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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6248 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6247 
DHT Milq? 6247 
The DHT journey. 6247 
DHT tone 6247 
Well, why not? 6246 
Holding the Fort 6246 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6246 
Input tube and DC heaters 6245 
Reimyo Pat 777 6245 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6241 
DHT or 300B? 6241 
300B 6241 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6241 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6240 
Hence the confusion 6240 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6240 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6240 
My experience with DHTs 6240 
Pigmented coloration? 6240 
Dht-dht 6240 
Dynamic viscosity? 6240 
The Pallette preamp... 6240 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6240 
"soul" of tubes 6240 
There is a difference... 6240 
Vibration injection? 6240 
Homework # 4334 6240 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6240 
Old valves have more soul! 6239 
Was it soul or soil? 6239 
It was just a heading 6239 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6239 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6239 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6239 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6239 
Injection of analog dither? 6239 
Subliminal signal 6239 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6239 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6239 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6238 
Avicenna = Arabian 6238 
Persian, not Arab 6238 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6238 
More words to describe "sux" please 6238 
Revolution 6238 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6238 
One-stage DHTs 6237 
One other thing 6237 
One stage 6237 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6237 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6237 
I see the things differently. 6237 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6237 
The audiophile attitude 6237 
The where and why of design choices 6237 
Blah blah blah 6237 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6237 
Do I need to be hissing? 6237 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6237 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6237 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6236 
What is randomness? 6236 
Those least three possibilities… 6236 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6236 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6236 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6234 
A Beautiful Mind 6233 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6231 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6216 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6216 
Abandoning Milq? 6216 
Will see how it goes.... 6216 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6214 
Topology and 2A3? 6214 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6214 
Type Casting 6214 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6214 
6sn7-2a3 6214 
Topology vs parts 6214 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6214 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6214 
Parts Frenzy 6214 
Too many new sounds 6214 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6213 
New tubes 6212 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6212 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6212 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6212 
New 2A3 6212 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6211 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6210 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6210 
Czech tubes 6208 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6208 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6208 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6207 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6207 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6204 
Here she is. 6203 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6199 
New 2A3 tubes 6199 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6199 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6198 
Multistage DHT circuits 6197 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6196 
Emission Labs 2A3 6196 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6196 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6196 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6196 
The YO186 Strip Show 6196 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6195 
It will be interesting…. 6195 
OPT impedence 6195 
More about the Plate Loading 6195 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6190 
2A3 data 6190 
The New 2A3 tubes 6190 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6190 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6189 
Everything about everything. 6189 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6189 
Options, options, options.... 6189 
I think we agree overall 6189 
An IDHT with more gain? 6188 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6188 
2A3 tube impressions 6183 
Interesting analogy 6183 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6183 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6183 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6183 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6183 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6183 
Why NOS tubes? 6182 
The Holly Ignorance 6182 
Tube tasting 6182 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6182 
Make mine thoriated please 6182 
Any Germans out there? 6182 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6182 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6182 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6182 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6181 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6181 
Tube sound and vibration 6181 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6175 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6174 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6174 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6173 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6173 
B4/B5 British made 6172 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6172 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6171 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6171 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6170 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6169 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6166 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6166 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6165 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6165 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6165 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6165 
The identical operation environment? 6165 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6165 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6165 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6164 
How to get max power from 2A3 6164 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6164 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6164 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6164 
Gain is not power. 6164 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6164 
Specialized DSET approach 6164 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6164 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6164 
The 2A3 loading 6164 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6164 
Optimizing the 2A3 6164 
How much to DSET a DSET 6164 
DSET for Titan 6164 
The Best of All Worlds 6164 
Multiamp setup 6163 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6163 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6163 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6163 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6157 
2A3 and 400V supply 6157 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6156 
Another shot at numbers 6156 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6156 
Okay, so this might work.... 6156 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6156 
Looks good, but.... 6155 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6155 
Less is more... usually. 6155 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6154 
Stepping Out 6154 
Said to be good, but 6154 
Gain to lose 6154 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6154 
Another idea for losing gain 6154 
What's best 6154 
Options, options... 6154 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6154 
Other compromises... 6153 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6152 
Is it glowing yet? 6132 
It is comming.... 6132 
The new MF channel. 6126 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6125 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6117 
The intestage loading talk. 6114 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6109 
1 in 50? 6109 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6109 
Die Walküre soldering. 6108 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6107 
Another amp arond YO186 6106 
Gain? 6106 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6106 
Simple is good 6105 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6105 
The Milq DSET is up. 6104 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6102 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6102 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6101 
Ok, what do I want? 6101 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6101 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6101 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6101 
How about the tweeter? 6100 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6100 
Safe and Sound 6100 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6100 
Some clarifications. 6100 
How about that?!!! 6100 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6098 
Head Room 6098 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6097 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6097 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6097 
Again with the PS 6097 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6095 
Parallel Universe 6095 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6093 
Why I let other people build them... 6093 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6093 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6092 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6089 
MF: the pre-final version. 6089 
Loftin-White? 6089 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6089 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6089 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6085 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6085 
Define really quiet 6084 
Another variable of sound 6084 
Backlash? 6084 
Alternative filament supplies 6084 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6084 
Going down the DC path 6083 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6083 
Molecular sound 6083 
AC-DC heater supply 6083 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6083 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6083 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6083 
Hiss or Hum 6083 
AC transformers 6083 
I have seen the Promised Land 6082 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6082 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6081 
Divide and Conquer 6081 
The design phase is over. 6080 
The unexpected insanity! 6079 
Loading 6079 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6079 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6079 
Going the Distance 6079 
Read the f*** manual! 6079 
Agreed. 6079 
I agree 6079 
The filament transformer 6079 
Center-tap and options 6079 
Something like this…. 6079 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6079 
The foreplay is going on. 6079 
Split balance 6078 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6078 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6078 
SHuguang 6078 
Going through…. 6077 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6076 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6076 
Hum vs voltage 6076 
Meow about the tubes… 6076 
To Be a Content Cat 6076 
Completed! 6073 
Tradition 6073 
Absolutely beautiful! 6073 
The 'film' caps in PS 6072 
Science or religion 6072 
Mass Extinction 6072 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6072 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6072 
Capacitor choices 6072 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6071 
The minor day of Quartets. 6071 
Them's the Breaks 6071 
Eventually! 6070 
So Soon? 6070 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6070 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6069 
The wire for DC-coupling 6069 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6069 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6069 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6068 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6067 
The DHT live reserve 6066 
Some interestng models 6066 
Eaten alive. 6066 
The tubey déjà vu? 6065 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6061 
The 4V takes a lead. 6057 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6054 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6054 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6052 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6051 
Exiting the design mode? 6051 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6051 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6047 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6046 
Setting up the new Playback 6045 
And the winner is… so far 6042 
If you like type 45... 6042 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6042 
Favorite Flavor? 6042 
The 45 times Meow... 6042 
The problem that I see is… 6042 
Running the 45 6042 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6041 
The commentaries about everything. 6041 
Driver tube and biasing 6041 
DHT drivers 6041 
The ideas are worth trying? 6041 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6037 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6037 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6036 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6036 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6036 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6036 
Operating points and cathode current 6036 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6036 
Actually it is not so simple. 6036 
Resistors at the front 6035 
A minor alternation of a position 6035 
The era of enlightenment. 6032 
The devil is in the details.... 6032 
Constructing Sound 6032 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6031 
The “strange” YO186 6022 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5977 
2S4S and 2A3 5968 
Ho to use the YO186 5961 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5961 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5961 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5959 
Not anymore! 5948 
The very good YoYonisation! 5947 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5946 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5933 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5933 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5880 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5879 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5876 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5866 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5628 
All the Best from Burgundy 5628 
Cheesy tubes 5627 
Me and my DHT references… 5518 
Y0-186 in winter. 5421 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5420 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5389 
In My Dreams 5389 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5389 
Blame? 5388 
When good is not good enough. 5388 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5388 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5387 
How the YO186 was used. 4971 
What is old is new? 4970 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4969 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4518 
That sucks. 4518 
YO186 4516 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4516 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4516 
A hallucination? 4513 
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