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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6256 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6255 
DHT Milq? 6255 
The DHT journey. 6255 
DHT tone 6255 
Well, why not? 6254 
Holding the Fort 6254 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6254 
Input tube and DC heaters 6253 
Reimyo Pat 777 6253 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6249 
DHT or 300B? 6249 
300B 6249 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6249 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6248 
Hence the confusion 6248 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6248 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6248 
My experience with DHTs 6248 
Pigmented coloration? 6248 
Dht-dht 6248 
Dynamic viscosity? 6248 
The Pallette preamp... 6248 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6248 
"soul" of tubes 6248 
There is a difference... 6248 
Vibration injection? 6248 
Homework # 4334 6248 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6248 
Old valves have more soul! 6247 
Was it soul or soil? 6247 
It was just a heading 6247 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6247 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6247 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6247 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6247 
Injection of analog dither? 6247 
Subliminal signal 6247 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6247 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6247 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6246 
Avicenna = Arabian 6246 
Persian, not Arab 6246 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6246 
More words to describe "sux" please 6246 
Revolution 6246 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6246 
One-stage DHTs 6245 
One other thing 6245 
One stage 6245 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6245 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6245 
I see the things differently. 6245 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6245 
The audiophile attitude 6245 
The where and why of design choices 6245 
Blah blah blah 6245 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6245 
Do I need to be hissing? 6245 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6245 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6245 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6244 
What is randomness? 6244 
Those least three possibilities… 6244 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6244 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6244 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6242 
A Beautiful Mind 6241 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6239 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6224 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6224 
Abandoning Milq? 6224 
Will see how it goes.... 6224 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6222 
Topology and 2A3? 6222 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6222 
Type Casting 6222 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6222 
6sn7-2a3 6222 
Topology vs parts 6222 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6222 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6222 
Parts Frenzy 6222 
Too many new sounds 6222 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6221 
New tubes 6220 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6220 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6220 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6220 
New 2A3 6220 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6219 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6218 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6218 
Czech tubes 6216 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6216 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6216 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6215 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6215 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6212 
Here she is. 6211 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6207 
New 2A3 tubes 6207 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6207 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6206 
Multistage DHT circuits 6205 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6204 
Emission Labs 2A3 6204 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6204 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6204 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6204 
The YO186 Strip Show 6204 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6203 
It will be interesting…. 6203 
OPT impedence 6203 
More about the Plate Loading 6203 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6198 
2A3 data 6198 
The New 2A3 tubes 6198 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6198 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6197 
Everything about everything. 6197 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6197 
Options, options, options.... 6197 
I think we agree overall 6197 
An IDHT with more gain? 6196 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6196 
2A3 tube impressions 6191 
Interesting analogy 6191 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6191 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6191 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6191 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6191 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6191 
Why NOS tubes? 6190 
The Holly Ignorance 6190 
Tube tasting 6190 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6190 
Make mine thoriated please 6190 
Any Germans out there? 6190 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6190 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6190 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6190 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6189 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6189 
Tube sound and vibration 6189 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6183 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6182 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6182 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6181 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6181 
B4/B5 British made 6180 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6180 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6179 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6179 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6178 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6177 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6174 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6174 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6173 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6173 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6173 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6173 
The identical operation environment? 6173 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6173 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6173 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6172 
How to get max power from 2A3 6172 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6172 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6172 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6172 
Gain is not power. 6172 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6172 
Specialized DSET approach 6172 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6172 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6172 
The 2A3 loading 6172 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6172 
Optimizing the 2A3 6172 
How much to DSET a DSET 6172 
DSET for Titan 6172 
The Best of All Worlds 6172 
Multiamp setup 6171 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6171 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6171 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6171 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6165 
2A3 and 400V supply 6165 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6164 
Another shot at numbers 6164 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6164 
Okay, so this might work.... 6164 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6164 
Looks good, but.... 6163 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6163 
Less is more... usually. 6163 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6162 
Stepping Out 6162 
Said to be good, but 6162 
Gain to lose 6162 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6162 
Another idea for losing gain 6162 
What's best 6162 
Options, options... 6162 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6162 
Other compromises... 6161 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6160 
Is it glowing yet? 6140 
It is comming.... 6140 
The new MF channel. 6134 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6133 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6125 
The intestage loading talk. 6122 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6117 
1 in 50? 6117 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6117 
Die Walküre soldering. 6116 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6115 
Another amp arond YO186 6114 
Gain? 6114 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6114 
Simple is good 6113 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6113 
The Milq DSET is up. 6112 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6110 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6110 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6109 
Ok, what do I want? 6109 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6109 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6109 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6109 
How about the tweeter? 6108 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6108 
Safe and Sound 6108 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6108 
Some clarifications. 6108 
How about that?!!! 6108 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6106 
Head Room 6106 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6105 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6105 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6105 
Again with the PS 6105 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6103 
Parallel Universe 6103 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6101 
Why I let other people build them... 6101 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6101 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6100 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6097 
MF: the pre-final version. 6097 
Loftin-White? 6097 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6097 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6097 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6093 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6093 
Define really quiet 6092 
Another variable of sound 6092 
Backlash? 6092 
Alternative filament supplies 6092 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6092 
Going down the DC path 6091 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6091 
Molecular sound 6091 
AC-DC heater supply 6091 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6091 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6091 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6091 
Hiss or Hum 6091 
AC transformers 6091 
I have seen the Promised Land 6090 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6090 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6089 
Divide and Conquer 6089 
The design phase is over. 6088 
The unexpected insanity! 6087 
Loading 6087 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6087 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6087 
Going the Distance 6087 
Read the f*** manual! 6087 
Agreed. 6087 
I agree 6087 
The filament transformer 6087 
Center-tap and options 6087 
Something like this…. 6087 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6087 
The foreplay is going on. 6087 
Split balance 6086 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6086 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6086 
SHuguang 6086 
Going through…. 6085 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6084 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6084 
Hum vs voltage 6084 
Meow about the tubes… 6084 
To Be a Content Cat 6084 
Completed! 6081 
Tradition 6081 
Absolutely beautiful! 6081 
The 'film' caps in PS 6080 
Science or religion 6080 
Mass Extinction 6080 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6080 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6080 
Capacitor choices 6080 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6079 
The minor day of Quartets. 6079 
Them's the Breaks 6079 
Eventually! 6078 
So Soon? 6078 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6078 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6077 
The wire for DC-coupling 6077 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6077 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6077 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6076 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6075 
The DHT live reserve 6074 
Some interestng models 6074 
Eaten alive. 6074 
The tubey déjà vu? 6073 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6069 
The 4V takes a lead. 6065 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6062 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6062 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6060 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6059 
Exiting the design mode? 6059 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6059 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6055 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6054 
Setting up the new Playback 6053 
And the winner is… so far 6050 
If you like type 45... 6050 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6050 
Favorite Flavor? 6050 
The 45 times Meow... 6050 
The problem that I see is… 6050 
Running the 45 6050 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6049 
The commentaries about everything. 6049 
Driver tube and biasing 6049 
DHT drivers 6049 
The ideas are worth trying? 6049 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6045 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6045 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6044 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6044 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6044 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6044 
Operating points and cathode current 6044 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6044 
Actually it is not so simple. 6044 
Resistors at the front 6043 
A minor alternation of a position 6043 
The era of enlightenment. 6040 
The devil is in the details.... 6040 
Constructing Sound 6040 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6039 
The “strange” YO186 6030 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5985 
2S4S and 2A3 5976 
Ho to use the YO186 5969 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5969 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5969 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5967 
Not anymore! 5956 
The very good YoYonisation! 5955 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5954 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5941 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5941 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5888 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5887 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5884 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5874 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5636 
All the Best from Burgundy 5636 
Cheesy tubes 5635 
Me and my DHT references… 5526 
Y0-186 in winter. 5429 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5428 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5397 
In My Dreams 5397 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5397 
Blame? 5396 
When good is not good enough. 5396 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5396 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5395 
How the YO186 was used. 4979 
What is old is new? 4978 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4977 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4526 
That sucks. 4526 
YO186 4524 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4524 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4524 
A hallucination? 4521 
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