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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6237 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6236 
DHT Milq? 6236 
The DHT journey. 6236 
DHT tone 6236 
Well, why not? 6235 
Holding the Fort 6235 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6235 
Input tube and DC heaters 6234 
Reimyo Pat 777 6234 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6230 
DHT or 300B? 6230 
300B 6230 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6230 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6229 
Hence the confusion 6229 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6229 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6229 
My experience with DHTs 6229 
Pigmented coloration? 6229 
Dht-dht 6229 
Dynamic viscosity? 6229 
The Pallette preamp... 6229 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6229 
"soul" of tubes 6229 
There is a difference... 6229 
Vibration injection? 6229 
Homework # 4334 6229 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6229 
Old valves have more soul! 6228 
Was it soul or soil? 6228 
It was just a heading 6228 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6228 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6228 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6228 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6228 
Injection of analog dither? 6228 
Subliminal signal 6228 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6228 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6228 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6227 
Avicenna = Arabian 6227 
Persian, not Arab 6227 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6227 
More words to describe "sux" please 6227 
Revolution 6227 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6227 
One-stage DHTs 6226 
One other thing 6226 
One stage 6226 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6226 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6226 
I see the things differently. 6226 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6226 
The audiophile attitude 6226 
The where and why of design choices 6226 
Blah blah blah 6226 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6226 
Do I need to be hissing? 6226 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6226 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6226 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6225 
What is randomness? 6225 
Those least three possibilities… 6225 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6225 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6225 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6223 
A Beautiful Mind 6222 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6220 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6205 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6205 
Abandoning Milq? 6205 
Will see how it goes.... 6205 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6203 
Topology and 2A3? 6203 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6203 
Type Casting 6203 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6203 
6sn7-2a3 6203 
Topology vs parts 6203 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6203 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6203 
Parts Frenzy 6203 
Too many new sounds 6203 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6202 
New tubes 6201 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6201 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6201 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6201 
New 2A3 6201 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6200 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6199 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6199 
Czech tubes 6197 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6197 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6197 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6196 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6196 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6193 
Here she is. 6192 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6188 
New 2A3 tubes 6188 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6188 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6187 
Multistage DHT circuits 6186 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6185 
Emission Labs 2A3 6185 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6185 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6185 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6185 
The YO186 Strip Show 6185 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6184 
It will be interesting…. 6184 
OPT impedence 6184 
More about the Plate Loading 6184 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6179 
2A3 data 6179 
The New 2A3 tubes 6179 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6179 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6178 
Everything about everything. 6178 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6178 
Options, options, options.... 6178 
I think we agree overall 6178 
An IDHT with more gain? 6177 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6177 
2A3 tube impressions 6172 
Interesting analogy 6172 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6172 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6172 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6172 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6172 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6172 
Why NOS tubes? 6171 
The Holly Ignorance 6171 
Tube tasting 6171 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6171 
Make mine thoriated please 6171 
Any Germans out there? 6171 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6171 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6171 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6171 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6170 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6170 
Tube sound and vibration 6170 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6164 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6163 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6163 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6162 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6162 
B4/B5 British made 6161 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6161 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6160 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6160 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6159 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6158 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6155 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6155 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6154 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6154 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6154 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6154 
The identical operation environment? 6154 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6154 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6154 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6153 
How to get max power from 2A3 6153 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6153 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6153 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6153 
Gain is not power. 6153 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6153 
Specialized DSET approach 6153 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6153 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6153 
The 2A3 loading 6153 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6153 
Optimizing the 2A3 6153 
How much to DSET a DSET 6153 
DSET for Titan 6153 
The Best of All Worlds 6153 
Multiamp setup 6152 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6152 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6152 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6152 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6146 
2A3 and 400V supply 6146 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6145 
Another shot at numbers 6145 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6145 
Okay, so this might work.... 6145 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6145 
Looks good, but.... 6144 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6144 
Less is more... usually. 6144 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6143 
Stepping Out 6143 
Said to be good, but 6143 
Gain to lose 6143 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6143 
Another idea for losing gain 6143 
What's best 6143 
Options, options... 6143 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6143 
Other compromises... 6142 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6141 
Is it glowing yet? 6121 
It is comming.... 6121 
The new MF channel. 6115 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6114 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6106 
The intestage loading talk. 6103 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6098 
1 in 50? 6098 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6098 
Die Walküre soldering. 6097 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6096 
Another amp arond YO186 6095 
Gain? 6095 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6095 
Simple is good 6094 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6094 
The Milq DSET is up. 6093 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6091 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6091 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6090 
Ok, what do I want? 6090 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6090 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6090 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6090 
How about the tweeter? 6089 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6089 
Safe and Sound 6089 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6089 
Some clarifications. 6089 
How about that?!!! 6089 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6087 
Head Room 6087 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6086 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6086 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6086 
Again with the PS 6086 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6084 
Parallel Universe 6084 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6082 
Why I let other people build them... 6082 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6082 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6081 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6078 
MF: the pre-final version. 6078 
Loftin-White? 6078 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6078 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6078 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6074 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6074 
Define really quiet 6073 
Another variable of sound 6073 
Backlash? 6073 
Alternative filament supplies 6073 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6073 
Going down the DC path 6072 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6072 
Molecular sound 6072 
AC-DC heater supply 6072 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6072 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6072 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6072 
Hiss or Hum 6072 
AC transformers 6072 
I have seen the Promised Land 6071 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6071 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6070 
Divide and Conquer 6070 
The design phase is over. 6069 
The unexpected insanity! 6068 
Loading 6068 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6068 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6068 
Going the Distance 6068 
Read the f*** manual! 6068 
Agreed. 6068 
I agree 6068 
The filament transformer 6068 
Center-tap and options 6068 
Something like this…. 6068 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6068 
The foreplay is going on. 6068 
Split balance 6067 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6067 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6067 
SHuguang 6067 
Going through…. 6066 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6065 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6065 
Hum vs voltage 6065 
Meow about the tubes… 6065 
To Be a Content Cat 6065 
Completed! 6062 
Tradition 6062 
Absolutely beautiful! 6062 
The 'film' caps in PS 6061 
Science or religion 6061 
Mass Extinction 6061 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6061 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6061 
Capacitor choices 6061 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6060 
The minor day of Quartets. 6060 
Them's the Breaks 6060 
Eventually! 6059 
So Soon? 6059 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6059 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6058 
The wire for DC-coupling 6058 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6058 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6058 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6057 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6056 
The DHT live reserve 6055 
Some interestng models 6055 
Eaten alive. 6055 
The tubey déjà vu? 6054 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6050 
The 4V takes a lead. 6046 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6043 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6043 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6041 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6040 
Exiting the design mode? 6040 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6040 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6036 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6035 
Setting up the new Playback 6034 
And the winner is… so far 6031 
If you like type 45... 6031 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6031 
Favorite Flavor? 6031 
The 45 times Meow... 6031 
The problem that I see is… 6031 
Running the 45 6031 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6030 
The commentaries about everything. 6030 
Driver tube and biasing 6030 
DHT drivers 6030 
The ideas are worth trying? 6030 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6026 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6026 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6025 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6025 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6025 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6025 
Operating points and cathode current 6025 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6025 
Actually it is not so simple. 6025 
Resistors at the front 6024 
A minor alternation of a position 6024 
The era of enlightenment. 6021 
The devil is in the details.... 6021 
Constructing Sound 6021 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6020 
The “strange” YO186 6011 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5966 
2S4S and 2A3 5957 
Ho to use the YO186 5950 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5950 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5950 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5948 
Not anymore! 5937 
The very good YoYonisation! 5936 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5935 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5922 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5922 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5869 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5868 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5865 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5855 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5617 
All the Best from Burgundy 5617 
Cheesy tubes 5616 
Me and my DHT references… 5507 
Y0-186 in winter. 5410 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5409 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5378 
In My Dreams 5378 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5378 
Blame? 5377 
When good is not good enough. 5377 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5377 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5376 
How the YO186 was used. 4960 
What is old is new? 4959 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4958 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4507 
That sucks. 4507 
YO186 4505 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4505 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4505 
A hallucination? 4502 
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