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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6251 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6250 
DHT Milq? 6250 
The DHT journey. 6250 
DHT tone 6250 
Well, why not? 6249 
Holding the Fort 6249 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6249 
Input tube and DC heaters 6248 
Reimyo Pat 777 6248 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6244 
DHT or 300B? 6244 
300B 6244 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6244 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6243 
Hence the confusion 6243 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6243 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6243 
My experience with DHTs 6243 
Pigmented coloration? 6243 
Dht-dht 6243 
Dynamic viscosity? 6243 
The Pallette preamp... 6243 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6243 
"soul" of tubes 6243 
There is a difference... 6243 
Vibration injection? 6243 
Homework # 4334 6243 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6243 
Old valves have more soul! 6242 
Was it soul or soil? 6242 
It was just a heading 6242 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6242 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6242 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6242 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6242 
Injection of analog dither? 6242 
Subliminal signal 6242 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6242 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6242 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6241 
Avicenna = Arabian 6241 
Persian, not Arab 6241 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6241 
More words to describe "sux" please 6241 
Revolution 6241 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6241 
One-stage DHTs 6240 
One other thing 6240 
One stage 6240 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6240 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6240 
I see the things differently. 6240 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6240 
The audiophile attitude 6240 
The where and why of design choices 6240 
Blah blah blah 6240 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6240 
Do I need to be hissing? 6240 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6240 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6240 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6239 
What is randomness? 6239 
Those least three possibilities… 6239 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6239 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6239 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6237 
A Beautiful Mind 6236 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6234 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6219 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6219 
Abandoning Milq? 6219 
Will see how it goes.... 6219 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6217 
Topology and 2A3? 6217 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6217 
Type Casting 6217 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6217 
6sn7-2a3 6217 
Topology vs parts 6217 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6217 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6217 
Parts Frenzy 6217 
Too many new sounds 6217 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6216 
New tubes 6215 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6215 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6215 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6215 
New 2A3 6215 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6214 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6213 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6213 
Czech tubes 6211 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6211 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6211 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6210 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6210 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6207 
Here she is. 6206 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6202 
New 2A3 tubes 6202 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6202 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6201 
Multistage DHT circuits 6200 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6199 
Emission Labs 2A3 6199 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6199 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6199 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6199 
The YO186 Strip Show 6199 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6198 
It will be interesting…. 6198 
OPT impedence 6198 
More about the Plate Loading 6198 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6193 
2A3 data 6193 
The New 2A3 tubes 6193 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6193 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6192 
Everything about everything. 6192 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6192 
Options, options, options.... 6192 
I think we agree overall 6192 
An IDHT with more gain? 6191 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6191 
2A3 tube impressions 6186 
Interesting analogy 6186 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6186 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6186 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6186 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6186 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6186 
Why NOS tubes? 6185 
The Holly Ignorance 6185 
Tube tasting 6185 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6185 
Make mine thoriated please 6185 
Any Germans out there? 6185 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6185 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6185 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6185 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6184 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6184 
Tube sound and vibration 6184 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6178 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6177 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6177 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6176 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6176 
B4/B5 British made 6175 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6175 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6174 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6174 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6173 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6172 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6169 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6169 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6168 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6168 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6168 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6168 
The identical operation environment? 6168 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6168 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6168 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6167 
How to get max power from 2A3 6167 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6167 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6167 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6167 
Gain is not power. 6167 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6167 
Specialized DSET approach 6167 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6167 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6167 
The 2A3 loading 6167 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6167 
Optimizing the 2A3 6167 
How much to DSET a DSET 6167 
DSET for Titan 6167 
The Best of All Worlds 6167 
Multiamp setup 6166 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6166 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6166 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6166 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6160 
2A3 and 400V supply 6160 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6159 
Another shot at numbers 6159 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6159 
Okay, so this might work.... 6159 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6159 
Looks good, but.... 6158 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6158 
Less is more... usually. 6158 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6157 
Stepping Out 6157 
Said to be good, but 6157 
Gain to lose 6157 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6157 
Another idea for losing gain 6157 
What's best 6157 
Options, options... 6157 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6157 
Other compromises... 6156 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6155 
Is it glowing yet? 6135 
It is comming.... 6135 
The new MF channel. 6129 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6128 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6120 
The intestage loading talk. 6117 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6112 
1 in 50? 6112 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6112 
Die Walküre soldering. 6111 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6110 
Another amp arond YO186 6109 
Gain? 6109 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6109 
Simple is good 6108 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6108 
The Milq DSET is up. 6107 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6105 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6105 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6104 
Ok, what do I want? 6104 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6104 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6104 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6104 
How about the tweeter? 6103 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6103 
Safe and Sound 6103 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6103 
Some clarifications. 6103 
How about that?!!! 6103 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6101 
Head Room 6101 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6100 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6100 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6100 
Again with the PS 6100 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6098 
Parallel Universe 6098 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6096 
Why I let other people build them... 6096 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6096 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6095 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6092 
MF: the pre-final version. 6092 
Loftin-White? 6092 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6092 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6092 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6088 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6088 
Define really quiet 6087 
Another variable of sound 6087 
Backlash? 6087 
Alternative filament supplies 6087 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6087 
Going down the DC path 6086 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6086 
Molecular sound 6086 
AC-DC heater supply 6086 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6086 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6086 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6086 
Hiss or Hum 6086 
AC transformers 6086 
I have seen the Promised Land 6085 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6085 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6084 
Divide and Conquer 6084 
The design phase is over. 6083 
The unexpected insanity! 6082 
Loading 6082 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6082 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6082 
Going the Distance 6082 
Read the f*** manual! 6082 
Agreed. 6082 
I agree 6082 
The filament transformer 6082 
Center-tap and options 6082 
Something like this…. 6082 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6082 
The foreplay is going on. 6082 
Split balance 6081 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6081 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6081 
SHuguang 6081 
Going through…. 6080 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6079 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6079 
Hum vs voltage 6079 
Meow about the tubes… 6079 
To Be a Content Cat 6079 
Completed! 6076 
Tradition 6076 
Absolutely beautiful! 6076 
The 'film' caps in PS 6075 
Science or religion 6075 
Mass Extinction 6075 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6075 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6075 
Capacitor choices 6075 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6074 
The minor day of Quartets. 6074 
Them's the Breaks 6074 
Eventually! 6073 
So Soon? 6073 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6073 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6072 
The wire for DC-coupling 6072 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6072 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6072 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6071 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6070 
The DHT live reserve 6069 
Some interestng models 6069 
Eaten alive. 6069 
The tubey déjà vu? 6068 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6064 
The 4V takes a lead. 6060 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6057 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6057 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6055 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6054 
Exiting the design mode? 6054 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6054 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6050 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6049 
Setting up the new Playback 6048 
And the winner is… so far 6045 
If you like type 45... 6045 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6045 
Favorite Flavor? 6045 
The 45 times Meow... 6045 
The problem that I see is… 6045 
Running the 45 6045 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6044 
The commentaries about everything. 6044 
Driver tube and biasing 6044 
DHT drivers 6044 
The ideas are worth trying? 6044 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6040 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6040 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6039 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6039 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6039 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6039 
Operating points and cathode current 6039 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6039 
Actually it is not so simple. 6039 
Resistors at the front 6038 
A minor alternation of a position 6038 
The era of enlightenment. 6035 
The devil is in the details.... 6035 
Constructing Sound 6035 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6034 
The “strange” YO186 6025 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5980 
2S4S and 2A3 5971 
Ho to use the YO186 5964 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5964 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5964 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5962 
Not anymore! 5951 
The very good YoYonisation! 5950 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5949 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5936 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5936 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5883 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5882 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5879 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5869 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5631 
All the Best from Burgundy 5631 
Cheesy tubes 5630 
Me and my DHT references… 5521 
Y0-186 in winter. 5424 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5423 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5392 
In My Dreams 5392 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5392 
Blame? 5391 
When good is not good enough. 5391 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5391 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5390 
How the YO186 was used. 4974 
What is old is new? 4973 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4972 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4521 
That sucks. 4521 
YO186 4519 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4519 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4519 
A hallucination? 4516 
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