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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6213 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6212 
DHT Milq? 6212 
The DHT journey. 6212 
DHT tone 6212 
Well, why not? 6211 
Holding the Fort 6211 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6211 
Input tube and DC heaters 6210 
Reimyo Pat 777 6210 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6206 
DHT or 300B? 6206 
300B 6206 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6206 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6205 
Hence the confusion 6205 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6205 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6205 
My experience with DHTs 6205 
Pigmented coloration? 6205 
Dht-dht 6205 
Dynamic viscosity? 6205 
The Pallette preamp... 6205 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6205 
"soul" of tubes 6205 
There is a difference... 6205 
Vibration injection? 6205 
Homework # 4334 6205 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6205 
Old valves have more soul! 6204 
Was it soul or soil? 6204 
It was just a heading 6204 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6204 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6204 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6204 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6204 
Injection of analog dither? 6204 
Subliminal signal 6204 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6204 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6204 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6203 
Avicenna = Arabian 6203 
Persian, not Arab 6203 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6203 
More words to describe "sux" please 6203 
Revolution 6203 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6203 
One-stage DHTs 6202 
One other thing 6202 
One stage 6202 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6202 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6202 
I see the things differently. 6202 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6202 
The audiophile attitude 6202 
The where and why of design choices 6202 
Blah blah blah 6202 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6202 
Do I need to be hissing? 6202 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6202 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6202 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6201 
What is randomness? 6201 
Those least three possibilities… 6201 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6201 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6201 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6199 
A Beautiful Mind 6198 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6196 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6181 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6181 
Abandoning Milq? 6181 
Will see how it goes.... 6181 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6179 
Topology and 2A3? 6179 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6179 
Type Casting 6179 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6179 
6sn7-2a3 6179 
Topology vs parts 6179 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6179 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6179 
Parts Frenzy 6179 
Too many new sounds 6179 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6178 
New tubes 6177 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6177 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6177 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6177 
New 2A3 6177 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6176 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6175 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6175 
Czech tubes 6173 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6173 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6173 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6172 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6172 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6169 
Here she is. 6168 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6164 
New 2A3 tubes 6164 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6164 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6163 
Multistage DHT circuits 6162 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6161 
Emission Labs 2A3 6161 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6161 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6161 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6161 
The YO186 Strip Show 6161 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6160 
It will be interesting…. 6160 
OPT impedence 6160 
More about the Plate Loading 6160 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6155 
2A3 data 6155 
The New 2A3 tubes 6155 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6155 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6154 
Everything about everything. 6154 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6154 
Options, options, options.... 6154 
I think we agree overall 6154 
An IDHT with more gain? 6153 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6153 
2A3 tube impressions 6148 
Interesting analogy 6148 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6148 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6148 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6148 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6148 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6148 
Why NOS tubes? 6147 
The Holly Ignorance 6147 
Tube tasting 6147 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6147 
Make mine thoriated please 6147 
Any Germans out there? 6147 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6147 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6147 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6147 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6146 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6146 
Tube sound and vibration 6146 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6140 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6139 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6139 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6138 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6138 
B4/B5 British made 6137 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6137 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6136 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6136 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6135 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6134 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6131 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6131 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6130 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6130 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6130 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6130 
The identical operation environment? 6130 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6130 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6130 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6129 
How to get max power from 2A3 6129 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6129 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6129 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6129 
Gain is not power. 6129 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6129 
Specialized DSET approach 6129 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6129 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6129 
The 2A3 loading 6129 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6129 
Optimizing the 2A3 6129 
How much to DSET a DSET 6129 
DSET for Titan 6129 
The Best of All Worlds 6129 
Multiamp setup 6128 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6128 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6128 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6128 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6122 
2A3 and 400V supply 6122 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6121 
Another shot at numbers 6121 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6121 
Okay, so this might work.... 6121 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6121 
Looks good, but.... 6120 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6120 
Less is more... usually. 6120 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6119 
Stepping Out 6119 
Said to be good, but 6119 
Gain to lose 6119 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6119 
Another idea for losing gain 6119 
What's best 6119 
Options, options... 6119 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6119 
Other compromises... 6118 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6117 
Is it glowing yet? 6097 
It is comming.... 6097 
The new MF channel. 6091 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6090 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6082 
The intestage loading talk. 6079 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6074 
1 in 50? 6074 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6074 
Die Walküre soldering. 6073 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6072 
Another amp arond YO186 6071 
Gain? 6071 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6071 
Simple is good 6070 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6070 
The Milq DSET is up. 6069 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6067 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6067 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6066 
Ok, what do I want? 6066 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6066 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6066 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6066 
How about the tweeter? 6065 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6065 
Safe and Sound 6065 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6065 
Some clarifications. 6065 
How about that?!!! 6065 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6063 
Head Room 6063 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6062 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6062 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6062 
Again with the PS 6062 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6060 
Parallel Universe 6060 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6058 
Why I let other people build them... 6058 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6058 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6057 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6054 
MF: the pre-final version. 6054 
Loftin-White? 6054 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6054 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6054 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6050 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6050 
Define really quiet 6049 
Another variable of sound 6049 
Backlash? 6049 
Alternative filament supplies 6049 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6049 
Going down the DC path 6048 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6048 
Molecular sound 6048 
AC-DC heater supply 6048 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6048 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6048 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6048 
Hiss or Hum 6048 
AC transformers 6048 
I have seen the Promised Land 6047 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6047 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6046 
Divide and Conquer 6046 
The design phase is over. 6045 
The unexpected insanity! 6044 
Loading 6044 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6044 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6044 
Going the Distance 6044 
Read the f*** manual! 6044 
Agreed. 6044 
I agree 6044 
The filament transformer 6044 
Center-tap and options 6044 
Something like this…. 6044 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6044 
The foreplay is going on. 6044 
Split balance 6043 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6043 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6043 
SHuguang 6043 
Going through…. 6042 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6041 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6041 
Hum vs voltage 6041 
Meow about the tubes… 6041 
To Be a Content Cat 6041 
Completed! 6038 
Tradition 6038 
Absolutely beautiful! 6038 
The 'film' caps in PS 6037 
Science or religion 6037 
Mass Extinction 6037 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6037 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6037 
Capacitor choices 6037 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6036 
The minor day of Quartets. 6036 
Them's the Breaks 6036 
Eventually! 6035 
So Soon? 6035 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6035 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6034 
The wire for DC-coupling 6034 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6034 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6034 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6033 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6032 
The DHT live reserve 6031 
Some interestng models 6031 
Eaten alive. 6031 
The tubey déjà vu? 6030 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6026 
The 4V takes a lead. 6022 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6019 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6019 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6017 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6016 
Exiting the design mode? 6016 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6016 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6012 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6011 
Setting up the new Playback 6010 
And the winner is… so far 6007 
If you like type 45... 6007 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6007 
Favorite Flavor? 6007 
The 45 times Meow... 6007 
The problem that I see is… 6007 
Running the 45 6007 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6006 
The commentaries about everything. 6006 
Driver tube and biasing 6006 
DHT drivers 6006 
The ideas are worth trying? 6006 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6002 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6002 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6001 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6001 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6001 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6001 
Operating points and cathode current 6001 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6001 
Actually it is not so simple. 6001 
Resistors at the front 6000 
A minor alternation of a position 6000 
The era of enlightenment. 5997 
The devil is in the details.... 5997 
Constructing Sound 5997 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5996 
The “strange” YO186 5987 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5942 
2S4S and 2A3 5933 
Ho to use the YO186 5926 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5926 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5926 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5924 
Not anymore! 5913 
The very good YoYonisation! 5912 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5911 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5898 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5898 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5845 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5844 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5841 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5831 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5593 
All the Best from Burgundy 5593 
Cheesy tubes 5592 
Me and my DHT references… 5483 
Y0-186 in winter. 5386 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5385 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5354 
In My Dreams 5354 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5354 
Blame? 5353 
When good is not good enough. 5353 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5353 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5352 
How the YO186 was used. 4936 
What is old is new? 4935 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4934 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4483 
That sucks. 4483 
YO186 4481 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4481 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4481 
A hallucination? 4478 
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