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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6136 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6135 
DHT Milq? 6135 
The DHT journey. 6135 
DHT tone 6135 
Well, why not? 6134 
Holding the Fort 6134 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6134 
Input tube and DC heaters 6133 
Reimyo Pat 777 6133 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6129 
DHT or 300B? 6129 
300B 6129 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6129 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6128 
Hence the confusion 6128 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6128 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6128 
My experience with DHTs 6128 
Pigmented coloration? 6128 
Dht-dht 6128 
Dynamic viscosity? 6128 
The Pallette preamp... 6128 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6128 
"soul" of tubes 6128 
There is a difference... 6128 
Vibration injection? 6128 
Homework # 4334 6128 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6128 
Old valves have more soul! 6127 
Was it soul or soil? 6127 
It was just a heading 6127 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6127 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6127 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6127 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6127 
Injection of analog dither? 6127 
Subliminal signal 6127 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6127 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6127 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6126 
Avicenna = Arabian 6126 
Persian, not Arab 6126 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6126 
More words to describe "sux" please 6126 
Revolution 6126 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6126 
One-stage DHTs 6125 
One other thing 6125 
One stage 6125 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6125 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6125 
I see the things differently. 6125 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6125 
The audiophile attitude 6125 
The where and why of design choices 6125 
Blah blah blah 6125 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6125 
Do I need to be hissing? 6125 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6125 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6125 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6124 
What is randomness? 6124 
Those least three possibilities… 6124 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6124 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6124 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6122 
A Beautiful Mind 6121 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6119 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6104 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6104 
Abandoning Milq? 6104 
Will see how it goes.... 6104 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6102 
Topology and 2A3? 6102 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6102 
Type Casting 6102 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6102 
6sn7-2a3 6102 
Topology vs parts 6102 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6102 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6102 
Parts Frenzy 6102 
Too many new sounds 6102 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6101 
New tubes 6100 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6100 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6100 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6100 
New 2A3 6100 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6099 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6098 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6098 
Czech tubes 6096 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6096 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6096 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6095 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6095 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6092 
Here she is. 6091 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6087 
New 2A3 tubes 6087 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6087 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6086 
Multistage DHT circuits 6085 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6084 
Emission Labs 2A3 6084 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6084 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6084 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6084 
The YO186 Strip Show 6084 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6083 
It will be interesting…. 6083 
OPT impedence 6083 
More about the Plate Loading 6083 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6078 
2A3 data 6078 
The New 2A3 tubes 6078 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6078 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6077 
Everything about everything. 6077 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6077 
Options, options, options.... 6077 
I think we agree overall 6077 
An IDHT with more gain? 6076 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6076 
2A3 tube impressions 6071 
Interesting analogy 6071 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6071 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6071 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6071 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6071 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6071 
Why NOS tubes? 6070 
The Holly Ignorance 6070 
Tube tasting 6070 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6070 
Make mine thoriated please 6070 
Any Germans out there? 6070 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6070 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6070 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6070 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6069 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6069 
Tube sound and vibration 6069 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6063 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6062 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6062 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6061 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6061 
B4/B5 British made 6060 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6060 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6059 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6059 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6058 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6057 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6054 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6054 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6053 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6053 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6053 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6053 
The identical operation environment? 6053 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6053 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6053 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6052 
How to get max power from 2A3 6052 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6052 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6052 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6052 
Gain is not power. 6052 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6052 
Specialized DSET approach 6052 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6052 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6052 
The 2A3 loading 6052 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6052 
Optimizing the 2A3 6052 
How much to DSET a DSET 6052 
DSET for Titan 6052 
The Best of All Worlds 6052 
Multiamp setup 6051 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6051 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6051 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6051 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6045 
2A3 and 400V supply 6045 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6044 
Another shot at numbers 6044 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6044 
Okay, so this might work.... 6044 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6044 
Looks good, but.... 6043 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6043 
Less is more... usually. 6043 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6042 
Stepping Out 6042 
Said to be good, but 6042 
Gain to lose 6042 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6042 
Another idea for losing gain 6042 
What's best 6042 
Options, options... 6042 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6042 
Other compromises... 6041 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6040 
Is it glowing yet? 6020 
It is comming.... 6020 
The new MF channel. 6014 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6013 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6005 
The intestage loading talk. 6002 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5997 
1 in 50? 5997 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5997 
Die Walküre soldering. 5996 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5995 
Another amp arond YO186 5994 
Gain? 5994 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5994 
Simple is good 5993 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5993 
The Milq DSET is up. 5992 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5990 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5990 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5989 
Ok, what do I want? 5989 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5989 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5989 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5989 
How about the tweeter? 5988 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5988 
Safe and Sound 5988 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5988 
Some clarifications. 5988 
How about that?!!! 5988 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5986 
Head Room 5986 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5985 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5985 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5985 
Again with the PS 5985 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5983 
Parallel Universe 5983 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5981 
Why I let other people build them... 5981 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5981 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5980 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5977 
MF: the pre-final version. 5977 
Loftin-White? 5977 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5977 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5977 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5973 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5973 
Define really quiet 5972 
Another variable of sound 5972 
Backlash? 5972 
Alternative filament supplies 5972 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5972 
Going down the DC path 5971 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5971 
Molecular sound 5971 
AC-DC heater supply 5971 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5971 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5971 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5971 
Hiss or Hum 5971 
AC transformers 5971 
I have seen the Promised Land 5970 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5970 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5969 
Divide and Conquer 5969 
The design phase is over. 5968 
The unexpected insanity! 5967 
Loading 5967 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5967 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5967 
Going the Distance 5967 
Read the f*** manual! 5967 
Agreed. 5967 
I agree 5967 
The filament transformer 5967 
Center-tap and options 5967 
Something like this…. 5967 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5967 
The foreplay is going on. 5967 
Split balance 5966 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5966 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5966 
SHuguang 5966 
Going through…. 5965 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5964 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5964 
Hum vs voltage 5964 
Meow about the tubes… 5964 
To Be a Content Cat 5964 
Completed! 5961 
Tradition 5961 
Absolutely beautiful! 5961 
The 'film' caps in PS 5960 
Science or religion 5960 
Mass Extinction 5960 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5960 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5960 
Capacitor choices 5960 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5959 
The minor day of Quartets. 5959 
Them's the Breaks 5959 
Eventually! 5958 
So Soon? 5958 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5958 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5957 
The wire for DC-coupling 5957 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5957 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5957 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5956 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5955 
The DHT live reserve 5954 
Some interestng models 5954 
Eaten alive. 5954 
The tubey déjà vu? 5953 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5949 
The 4V takes a lead. 5945 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5942 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5942 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5940 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5939 
Exiting the design mode? 5939 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5939 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5935 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5934 
Setting up the new Playback 5933 
And the winner is… so far 5930 
If you like type 45... 5930 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5930 
Favorite Flavor? 5930 
The 45 times Meow... 5930 
The problem that I see is… 5930 
Running the 45 5930 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5929 
The commentaries about everything. 5929 
Driver tube and biasing 5929 
DHT drivers 5929 
The ideas are worth trying? 5929 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5925 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5925 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5924 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5924 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5924 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5924 
Operating points and cathode current 5924 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5924 
Actually it is not so simple. 5924 
Resistors at the front 5923 
A minor alternation of a position 5923 
The era of enlightenment. 5920 
The devil is in the details.... 5920 
Constructing Sound 5920 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5919 
The “strange” YO186 5910 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5865 
2S4S and 2A3 5856 
Ho to use the YO186 5849 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5849 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5849 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5847 
Not anymore! 5836 
The very good YoYonisation! 5835 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5834 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5821 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5821 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5768 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5767 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5764 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5754 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5516 
All the Best from Burgundy 5516 
Cheesy tubes 5515 
Me and my DHT references… 5406 
Y0-186 in winter. 5309 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5308 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5277 
In My Dreams 5277 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5277 
Blame? 5276 
When good is not good enough. 5276 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5276 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5275 
How the YO186 was used. 4859 
What is old is new? 4858 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4857 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4406 
That sucks. 4406 
YO186 4404 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4404 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4404 
A hallucination? 4401 
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