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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6238 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6237 
DHT Milq? 6237 
The DHT journey. 6237 
DHT tone 6237 
Well, why not? 6236 
Holding the Fort 6236 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6236 
Input tube and DC heaters 6235 
Reimyo Pat 777 6235 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6231 
DHT or 300B? 6231 
300B 6231 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6231 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6230 
Hence the confusion 6230 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6230 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6230 
My experience with DHTs 6230 
Pigmented coloration? 6230 
Dht-dht 6230 
Dynamic viscosity? 6230 
The Pallette preamp... 6230 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6230 
"soul" of tubes 6230 
There is a difference... 6230 
Vibration injection? 6230 
Homework # 4334 6230 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6230 
Old valves have more soul! 6229 
Was it soul or soil? 6229 
It was just a heading 6229 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6229 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6229 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6229 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6229 
Injection of analog dither? 6229 
Subliminal signal 6229 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6229 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6229 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6228 
Avicenna = Arabian 6228 
Persian, not Arab 6228 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6228 
More words to describe "sux" please 6228 
Revolution 6228 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6228 
One-stage DHTs 6227 
One other thing 6227 
One stage 6227 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6227 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6227 
I see the things differently. 6227 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6227 
The audiophile attitude 6227 
The where and why of design choices 6227 
Blah blah blah 6227 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6227 
Do I need to be hissing? 6227 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6227 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6227 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6226 
What is randomness? 6226 
Those least three possibilities… 6226 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6226 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6226 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6224 
A Beautiful Mind 6223 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6221 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6206 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6206 
Abandoning Milq? 6206 
Will see how it goes.... 6206 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6204 
Topology and 2A3? 6204 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6204 
Type Casting 6204 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6204 
6sn7-2a3 6204 
Topology vs parts 6204 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6204 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6204 
Parts Frenzy 6204 
Too many new sounds 6204 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6203 
New tubes 6202 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6202 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6202 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6202 
New 2A3 6202 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6201 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6200 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6200 
Czech tubes 6198 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6198 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6198 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6197 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6197 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6194 
Here she is. 6193 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6189 
New 2A3 tubes 6189 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6189 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6188 
Multistage DHT circuits 6187 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6186 
Emission Labs 2A3 6186 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6186 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6186 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6186 
The YO186 Strip Show 6186 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6185 
It will be interesting…. 6185 
OPT impedence 6185 
More about the Plate Loading 6185 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6180 
2A3 data 6180 
The New 2A3 tubes 6180 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6180 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6179 
Everything about everything. 6179 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6179 
Options, options, options.... 6179 
I think we agree overall 6179 
An IDHT with more gain? 6178 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6178 
2A3 tube impressions 6173 
Interesting analogy 6173 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6173 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6173 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6173 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6173 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6173 
Why NOS tubes? 6172 
The Holly Ignorance 6172 
Tube tasting 6172 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6172 
Make mine thoriated please 6172 
Any Germans out there? 6172 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6172 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6172 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6172 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6171 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6171 
Tube sound and vibration 6171 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6165 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6164 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6164 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6163 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6163 
B4/B5 British made 6162 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6162 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6161 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6161 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6160 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6159 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6156 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6156 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6155 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6155 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6155 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6155 
The identical operation environment? 6155 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6155 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6155 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6154 
How to get max power from 2A3 6154 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6154 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6154 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6154 
Gain is not power. 6154 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6154 
Specialized DSET approach 6154 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6154 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6154 
The 2A3 loading 6154 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6154 
Optimizing the 2A3 6154 
How much to DSET a DSET 6154 
DSET for Titan 6154 
The Best of All Worlds 6154 
Multiamp setup 6153 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6153 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6153 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6153 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6147 
2A3 and 400V supply 6147 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6146 
Another shot at numbers 6146 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6146 
Okay, so this might work.... 6146 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6146 
Looks good, but.... 6145 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6145 
Less is more... usually. 6145 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6144 
Stepping Out 6144 
Said to be good, but 6144 
Gain to lose 6144 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6144 
Another idea for losing gain 6144 
What's best 6144 
Options, options... 6144 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6144 
Other compromises... 6143 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6142 
Is it glowing yet? 6122 
It is comming.... 6122 
The new MF channel. 6116 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6115 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6107 
The intestage loading talk. 6104 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6099 
1 in 50? 6099 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6099 
Die Walküre soldering. 6098 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6097 
Another amp arond YO186 6096 
Gain? 6096 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6096 
Simple is good 6095 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6095 
The Milq DSET is up. 6094 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6092 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6092 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6091 
Ok, what do I want? 6091 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6091 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6091 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6091 
How about the tweeter? 6090 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6090 
Safe and Sound 6090 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6090 
Some clarifications. 6090 
How about that?!!! 6090 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6088 
Head Room 6088 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6087 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6087 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6087 
Again with the PS 6087 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6085 
Parallel Universe 6085 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6083 
Why I let other people build them... 6083 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6083 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6082 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6079 
MF: the pre-final version. 6079 
Loftin-White? 6079 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6079 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6079 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6075 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6075 
Define really quiet 6074 
Another variable of sound 6074 
Backlash? 6074 
Alternative filament supplies 6074 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6074 
Going down the DC path 6073 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6073 
Molecular sound 6073 
AC-DC heater supply 6073 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6073 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6073 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6073 
Hiss or Hum 6073 
AC transformers 6073 
I have seen the Promised Land 6072 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6072 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6071 
Divide and Conquer 6071 
The design phase is over. 6070 
The unexpected insanity! 6069 
Loading 6069 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6069 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6069 
Going the Distance 6069 
Read the f*** manual! 6069 
Agreed. 6069 
I agree 6069 
The filament transformer 6069 
Center-tap and options 6069 
Something like this…. 6069 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6069 
The foreplay is going on. 6069 
Split balance 6068 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6068 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6068 
SHuguang 6068 
Going through…. 6067 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6066 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6066 
Hum vs voltage 6066 
Meow about the tubes… 6066 
To Be a Content Cat 6066 
Completed! 6063 
Tradition 6063 
Absolutely beautiful! 6063 
The 'film' caps in PS 6062 
Science or religion 6062 
Mass Extinction 6062 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6062 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6062 
Capacitor choices 6062 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6061 
The minor day of Quartets. 6061 
Them's the Breaks 6061 
Eventually! 6060 
So Soon? 6060 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6060 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6059 
The wire for DC-coupling 6059 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6059 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6059 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6058 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6057 
The DHT live reserve 6056 
Some interestng models 6056 
Eaten alive. 6056 
The tubey déjà vu? 6055 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6051 
The 4V takes a lead. 6047 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6044 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6044 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6042 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6041 
Exiting the design mode? 6041 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6041 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6037 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6036 
Setting up the new Playback 6035 
And the winner is… so far 6032 
If you like type 45... 6032 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6032 
Favorite Flavor? 6032 
The 45 times Meow... 6032 
The problem that I see is… 6032 
Running the 45 6032 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6031 
The commentaries about everything. 6031 
Driver tube and biasing 6031 
DHT drivers 6031 
The ideas are worth trying? 6031 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6027 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6027 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6026 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6026 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6026 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6026 
Operating points and cathode current 6026 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6026 
Actually it is not so simple. 6026 
Resistors at the front 6025 
A minor alternation of a position 6025 
The era of enlightenment. 6022 
The devil is in the details.... 6022 
Constructing Sound 6022 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6021 
The “strange” YO186 6012 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5967 
2S4S and 2A3 5958 
Ho to use the YO186 5951 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5951 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5951 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5949 
Not anymore! 5938 
The very good YoYonisation! 5937 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5936 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5923 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5923 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5870 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5869 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5866 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5856 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5618 
All the Best from Burgundy 5618 
Cheesy tubes 5617 
Me and my DHT references… 5508 
Y0-186 in winter. 5411 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5410 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5379 
In My Dreams 5379 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5379 
Blame? 5378 
When good is not good enough. 5378 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5378 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5377 
How the YO186 was used. 4961 
What is old is new? 4960 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4959 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4508 
That sucks. 4508 
YO186 4506 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4506 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4506 
A hallucination? 4503 
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