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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6242 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6241 
DHT Milq? 6241 
The DHT journey. 6241 
DHT tone 6241 
Well, why not? 6240 
Holding the Fort 6240 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6240 
Input tube and DC heaters 6239 
Reimyo Pat 777 6239 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6235 
DHT or 300B? 6235 
300B 6235 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6235 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6234 
Hence the confusion 6234 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6234 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6234 
My experience with DHTs 6234 
Pigmented coloration? 6234 
Dht-dht 6234 
Dynamic viscosity? 6234 
The Pallette preamp... 6234 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6234 
"soul" of tubes 6234 
There is a difference... 6234 
Vibration injection? 6234 
Homework # 4334 6234 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6234 
Old valves have more soul! 6233 
Was it soul or soil? 6233 
It was just a heading 6233 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6233 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6233 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6233 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6233 
Injection of analog dither? 6233 
Subliminal signal 6233 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6233 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6233 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6232 
Avicenna = Arabian 6232 
Persian, not Arab 6232 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6232 
More words to describe "sux" please 6232 
Revolution 6232 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6232 
One-stage DHTs 6231 
One other thing 6231 
One stage 6231 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6231 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6231 
I see the things differently. 6231 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6231 
The audiophile attitude 6231 
The where and why of design choices 6231 
Blah blah blah 6231 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6231 
Do I need to be hissing? 6231 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6231 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6231 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6230 
What is randomness? 6230 
Those least three possibilities… 6230 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6230 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6230 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6228 
A Beautiful Mind 6227 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6225 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6210 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6210 
Abandoning Milq? 6210 
Will see how it goes.... 6210 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6208 
Topology and 2A3? 6208 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6208 
Type Casting 6208 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6208 
6sn7-2a3 6208 
Topology vs parts 6208 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6208 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6208 
Parts Frenzy 6208 
Too many new sounds 6208 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6207 
New tubes 6206 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6206 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6206 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6206 
New 2A3 6206 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6205 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6204 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6204 
Czech tubes 6202 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6202 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6202 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6201 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6201 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6198 
Here she is. 6197 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6193 
New 2A3 tubes 6193 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6193 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6192 
Multistage DHT circuits 6191 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6190 
Emission Labs 2A3 6190 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6190 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6190 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6190 
The YO186 Strip Show 6190 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6189 
It will be interesting…. 6189 
OPT impedence 6189 
More about the Plate Loading 6189 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6184 
2A3 data 6184 
The New 2A3 tubes 6184 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6184 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6183 
Everything about everything. 6183 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6183 
Options, options, options.... 6183 
I think we agree overall 6183 
An IDHT with more gain? 6182 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6182 
2A3 tube impressions 6177 
Interesting analogy 6177 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6177 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6177 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6177 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6177 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6177 
Why NOS tubes? 6176 
The Holly Ignorance 6176 
Tube tasting 6176 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6176 
Make mine thoriated please 6176 
Any Germans out there? 6176 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6176 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6176 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6176 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6175 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6175 
Tube sound and vibration 6175 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6169 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6168 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6168 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6167 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6167 
B4/B5 British made 6166 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6166 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6165 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6165 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6164 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6163 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6160 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6160 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6159 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6159 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6159 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6159 
The identical operation environment? 6159 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6159 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6159 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6158 
How to get max power from 2A3 6158 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6158 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6158 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6158 
Gain is not power. 6158 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6158 
Specialized DSET approach 6158 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6158 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6158 
The 2A3 loading 6158 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6158 
Optimizing the 2A3 6158 
How much to DSET a DSET 6158 
DSET for Titan 6158 
The Best of All Worlds 6158 
Multiamp setup 6157 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6157 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6157 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6157 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6151 
2A3 and 400V supply 6151 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6150 
Another shot at numbers 6150 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6150 
Okay, so this might work.... 6150 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6150 
Looks good, but.... 6149 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6149 
Less is more... usually. 6149 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6148 
Stepping Out 6148 
Said to be good, but 6148 
Gain to lose 6148 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6148 
Another idea for losing gain 6148 
What's best 6148 
Options, options... 6148 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6148 
Other compromises... 6147 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6146 
Is it glowing yet? 6126 
It is comming.... 6126 
The new MF channel. 6120 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6119 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6111 
The intestage loading talk. 6108 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6103 
1 in 50? 6103 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6103 
Die Walküre soldering. 6102 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6101 
Another amp arond YO186 6100 
Gain? 6100 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6100 
Simple is good 6099 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6099 
The Milq DSET is up. 6098 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6096 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6096 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6095 
Ok, what do I want? 6095 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6095 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6095 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6095 
How about the tweeter? 6094 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6094 
Safe and Sound 6094 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6094 
Some clarifications. 6094 
How about that?!!! 6094 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6092 
Head Room 6092 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6091 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6091 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6091 
Again with the PS 6091 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6089 
Parallel Universe 6089 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6087 
Why I let other people build them... 6087 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6087 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6086 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6083 
MF: the pre-final version. 6083 
Loftin-White? 6083 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6083 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6083 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6079 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6079 
Define really quiet 6078 
Another variable of sound 6078 
Backlash? 6078 
Alternative filament supplies 6078 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6078 
Going down the DC path 6077 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6077 
Molecular sound 6077 
AC-DC heater supply 6077 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6077 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6077 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6077 
Hiss or Hum 6077 
AC transformers 6077 
I have seen the Promised Land 6076 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6076 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6075 
Divide and Conquer 6075 
The design phase is over. 6074 
The unexpected insanity! 6073 
Loading 6073 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6073 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6073 
Going the Distance 6073 
Read the f*** manual! 6073 
Agreed. 6073 
I agree 6073 
The filament transformer 6073 
Center-tap and options 6073 
Something like this…. 6073 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6073 
The foreplay is going on. 6073 
Split balance 6072 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6072 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6072 
SHuguang 6072 
Going through…. 6071 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6070 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6070 
Hum vs voltage 6070 
Meow about the tubes… 6070 
To Be a Content Cat 6070 
Completed! 6067 
Tradition 6067 
Absolutely beautiful! 6067 
The 'film' caps in PS 6066 
Science or religion 6066 
Mass Extinction 6066 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6066 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6066 
Capacitor choices 6066 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6065 
The minor day of Quartets. 6065 
Them's the Breaks 6065 
Eventually! 6064 
So Soon? 6064 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6064 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6063 
The wire for DC-coupling 6063 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6063 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6063 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6062 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6061 
The DHT live reserve 6060 
Some interestng models 6060 
Eaten alive. 6060 
The tubey déjà vu? 6059 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6055 
The 4V takes a lead. 6051 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6048 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6048 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6046 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6045 
Exiting the design mode? 6045 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6045 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6041 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6040 
Setting up the new Playback 6039 
And the winner is… so far 6036 
If you like type 45... 6036 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6036 
Favorite Flavor? 6036 
The 45 times Meow... 6036 
The problem that I see is… 6036 
Running the 45 6036 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6035 
The commentaries about everything. 6035 
Driver tube and biasing 6035 
DHT drivers 6035 
The ideas are worth trying? 6035 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6031 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6031 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6030 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6030 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6030 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6030 
Operating points and cathode current 6030 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6030 
Actually it is not so simple. 6030 
Resistors at the front 6029 
A minor alternation of a position 6029 
The era of enlightenment. 6026 
The devil is in the details.... 6026 
Constructing Sound 6026 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6025 
The “strange” YO186 6016 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5971 
2S4S and 2A3 5962 
Ho to use the YO186 5955 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5955 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5955 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5953 
Not anymore! 5942 
The very good YoYonisation! 5941 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5940 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5927 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5927 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5874 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5873 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5870 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5860 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5622 
All the Best from Burgundy 5622 
Cheesy tubes 5621 
Me and my DHT references… 5512 
Y0-186 in winter. 5415 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5414 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5383 
In My Dreams 5383 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5383 
Blame? 5382 
When good is not good enough. 5382 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5382 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5381 
How the YO186 was used. 4965 
What is old is new? 4964 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4963 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4512 
That sucks. 4512 
YO186 4510 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4510 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4510 
A hallucination? 4507 
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