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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6226 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6225 
DHT Milq? 6225 
The DHT journey. 6225 
DHT tone 6225 
Well, why not? 6224 
Holding the Fort 6224 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6224 
Input tube and DC heaters 6223 
Reimyo Pat 777 6223 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6219 
DHT or 300B? 6219 
300B 6219 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6219 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6218 
Hence the confusion 6218 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6218 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6218 
My experience with DHTs 6218 
Pigmented coloration? 6218 
Dht-dht 6218 
Dynamic viscosity? 6218 
The Pallette preamp... 6218 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6218 
"soul" of tubes 6218 
There is a difference... 6218 
Vibration injection? 6218 
Homework # 4334 6218 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6218 
Old valves have more soul! 6217 
Was it soul or soil? 6217 
It was just a heading 6217 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6217 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6217 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6217 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6217 
Injection of analog dither? 6217 
Subliminal signal 6217 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6217 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6217 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6216 
Avicenna = Arabian 6216 
Persian, not Arab 6216 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6216 
More words to describe "sux" please 6216 
Revolution 6216 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6216 
One-stage DHTs 6215 
One other thing 6215 
One stage 6215 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6215 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6215 
I see the things differently. 6215 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6215 
The audiophile attitude 6215 
The where and why of design choices 6215 
Blah blah blah 6215 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6215 
Do I need to be hissing? 6215 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6215 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6215 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6214 
What is randomness? 6214 
Those least three possibilities… 6214 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6214 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6214 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6212 
A Beautiful Mind 6211 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6209 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6194 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6194 
Abandoning Milq? 6194 
Will see how it goes.... 6194 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6192 
Topology and 2A3? 6192 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6192 
Type Casting 6192 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6192 
6sn7-2a3 6192 
Topology vs parts 6192 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6192 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6192 
Parts Frenzy 6192 
Too many new sounds 6192 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6191 
New tubes 6190 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6190 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6190 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6190 
New 2A3 6190 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6189 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6188 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6188 
Czech tubes 6186 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6186 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6186 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6185 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6185 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6182 
Here she is. 6181 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6177 
New 2A3 tubes 6177 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6177 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6176 
Multistage DHT circuits 6175 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6174 
Emission Labs 2A3 6174 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6174 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6174 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6174 
The YO186 Strip Show 6174 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6173 
It will be interesting…. 6173 
OPT impedence 6173 
More about the Plate Loading 6173 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6168 
2A3 data 6168 
The New 2A3 tubes 6168 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6168 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6167 
Everything about everything. 6167 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6167 
Options, options, options.... 6167 
I think we agree overall 6167 
An IDHT with more gain? 6166 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6166 
2A3 tube impressions 6161 
Interesting analogy 6161 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6161 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6161 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6161 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6161 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6161 
Why NOS tubes? 6160 
The Holly Ignorance 6160 
Tube tasting 6160 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6160 
Make mine thoriated please 6160 
Any Germans out there? 6160 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6160 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6160 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6160 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6159 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6159 
Tube sound and vibration 6159 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6153 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6152 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6152 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6151 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6151 
B4/B5 British made 6150 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6150 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6149 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6149 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6148 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6147 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6144 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6144 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6143 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6143 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6143 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6143 
The identical operation environment? 6143 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6143 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6143 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6142 
How to get max power from 2A3 6142 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6142 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6142 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6142 
Gain is not power. 6142 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6142 
Specialized DSET approach 6142 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6142 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6142 
The 2A3 loading 6142 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6142 
Optimizing the 2A3 6142 
How much to DSET a DSET 6142 
DSET for Titan 6142 
The Best of All Worlds 6142 
Multiamp setup 6141 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6141 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6141 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6141 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6135 
2A3 and 400V supply 6135 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6134 
Another shot at numbers 6134 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6134 
Okay, so this might work.... 6134 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6134 
Looks good, but.... 6133 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6133 
Less is more... usually. 6133 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6132 
Stepping Out 6132 
Said to be good, but 6132 
Gain to lose 6132 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6132 
Another idea for losing gain 6132 
What's best 6132 
Options, options... 6132 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6132 
Other compromises... 6131 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6130 
Is it glowing yet? 6110 
It is comming.... 6110 
The new MF channel. 6104 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6103 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6095 
The intestage loading talk. 6092 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6087 
1 in 50? 6087 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6087 
Die Walküre soldering. 6086 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6085 
Another amp arond YO186 6084 
Gain? 6084 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6084 
Simple is good 6083 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6083 
The Milq DSET is up. 6082 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6080 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6080 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6079 
Ok, what do I want? 6079 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6079 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6079 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6079 
How about the tweeter? 6078 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6078 
Safe and Sound 6078 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6078 
Some clarifications. 6078 
How about that?!!! 6078 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6076 
Head Room 6076 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6075 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6075 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6075 
Again with the PS 6075 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6073 
Parallel Universe 6073 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6071 
Why I let other people build them... 6071 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6071 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6070 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6067 
MF: the pre-final version. 6067 
Loftin-White? 6067 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6067 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6067 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6063 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6063 
Define really quiet 6062 
Another variable of sound 6062 
Backlash? 6062 
Alternative filament supplies 6062 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6062 
Going down the DC path 6061 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6061 
Molecular sound 6061 
AC-DC heater supply 6061 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6061 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6061 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6061 
Hiss or Hum 6061 
AC transformers 6061 
I have seen the Promised Land 6060 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6060 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6059 
Divide and Conquer 6059 
The design phase is over. 6058 
The unexpected insanity! 6057 
Loading 6057 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6057 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6057 
Going the Distance 6057 
Read the f*** manual! 6057 
Agreed. 6057 
I agree 6057 
The filament transformer 6057 
Center-tap and options 6057 
Something like this…. 6057 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6057 
The foreplay is going on. 6057 
Split balance 6056 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6056 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6056 
SHuguang 6056 
Going through…. 6055 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6054 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6054 
Hum vs voltage 6054 
Meow about the tubes… 6054 
To Be a Content Cat 6054 
Completed! 6051 
Tradition 6051 
Absolutely beautiful! 6051 
The 'film' caps in PS 6050 
Science or religion 6050 
Mass Extinction 6050 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6050 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6050 
Capacitor choices 6050 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6049 
The minor day of Quartets. 6049 
Them's the Breaks 6049 
Eventually! 6048 
So Soon? 6048 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6048 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6047 
The wire for DC-coupling 6047 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6047 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6047 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6046 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6045 
The DHT live reserve 6044 
Some interestng models 6044 
Eaten alive. 6044 
The tubey déjà vu? 6043 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6039 
The 4V takes a lead. 6035 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6032 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6032 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6030 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6029 
Exiting the design mode? 6029 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6029 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6025 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6024 
Setting up the new Playback 6023 
And the winner is… so far 6020 
If you like type 45... 6020 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6020 
Favorite Flavor? 6020 
The 45 times Meow... 6020 
The problem that I see is… 6020 
Running the 45 6020 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6019 
The commentaries about everything. 6019 
Driver tube and biasing 6019 
DHT drivers 6019 
The ideas are worth trying? 6019 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6015 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6015 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6014 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6014 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6014 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6014 
Operating points and cathode current 6014 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6014 
Actually it is not so simple. 6014 
Resistors at the front 6013 
A minor alternation of a position 6013 
The era of enlightenment. 6010 
The devil is in the details.... 6010 
Constructing Sound 6010 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6009 
The “strange” YO186 6000 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5955 
2S4S and 2A3 5946 
Ho to use the YO186 5939 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5939 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5939 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5937 
Not anymore! 5926 
The very good YoYonisation! 5925 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5924 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5911 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5911 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5858 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5857 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5854 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5844 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5606 
All the Best from Burgundy 5606 
Cheesy tubes 5605 
Me and my DHT references… 5496 
Y0-186 in winter. 5399 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5398 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5367 
In My Dreams 5367 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5367 
Blame? 5366 
When good is not good enough. 5366 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5366 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5365 
How the YO186 was used. 4949 
What is old is new? 4948 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4947 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4496 
That sucks. 4496 
YO186 4494 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4494 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4494 
A hallucination? 4491 
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