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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6235 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6234 
DHT Milq? 6234 
The DHT journey. 6234 
DHT tone 6234 
Well, why not? 6233 
Holding the Fort 6233 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6233 
Input tube and DC heaters 6232 
Reimyo Pat 777 6232 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6228 
DHT or 300B? 6228 
300B 6228 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6228 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6227 
Hence the confusion 6227 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6227 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6227 
My experience with DHTs 6227 
Pigmented coloration? 6227 
Dht-dht 6227 
Dynamic viscosity? 6227 
The Pallette preamp... 6227 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6227 
"soul" of tubes 6227 
There is a difference... 6227 
Vibration injection? 6227 
Homework # 4334 6227 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6227 
Old valves have more soul! 6226 
Was it soul or soil? 6226 
It was just a heading 6226 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6226 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6226 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6226 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6226 
Injection of analog dither? 6226 
Subliminal signal 6226 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6226 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6226 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6225 
Avicenna = Arabian 6225 
Persian, not Arab 6225 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6225 
More words to describe "sux" please 6225 
Revolution 6225 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6225 
One-stage DHTs 6224 
One other thing 6224 
One stage 6224 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6224 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6224 
I see the things differently. 6224 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6224 
The audiophile attitude 6224 
The where and why of design choices 6224 
Blah blah blah 6224 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6224 
Do I need to be hissing? 6224 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6224 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6224 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6223 
What is randomness? 6223 
Those least three possibilities… 6223 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6223 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6223 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6221 
A Beautiful Mind 6220 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6218 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6203 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6203 
Abandoning Milq? 6203 
Will see how it goes.... 6203 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6201 
Topology and 2A3? 6201 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6201 
Type Casting 6201 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6201 
6sn7-2a3 6201 
Topology vs parts 6201 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6201 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6201 
Parts Frenzy 6201 
Too many new sounds 6201 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6200 
New tubes 6199 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6199 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6199 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6199 
New 2A3 6199 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6198 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6197 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6197 
Czech tubes 6195 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6195 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6195 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6194 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6194 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6191 
Here she is. 6190 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6186 
New 2A3 tubes 6186 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6186 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6185 
Multistage DHT circuits 6184 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6183 
Emission Labs 2A3 6183 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6183 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6183 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6183 
The YO186 Strip Show 6183 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6182 
It will be interesting…. 6182 
OPT impedence 6182 
More about the Plate Loading 6182 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6177 
2A3 data 6177 
The New 2A3 tubes 6177 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6177 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6176 
Everything about everything. 6176 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6176 
Options, options, options.... 6176 
I think we agree overall 6176 
An IDHT with more gain? 6175 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6175 
2A3 tube impressions 6170 
Interesting analogy 6170 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6170 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6170 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6170 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6170 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6170 
Why NOS tubes? 6169 
The Holly Ignorance 6169 
Tube tasting 6169 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6169 
Make mine thoriated please 6169 
Any Germans out there? 6169 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6169 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6169 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6169 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6168 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6168 
Tube sound and vibration 6168 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6162 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6161 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6161 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6160 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6160 
B4/B5 British made 6159 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6159 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6158 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6158 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6157 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6156 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6153 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6153 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6152 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6152 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6152 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6152 
The identical operation environment? 6152 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6152 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6152 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6151 
How to get max power from 2A3 6151 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6151 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6151 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6151 
Gain is not power. 6151 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6151 
Specialized DSET approach 6151 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6151 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6151 
The 2A3 loading 6151 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6151 
Optimizing the 2A3 6151 
How much to DSET a DSET 6151 
DSET for Titan 6151 
The Best of All Worlds 6151 
Multiamp setup 6150 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6150 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6150 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6150 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6144 
2A3 and 400V supply 6144 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6143 
Another shot at numbers 6143 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6143 
Okay, so this might work.... 6143 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6143 
Looks good, but.... 6142 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6142 
Less is more... usually. 6142 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6141 
Stepping Out 6141 
Said to be good, but 6141 
Gain to lose 6141 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6141 
Another idea for losing gain 6141 
What's best 6141 
Options, options... 6141 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6141 
Other compromises... 6140 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6139 
Is it glowing yet? 6119 
It is comming.... 6119 
The new MF channel. 6113 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6112 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6104 
The intestage loading talk. 6101 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6096 
1 in 50? 6096 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6096 
Die Walküre soldering. 6095 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6094 
Another amp arond YO186 6093 
Gain? 6093 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6093 
Simple is good 6092 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6092 
The Milq DSET is up. 6091 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6089 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6089 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6088 
Ok, what do I want? 6088 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6088 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6088 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6088 
How about the tweeter? 6087 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6087 
Safe and Sound 6087 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6087 
Some clarifications. 6087 
How about that?!!! 6087 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6085 
Head Room 6085 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6084 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6084 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6084 
Again with the PS 6084 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6082 
Parallel Universe 6082 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6080 
Why I let other people build them... 6080 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6080 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6079 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6076 
MF: the pre-final version. 6076 
Loftin-White? 6076 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6076 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6076 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6072 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6072 
Define really quiet 6071 
Another variable of sound 6071 
Backlash? 6071 
Alternative filament supplies 6071 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6071 
Going down the DC path 6070 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6070 
Molecular sound 6070 
AC-DC heater supply 6070 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6070 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6070 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6070 
Hiss or Hum 6070 
AC transformers 6070 
I have seen the Promised Land 6069 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6069 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6068 
Divide and Conquer 6068 
The design phase is over. 6067 
The unexpected insanity! 6066 
Loading 6066 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6066 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6066 
Going the Distance 6066 
Read the f*** manual! 6066 
Agreed. 6066 
I agree 6066 
The filament transformer 6066 
Center-tap and options 6066 
Something like this…. 6066 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6066 
The foreplay is going on. 6066 
Split balance 6065 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6065 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6065 
SHuguang 6065 
Going through…. 6064 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6063 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6063 
Hum vs voltage 6063 
Meow about the tubes… 6063 
To Be a Content Cat 6063 
Completed! 6060 
Tradition 6060 
Absolutely beautiful! 6060 
The 'film' caps in PS 6059 
Science or religion 6059 
Mass Extinction 6059 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6059 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6059 
Capacitor choices 6059 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6058 
The minor day of Quartets. 6058 
Them's the Breaks 6058 
Eventually! 6057 
So Soon? 6057 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6057 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6056 
The wire for DC-coupling 6056 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6056 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6056 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6055 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6054 
The DHT live reserve 6053 
Some interestng models 6053 
Eaten alive. 6053 
The tubey déjà vu? 6052 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6048 
The 4V takes a lead. 6044 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6041 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6041 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6039 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6038 
Exiting the design mode? 6038 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6038 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6034 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6033 
Setting up the new Playback 6032 
And the winner is… so far 6029 
If you like type 45... 6029 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6029 
Favorite Flavor? 6029 
The 45 times Meow... 6029 
The problem that I see is… 6029 
Running the 45 6029 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6028 
The commentaries about everything. 6028 
Driver tube and biasing 6028 
DHT drivers 6028 
The ideas are worth trying? 6028 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6024 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6024 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6023 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6023 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6023 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6023 
Operating points and cathode current 6023 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6023 
Actually it is not so simple. 6023 
Resistors at the front 6022 
A minor alternation of a position 6022 
The era of enlightenment. 6019 
The devil is in the details.... 6019 
Constructing Sound 6019 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6018 
The “strange” YO186 6009 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5964 
2S4S and 2A3 5955 
Ho to use the YO186 5948 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5948 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5948 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5946 
Not anymore! 5935 
The very good YoYonisation! 5934 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5933 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5920 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5920 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5867 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5866 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5863 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5853 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5615 
All the Best from Burgundy 5615 
Cheesy tubes 5614 
Me and my DHT references… 5505 
Y0-186 in winter. 5408 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5407 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5376 
In My Dreams 5376 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5376 
Blame? 5375 
When good is not good enough. 5375 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5375 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5374 
How the YO186 was used. 4958 
What is old is new? 4957 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4956 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4505 
That sucks. 4505 
YO186 4503 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4503 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4503 
A hallucination? 4500 
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