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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6220 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6219 
DHT Milq? 6219 
The DHT journey. 6219 
DHT tone 6219 
Well, why not? 6218 
Holding the Fort 6218 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6218 
Input tube and DC heaters 6217 
Reimyo Pat 777 6217 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6213 
DHT or 300B? 6213 
300B 6213 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6213 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6212 
Hence the confusion 6212 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6212 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6212 
My experience with DHTs 6212 
Pigmented coloration? 6212 
Dht-dht 6212 
Dynamic viscosity? 6212 
The Pallette preamp... 6212 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6212 
"soul" of tubes 6212 
There is a difference... 6212 
Vibration injection? 6212 
Homework # 4334 6212 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6212 
Old valves have more soul! 6211 
Was it soul or soil? 6211 
It was just a heading 6211 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6211 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6211 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6211 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6211 
Injection of analog dither? 6211 
Subliminal signal 6211 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6211 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6211 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6210 
Avicenna = Arabian 6210 
Persian, not Arab 6210 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6210 
More words to describe "sux" please 6210 
Revolution 6210 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6210 
One-stage DHTs 6209 
One other thing 6209 
One stage 6209 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6209 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6209 
I see the things differently. 6209 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6209 
The audiophile attitude 6209 
The where and why of design choices 6209 
Blah blah blah 6209 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6209 
Do I need to be hissing? 6209 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6209 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6209 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6208 
What is randomness? 6208 
Those least three possibilities… 6208 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6208 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6208 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6206 
A Beautiful Mind 6205 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6203 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6188 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6188 
Abandoning Milq? 6188 
Will see how it goes.... 6188 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6186 
Topology and 2A3? 6186 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6186 
Type Casting 6186 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6186 
6sn7-2a3 6186 
Topology vs parts 6186 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6186 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6186 
Parts Frenzy 6186 
Too many new sounds 6186 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6185 
New tubes 6184 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6184 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6184 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6184 
New 2A3 6184 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6183 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6182 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6182 
Czech tubes 6180 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6180 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6180 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6179 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6179 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6176 
Here she is. 6175 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6171 
New 2A3 tubes 6171 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6171 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6170 
Multistage DHT circuits 6169 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6168 
Emission Labs 2A3 6168 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6168 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6168 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6168 
The YO186 Strip Show 6168 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6167 
It will be interesting…. 6167 
OPT impedence 6167 
More about the Plate Loading 6167 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6162 
2A3 data 6162 
The New 2A3 tubes 6162 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6162 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6161 
Everything about everything. 6161 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6161 
Options, options, options.... 6161 
I think we agree overall 6161 
An IDHT with more gain? 6160 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6160 
2A3 tube impressions 6155 
Interesting analogy 6155 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6155 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6155 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6155 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6155 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6155 
Why NOS tubes? 6154 
The Holly Ignorance 6154 
Tube tasting 6154 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6154 
Make mine thoriated please 6154 
Any Germans out there? 6154 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6154 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6154 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6154 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6153 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6153 
Tube sound and vibration 6153 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6147 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6146 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6146 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6145 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6145 
B4/B5 British made 6144 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6144 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6143 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6143 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6142 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6141 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6138 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6138 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6137 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6137 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6137 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6137 
The identical operation environment? 6137 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6137 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6137 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6136 
How to get max power from 2A3 6136 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6136 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6136 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6136 
Gain is not power. 6136 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6136 
Specialized DSET approach 6136 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6136 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6136 
The 2A3 loading 6136 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6136 
Optimizing the 2A3 6136 
How much to DSET a DSET 6136 
DSET for Titan 6136 
The Best of All Worlds 6136 
Multiamp setup 6135 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6135 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6135 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6135 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6129 
2A3 and 400V supply 6129 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6128 
Another shot at numbers 6128 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6128 
Okay, so this might work.... 6128 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6128 
Looks good, but.... 6127 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6127 
Less is more... usually. 6127 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6126 
Stepping Out 6126 
Said to be good, but 6126 
Gain to lose 6126 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6126 
Another idea for losing gain 6126 
What's best 6126 
Options, options... 6126 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6126 
Other compromises... 6125 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6124 
Is it glowing yet? 6104 
It is comming.... 6104 
The new MF channel. 6098 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6097 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6089 
The intestage loading talk. 6086 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6081 
1 in 50? 6081 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6081 
Die Walküre soldering. 6080 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6079 
Another amp arond YO186 6078 
Gain? 6078 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6078 
Simple is good 6077 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6077 
The Milq DSET is up. 6076 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6074 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6074 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6073 
Ok, what do I want? 6073 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6073 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6073 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6073 
How about the tweeter? 6072 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6072 
Safe and Sound 6072 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6072 
Some clarifications. 6072 
How about that?!!! 6072 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6070 
Head Room 6070 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6069 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6069 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6069 
Again with the PS 6069 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6067 
Parallel Universe 6067 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6065 
Why I let other people build them... 6065 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6065 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6064 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6061 
MF: the pre-final version. 6061 
Loftin-White? 6061 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6061 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6061 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6057 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6057 
Define really quiet 6056 
Another variable of sound 6056 
Backlash? 6056 
Alternative filament supplies 6056 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6056 
Going down the DC path 6055 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6055 
Molecular sound 6055 
AC-DC heater supply 6055 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6055 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6055 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6055 
Hiss or Hum 6055 
AC transformers 6055 
I have seen the Promised Land 6054 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6054 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6053 
Divide and Conquer 6053 
The design phase is over. 6052 
The unexpected insanity! 6051 
Loading 6051 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6051 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6051 
Going the Distance 6051 
Read the f*** manual! 6051 
Agreed. 6051 
I agree 6051 
The filament transformer 6051 
Center-tap and options 6051 
Something like this…. 6051 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6051 
The foreplay is going on. 6051 
Split balance 6050 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6050 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6050 
SHuguang 6050 
Going through…. 6049 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6048 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6048 
Hum vs voltage 6048 
Meow about the tubes… 6048 
To Be a Content Cat 6048 
Completed! 6045 
Tradition 6045 
Absolutely beautiful! 6045 
The 'film' caps in PS 6044 
Science or religion 6044 
Mass Extinction 6044 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6044 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6044 
Capacitor choices 6044 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6043 
The minor day of Quartets. 6043 
Them's the Breaks 6043 
Eventually! 6042 
So Soon? 6042 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6042 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6041 
The wire for DC-coupling 6041 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6041 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6041 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6040 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6039 
The DHT live reserve 6038 
Some interestng models 6038 
Eaten alive. 6038 
The tubey déjà vu? 6037 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6033 
The 4V takes a lead. 6029 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6026 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6026 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6024 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6023 
Exiting the design mode? 6023 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6023 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6019 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6018 
Setting up the new Playback 6017 
And the winner is… so far 6014 
If you like type 45... 6014 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6014 
Favorite Flavor? 6014 
The 45 times Meow... 6014 
The problem that I see is… 6014 
Running the 45 6014 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6013 
The commentaries about everything. 6013 
Driver tube and biasing 6013 
DHT drivers 6013 
The ideas are worth trying? 6013 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6009 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6009 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6008 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6008 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6008 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6008 
Operating points and cathode current 6008 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6008 
Actually it is not so simple. 6008 
Resistors at the front 6007 
A minor alternation of a position 6007 
The era of enlightenment. 6004 
The devil is in the details.... 6004 
Constructing Sound 6004 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6003 
The “strange” YO186 5994 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5949 
2S4S and 2A3 5940 
Ho to use the YO186 5933 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5933 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5933 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5931 
Not anymore! 5920 
The very good YoYonisation! 5919 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5918 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5905 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5905 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5852 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5851 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5848 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5838 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5600 
All the Best from Burgundy 5600 
Cheesy tubes 5599 
Me and my DHT references… 5490 
Y0-186 in winter. 5393 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5392 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5361 
In My Dreams 5361 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5361 
Blame? 5360 
When good is not good enough. 5360 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5360 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5359 
How the YO186 was used. 4943 
What is old is new? 4942 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4941 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4490 
That sucks. 4490 
YO186 4488 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4488 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4488 
A hallucination? 4485 
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