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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6264 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6263 
DHT Milq? 6263 
The DHT journey. 6263 
DHT tone 6263 
Well, why not? 6262 
Holding the Fort 6262 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6262 
Input tube and DC heaters 6261 
Reimyo Pat 777 6261 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6257 
DHT or 300B? 6257 
300B 6257 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6257 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6256 
Hence the confusion 6256 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6256 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6256 
My experience with DHTs 6256 
Pigmented coloration? 6256 
Dht-dht 6256 
Dynamic viscosity? 6256 
The Pallette preamp... 6256 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6256 
"soul" of tubes 6256 
There is a difference... 6256 
Vibration injection? 6256 
Homework # 4334 6256 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6256 
Old valves have more soul! 6255 
Was it soul or soil? 6255 
It was just a heading 6255 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6255 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6255 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6255 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6255 
Injection of analog dither? 6255 
Subliminal signal 6255 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6255 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6255 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6254 
Avicenna = Arabian 6254 
Persian, not Arab 6254 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6254 
More words to describe "sux" please 6254 
Revolution 6254 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6254 
One-stage DHTs 6253 
One other thing 6253 
One stage 6253 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6253 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6253 
I see the things differently. 6253 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6253 
The audiophile attitude 6253 
The where and why of design choices 6253 
Blah blah blah 6253 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6253 
Do I need to be hissing? 6253 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6253 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6253 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6252 
What is randomness? 6252 
Those least three possibilities… 6252 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6252 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6252 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6250 
A Beautiful Mind 6249 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6247 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6232 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6232 
Abandoning Milq? 6232 
Will see how it goes.... 6232 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6230 
Topology and 2A3? 6230 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6230 
Type Casting 6230 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6230 
6sn7-2a3 6230 
Topology vs parts 6230 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6230 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6230 
Parts Frenzy 6230 
Too many new sounds 6230 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6229 
New tubes 6228 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6228 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6228 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6228 
New 2A3 6228 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6227 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6226 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6226 
Czech tubes 6224 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6224 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6224 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6223 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6223 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6220 
Here she is. 6219 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6215 
New 2A3 tubes 6215 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6215 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6214 
Multistage DHT circuits 6213 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6212 
Emission Labs 2A3 6212 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6212 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6212 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6212 
The YO186 Strip Show 6212 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6211 
It will be interesting…. 6211 
OPT impedence 6211 
More about the Plate Loading 6211 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6206 
2A3 data 6206 
The New 2A3 tubes 6206 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6206 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6205 
Everything about everything. 6205 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6205 
Options, options, options.... 6205 
I think we agree overall 6205 
An IDHT with more gain? 6204 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6204 
2A3 tube impressions 6199 
Interesting analogy 6199 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6199 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6199 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6199 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6199 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6199 
Why NOS tubes? 6198 
The Holly Ignorance 6198 
Tube tasting 6198 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6198 
Make mine thoriated please 6198 
Any Germans out there? 6198 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6198 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6198 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6198 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6197 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6197 
Tube sound and vibration 6197 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6191 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6190 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6190 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6189 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6189 
B4/B5 British made 6188 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6188 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6187 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6187 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6186 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6185 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6182 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6182 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6181 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6181 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6181 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6181 
The identical operation environment? 6181 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6181 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6181 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6180 
How to get max power from 2A3 6180 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6180 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6180 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6180 
Gain is not power. 6180 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6180 
Specialized DSET approach 6180 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6180 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6180 
The 2A3 loading 6180 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6180 
Optimizing the 2A3 6180 
How much to DSET a DSET 6180 
DSET for Titan 6180 
The Best of All Worlds 6180 
Multiamp setup 6179 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6179 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6179 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6179 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6173 
2A3 and 400V supply 6173 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6172 
Another shot at numbers 6172 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6172 
Okay, so this might work.... 6172 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6172 
Looks good, but.... 6171 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6171 
Less is more... usually. 6171 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6170 
Stepping Out 6170 
Said to be good, but 6170 
Gain to lose 6170 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6170 
Another idea for losing gain 6170 
What's best 6170 
Options, options... 6170 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6170 
Other compromises... 6169 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6168 
Is it glowing yet? 6148 
It is comming.... 6148 
The new MF channel. 6142 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6141 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6133 
The intestage loading talk. 6130 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6125 
1 in 50? 6125 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6125 
Die Walküre soldering. 6124 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6123 
Another amp arond YO186 6122 
Gain? 6122 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6122 
Simple is good 6121 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6121 
The Milq DSET is up. 6120 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6118 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6118 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6117 
Ok, what do I want? 6117 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6117 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6117 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6117 
How about the tweeter? 6116 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6116 
Safe and Sound 6116 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6116 
Some clarifications. 6116 
How about that?!!! 6116 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6114 
Head Room 6114 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6113 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6113 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6113 
Again with the PS 6113 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6111 
Parallel Universe 6111 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6109 
Why I let other people build them... 6109 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6109 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6108 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6105 
MF: the pre-final version. 6105 
Loftin-White? 6105 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6105 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6105 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6101 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6101 
Define really quiet 6100 
Another variable of sound 6100 
Backlash? 6100 
Alternative filament supplies 6100 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6100 
Going down the DC path 6099 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6099 
Molecular sound 6099 
AC-DC heater supply 6099 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6099 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6099 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6099 
Hiss or Hum 6099 
AC transformers 6099 
I have seen the Promised Land 6098 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6098 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6097 
Divide and Conquer 6097 
The design phase is over. 6096 
The unexpected insanity! 6095 
Loading 6095 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6095 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6095 
Going the Distance 6095 
Read the f*** manual! 6095 
Agreed. 6095 
I agree 6095 
The filament transformer 6095 
Center-tap and options 6095 
Something like this…. 6095 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6095 
The foreplay is going on. 6095 
Split balance 6094 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6094 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6094 
SHuguang 6094 
Going through…. 6093 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6092 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6092 
Hum vs voltage 6092 
Meow about the tubes… 6092 
To Be a Content Cat 6092 
Completed! 6089 
Tradition 6089 
Absolutely beautiful! 6089 
The 'film' caps in PS 6088 
Science or religion 6088 
Mass Extinction 6088 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6088 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6088 
Capacitor choices 6088 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6087 
The minor day of Quartets. 6087 
Them's the Breaks 6087 
Eventually! 6086 
So Soon? 6086 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6086 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6085 
The wire for DC-coupling 6085 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6085 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6085 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6084 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6083 
The DHT live reserve 6082 
Some interestng models 6082 
Eaten alive. 6082 
The tubey déjà vu? 6081 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6077 
The 4V takes a lead. 6073 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6070 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6070 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6068 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6067 
Exiting the design mode? 6067 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6067 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6063 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6062 
Setting up the new Playback 6061 
And the winner is… so far 6058 
If you like type 45... 6058 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6058 
Favorite Flavor? 6058 
The 45 times Meow... 6058 
The problem that I see is… 6058 
Running the 45 6058 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6057 
The commentaries about everything. 6057 
Driver tube and biasing 6057 
DHT drivers 6057 
The ideas are worth trying? 6057 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6053 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6053 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6052 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6052 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6052 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6052 
Operating points and cathode current 6052 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6052 
Actually it is not so simple. 6052 
Resistors at the front 6051 
A minor alternation of a position 6051 
The era of enlightenment. 6048 
The devil is in the details.... 6048 
Constructing Sound 6048 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6047 
The “strange” YO186 6038 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5993 
2S4S and 2A3 5984 
Ho to use the YO186 5977 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5977 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5977 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5975 
Not anymore! 5964 
The very good YoYonisation! 5963 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5962 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5949 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5949 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5896 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5895 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5892 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5882 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5644 
All the Best from Burgundy 5644 
Cheesy tubes 5643 
Me and my DHT references… 5534 
Y0-186 in winter. 5437 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5436 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5405 
In My Dreams 5405 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5405 
Blame? 5404 
When good is not good enough. 5404 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5404 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5403 
How the YO186 was used. 4987 
What is old is new? 4986 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4985 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4534 
That sucks. 4534 
YO186 4532 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4532 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4532 
A hallucination? 4529 
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