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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6261 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6260 
DHT Milq? 6260 
The DHT journey. 6260 
DHT tone 6260 
Well, why not? 6259 
Holding the Fort 6259 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6259 
Input tube and DC heaters 6258 
Reimyo Pat 777 6258 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6254 
DHT or 300B? 6254 
300B 6254 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6254 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6253 
Hence the confusion 6253 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6253 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6253 
My experience with DHTs 6253 
Pigmented coloration? 6253 
Dht-dht 6253 
Dynamic viscosity? 6253 
The Pallette preamp... 6253 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6253 
"soul" of tubes 6253 
There is a difference... 6253 
Vibration injection? 6253 
Homework # 4334 6253 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6253 
Old valves have more soul! 6252 
Was it soul or soil? 6252 
It was just a heading 6252 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6252 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6252 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6252 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6252 
Injection of analog dither? 6252 
Subliminal signal 6252 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6252 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6252 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6251 
Avicenna = Arabian 6251 
Persian, not Arab 6251 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6251 
More words to describe "sux" please 6251 
Revolution 6251 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6251 
One-stage DHTs 6250 
One other thing 6250 
One stage 6250 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6250 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6250 
I see the things differently. 6250 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6250 
The audiophile attitude 6250 
The where and why of design choices 6250 
Blah blah blah 6250 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6250 
Do I need to be hissing? 6250 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6250 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6250 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6249 
What is randomness? 6249 
Those least three possibilities… 6249 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6249 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6249 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6247 
A Beautiful Mind 6246 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6244 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6229 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6229 
Abandoning Milq? 6229 
Will see how it goes.... 6229 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6227 
Topology and 2A3? 6227 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6227 
Type Casting 6227 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6227 
6sn7-2a3 6227 
Topology vs parts 6227 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6227 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6227 
Parts Frenzy 6227 
Too many new sounds 6227 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6226 
New tubes 6225 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6225 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6225 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6225 
New 2A3 6225 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6224 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6223 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6223 
Czech tubes 6221 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6221 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6221 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6220 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6220 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6217 
Here she is. 6216 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6212 
New 2A3 tubes 6212 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6212 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6211 
Multistage DHT circuits 6210 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6209 
Emission Labs 2A3 6209 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6209 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6209 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6209 
The YO186 Strip Show 6209 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6208 
It will be interesting…. 6208 
OPT impedence 6208 
More about the Plate Loading 6208 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6203 
2A3 data 6203 
The New 2A3 tubes 6203 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6203 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6202 
Everything about everything. 6202 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6202 
Options, options, options.... 6202 
I think we agree overall 6202 
An IDHT with more gain? 6201 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6201 
2A3 tube impressions 6196 
Interesting analogy 6196 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6196 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6196 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6196 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6196 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6196 
Why NOS tubes? 6195 
The Holly Ignorance 6195 
Tube tasting 6195 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6195 
Make mine thoriated please 6195 
Any Germans out there? 6195 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6195 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6195 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6195 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6194 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6194 
Tube sound and vibration 6194 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6188 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6187 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6187 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6186 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6186 
B4/B5 British made 6185 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6185 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6184 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6184 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6183 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6182 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6179 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6179 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6178 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6178 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6178 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6178 
The identical operation environment? 6178 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6178 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6178 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6177 
How to get max power from 2A3 6177 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6177 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6177 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6177 
Gain is not power. 6177 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6177 
Specialized DSET approach 6177 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6177 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6177 
The 2A3 loading 6177 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6177 
Optimizing the 2A3 6177 
How much to DSET a DSET 6177 
DSET for Titan 6177 
The Best of All Worlds 6177 
Multiamp setup 6176 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6176 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6176 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6176 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6170 
2A3 and 400V supply 6170 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6169 
Another shot at numbers 6169 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6169 
Okay, so this might work.... 6169 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6169 
Looks good, but.... 6168 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6168 
Less is more... usually. 6168 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6167 
Stepping Out 6167 
Said to be good, but 6167 
Gain to lose 6167 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6167 
Another idea for losing gain 6167 
What's best 6167 
Options, options... 6167 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6167 
Other compromises... 6166 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6165 
Is it glowing yet? 6145 
It is comming.... 6145 
The new MF channel. 6139 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6138 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6130 
The intestage loading talk. 6127 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6122 
1 in 50? 6122 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6122 
Die Walküre soldering. 6121 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6120 
Another amp arond YO186 6119 
Gain? 6119 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6119 
Simple is good 6118 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6118 
The Milq DSET is up. 6117 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6115 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6115 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6114 
Ok, what do I want? 6114 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6114 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6114 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6114 
How about the tweeter? 6113 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6113 
Safe and Sound 6113 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6113 
Some clarifications. 6113 
How about that?!!! 6113 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6111 
Head Room 6111 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6110 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6110 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6110 
Again with the PS 6110 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6108 
Parallel Universe 6108 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6106 
Why I let other people build them... 6106 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6106 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6105 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6102 
MF: the pre-final version. 6102 
Loftin-White? 6102 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6102 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6102 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6098 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6098 
Define really quiet 6097 
Another variable of sound 6097 
Backlash? 6097 
Alternative filament supplies 6097 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6097 
Going down the DC path 6096 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6096 
Molecular sound 6096 
AC-DC heater supply 6096 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6096 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6096 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6096 
Hiss or Hum 6096 
AC transformers 6096 
I have seen the Promised Land 6095 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6095 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6094 
Divide and Conquer 6094 
The design phase is over. 6093 
The unexpected insanity! 6092 
Loading 6092 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6092 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6092 
Going the Distance 6092 
Read the f*** manual! 6092 
Agreed. 6092 
I agree 6092 
The filament transformer 6092 
Center-tap and options 6092 
Something like this…. 6092 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6092 
The foreplay is going on. 6092 
Split balance 6091 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6091 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6091 
SHuguang 6091 
Going through…. 6090 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6089 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6089 
Hum vs voltage 6089 
Meow about the tubes… 6089 
To Be a Content Cat 6089 
Completed! 6086 
Tradition 6086 
Absolutely beautiful! 6086 
The 'film' caps in PS 6085 
Science or religion 6085 
Mass Extinction 6085 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6085 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6085 
Capacitor choices 6085 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6084 
The minor day of Quartets. 6084 
Them's the Breaks 6084 
Eventually! 6083 
So Soon? 6083 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6083 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6082 
The wire for DC-coupling 6082 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6082 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6082 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6081 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6080 
The DHT live reserve 6079 
Some interestng models 6079 
Eaten alive. 6079 
The tubey déjà vu? 6078 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6074 
The 4V takes a lead. 6070 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6067 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6067 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6065 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6064 
Exiting the design mode? 6064 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6064 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6060 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6059 
Setting up the new Playback 6058 
And the winner is… so far 6055 
If you like type 45... 6055 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6055 
Favorite Flavor? 6055 
The 45 times Meow... 6055 
The problem that I see is… 6055 
Running the 45 6055 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6054 
The commentaries about everything. 6054 
Driver tube and biasing 6054 
DHT drivers 6054 
The ideas are worth trying? 6054 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6050 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6050 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6049 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6049 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6049 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6049 
Operating points and cathode current 6049 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6049 
Actually it is not so simple. 6049 
Resistors at the front 6048 
A minor alternation of a position 6048 
The era of enlightenment. 6045 
The devil is in the details.... 6045 
Constructing Sound 6045 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6044 
The “strange” YO186 6035 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5990 
2S4S and 2A3 5981 
Ho to use the YO186 5974 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5974 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5974 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5972 
Not anymore! 5961 
The very good YoYonisation! 5960 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5959 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5946 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5946 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5893 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5892 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5889 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5879 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5641 
All the Best from Burgundy 5641 
Cheesy tubes 5640 
Me and my DHT references… 5531 
Y0-186 in winter. 5434 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5433 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5402 
In My Dreams 5402 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5402 
Blame? 5401 
When good is not good enough. 5401 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5401 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5400 
How the YO186 was used. 4984 
What is old is new? 4983 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4982 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4531 
That sucks. 4531 
YO186 4529 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4529 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4529 
A hallucination? 4526 
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