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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6257 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6256 
DHT Milq? 6256 
The DHT journey. 6256 
DHT tone 6256 
Well, why not? 6255 
Holding the Fort 6255 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6255 
Input tube and DC heaters 6254 
Reimyo Pat 777 6254 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6250 
DHT or 300B? 6250 
300B 6250 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6250 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6249 
Hence the confusion 6249 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6249 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6249 
My experience with DHTs 6249 
Pigmented coloration? 6249 
Dht-dht 6249 
Dynamic viscosity? 6249 
The Pallette preamp... 6249 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6249 
"soul" of tubes 6249 
There is a difference... 6249 
Vibration injection? 6249 
Homework # 4334 6249 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6249 
Old valves have more soul! 6248 
Was it soul or soil? 6248 
It was just a heading 6248 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6248 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6248 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6248 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6248 
Injection of analog dither? 6248 
Subliminal signal 6248 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6248 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6248 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6247 
Avicenna = Arabian 6247 
Persian, not Arab 6247 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6247 
More words to describe "sux" please 6247 
Revolution 6247 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6247 
One-stage DHTs 6246 
One other thing 6246 
One stage 6246 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6246 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6246 
I see the things differently. 6246 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6246 
The audiophile attitude 6246 
The where and why of design choices 6246 
Blah blah blah 6246 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6246 
Do I need to be hissing? 6246 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6246 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6246 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6245 
What is randomness? 6245 
Those least three possibilities… 6245 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6245 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6245 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6243 
A Beautiful Mind 6242 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6240 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6225 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6225 
Abandoning Milq? 6225 
Will see how it goes.... 6225 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6223 
Topology and 2A3? 6223 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6223 
Type Casting 6223 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6223 
6sn7-2a3 6223 
Topology vs parts 6223 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6223 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6223 
Parts Frenzy 6223 
Too many new sounds 6223 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6222 
New tubes 6221 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6221 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6221 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6221 
New 2A3 6221 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6220 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6219 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6219 
Czech tubes 6217 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6217 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6217 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6216 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6216 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6213 
Here she is. 6212 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6208 
New 2A3 tubes 6208 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6208 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6207 
Multistage DHT circuits 6206 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6205 
Emission Labs 2A3 6205 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6205 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6205 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6205 
The YO186 Strip Show 6205 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6204 
It will be interesting…. 6204 
OPT impedence 6204 
More about the Plate Loading 6204 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6199 
2A3 data 6199 
The New 2A3 tubes 6199 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6199 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6198 
Everything about everything. 6198 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6198 
Options, options, options.... 6198 
I think we agree overall 6198 
An IDHT with more gain? 6197 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6197 
2A3 tube impressions 6192 
Interesting analogy 6192 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6192 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6192 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6192 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6192 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6192 
Why NOS tubes? 6191 
The Holly Ignorance 6191 
Tube tasting 6191 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6191 
Make mine thoriated please 6191 
Any Germans out there? 6191 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6191 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6191 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6191 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6190 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6190 
Tube sound and vibration 6190 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6184 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6183 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6183 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6182 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6182 
B4/B5 British made 6181 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6181 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6180 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6180 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6179 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6178 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6175 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6175 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6174 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6174 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6174 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6174 
The identical operation environment? 6174 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6174 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6174 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6173 
How to get max power from 2A3 6173 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6173 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6173 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6173 
Gain is not power. 6173 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6173 
Specialized DSET approach 6173 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6173 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6173 
The 2A3 loading 6173 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6173 
Optimizing the 2A3 6173 
How much to DSET a DSET 6173 
DSET for Titan 6173 
The Best of All Worlds 6173 
Multiamp setup 6172 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6172 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6172 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6172 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6166 
2A3 and 400V supply 6166 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6165 
Another shot at numbers 6165 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6165 
Okay, so this might work.... 6165 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6165 
Looks good, but.... 6164 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6164 
Less is more... usually. 6164 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6163 
Stepping Out 6163 
Said to be good, but 6163 
Gain to lose 6163 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6163 
Another idea for losing gain 6163 
What's best 6163 
Options, options... 6163 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6163 
Other compromises... 6162 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6161 
Is it glowing yet? 6141 
It is comming.... 6141 
The new MF channel. 6135 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6134 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6126 
The intestage loading talk. 6123 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6118 
1 in 50? 6118 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6118 
Die Walküre soldering. 6117 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6116 
Another amp arond YO186 6115 
Gain? 6115 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6115 
Simple is good 6114 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6114 
The Milq DSET is up. 6113 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6111 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6111 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6110 
Ok, what do I want? 6110 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6110 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6110 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6110 
How about the tweeter? 6109 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6109 
Safe and Sound 6109 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6109 
Some clarifications. 6109 
How about that?!!! 6109 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6107 
Head Room 6107 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6106 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6106 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6106 
Again with the PS 6106 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6104 
Parallel Universe 6104 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6102 
Why I let other people build them... 6102 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6102 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6101 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6098 
MF: the pre-final version. 6098 
Loftin-White? 6098 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6098 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6098 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6094 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6094 
Define really quiet 6093 
Another variable of sound 6093 
Backlash? 6093 
Alternative filament supplies 6093 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6093 
Going down the DC path 6092 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6092 
Molecular sound 6092 
AC-DC heater supply 6092 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6092 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6092 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6092 
Hiss or Hum 6092 
AC transformers 6092 
I have seen the Promised Land 6091 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6091 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6090 
Divide and Conquer 6090 
The design phase is over. 6089 
The unexpected insanity! 6088 
Loading 6088 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6088 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6088 
Going the Distance 6088 
Read the f*** manual! 6088 
Agreed. 6088 
I agree 6088 
The filament transformer 6088 
Center-tap and options 6088 
Something like this…. 6088 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6088 
The foreplay is going on. 6088 
Split balance 6087 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6087 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6087 
SHuguang 6087 
Going through…. 6086 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6085 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6085 
Hum vs voltage 6085 
Meow about the tubes… 6085 
To Be a Content Cat 6085 
Completed! 6082 
Tradition 6082 
Absolutely beautiful! 6082 
The 'film' caps in PS 6081 
Science or religion 6081 
Mass Extinction 6081 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6081 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6081 
Capacitor choices 6081 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6080 
The minor day of Quartets. 6080 
Them's the Breaks 6080 
Eventually! 6079 
So Soon? 6079 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6079 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6078 
The wire for DC-coupling 6078 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6078 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6078 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6077 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6076 
The DHT live reserve 6075 
Some interestng models 6075 
Eaten alive. 6075 
The tubey déjà vu? 6074 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6070 
The 4V takes a lead. 6066 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6063 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6063 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6061 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6060 
Exiting the design mode? 6060 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6060 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6056 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6055 
Setting up the new Playback 6054 
And the winner is… so far 6051 
If you like type 45... 6051 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6051 
Favorite Flavor? 6051 
The 45 times Meow... 6051 
The problem that I see is… 6051 
Running the 45 6051 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6050 
The commentaries about everything. 6050 
Driver tube and biasing 6050 
DHT drivers 6050 
The ideas are worth trying? 6050 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6046 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6046 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6045 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6045 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6045 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6045 
Operating points and cathode current 6045 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6045 
Actually it is not so simple. 6045 
Resistors at the front 6044 
A minor alternation of a position 6044 
The era of enlightenment. 6041 
The devil is in the details.... 6041 
Constructing Sound 6041 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6040 
The “strange” YO186 6031 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5986 
2S4S and 2A3 5977 
Ho to use the YO186 5970 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5970 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5970 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5968 
Not anymore! 5957 
The very good YoYonisation! 5956 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5955 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5942 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5942 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5889 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5888 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5885 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5875 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5637 
All the Best from Burgundy 5637 
Cheesy tubes 5636 
Me and my DHT references… 5527 
Y0-186 in winter. 5430 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5429 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5398 
In My Dreams 5398 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5398 
Blame? 5397 
When good is not good enough. 5397 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5397 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5396 
How the YO186 was used. 4980 
What is old is new? 4979 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4978 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4527 
That sucks. 4527 
YO186 4525 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4525 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4525 
A hallucination? 4522 
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