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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6255 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6254 
DHT Milq? 6254 
The DHT journey. 6254 
DHT tone 6254 
Well, why not? 6253 
Holding the Fort 6253 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6253 
Input tube and DC heaters 6252 
Reimyo Pat 777 6252 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6248 
DHT or 300B? 6248 
300B 6248 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6248 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6247 
Hence the confusion 6247 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6247 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6247 
My experience with DHTs 6247 
Pigmented coloration? 6247 
Dht-dht 6247 
Dynamic viscosity? 6247 
The Pallette preamp... 6247 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6247 
"soul" of tubes 6247 
There is a difference... 6247 
Vibration injection? 6247 
Homework # 4334 6247 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6247 
Old valves have more soul! 6246 
Was it soul or soil? 6246 
It was just a heading 6246 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6246 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6246 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6246 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6246 
Injection of analog dither? 6246 
Subliminal signal 6246 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6246 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6246 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6245 
Avicenna = Arabian 6245 
Persian, not Arab 6245 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6245 
More words to describe "sux" please 6245 
Revolution 6245 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6245 
One-stage DHTs 6244 
One other thing 6244 
One stage 6244 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6244 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6244 
I see the things differently. 6244 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6244 
The audiophile attitude 6244 
The where and why of design choices 6244 
Blah blah blah 6244 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6244 
Do I need to be hissing? 6244 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6244 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6244 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6243 
What is randomness? 6243 
Those least three possibilities… 6243 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6243 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6243 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6241 
A Beautiful Mind 6240 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6238 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6223 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6223 
Abandoning Milq? 6223 
Will see how it goes.... 6223 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6221 
Topology and 2A3? 6221 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6221 
Type Casting 6221 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6221 
6sn7-2a3 6221 
Topology vs parts 6221 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6221 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6221 
Parts Frenzy 6221 
Too many new sounds 6221 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6220 
New tubes 6219 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6219 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6219 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6219 
New 2A3 6219 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6218 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6217 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6217 
Czech tubes 6215 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6215 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6215 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6214 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6214 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6211 
Here she is. 6210 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6206 
New 2A3 tubes 6206 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6206 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6205 
Multistage DHT circuits 6204 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6203 
Emission Labs 2A3 6203 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6203 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6203 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6203 
The YO186 Strip Show 6203 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6202 
It will be interesting…. 6202 
OPT impedence 6202 
More about the Plate Loading 6202 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6197 
2A3 data 6197 
The New 2A3 tubes 6197 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6197 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6196 
Everything about everything. 6196 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6196 
Options, options, options.... 6196 
I think we agree overall 6196 
An IDHT with more gain? 6195 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6195 
2A3 tube impressions 6190 
Interesting analogy 6190 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6190 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6190 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6190 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6190 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6190 
Why NOS tubes? 6189 
The Holly Ignorance 6189 
Tube tasting 6189 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6189 
Make mine thoriated please 6189 
Any Germans out there? 6189 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6189 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6189 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6189 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6188 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6188 
Tube sound and vibration 6188 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6182 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6181 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6181 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6180 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6180 
B4/B5 British made 6179 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6179 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6178 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6178 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6177 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6176 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6173 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6173 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6172 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6172 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6172 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6172 
The identical operation environment? 6172 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6172 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6172 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6171 
How to get max power from 2A3 6171 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6171 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6171 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6171 
Gain is not power. 6171 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6171 
Specialized DSET approach 6171 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6171 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6171 
The 2A3 loading 6171 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6171 
Optimizing the 2A3 6171 
How much to DSET a DSET 6171 
DSET for Titan 6171 
The Best of All Worlds 6171 
Multiamp setup 6170 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6170 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6170 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6170 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6164 
2A3 and 400V supply 6164 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6163 
Another shot at numbers 6163 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6163 
Okay, so this might work.... 6163 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6163 
Looks good, but.... 6162 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6162 
Less is more... usually. 6162 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6161 
Stepping Out 6161 
Said to be good, but 6161 
Gain to lose 6161 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6161 
Another idea for losing gain 6161 
What's best 6161 
Options, options... 6161 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6161 
Other compromises... 6160 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6159 
Is it glowing yet? 6139 
It is comming.... 6139 
The new MF channel. 6133 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6132 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6124 
The intestage loading talk. 6121 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6116 
1 in 50? 6116 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6116 
Die Walküre soldering. 6115 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6114 
Another amp arond YO186 6113 
Gain? 6113 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6113 
Simple is good 6112 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6112 
The Milq DSET is up. 6111 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6109 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6109 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6108 
Ok, what do I want? 6108 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6108 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6108 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6108 
How about the tweeter? 6107 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6107 
Safe and Sound 6107 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6107 
Some clarifications. 6107 
How about that?!!! 6107 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6105 
Head Room 6105 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6104 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6104 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6104 
Again with the PS 6104 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6102 
Parallel Universe 6102 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6100 
Why I let other people build them... 6100 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6100 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6099 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6096 
MF: the pre-final version. 6096 
Loftin-White? 6096 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6096 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6096 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6092 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6092 
Define really quiet 6091 
Another variable of sound 6091 
Backlash? 6091 
Alternative filament supplies 6091 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6091 
Going down the DC path 6090 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6090 
Molecular sound 6090 
AC-DC heater supply 6090 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6090 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6090 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6090 
Hiss or Hum 6090 
AC transformers 6090 
I have seen the Promised Land 6089 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6089 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6088 
Divide and Conquer 6088 
The design phase is over. 6087 
The unexpected insanity! 6086 
Loading 6086 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6086 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6086 
Going the Distance 6086 
Read the f*** manual! 6086 
Agreed. 6086 
I agree 6086 
The filament transformer 6086 
Center-tap and options 6086 
Something like this…. 6086 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6086 
The foreplay is going on. 6086 
Split balance 6085 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6085 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6085 
SHuguang 6085 
Going through…. 6084 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6083 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6083 
Hum vs voltage 6083 
Meow about the tubes… 6083 
To Be a Content Cat 6083 
Completed! 6080 
Tradition 6080 
Absolutely beautiful! 6080 
The 'film' caps in PS 6079 
Science or religion 6079 
Mass Extinction 6079 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6079 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6079 
Capacitor choices 6079 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6078 
The minor day of Quartets. 6078 
Them's the Breaks 6078 
Eventually! 6077 
So Soon? 6077 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6077 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6076 
The wire for DC-coupling 6076 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6076 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6076 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6075 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6074 
The DHT live reserve 6073 
Some interestng models 6073 
Eaten alive. 6073 
The tubey déjà vu? 6072 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6068 
The 4V takes a lead. 6064 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6061 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6061 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6059 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6058 
Exiting the design mode? 6058 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6058 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6054 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6053 
Setting up the new Playback 6052 
And the winner is… so far 6049 
If you like type 45... 6049 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6049 
Favorite Flavor? 6049 
The 45 times Meow... 6049 
The problem that I see is… 6049 
Running the 45 6049 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6048 
The commentaries about everything. 6048 
Driver tube and biasing 6048 
DHT drivers 6048 
The ideas are worth trying? 6048 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6044 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6044 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6043 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6043 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6043 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6043 
Operating points and cathode current 6043 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6043 
Actually it is not so simple. 6043 
Resistors at the front 6042 
A minor alternation of a position 6042 
The era of enlightenment. 6039 
The devil is in the details.... 6039 
Constructing Sound 6039 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6038 
The “strange” YO186 6029 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5984 
2S4S and 2A3 5975 
Ho to use the YO186 5968 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5968 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5968 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5966 
Not anymore! 5955 
The very good YoYonisation! 5954 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5953 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5940 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5940 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5887 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5886 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5883 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5873 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5635 
All the Best from Burgundy 5635 
Cheesy tubes 5634 
Me and my DHT references… 5525 
Y0-186 in winter. 5428 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5427 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5396 
In My Dreams 5396 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5396 
Blame? 5395 
When good is not good enough. 5395 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5395 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5394 
How the YO186 was used. 4978 
What is old is new? 4977 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4976 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4525 
That sucks. 4525 
YO186 4523 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4523 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4523 
A hallucination? 4520 
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