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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6260 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6259 
DHT Milq? 6259 
The DHT journey. 6259 
DHT tone 6259 
Well, why not? 6258 
Holding the Fort 6258 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6258 
Input tube and DC heaters 6257 
Reimyo Pat 777 6257 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6253 
DHT or 300B? 6253 
300B 6253 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6253 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6252 
Hence the confusion 6252 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6252 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6252 
My experience with DHTs 6252 
Pigmented coloration? 6252 
Dht-dht 6252 
Dynamic viscosity? 6252 
The Pallette preamp... 6252 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6252 
"soul" of tubes 6252 
There is a difference... 6252 
Vibration injection? 6252 
Homework # 4334 6252 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6252 
Old valves have more soul! 6251 
Was it soul or soil? 6251 
It was just a heading 6251 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6251 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6251 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6251 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6251 
Injection of analog dither? 6251 
Subliminal signal 6251 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6251 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6251 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6250 
Avicenna = Arabian 6250 
Persian, not Arab 6250 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6250 
More words to describe "sux" please 6250 
Revolution 6250 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6250 
One-stage DHTs 6249 
One other thing 6249 
One stage 6249 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6249 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6249 
I see the things differently. 6249 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6249 
The audiophile attitude 6249 
The where and why of design choices 6249 
Blah blah blah 6249 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6249 
Do I need to be hissing? 6249 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6249 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6249 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6248 
What is randomness? 6248 
Those least three possibilities… 6248 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6248 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6248 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6246 
A Beautiful Mind 6245 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6243 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6228 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6228 
Abandoning Milq? 6228 
Will see how it goes.... 6228 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6226 
Topology and 2A3? 6226 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6226 
Type Casting 6226 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6226 
6sn7-2a3 6226 
Topology vs parts 6226 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6226 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6226 
Parts Frenzy 6226 
Too many new sounds 6226 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6225 
New tubes 6224 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6224 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6224 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6224 
New 2A3 6224 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6223 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6222 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6222 
Czech tubes 6220 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6220 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6220 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6219 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6219 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6216 
Here she is. 6215 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6211 
New 2A3 tubes 6211 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6211 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6210 
Multistage DHT circuits 6209 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6208 
Emission Labs 2A3 6208 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6208 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6208 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6208 
The YO186 Strip Show 6208 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6207 
It will be interesting…. 6207 
OPT impedence 6207 
More about the Plate Loading 6207 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6202 
2A3 data 6202 
The New 2A3 tubes 6202 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6202 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6201 
Everything about everything. 6201 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6201 
Options, options, options.... 6201 
I think we agree overall 6201 
An IDHT with more gain? 6200 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6200 
2A3 tube impressions 6195 
Interesting analogy 6195 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6195 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6195 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6195 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6195 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6195 
Why NOS tubes? 6194 
The Holly Ignorance 6194 
Tube tasting 6194 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6194 
Make mine thoriated please 6194 
Any Germans out there? 6194 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6194 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6194 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6194 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6193 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6193 
Tube sound and vibration 6193 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6187 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6186 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6186 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6185 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6185 
B4/B5 British made 6184 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6184 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6183 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6183 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6182 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6181 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6178 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6178 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6177 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6177 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6177 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6177 
The identical operation environment? 6177 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6177 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6177 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6176 
How to get max power from 2A3 6176 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6176 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6176 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6176 
Gain is not power. 6176 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6176 
Specialized DSET approach 6176 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6176 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6176 
The 2A3 loading 6176 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6176 
Optimizing the 2A3 6176 
How much to DSET a DSET 6176 
DSET for Titan 6176 
The Best of All Worlds 6176 
Multiamp setup 6175 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6175 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6175 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6175 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6169 
2A3 and 400V supply 6169 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6168 
Another shot at numbers 6168 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6168 
Okay, so this might work.... 6168 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6168 
Looks good, but.... 6167 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6167 
Less is more... usually. 6167 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6166 
Stepping Out 6166 
Said to be good, but 6166 
Gain to lose 6166 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6166 
Another idea for losing gain 6166 
What's best 6166 
Options, options... 6166 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6166 
Other compromises... 6165 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6164 
Is it glowing yet? 6144 
It is comming.... 6144 
The new MF channel. 6138 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6137 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6129 
The intestage loading talk. 6126 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6121 
1 in 50? 6121 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6121 
Die Walküre soldering. 6120 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6119 
Another amp arond YO186 6118 
Gain? 6118 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6118 
Simple is good 6117 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6117 
The Milq DSET is up. 6116 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6114 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6114 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6113 
Ok, what do I want? 6113 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6113 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6113 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6113 
How about the tweeter? 6112 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6112 
Safe and Sound 6112 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6112 
Some clarifications. 6112 
How about that?!!! 6112 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6110 
Head Room 6110 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6109 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6109 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6109 
Again with the PS 6109 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6107 
Parallel Universe 6107 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6105 
Why I let other people build them... 6105 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6105 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6104 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6101 
MF: the pre-final version. 6101 
Loftin-White? 6101 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6101 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6101 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6097 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6097 
Define really quiet 6096 
Another variable of sound 6096 
Backlash? 6096 
Alternative filament supplies 6096 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6096 
Going down the DC path 6095 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6095 
Molecular sound 6095 
AC-DC heater supply 6095 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6095 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6095 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6095 
Hiss or Hum 6095 
AC transformers 6095 
I have seen the Promised Land 6094 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6094 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6093 
Divide and Conquer 6093 
The design phase is over. 6092 
The unexpected insanity! 6091 
Loading 6091 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6091 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6091 
Going the Distance 6091 
Read the f*** manual! 6091 
Agreed. 6091 
I agree 6091 
The filament transformer 6091 
Center-tap and options 6091 
Something like this…. 6091 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6091 
The foreplay is going on. 6091 
Split balance 6090 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6090 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6090 
SHuguang 6090 
Going through…. 6089 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6088 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6088 
Hum vs voltage 6088 
Meow about the tubes… 6088 
To Be a Content Cat 6088 
Completed! 6085 
Tradition 6085 
Absolutely beautiful! 6085 
The 'film' caps in PS 6084 
Science or religion 6084 
Mass Extinction 6084 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6084 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6084 
Capacitor choices 6084 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6083 
The minor day of Quartets. 6083 
Them's the Breaks 6083 
Eventually! 6082 
So Soon? 6082 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6082 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6081 
The wire for DC-coupling 6081 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6081 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6081 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6080 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6079 
The DHT live reserve 6078 
Some interestng models 6078 
Eaten alive. 6078 
The tubey déjà vu? 6077 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6073 
The 4V takes a lead. 6069 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6066 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6066 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6064 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6063 
Exiting the design mode? 6063 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6063 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6059 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6058 
Setting up the new Playback 6057 
And the winner is… so far 6054 
If you like type 45... 6054 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6054 
Favorite Flavor? 6054 
The 45 times Meow... 6054 
The problem that I see is… 6054 
Running the 45 6054 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6053 
The commentaries about everything. 6053 
Driver tube and biasing 6053 
DHT drivers 6053 
The ideas are worth trying? 6053 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6049 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6049 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6048 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6048 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6048 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6048 
Operating points and cathode current 6048 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6048 
Actually it is not so simple. 6048 
Resistors at the front 6047 
A minor alternation of a position 6047 
The era of enlightenment. 6044 
The devil is in the details.... 6044 
Constructing Sound 6044 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6043 
The “strange” YO186 6034 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5989 
2S4S and 2A3 5980 
Ho to use the YO186 5973 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5973 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5973 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5971 
Not anymore! 5960 
The very good YoYonisation! 5959 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5958 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5945 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5945 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5892 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5891 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5888 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5878 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5640 
All the Best from Burgundy 5640 
Cheesy tubes 5639 
Me and my DHT references… 5530 
Y0-186 in winter. 5433 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5432 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5401 
In My Dreams 5401 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5401 
Blame? 5400 
When good is not good enough. 5400 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5400 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5399 
How the YO186 was used. 4983 
What is old is new? 4982 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4981 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4530 
That sucks. 4530 
YO186 4528 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4528 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4528 
A hallucination? 4525 
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