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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6225 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6224 
DHT Milq? 6224 
The DHT journey. 6224 
DHT tone 6224 
Well, why not? 6223 
Holding the Fort 6223 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6223 
Input tube and DC heaters 6222 
Reimyo Pat 777 6222 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6218 
DHT or 300B? 6218 
300B 6218 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6218 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6217 
Hence the confusion 6217 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6217 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6217 
My experience with DHTs 6217 
Pigmented coloration? 6217 
Dht-dht 6217 
Dynamic viscosity? 6217 
The Pallette preamp... 6217 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6217 
"soul" of tubes 6217 
There is a difference... 6217 
Vibration injection? 6217 
Homework # 4334 6217 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6217 
Old valves have more soul! 6216 
Was it soul or soil? 6216 
It was just a heading 6216 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6216 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6216 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6216 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6216 
Injection of analog dither? 6216 
Subliminal signal 6216 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6216 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6216 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6215 
Avicenna = Arabian 6215 
Persian, not Arab 6215 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6215 
More words to describe "sux" please 6215 
Revolution 6215 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6215 
One-stage DHTs 6214 
One other thing 6214 
One stage 6214 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6214 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6214 
I see the things differently. 6214 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6214 
The audiophile attitude 6214 
The where and why of design choices 6214 
Blah blah blah 6214 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6214 
Do I need to be hissing? 6214 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6214 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6214 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6213 
What is randomness? 6213 
Those least three possibilities… 6213 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6213 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6213 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6211 
A Beautiful Mind 6210 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6208 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6193 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6193 
Abandoning Milq? 6193 
Will see how it goes.... 6193 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6191 
Topology and 2A3? 6191 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6191 
Type Casting 6191 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6191 
6sn7-2a3 6191 
Topology vs parts 6191 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6191 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6191 
Parts Frenzy 6191 
Too many new sounds 6191 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6190 
New tubes 6189 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6189 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6189 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6189 
New 2A3 6189 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6188 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6187 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6187 
Czech tubes 6185 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6185 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6185 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6184 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6184 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6181 
Here she is. 6180 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6176 
New 2A3 tubes 6176 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6176 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6175 
Multistage DHT circuits 6174 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6173 
Emission Labs 2A3 6173 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6173 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6173 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6173 
The YO186 Strip Show 6173 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6172 
It will be interesting…. 6172 
OPT impedence 6172 
More about the Plate Loading 6172 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6167 
2A3 data 6167 
The New 2A3 tubes 6167 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6167 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6166 
Everything about everything. 6166 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6166 
Options, options, options.... 6166 
I think we agree overall 6166 
An IDHT with more gain? 6165 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6165 
2A3 tube impressions 6160 
Interesting analogy 6160 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6160 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6160 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6160 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6160 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6160 
Why NOS tubes? 6159 
The Holly Ignorance 6159 
Tube tasting 6159 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6159 
Make mine thoriated please 6159 
Any Germans out there? 6159 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6159 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6159 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6159 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6158 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6158 
Tube sound and vibration 6158 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6152 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6151 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6151 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6150 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6150 
B4/B5 British made 6149 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6149 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6148 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6148 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6147 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6146 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6143 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6143 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6142 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6142 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6142 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6142 
The identical operation environment? 6142 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6142 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6142 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6141 
How to get max power from 2A3 6141 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6141 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6141 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6141 
Gain is not power. 6141 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6141 
Specialized DSET approach 6141 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6141 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6141 
The 2A3 loading 6141 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6141 
Optimizing the 2A3 6141 
How much to DSET a DSET 6141 
DSET for Titan 6141 
The Best of All Worlds 6141 
Multiamp setup 6140 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6140 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6140 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6140 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6134 
2A3 and 400V supply 6134 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6133 
Another shot at numbers 6133 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6133 
Okay, so this might work.... 6133 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6133 
Looks good, but.... 6132 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6132 
Less is more... usually. 6132 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6131 
Stepping Out 6131 
Said to be good, but 6131 
Gain to lose 6131 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6131 
Another idea for losing gain 6131 
What's best 6131 
Options, options... 6131 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6131 
Other compromises... 6130 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6129 
Is it glowing yet? 6109 
It is comming.... 6109 
The new MF channel. 6103 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6102 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6094 
The intestage loading talk. 6091 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6086 
1 in 50? 6086 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6086 
Die Walküre soldering. 6085 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6084 
Another amp arond YO186 6083 
Gain? 6083 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6083 
Simple is good 6082 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6082 
The Milq DSET is up. 6081 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6079 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6079 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6078 
Ok, what do I want? 6078 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6078 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6078 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6078 
How about the tweeter? 6077 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6077 
Safe and Sound 6077 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6077 
Some clarifications. 6077 
How about that?!!! 6077 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6075 
Head Room 6075 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6074 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6074 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6074 
Again with the PS 6074 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6072 
Parallel Universe 6072 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6070 
Why I let other people build them... 6070 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6070 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6069 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6066 
MF: the pre-final version. 6066 
Loftin-White? 6066 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6066 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6066 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6062 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6062 
Define really quiet 6061 
Another variable of sound 6061 
Backlash? 6061 
Alternative filament supplies 6061 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6061 
Going down the DC path 6060 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6060 
Molecular sound 6060 
AC-DC heater supply 6060 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6060 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6060 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6060 
Hiss or Hum 6060 
AC transformers 6060 
I have seen the Promised Land 6059 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6059 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6058 
Divide and Conquer 6058 
The design phase is over. 6057 
The unexpected insanity! 6056 
Loading 6056 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6056 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6056 
Going the Distance 6056 
Read the f*** manual! 6056 
Agreed. 6056 
I agree 6056 
The filament transformer 6056 
Center-tap and options 6056 
Something like this…. 6056 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6056 
The foreplay is going on. 6056 
Split balance 6055 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6055 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6055 
SHuguang 6055 
Going through…. 6054 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6053 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6053 
Hum vs voltage 6053 
Meow about the tubes… 6053 
To Be a Content Cat 6053 
Completed! 6050 
Tradition 6050 
Absolutely beautiful! 6050 
The 'film' caps in PS 6049 
Science or religion 6049 
Mass Extinction 6049 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6049 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6049 
Capacitor choices 6049 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6048 
The minor day of Quartets. 6048 
Them's the Breaks 6048 
Eventually! 6047 
So Soon? 6047 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6047 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6046 
The wire for DC-coupling 6046 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6046 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6046 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6045 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6044 
The DHT live reserve 6043 
Some interestng models 6043 
Eaten alive. 6043 
The tubey déjà vu? 6042 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6038 
The 4V takes a lead. 6034 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6031 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6031 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6029 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6028 
Exiting the design mode? 6028 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6028 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6024 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6023 
Setting up the new Playback 6022 
And the winner is… so far 6019 
If you like type 45... 6019 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6019 
Favorite Flavor? 6019 
The 45 times Meow... 6019 
The problem that I see is… 6019 
Running the 45 6019 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6018 
The commentaries about everything. 6018 
Driver tube and biasing 6018 
DHT drivers 6018 
The ideas are worth trying? 6018 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6014 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6014 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6013 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6013 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6013 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6013 
Operating points and cathode current 6013 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6013 
Actually it is not so simple. 6013 
Resistors at the front 6012 
A minor alternation of a position 6012 
The era of enlightenment. 6009 
The devil is in the details.... 6009 
Constructing Sound 6009 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6008 
The “strange” YO186 5999 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5954 
2S4S and 2A3 5945 
Ho to use the YO186 5938 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5938 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5938 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5936 
Not anymore! 5925 
The very good YoYonisation! 5924 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5923 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5910 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5910 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5857 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5856 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5853 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5843 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5605 
All the Best from Burgundy 5605 
Cheesy tubes 5604 
Me and my DHT references… 5495 
Y0-186 in winter. 5398 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5397 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5366 
In My Dreams 5366 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5366 
Blame? 5365 
When good is not good enough. 5365 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5365 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5364 
How the YO186 was used. 4948 
What is old is new? 4947 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4946 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4495 
That sucks. 4495 
YO186 4493 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4493 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4493 
A hallucination? 4490 
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