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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6223 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6222 
DHT Milq? 6222 
The DHT journey. 6222 
DHT tone 6222 
Well, why not? 6221 
Holding the Fort 6221 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6221 
Input tube and DC heaters 6220 
Reimyo Pat 777 6220 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6216 
DHT or 300B? 6216 
300B 6216 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6216 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6215 
Hence the confusion 6215 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6215 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6215 
My experience with DHTs 6215 
Pigmented coloration? 6215 
Dht-dht 6215 
Dynamic viscosity? 6215 
The Pallette preamp... 6215 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6215 
"soul" of tubes 6215 
There is a difference... 6215 
Vibration injection? 6215 
Homework # 4334 6215 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6215 
Old valves have more soul! 6214 
Was it soul or soil? 6214 
It was just a heading 6214 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6214 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6214 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6214 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6214 
Injection of analog dither? 6214 
Subliminal signal 6214 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6214 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6214 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6213 
Avicenna = Arabian 6213 
Persian, not Arab 6213 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6213 
More words to describe "sux" please 6213 
Revolution 6213 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6213 
One-stage DHTs 6212 
One other thing 6212 
One stage 6212 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6212 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6212 
I see the things differently. 6212 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6212 
The audiophile attitude 6212 
The where and why of design choices 6212 
Blah blah blah 6212 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6212 
Do I need to be hissing? 6212 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6212 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6212 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6211 
What is randomness? 6211 
Those least three possibilities… 6211 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6211 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6211 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6209 
A Beautiful Mind 6208 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6206 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6191 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6191 
Abandoning Milq? 6191 
Will see how it goes.... 6191 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6189 
Topology and 2A3? 6189 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6189 
Type Casting 6189 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6189 
6sn7-2a3 6189 
Topology vs parts 6189 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6189 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6189 
Parts Frenzy 6189 
Too many new sounds 6189 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6188 
New tubes 6187 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6187 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6187 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6187 
New 2A3 6187 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6186 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6185 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6185 
Czech tubes 6183 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6183 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6183 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6182 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6182 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6179 
Here she is. 6178 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6174 
New 2A3 tubes 6174 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6174 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6173 
Multistage DHT circuits 6172 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6171 
Emission Labs 2A3 6171 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6171 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6171 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6171 
The YO186 Strip Show 6171 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6170 
It will be interesting…. 6170 
OPT impedence 6170 
More about the Plate Loading 6170 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6165 
2A3 data 6165 
The New 2A3 tubes 6165 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6165 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6164 
Everything about everything. 6164 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6164 
Options, options, options.... 6164 
I think we agree overall 6164 
An IDHT with more gain? 6163 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6163 
2A3 tube impressions 6158 
Interesting analogy 6158 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6158 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6158 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6158 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6158 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6158 
Why NOS tubes? 6157 
The Holly Ignorance 6157 
Tube tasting 6157 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6157 
Make mine thoriated please 6157 
Any Germans out there? 6157 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6157 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6157 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6157 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6156 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6156 
Tube sound and vibration 6156 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6150 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6149 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6149 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6148 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6148 
B4/B5 British made 6147 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6147 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6146 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6146 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6145 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6144 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6141 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6141 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6140 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6140 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6140 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6140 
The identical operation environment? 6140 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6140 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6140 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6139 
How to get max power from 2A3 6139 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6139 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6139 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6139 
Gain is not power. 6139 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6139 
Specialized DSET approach 6139 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6139 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6139 
The 2A3 loading 6139 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6139 
Optimizing the 2A3 6139 
How much to DSET a DSET 6139 
DSET for Titan 6139 
The Best of All Worlds 6139 
Multiamp setup 6138 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6138 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6138 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6138 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6132 
2A3 and 400V supply 6132 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6131 
Another shot at numbers 6131 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6131 
Okay, so this might work.... 6131 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6131 
Looks good, but.... 6130 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6130 
Less is more... usually. 6130 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6129 
Stepping Out 6129 
Said to be good, but 6129 
Gain to lose 6129 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6129 
Another idea for losing gain 6129 
What's best 6129 
Options, options... 6129 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6129 
Other compromises... 6128 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6127 
Is it glowing yet? 6107 
It is comming.... 6107 
The new MF channel. 6101 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6100 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6092 
The intestage loading talk. 6089 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6084 
1 in 50? 6084 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6084 
Die Walküre soldering. 6083 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6082 
Another amp arond YO186 6081 
Gain? 6081 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6081 
Simple is good 6080 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6080 
The Milq DSET is up. 6079 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6077 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6077 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6076 
Ok, what do I want? 6076 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6076 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6076 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6076 
How about the tweeter? 6075 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6075 
Safe and Sound 6075 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6075 
Some clarifications. 6075 
How about that?!!! 6075 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6073 
Head Room 6073 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6072 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6072 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6072 
Again with the PS 6072 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6070 
Parallel Universe 6070 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6068 
Why I let other people build them... 6068 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6068 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6067 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6064 
MF: the pre-final version. 6064 
Loftin-White? 6064 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6064 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6064 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6060 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6060 
Define really quiet 6059 
Another variable of sound 6059 
Backlash? 6059 
Alternative filament supplies 6059 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6059 
Going down the DC path 6058 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6058 
Molecular sound 6058 
AC-DC heater supply 6058 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6058 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6058 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6058 
Hiss or Hum 6058 
AC transformers 6058 
I have seen the Promised Land 6057 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6057 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6056 
Divide and Conquer 6056 
The design phase is over. 6055 
The unexpected insanity! 6054 
Loading 6054 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6054 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6054 
Going the Distance 6054 
Read the f*** manual! 6054 
Agreed. 6054 
I agree 6054 
The filament transformer 6054 
Center-tap and options 6054 
Something like this…. 6054 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6054 
The foreplay is going on. 6054 
Split balance 6053 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6053 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6053 
SHuguang 6053 
Going through…. 6052 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6051 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6051 
Hum vs voltage 6051 
Meow about the tubes… 6051 
To Be a Content Cat 6051 
Completed! 6048 
Tradition 6048 
Absolutely beautiful! 6048 
The 'film' caps in PS 6047 
Science or religion 6047 
Mass Extinction 6047 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6047 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6047 
Capacitor choices 6047 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6046 
The minor day of Quartets. 6046 
Them's the Breaks 6046 
Eventually! 6045 
So Soon? 6045 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6045 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6044 
The wire for DC-coupling 6044 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6044 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6044 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6043 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6042 
The DHT live reserve 6041 
Some interestng models 6041 
Eaten alive. 6041 
The tubey déjà vu? 6040 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6036 
The 4V takes a lead. 6032 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6029 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6029 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6027 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6026 
Exiting the design mode? 6026 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6026 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6022 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6021 
Setting up the new Playback 6020 
And the winner is… so far 6017 
If you like type 45... 6017 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6017 
Favorite Flavor? 6017 
The 45 times Meow... 6017 
The problem that I see is… 6017 
Running the 45 6017 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6016 
The commentaries about everything. 6016 
Driver tube and biasing 6016 
DHT drivers 6016 
The ideas are worth trying? 6016 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6012 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6012 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6011 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6011 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6011 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6011 
Operating points and cathode current 6011 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6011 
Actually it is not so simple. 6011 
Resistors at the front 6010 
A minor alternation of a position 6010 
The era of enlightenment. 6007 
The devil is in the details.... 6007 
Constructing Sound 6007 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6006 
The “strange” YO186 5997 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5952 
2S4S and 2A3 5943 
Ho to use the YO186 5936 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5936 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5936 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5934 
Not anymore! 5923 
The very good YoYonisation! 5922 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5921 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5908 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5908 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5855 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5854 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5851 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5841 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5603 
All the Best from Burgundy 5603 
Cheesy tubes 5602 
Me and my DHT references… 5493 
Y0-186 in winter. 5396 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5395 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5364 
In My Dreams 5364 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5364 
Blame? 5363 
When good is not good enough. 5363 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5363 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5362 
How the YO186 was used. 4946 
What is old is new? 4945 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4944 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4493 
That sucks. 4493 
YO186 4491 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4491 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4491 
A hallucination? 4488 
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