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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6217 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6216 
DHT Milq? 6216 
The DHT journey. 6216 
DHT tone 6216 
Well, why not? 6215 
Holding the Fort 6215 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6215 
Input tube and DC heaters 6214 
Reimyo Pat 777 6214 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6210 
DHT or 300B? 6210 
300B 6210 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6210 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6209 
Hence the confusion 6209 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6209 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6209 
My experience with DHTs 6209 
Pigmented coloration? 6209 
Dht-dht 6209 
Dynamic viscosity? 6209 
The Pallette preamp... 6209 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6209 
"soul" of tubes 6209 
There is a difference... 6209 
Vibration injection? 6209 
Homework # 4334 6209 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6209 
Old valves have more soul! 6208 
Was it soul or soil? 6208 
It was just a heading 6208 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6208 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6208 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6208 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6208 
Injection of analog dither? 6208 
Subliminal signal 6208 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6208 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6208 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6207 
Avicenna = Arabian 6207 
Persian, not Arab 6207 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6207 
More words to describe "sux" please 6207 
Revolution 6207 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6207 
One-stage DHTs 6206 
One other thing 6206 
One stage 6206 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6206 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6206 
I see the things differently. 6206 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6206 
The audiophile attitude 6206 
The where and why of design choices 6206 
Blah blah blah 6206 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6206 
Do I need to be hissing? 6206 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6206 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6206 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6205 
What is randomness? 6205 
Those least three possibilities… 6205 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6205 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6205 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6203 
A Beautiful Mind 6202 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6200 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6185 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6185 
Abandoning Milq? 6185 
Will see how it goes.... 6185 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6183 
Topology and 2A3? 6183 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6183 
Type Casting 6183 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6183 
6sn7-2a3 6183 
Topology vs parts 6183 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6183 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6183 
Parts Frenzy 6183 
Too many new sounds 6183 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6182 
New tubes 6181 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6181 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6181 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6181 
New 2A3 6181 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6180 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6179 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6179 
Czech tubes 6177 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6177 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6177 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6176 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6176 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6173 
Here she is. 6172 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6168 
New 2A3 tubes 6168 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6168 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6167 
Multistage DHT circuits 6166 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6165 
Emission Labs 2A3 6165 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6165 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6165 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6165 
The YO186 Strip Show 6165 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6164 
It will be interesting…. 6164 
OPT impedence 6164 
More about the Plate Loading 6164 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6159 
2A3 data 6159 
The New 2A3 tubes 6159 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6159 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6158 
Everything about everything. 6158 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6158 
Options, options, options.... 6158 
I think we agree overall 6158 
An IDHT with more gain? 6157 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6157 
2A3 tube impressions 6152 
Interesting analogy 6152 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6152 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6152 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6152 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6152 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6152 
Why NOS tubes? 6151 
The Holly Ignorance 6151 
Tube tasting 6151 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6151 
Make mine thoriated please 6151 
Any Germans out there? 6151 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6151 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6151 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6151 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6150 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6150 
Tube sound and vibration 6150 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6144 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6143 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6143 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6142 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6142 
B4/B5 British made 6141 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6141 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6140 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6140 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6139 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6138 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6135 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6135 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6134 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6134 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6134 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6134 
The identical operation environment? 6134 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6134 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6134 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6133 
How to get max power from 2A3 6133 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6133 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6133 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6133 
Gain is not power. 6133 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6133 
Specialized DSET approach 6133 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6133 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6133 
The 2A3 loading 6133 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6133 
Optimizing the 2A3 6133 
How much to DSET a DSET 6133 
DSET for Titan 6133 
The Best of All Worlds 6133 
Multiamp setup 6132 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6132 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6132 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6132 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6126 
2A3 and 400V supply 6126 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6125 
Another shot at numbers 6125 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6125 
Okay, so this might work.... 6125 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6125 
Looks good, but.... 6124 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6124 
Less is more... usually. 6124 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6123 
Stepping Out 6123 
Said to be good, but 6123 
Gain to lose 6123 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6123 
Another idea for losing gain 6123 
What's best 6123 
Options, options... 6123 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6123 
Other compromises... 6122 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6121 
Is it glowing yet? 6101 
It is comming.... 6101 
The new MF channel. 6095 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6094 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6086 
The intestage loading talk. 6083 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6078 
1 in 50? 6078 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6078 
Die Walküre soldering. 6077 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6076 
Another amp arond YO186 6075 
Gain? 6075 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6075 
Simple is good 6074 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6074 
The Milq DSET is up. 6073 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6071 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6071 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6070 
Ok, what do I want? 6070 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6070 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6070 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6070 
How about the tweeter? 6069 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6069 
Safe and Sound 6069 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6069 
Some clarifications. 6069 
How about that?!!! 6069 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6067 
Head Room 6067 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6066 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6066 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6066 
Again with the PS 6066 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6064 
Parallel Universe 6064 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6062 
Why I let other people build them... 6062 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6062 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6061 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6058 
MF: the pre-final version. 6058 
Loftin-White? 6058 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6058 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6058 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6054 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6054 
Define really quiet 6053 
Another variable of sound 6053 
Backlash? 6053 
Alternative filament supplies 6053 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6053 
Going down the DC path 6052 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6052 
Molecular sound 6052 
AC-DC heater supply 6052 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6052 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6052 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6052 
Hiss or Hum 6052 
AC transformers 6052 
I have seen the Promised Land 6051 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6051 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6050 
Divide and Conquer 6050 
The design phase is over. 6049 
The unexpected insanity! 6048 
Loading 6048 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6048 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6048 
Going the Distance 6048 
Read the f*** manual! 6048 
Agreed. 6048 
I agree 6048 
The filament transformer 6048 
Center-tap and options 6048 
Something like this…. 6048 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6048 
The foreplay is going on. 6048 
Split balance 6047 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6047 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6047 
SHuguang 6047 
Going through…. 6046 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6045 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6045 
Hum vs voltage 6045 
Meow about the tubes… 6045 
To Be a Content Cat 6045 
Completed! 6042 
Tradition 6042 
Absolutely beautiful! 6042 
The 'film' caps in PS 6041 
Science or religion 6041 
Mass Extinction 6041 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6041 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6041 
Capacitor choices 6041 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6040 
The minor day of Quartets. 6040 
Them's the Breaks 6040 
Eventually! 6039 
So Soon? 6039 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6039 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6038 
The wire for DC-coupling 6038 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6038 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6038 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6037 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6036 
The DHT live reserve 6035 
Some interestng models 6035 
Eaten alive. 6035 
The tubey déjà vu? 6034 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6030 
The 4V takes a lead. 6026 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6023 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6023 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6021 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6020 
Exiting the design mode? 6020 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6020 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6016 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6015 
Setting up the new Playback 6014 
And the winner is… so far 6011 
If you like type 45... 6011 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6011 
Favorite Flavor? 6011 
The 45 times Meow... 6011 
The problem that I see is… 6011 
Running the 45 6011 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6010 
The commentaries about everything. 6010 
Driver tube and biasing 6010 
DHT drivers 6010 
The ideas are worth trying? 6010 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6006 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6006 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6005 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6005 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6005 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6005 
Operating points and cathode current 6005 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6005 
Actually it is not so simple. 6005 
Resistors at the front 6004 
A minor alternation of a position 6004 
The era of enlightenment. 6001 
The devil is in the details.... 6001 
Constructing Sound 6001 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6000 
The “strange” YO186 5991 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5946 
2S4S and 2A3 5937 
Ho to use the YO186 5930 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5930 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5930 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5928 
Not anymore! 5917 
The very good YoYonisation! 5916 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5915 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5902 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5902 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5849 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5848 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5845 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5835 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5597 
All the Best from Burgundy 5597 
Cheesy tubes 5596 
Me and my DHT references… 5487 
Y0-186 in winter. 5390 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5389 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5358 
In My Dreams 5358 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5358 
Blame? 5357 
When good is not good enough. 5357 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5357 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5356 
How the YO186 was used. 4940 
What is old is new? 4939 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4938 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4487 
That sucks. 4487 
YO186 4485 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4485 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4485 
A hallucination? 4482 
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