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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6078 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6077 
DHT Milq? 6077 
The DHT journey. 6077 
DHT tone 6077 
Well, why not? 6076 
Holding the Fort 6076 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6076 
Input tube and DC heaters 6075 
Reimyo Pat 777 6075 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6071 
DHT or 300B? 6071 
300B 6071 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6071 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6070 
Hence the confusion 6070 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6070 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6070 
My experience with DHTs 6070 
Pigmented coloration? 6070 
Dht-dht 6070 
Dynamic viscosity? 6070 
The Pallette preamp... 6070 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6070 
"soul" of tubes 6070 
There is a difference... 6070 
Vibration injection? 6070 
Homework # 4334 6070 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6070 
Old valves have more soul! 6069 
Was it soul or soil? 6069 
It was just a heading 6069 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6069 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6069 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6069 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6069 
Injection of analog dither? 6069 
Subliminal signal 6069 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6069 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6069 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6068 
Avicenna = Arabian 6068 
Persian, not Arab 6068 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6068 
More words to describe "sux" please 6068 
Revolution 6068 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6068 
One-stage DHTs 6067 
One other thing 6067 
One stage 6067 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6067 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6067 
I see the things differently. 6067 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6067 
The audiophile attitude 6067 
The where and why of design choices 6067 
Blah blah blah 6067 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6067 
Do I need to be hissing? 6067 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6067 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6067 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6066 
What is randomness? 6066 
Those least three possibilities… 6066 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6066 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6066 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6064 
A Beautiful Mind 6063 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6061 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6046 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6046 
Abandoning Milq? 6046 
Will see how it goes.... 6046 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6044 
Topology and 2A3? 6044 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6044 
Type Casting 6044 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6044 
6sn7-2a3 6044 
Topology vs parts 6044 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6044 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6044 
Parts Frenzy 6044 
Too many new sounds 6044 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6043 
New tubes 6042 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6042 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6042 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6042 
New 2A3 6042 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6041 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6040 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6040 
Czech tubes 6038 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6038 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6038 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6037 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6037 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6034 
Here she is. 6033 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6029 
New 2A3 tubes 6029 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6029 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6028 
Multistage DHT circuits 6027 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6026 
Emission Labs 2A3 6026 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6026 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6026 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6026 
The YO186 Strip Show 6026 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6025 
It will be interesting…. 6025 
OPT impedence 6025 
More about the Plate Loading 6025 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6020 
2A3 data 6020 
The New 2A3 tubes 6020 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6020 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6019 
Everything about everything. 6019 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6019 
Options, options, options.... 6019 
I think we agree overall 6019 
An IDHT with more gain? 6018 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6018 
2A3 tube impressions 6013 
Interesting analogy 6013 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6013 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6013 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6013 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6013 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6013 
Why NOS tubes? 6012 
The Holly Ignorance 6012 
Tube tasting 6012 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6012 
Make mine thoriated please 6012 
Any Germans out there? 6012 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6012 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6012 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6012 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6011 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6011 
Tube sound and vibration 6011 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6005 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6004 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6004 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6003 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6003 
B4/B5 British made 6002 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6002 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6001 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6001 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6000 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 5999 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 5996 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 5996 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 5995 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 5995 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 5995 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 5995 
The identical operation environment? 5995 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 5995 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 5995 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 5994 
How to get max power from 2A3 5994 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 5994 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 5994 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 5994 
Gain is not power. 5994 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 5994 
Specialized DSET approach 5994 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 5994 
SET usable power and making the most of it 5994 
The 2A3 loading 5994 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 5994 
Optimizing the 2A3 5994 
How much to DSET a DSET 5994 
DSET for Titan 5994 
The Best of All Worlds 5994 
Multiamp setup 5993 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 5993 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 5993 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 5993 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 5987 
2A3 and 400V supply 5987 
Pudding and the chicken wires 5986 
Another shot at numbers 5986 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 5986 
Okay, so this might work.... 5986 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 5986 
Looks good, but.... 5985 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 5985 
Less is more... usually. 5985 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 5984 
Stepping Out 5984 
Said to be good, but 5984 
Gain to lose 5984 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 5984 
Another idea for losing gain 5984 
What's best 5984 
Options, options... 5984 
Actually, it is not so bad. 5984 
Other compromises... 5983 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 5982 
Is it glowing yet? 5962 
It is comming.... 5962 
The new MF channel. 5956 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5955 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5947 
The intestage loading talk. 5944 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5939 
1 in 50? 5939 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5939 
Die Walküre soldering. 5938 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5937 
Another amp arond YO186 5936 
Gain? 5936 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5936 
Simple is good 5935 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5935 
The Milq DSET is up. 5934 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5932 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5932 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5931 
Ok, what do I want? 5931 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5931 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5931 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5931 
How about the tweeter? 5930 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5930 
Safe and Sound 5930 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5930 
Some clarifications. 5930 
How about that?!!! 5930 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5928 
Head Room 5928 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5927 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5927 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5927 
Again with the PS 5927 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5925 
Parallel Universe 5925 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5923 
Why I let other people build them... 5923 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5923 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5922 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5919 
MF: the pre-final version. 5919 
Loftin-White? 5919 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5919 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5919 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5915 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5915 
Define really quiet 5914 
Another variable of sound 5914 
Backlash? 5914 
Alternative filament supplies 5914 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5914 
Going down the DC path 5913 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5913 
Molecular sound 5913 
AC-DC heater supply 5913 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5913 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5913 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5913 
Hiss or Hum 5913 
AC transformers 5913 
I have seen the Promised Land 5912 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5912 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5911 
Divide and Conquer 5911 
The design phase is over. 5910 
The unexpected insanity! 5909 
Loading 5909 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5909 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5909 
Going the Distance 5909 
Read the f*** manual! 5909 
Agreed. 5909 
I agree 5909 
The filament transformer 5909 
Center-tap and options 5909 
Something like this…. 5909 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5909 
The foreplay is going on. 5909 
Split balance 5908 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5908 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5908 
SHuguang 5908 
Going through…. 5907 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5906 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5906 
Hum vs voltage 5906 
Meow about the tubes… 5906 
To Be a Content Cat 5906 
Completed! 5903 
Tradition 5903 
Absolutely beautiful! 5903 
The 'film' caps in PS 5902 
Science or religion 5902 
Mass Extinction 5902 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5902 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5902 
Capacitor choices 5902 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5901 
The minor day of Quartets. 5901 
Them's the Breaks 5901 
Eventually! 5900 
So Soon? 5900 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5900 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5899 
The wire for DC-coupling 5899 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5899 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5899 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5898 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5897 
The DHT live reserve 5896 
Some interestng models 5896 
Eaten alive. 5896 
The tubey déjà vu? 5895 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5891 
The 4V takes a lead. 5887 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5884 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5884 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5882 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5881 
Exiting the design mode? 5881 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5881 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5877 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5876 
Setting up the new Playback 5875 
And the winner is… so far 5872 
If you like type 45... 5872 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5872 
Favorite Flavor? 5872 
The 45 times Meow... 5872 
The problem that I see is… 5872 
Running the 45 5872 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5871 
The commentaries about everything. 5871 
Driver tube and biasing 5871 
DHT drivers 5871 
The ideas are worth trying? 5871 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5867 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5867 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5866 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5866 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5866 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5866 
Operating points and cathode current 5866 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5866 
Actually it is not so simple. 5866 
Resistors at the front 5865 
A minor alternation of a position 5865 
The era of enlightenment. 5862 
The devil is in the details.... 5862 
Constructing Sound 5862 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5861 
The “strange” YO186 5852 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5807 
2S4S and 2A3 5798 
Ho to use the YO186 5791 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5791 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5791 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5789 
Not anymore! 5778 
The very good YoYonisation! 5777 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5776 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5763 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5763 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5710 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5709 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5706 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5696 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5458 
All the Best from Burgundy 5458 
Cheesy tubes 5457 
Me and my DHT references… 5348 
Y0-186 in winter. 5251 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5250 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5219 
In My Dreams 5219 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5219 
Blame? 5218 
When good is not good enough. 5218 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5218 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5217 
How the YO186 was used. 4801 
What is old is new? 4800 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4799 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4348 
That sucks. 4348 
YO186 4346 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4346 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4346 
A hallucination? 4343 
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