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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6218 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6217 
DHT Milq? 6217 
The DHT journey. 6217 
DHT tone 6217 
Well, why not? 6216 
Holding the Fort 6216 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6216 
Input tube and DC heaters 6215 
Reimyo Pat 777 6215 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6211 
DHT or 300B? 6211 
300B 6211 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6211 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6210 
Hence the confusion 6210 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6210 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6210 
My experience with DHTs 6210 
Pigmented coloration? 6210 
Dht-dht 6210 
Dynamic viscosity? 6210 
The Pallette preamp... 6210 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6210 
"soul" of tubes 6210 
There is a difference... 6210 
Vibration injection? 6210 
Homework # 4334 6210 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6210 
Old valves have more soul! 6209 
Was it soul or soil? 6209 
It was just a heading 6209 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6209 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6209 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6209 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6209 
Injection of analog dither? 6209 
Subliminal signal 6209 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6209 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6209 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6208 
Avicenna = Arabian 6208 
Persian, not Arab 6208 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6208 
More words to describe "sux" please 6208 
Revolution 6208 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6208 
One-stage DHTs 6207 
One other thing 6207 
One stage 6207 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6207 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6207 
I see the things differently. 6207 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6207 
The audiophile attitude 6207 
The where and why of design choices 6207 
Blah blah blah 6207 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6207 
Do I need to be hissing? 6207 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6207 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6207 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6206 
What is randomness? 6206 
Those least three possibilities… 6206 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6206 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6206 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6204 
A Beautiful Mind 6203 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6201 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6186 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6186 
Abandoning Milq? 6186 
Will see how it goes.... 6186 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6184 
Topology and 2A3? 6184 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6184 
Type Casting 6184 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6184 
6sn7-2a3 6184 
Topology vs parts 6184 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6184 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6184 
Parts Frenzy 6184 
Too many new sounds 6184 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6183 
New tubes 6182 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6182 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6182 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6182 
New 2A3 6182 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6181 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6180 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6180 
Czech tubes 6178 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6178 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6178 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6177 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6177 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6174 
Here she is. 6173 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6169 
New 2A3 tubes 6169 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6169 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6168 
Multistage DHT circuits 6167 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6166 
Emission Labs 2A3 6166 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6166 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6166 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6166 
The YO186 Strip Show 6166 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6165 
It will be interesting…. 6165 
OPT impedence 6165 
More about the Plate Loading 6165 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6160 
2A3 data 6160 
The New 2A3 tubes 6160 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6160 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6159 
Everything about everything. 6159 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6159 
Options, options, options.... 6159 
I think we agree overall 6159 
An IDHT with more gain? 6158 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6158 
2A3 tube impressions 6153 
Interesting analogy 6153 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6153 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6153 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6153 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6153 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6153 
Why NOS tubes? 6152 
The Holly Ignorance 6152 
Tube tasting 6152 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6152 
Make mine thoriated please 6152 
Any Germans out there? 6152 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6152 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6152 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6152 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6151 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6151 
Tube sound and vibration 6151 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6145 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6144 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6144 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6143 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6143 
B4/B5 British made 6142 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6142 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6141 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6141 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6140 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6139 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6136 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6136 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6135 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6135 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6135 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6135 
The identical operation environment? 6135 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6135 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6135 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6134 
How to get max power from 2A3 6134 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6134 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6134 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6134 
Gain is not power. 6134 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6134 
Specialized DSET approach 6134 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6134 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6134 
The 2A3 loading 6134 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6134 
Optimizing the 2A3 6134 
How much to DSET a DSET 6134 
DSET for Titan 6134 
The Best of All Worlds 6134 
Multiamp setup 6133 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6133 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6133 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6133 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6127 
2A3 and 400V supply 6127 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6126 
Another shot at numbers 6126 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6126 
Okay, so this might work.... 6126 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6126 
Looks good, but.... 6125 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6125 
Less is more... usually. 6125 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6124 
Stepping Out 6124 
Said to be good, but 6124 
Gain to lose 6124 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6124 
Another idea for losing gain 6124 
What's best 6124 
Options, options... 6124 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6124 
Other compromises... 6123 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6122 
Is it glowing yet? 6102 
It is comming.... 6102 
The new MF channel. 6096 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6095 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6087 
The intestage loading talk. 6084 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6079 
1 in 50? 6079 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6079 
Die Walküre soldering. 6078 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6077 
Another amp arond YO186 6076 
Gain? 6076 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6076 
Simple is good 6075 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6075 
The Milq DSET is up. 6074 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6072 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6072 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6071 
Ok, what do I want? 6071 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6071 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6071 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6071 
How about the tweeter? 6070 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6070 
Safe and Sound 6070 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6070 
Some clarifications. 6070 
How about that?!!! 6070 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6068 
Head Room 6068 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6067 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6067 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6067 
Again with the PS 6067 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6065 
Parallel Universe 6065 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6063 
Why I let other people build them... 6063 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6063 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6062 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6059 
MF: the pre-final version. 6059 
Loftin-White? 6059 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6059 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6059 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6055 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6055 
Define really quiet 6054 
Another variable of sound 6054 
Backlash? 6054 
Alternative filament supplies 6054 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6054 
Going down the DC path 6053 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6053 
Molecular sound 6053 
AC-DC heater supply 6053 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6053 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6053 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6053 
Hiss or Hum 6053 
AC transformers 6053 
I have seen the Promised Land 6052 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6052 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6051 
Divide and Conquer 6051 
The design phase is over. 6050 
The unexpected insanity! 6049 
Loading 6049 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6049 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6049 
Going the Distance 6049 
Read the f*** manual! 6049 
Agreed. 6049 
I agree 6049 
The filament transformer 6049 
Center-tap and options 6049 
Something like this…. 6049 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6049 
The foreplay is going on. 6049 
Split balance 6048 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6048 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6048 
SHuguang 6048 
Going through…. 6047 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6046 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6046 
Hum vs voltage 6046 
Meow about the tubes… 6046 
To Be a Content Cat 6046 
Completed! 6043 
Tradition 6043 
Absolutely beautiful! 6043 
The 'film' caps in PS 6042 
Science or religion 6042 
Mass Extinction 6042 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6042 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6042 
Capacitor choices 6042 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6041 
The minor day of Quartets. 6041 
Them's the Breaks 6041 
Eventually! 6040 
So Soon? 6040 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6040 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6039 
The wire for DC-coupling 6039 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6039 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6039 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6038 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6037 
The DHT live reserve 6036 
Some interestng models 6036 
Eaten alive. 6036 
The tubey déjà vu? 6035 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6031 
The 4V takes a lead. 6027 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6024 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6024 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6022 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6021 
Exiting the design mode? 6021 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6021 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6017 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6016 
Setting up the new Playback 6015 
And the winner is… so far 6012 
If you like type 45... 6012 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6012 
Favorite Flavor? 6012 
The 45 times Meow... 6012 
The problem that I see is… 6012 
Running the 45 6012 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6011 
The commentaries about everything. 6011 
Driver tube and biasing 6011 
DHT drivers 6011 
The ideas are worth trying? 6011 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6007 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6007 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6006 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6006 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6006 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6006 
Operating points and cathode current 6006 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6006 
Actually it is not so simple. 6006 
Resistors at the front 6005 
A minor alternation of a position 6005 
The era of enlightenment. 6002 
The devil is in the details.... 6002 
Constructing Sound 6002 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6001 
The “strange” YO186 5992 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5947 
2S4S and 2A3 5938 
Ho to use the YO186 5931 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5931 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5931 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5929 
Not anymore! 5918 
The very good YoYonisation! 5917 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5916 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5903 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5903 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5850 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5849 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5846 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5836 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5598 
All the Best from Burgundy 5598 
Cheesy tubes 5597 
Me and my DHT references… 5488 
Y0-186 in winter. 5391 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5390 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5359 
In My Dreams 5359 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5359 
Blame? 5358 
When good is not good enough. 5358 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5358 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5357 
How the YO186 was used. 4941 
What is old is new? 4940 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4939 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4488 
That sucks. 4488 
YO186 4486 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4486 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4486 
A hallucination? 4483 
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