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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6240 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6239 
DHT Milq? 6239 
The DHT journey. 6239 
DHT tone 6239 
Well, why not? 6238 
Holding the Fort 6238 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6238 
Input tube and DC heaters 6237 
Reimyo Pat 777 6237 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6233 
DHT or 300B? 6233 
300B 6233 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6233 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6232 
Hence the confusion 6232 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6232 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6232 
My experience with DHTs 6232 
Pigmented coloration? 6232 
Dht-dht 6232 
Dynamic viscosity? 6232 
The Pallette preamp... 6232 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6232 
"soul" of tubes 6232 
There is a difference... 6232 
Vibration injection? 6232 
Homework # 4334 6232 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6232 
Old valves have more soul! 6231 
Was it soul or soil? 6231 
It was just a heading 6231 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6231 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6231 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6231 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6231 
Injection of analog dither? 6231 
Subliminal signal 6231 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6231 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6231 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6230 
Avicenna = Arabian 6230 
Persian, not Arab 6230 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6230 
More words to describe "sux" please 6230 
Revolution 6230 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6230 
One-stage DHTs 6229 
One other thing 6229 
One stage 6229 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6229 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6229 
I see the things differently. 6229 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6229 
The audiophile attitude 6229 
The where and why of design choices 6229 
Blah blah blah 6229 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6229 
Do I need to be hissing? 6229 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6229 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6229 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6228 
What is randomness? 6228 
Those least three possibilities… 6228 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6228 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6228 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6226 
A Beautiful Mind 6225 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6223 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6208 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6208 
Abandoning Milq? 6208 
Will see how it goes.... 6208 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6206 
Topology and 2A3? 6206 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6206 
Type Casting 6206 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6206 
6sn7-2a3 6206 
Topology vs parts 6206 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6206 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6206 
Parts Frenzy 6206 
Too many new sounds 6206 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6205 
New tubes 6204 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6204 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6204 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6204 
New 2A3 6204 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6203 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6202 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6202 
Czech tubes 6200 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6200 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6200 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6199 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6199 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6196 
Here she is. 6195 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6191 
New 2A3 tubes 6191 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6191 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6190 
Multistage DHT circuits 6189 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6188 
Emission Labs 2A3 6188 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6188 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6188 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6188 
The YO186 Strip Show 6188 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6187 
It will be interesting…. 6187 
OPT impedence 6187 
More about the Plate Loading 6187 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6182 
2A3 data 6182 
The New 2A3 tubes 6182 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6182 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6181 
Everything about everything. 6181 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6181 
Options, options, options.... 6181 
I think we agree overall 6181 
An IDHT with more gain? 6180 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6180 
2A3 tube impressions 6175 
Interesting analogy 6175 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6175 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6175 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6175 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6175 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6175 
Why NOS tubes? 6174 
The Holly Ignorance 6174 
Tube tasting 6174 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6174 
Make mine thoriated please 6174 
Any Germans out there? 6174 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6174 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6174 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6174 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6173 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6173 
Tube sound and vibration 6173 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6167 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6166 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6166 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6165 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6165 
B4/B5 British made 6164 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6164 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6163 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6163 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6162 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6161 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6158 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6158 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6157 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6157 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6157 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6157 
The identical operation environment? 6157 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6157 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6157 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6156 
How to get max power from 2A3 6156 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6156 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6156 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6156 
Gain is not power. 6156 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6156 
Specialized DSET approach 6156 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6156 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6156 
The 2A3 loading 6156 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6156 
Optimizing the 2A3 6156 
How much to DSET a DSET 6156 
DSET for Titan 6156 
The Best of All Worlds 6156 
Multiamp setup 6155 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6155 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6155 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6155 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6149 
2A3 and 400V supply 6149 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6148 
Another shot at numbers 6148 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6148 
Okay, so this might work.... 6148 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6148 
Looks good, but.... 6147 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6147 
Less is more... usually. 6147 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6146 
Stepping Out 6146 
Said to be good, but 6146 
Gain to lose 6146 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6146 
Another idea for losing gain 6146 
What's best 6146 
Options, options... 6146 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6146 
Other compromises... 6145 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6144 
Is it glowing yet? 6124 
It is comming.... 6124 
The new MF channel. 6118 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6117 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6109 
The intestage loading talk. 6106 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6101 
1 in 50? 6101 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6101 
Die Walküre soldering. 6100 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6099 
Another amp arond YO186 6098 
Gain? 6098 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6098 
Simple is good 6097 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6097 
The Milq DSET is up. 6096 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6094 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6094 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6093 
Ok, what do I want? 6093 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6093 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6093 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6093 
How about the tweeter? 6092 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6092 
Safe and Sound 6092 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6092 
Some clarifications. 6092 
How about that?!!! 6092 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6090 
Head Room 6090 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6089 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6089 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6089 
Again with the PS 6089 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6087 
Parallel Universe 6087 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6085 
Why I let other people build them... 6085 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6085 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6084 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6081 
MF: the pre-final version. 6081 
Loftin-White? 6081 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6081 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6081 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6077 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6077 
Define really quiet 6076 
Another variable of sound 6076 
Backlash? 6076 
Alternative filament supplies 6076 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6076 
Going down the DC path 6075 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6075 
Molecular sound 6075 
AC-DC heater supply 6075 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6075 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6075 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6075 
Hiss or Hum 6075 
AC transformers 6075 
I have seen the Promised Land 6074 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6074 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6073 
Divide and Conquer 6073 
The design phase is over. 6072 
The unexpected insanity! 6071 
Loading 6071 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6071 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6071 
Going the Distance 6071 
Read the f*** manual! 6071 
Agreed. 6071 
I agree 6071 
The filament transformer 6071 
Center-tap and options 6071 
Something like this…. 6071 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6071 
The foreplay is going on. 6071 
Split balance 6070 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6070 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6070 
SHuguang 6070 
Going through…. 6069 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6068 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6068 
Hum vs voltage 6068 
Meow about the tubes… 6068 
To Be a Content Cat 6068 
Completed! 6065 
Tradition 6065 
Absolutely beautiful! 6065 
The 'film' caps in PS 6064 
Science or religion 6064 
Mass Extinction 6064 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6064 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6064 
Capacitor choices 6064 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6063 
The minor day of Quartets. 6063 
Them's the Breaks 6063 
Eventually! 6062 
So Soon? 6062 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6062 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6061 
The wire for DC-coupling 6061 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6061 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6061 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6060 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6059 
The DHT live reserve 6058 
Some interestng models 6058 
Eaten alive. 6058 
The tubey déjà vu? 6057 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6053 
The 4V takes a lead. 6049 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6046 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6046 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6044 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6043 
Exiting the design mode? 6043 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6043 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6039 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6038 
Setting up the new Playback 6037 
And the winner is… so far 6034 
If you like type 45... 6034 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6034 
Favorite Flavor? 6034 
The 45 times Meow... 6034 
The problem that I see is… 6034 
Running the 45 6034 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6033 
The commentaries about everything. 6033 
Driver tube and biasing 6033 
DHT drivers 6033 
The ideas are worth trying? 6033 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6029 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6029 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6028 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6028 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6028 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6028 
Operating points and cathode current 6028 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6028 
Actually it is not so simple. 6028 
Resistors at the front 6027 
A minor alternation of a position 6027 
The era of enlightenment. 6024 
The devil is in the details.... 6024 
Constructing Sound 6024 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6023 
The “strange” YO186 6014 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5969 
2S4S and 2A3 5960 
Ho to use the YO186 5953 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5953 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5953 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5951 
Not anymore! 5940 
The very good YoYonisation! 5939 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5938 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5925 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5925 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5872 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5871 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5868 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5858 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5620 
All the Best from Burgundy 5620 
Cheesy tubes 5619 
Me and my DHT references… 5510 
Y0-186 in winter. 5413 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5412 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5381 
In My Dreams 5381 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5381 
Blame? 5380 
When good is not good enough. 5380 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5380 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5379 
How the YO186 was used. 4963 
What is old is new? 4962 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4961 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4510 
That sucks. 4510 
YO186 4508 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4508 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4508 
A hallucination? 4505 
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