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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6191 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6190 
DHT Milq? 6190 
The DHT journey. 6190 
DHT tone 6190 
Well, why not? 6189 
Holding the Fort 6189 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6189 
Input tube and DC heaters 6188 
Reimyo Pat 777 6188 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6184 
DHT or 300B? 6184 
300B 6184 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6184 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6183 
Hence the confusion 6183 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6183 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6183 
My experience with DHTs 6183 
Pigmented coloration? 6183 
Dht-dht 6183 
Dynamic viscosity? 6183 
The Pallette preamp... 6183 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6183 
"soul" of tubes 6183 
There is a difference... 6183 
Vibration injection? 6183 
Homework # 4334 6183 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6183 
Old valves have more soul! 6182 
Was it soul or soil? 6182 
It was just a heading 6182 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6182 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6182 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6182 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6182 
Injection of analog dither? 6182 
Subliminal signal 6182 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6182 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6182 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6181 
Avicenna = Arabian 6181 
Persian, not Arab 6181 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6181 
More words to describe "sux" please 6181 
Revolution 6181 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6181 
One-stage DHTs 6180 
One other thing 6180 
One stage 6180 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6180 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6180 
I see the things differently. 6180 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6180 
The audiophile attitude 6180 
The where and why of design choices 6180 
Blah blah blah 6180 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6180 
Do I need to be hissing? 6180 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6180 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6180 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6179 
What is randomness? 6179 
Those least three possibilities… 6179 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6179 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6179 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6177 
A Beautiful Mind 6176 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6174 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6159 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6159 
Abandoning Milq? 6159 
Will see how it goes.... 6159 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6157 
Topology and 2A3? 6157 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6157 
Type Casting 6157 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6157 
6sn7-2a3 6157 
Topology vs parts 6157 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6157 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6157 
Parts Frenzy 6157 
Too many new sounds 6157 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6156 
New tubes 6155 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6155 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6155 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6155 
New 2A3 6155 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6154 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6153 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6153 
Czech tubes 6151 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6151 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6151 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6150 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6150 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6147 
Here she is. 6146 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6142 
New 2A3 tubes 6142 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6142 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6141 
Multistage DHT circuits 6140 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6139 
Emission Labs 2A3 6139 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6139 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6139 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6139 
The YO186 Strip Show 6139 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6138 
It will be interesting…. 6138 
OPT impedence 6138 
More about the Plate Loading 6138 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6133 
2A3 data 6133 
The New 2A3 tubes 6133 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6133 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6132 
Everything about everything. 6132 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6132 
Options, options, options.... 6132 
I think we agree overall 6132 
An IDHT with more gain? 6131 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6131 
2A3 tube impressions 6126 
Interesting analogy 6126 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6126 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6126 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6126 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6126 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6126 
Why NOS tubes? 6125 
The Holly Ignorance 6125 
Tube tasting 6125 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6125 
Make mine thoriated please 6125 
Any Germans out there? 6125 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6125 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6125 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6125 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6124 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6124 
Tube sound and vibration 6124 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6118 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6117 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6117 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6116 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6116 
B4/B5 British made 6115 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6115 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6114 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6114 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6113 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6112 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6109 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6109 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6108 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6108 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6108 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6108 
The identical operation environment? 6108 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6108 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6108 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6107 
How to get max power from 2A3 6107 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6107 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6107 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6107 
Gain is not power. 6107 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6107 
Specialized DSET approach 6107 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6107 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6107 
The 2A3 loading 6107 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6107 
Optimizing the 2A3 6107 
How much to DSET a DSET 6107 
DSET for Titan 6107 
The Best of All Worlds 6107 
Multiamp setup 6106 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6106 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6106 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6106 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6100 
2A3 and 400V supply 6100 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6099 
Another shot at numbers 6099 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6099 
Okay, so this might work.... 6099 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6099 
Looks good, but.... 6098 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6098 
Less is more... usually. 6098 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6097 
Stepping Out 6097 
Said to be good, but 6097 
Gain to lose 6097 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6097 
Another idea for losing gain 6097 
What's best 6097 
Options, options... 6097 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6097 
Other compromises... 6096 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6095 
Is it glowing yet? 6075 
It is comming.... 6075 
The new MF channel. 6069 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6068 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6060 
The intestage loading talk. 6057 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6052 
1 in 50? 6052 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6052 
Die Walküre soldering. 6051 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6050 
Another amp arond YO186 6049 
Gain? 6049 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6049 
Simple is good 6048 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6048 
The Milq DSET is up. 6047 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6045 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6045 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6044 
Ok, what do I want? 6044 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6044 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6044 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6044 
How about the tweeter? 6043 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6043 
Safe and Sound 6043 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6043 
Some clarifications. 6043 
How about that?!!! 6043 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6041 
Head Room 6041 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6040 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6040 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6040 
Again with the PS 6040 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6038 
Parallel Universe 6038 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6036 
Why I let other people build them... 6036 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6036 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6035 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6032 
MF: the pre-final version. 6032 
Loftin-White? 6032 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6032 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6032 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6028 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6028 
Define really quiet 6027 
Another variable of sound 6027 
Backlash? 6027 
Alternative filament supplies 6027 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6027 
Going down the DC path 6026 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6026 
Molecular sound 6026 
AC-DC heater supply 6026 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6026 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6026 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6026 
Hiss or Hum 6026 
AC transformers 6026 
I have seen the Promised Land 6025 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6025 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6024 
Divide and Conquer 6024 
The design phase is over. 6023 
The unexpected insanity! 6022 
Loading 6022 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6022 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6022 
Going the Distance 6022 
Read the f*** manual! 6022 
Agreed. 6022 
I agree 6022 
The filament transformer 6022 
Center-tap and options 6022 
Something like this…. 6022 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6022 
The foreplay is going on. 6022 
Split balance 6021 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6021 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6021 
SHuguang 6021 
Going through…. 6020 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6019 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6019 
Hum vs voltage 6019 
Meow about the tubes… 6019 
To Be a Content Cat 6019 
Completed! 6016 
Tradition 6016 
Absolutely beautiful! 6016 
The 'film' caps in PS 6015 
Science or religion 6015 
Mass Extinction 6015 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6015 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6015 
Capacitor choices 6015 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6014 
The minor day of Quartets. 6014 
Them's the Breaks 6014 
Eventually! 6013 
So Soon? 6013 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6013 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6012 
The wire for DC-coupling 6012 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6012 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6012 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6011 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6010 
The DHT live reserve 6009 
Some interestng models 6009 
Eaten alive. 6009 
The tubey déjà vu? 6008 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6004 
The 4V takes a lead. 6000 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5997 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5997 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5995 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5994 
Exiting the design mode? 5994 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5994 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5990 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5989 
Setting up the new Playback 5988 
And the winner is… so far 5985 
If you like type 45... 5985 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5985 
Favorite Flavor? 5985 
The 45 times Meow... 5985 
The problem that I see is… 5985 
Running the 45 5985 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5984 
The commentaries about everything. 5984 
Driver tube and biasing 5984 
DHT drivers 5984 
The ideas are worth trying? 5984 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5980 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5980 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5979 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5979 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5979 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5979 
Operating points and cathode current 5979 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5979 
Actually it is not so simple. 5979 
Resistors at the front 5978 
A minor alternation of a position 5978 
The era of enlightenment. 5975 
The devil is in the details.... 5975 
Constructing Sound 5975 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5974 
The “strange” YO186 5965 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5920 
2S4S and 2A3 5911 
Ho to use the YO186 5904 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5904 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5904 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5902 
Not anymore! 5891 
The very good YoYonisation! 5890 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5889 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5876 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5876 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5823 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5822 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5819 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5809 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5571 
All the Best from Burgundy 5571 
Cheesy tubes 5570 
Me and my DHT references… 5461 
Y0-186 in winter. 5364 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5363 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5332 
In My Dreams 5332 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5332 
Blame? 5331 
When good is not good enough. 5331 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5331 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5330 
How the YO186 was used. 4914 
What is old is new? 4913 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4912 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4461 
That sucks. 4461 
YO186 4459 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4459 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4459 
A hallucination? 4456 
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