words to describe "sux" please 6233 
Revolution 6233 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6233 
One-stage DHTs 6232 
One other thing 6232 
One stage 6232 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6232 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6232 
I see the things differently. 6232 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6232 
The audiophile attitude 6232 
The where and why of design choices 6232 
Blah blah blah 6232 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6232 
Do I need to be hissing? 6232 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6232 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6232 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6231 
What is randomness? 6231 
Those least three possibilities… 6231 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6231 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6231 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6229 
A Beautiful Mind 6228 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6226 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6211 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6211 
Abandoning Milq? 6211 
Will see how it goes.... 6211 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6209 
Topology and 2A3? 6209 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6209 
Type Casting 6209 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6209 
6sn7-2a3 6209 
Topology vs parts 6209 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6209 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6209 
Parts Frenzy 6209 
Too many new sounds 6209 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6208 
New tubes 6207 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6207 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6207 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6207 
New 2A3 6207 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6206 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6205 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6205 
Czech tubes 6203 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6203 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6203 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6202 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6202 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6199 
Here she is. 6198 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6194 
New 2A3 tubes 6194 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6194 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6193 
Multistage DHT circuits 6192 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6191 
Emission Labs 2A3 6191 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6191 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6191 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6191 
The YO186 Strip Show 6191 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6190 
It will be interesting…. 6190 
OPT impedence 6190 
More about the Plate Loading 6190 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6185 
2A3 data 6185 
The New 2A3 tubes 6185 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6185 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6184 
Everything about everything. 6184 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6184 
Options, options, options.... 6184 
I think we agree overall 6184 
An IDHT with more gain? 6183 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6183 
2A3 tube impressions 6178 
Interesting analogy 6178 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6178 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6178 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6178 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6178 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6178 
Why NOS tubes? 6177 
The Holly Ignorance 6177 
Tube tasting 6177 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6177 
Make mine thoriated please 6177 
Any Germans out there? 6177 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6177 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6177 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6177 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6176 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6176 
Tube sound and vibration 6176 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6170 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6169 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6169 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6168 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6168 
B4/B5 British made 6167 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6167 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6166 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6166 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6165 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6164 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6161 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6161 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6160 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6160 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6160 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6160 
The identical operation environment? 6160 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6160 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6160 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6159 
How to get max power from 2A3 6159 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6159 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6159 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6159 
Gain is not power. 6159 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6159 
Specialized DSET approach 6159 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6159 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6159 
The 2A3 loading 6159 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6159 
Optimizing the 2A3 6159 
How much to DSET a DSET 6159 
DSET for Titan 6159 
The Best of All Worlds 6159 
Multiamp setup 6158 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6158 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6158 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6158 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6152 
2A3 and 400V supply 6152 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6151 
Another shot at numbers 6151 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6151 
Okay, so this might work.... 6151 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6151 
Looks good, but.... 6150 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6150 
Less is more... usually. 6150 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6149 
Stepping Out 6149 
Said to be good, but 6149 
Gain to lose 6149 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6149 
Another idea for losing gain 6149 
What's best 6149 
Options, options... 6149 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6149 
Other compromises... 6148 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6147 
Is it glowing yet? 6127 
It is comming.... 6127 
The new MF channel. 6121 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6120 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6112 
The intestage loading talk. 6109 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6104 
1 in 50? 6104 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6104 
Die Walküre soldering. 6103 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6102 
Another amp arond YO186 6101 
Gain? 6101 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6101 
Simple is good 6100 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6100 
The Milq DSET is up. 6099 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6097 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6097 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6096 
Ok, what do I want? 6096 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6096 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6096 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6096 
How about the tweeter? 6095 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6095 
Safe and Sound 6095 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6095 
Some clarifications. 6095 
How about that?!!! 6095 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6093 
Head Room 6093 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6092 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6092 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6092 
Again with the PS 6092 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6090 
Parallel Universe 6090 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6088 
Why I let other people build them... 6088 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6088 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6087 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6084 
MF: the pre-final version. 6084 
Loftin-White? 6084 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6084 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6084 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6080 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6080 
Define really quiet 6079 
Another variable of sound 6079 
Backlash? 6079 
Alternative filament supplies 6079 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6079 
Going down the DC path 6078 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6078 
Molecular sound 6078 
AC-DC heater supply 6078 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6078 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6078 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6078 
Hiss or Hum 6078 
AC transformers 6078 
I have seen the Promised Land 6077 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6077 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6076 
Divide and Conquer 6076 
The design phase is over. 6075 
The unexpected insanity! 6074 
Loading 6074 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6074 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6074 
Going the Distance 6074 
Read the f*** manual! 6074 
Agreed. 6074 
I agree 6074 
The filament transformer 6074 
Center-tap and options 6074 
Something like this…. 6074 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6074 
The foreplay is going on. 6074 
Split balance 6073 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6073 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6073 
SHuguang 6073 
Going through…. 6072 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6071 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6071 
Hum vs voltage 6071 
Meow about the tubes… 6071 
To Be a Content Cat 6071 
Completed! 6068 
Tradition 6068 
Absolutely beautiful! 6068 
The 'film' caps in PS 6067 
Science or religion 6067 
Mass Extinction 6067 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6067 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6067 
Capacitor choices 6067 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6066 
The minor day of Quartets. 6066 
Them's the Breaks 6066 
Eventually! 6065 
So Soon? 6065 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6065 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6064 
The wire for DC-coupling 6064 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6064 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6064 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6063 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6062 
The DHT live reserve 6061 
Some interestng models 6061 
Eaten alive. 6061 
The tubey déjà vu? 6060 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6056 
The 4V takes a lead. 6052 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6049 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6049 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6047 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6046 
Exiting the design mode? 6046 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6046 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6042 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6041 
Setting up the new Playback 6040 
And the winner is… so far 6037 
If you like type 45... 6037 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6037 
Favorite Flavor? 6037 
The 45 times Meow... 6037 
The problem that I see is… 6037 
Running the 45 6037 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6036 
The commentaries about everything. 6036 
Driver tube and biasing 6036 
DHT drivers 6036 
The ideas are worth trying? 6036 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6032 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6032 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6031 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6031 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6031 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6031 
Operating points and cathode current 6031 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6031 
Actually it is not so simple. 6031 
Resistors at the front 6030 
A minor alternation of a position 6030 
The era of enlightenment. 6027 
The devil is in the details.... 6027 
Constructing Sound 6027 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6026 
The “strange” YO186 6017 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5972 
2S4S and 2A3 5963 
Ho to use the YO186 5956 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5956 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5956 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5954 
Not anymore! 5943 
The very good YoYonisation! 5942 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5941 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5928 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5928 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5875 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5874 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5871 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5861 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5623 
All the Best from Burgundy 5623 
Cheesy tubes 5622 
Me and my DHT references… 5513 
Y0-186 in winter. 5416 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5415 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5384 
In My Dreams 5384 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5384 
Blame? 5383 
When good is not good enough. 5383 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5383 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5382 
How the YO186 was used. 4966 
What is old is new? 4965 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4964 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4513 
That sucks. 4513 
YO186 4511 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4511 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4511 
A hallucination? 4508 
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