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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6229 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6228 
DHT Milq? 6228 
The DHT journey. 6228 
DHT tone 6228 
Well, why not? 6227 
Holding the Fort 6227 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6227 
Input tube and DC heaters 6226 
Reimyo Pat 777 6226 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6222 
DHT or 300B? 6222 
300B 6222 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6222 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6221 
Hence the confusion 6221 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6221 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6221 
My experience with DHTs 6221 
Pigmented coloration? 6221 
Dht-dht 6221 
Dynamic viscosity? 6221 
The Pallette preamp... 6221 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6221 
"soul" of tubes 6221 
There is a difference... 6221 
Vibration injection? 6221 
Homework # 4334 6221 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6221 
Old valves have more soul! 6220 
Was it soul or soil? 6220 
It was just a heading 6220 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6220 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6220 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6220 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6220 
Injection of analog dither? 6220 
Subliminal signal 6220 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6220 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6220 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6219 
Avicenna = Arabian 6219 
Persian, not Arab 6219 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6219 
More words to describe "sux" please 6219 
Revolution 6219 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6219 
One-stage DHTs 6218 
One other thing 6218 
One stage 6218 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6218 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6218 
I see the things differently. 6218 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6218 
The audiophile attitude 6218 
The where and why of design choices 6218 
Blah blah blah 6218 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6218 
Do I need to be hissing? 6218 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6218 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6218 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6217 
What is randomness? 6217 
Those least three possibilities… 6217 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6217 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6217 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6215 
A Beautiful Mind 6214 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6212 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6197 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6197 
Abandoning Milq? 6197 
Will see how it goes.... 6197 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6195 
Topology and 2A3? 6195 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6195 
Type Casting 6195 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6195 
6sn7-2a3 6195 
Topology vs parts 6195 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6195 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6195 
Parts Frenzy 6195 
Too many new sounds 6195 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6194 
New tubes 6193 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6193 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6193 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6193 
New 2A3 6193 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6192 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6191 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6191 
Czech tubes 6189 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6189 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6189 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6188 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6188 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6185 
Here she is. 6184 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6180 
New 2A3 tubes 6180 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6180 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6179 
Multistage DHT circuits 6178 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6177 
Emission Labs 2A3 6177 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6177 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6177 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6177 
The YO186 Strip Show 6177 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6176 
It will be interesting…. 6176 
OPT impedence 6176 
More about the Plate Loading 6176 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6171 
2A3 data 6171 
The New 2A3 tubes 6171 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6171 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6170 
Everything about everything. 6170 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6170 
Options, options, options.... 6170 
I think we agree overall 6170 
An IDHT with more gain? 6169 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6169 
2A3 tube impressions 6164 
Interesting analogy 6164 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6164 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6164 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6164 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6164 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6164 
Why NOS tubes? 6163 
The Holly Ignorance 6163 
Tube tasting 6163 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6163 
Make mine thoriated please 6163 
Any Germans out there? 6163 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6163 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6163 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6163 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6162 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6162 
Tube sound and vibration 6162 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6156 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6155 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6155 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6154 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6154 
B4/B5 British made 6153 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6153 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6152 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6152 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6151 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6150 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6147 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6147 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6146 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6146 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6146 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6146 
The identical operation environment? 6146 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6146 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6146 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6145 
How to get max power from 2A3 6145 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6145 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6145 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6145 
Gain is not power. 6145 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6145 
Specialized DSET approach 6145 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6145 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6145 
The 2A3 loading 6145 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6145 
Optimizing the 2A3 6145 
How much to DSET a DSET 6145 
DSET for Titan 6145 
The Best of All Worlds 6145 
Multiamp setup 6144 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6144 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6144 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6144 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6138 
2A3 and 400V supply 6138 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6137 
Another shot at numbers 6137 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6137 
Okay, so this might work.... 6137 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6137 
Looks good, but.... 6136 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6136 
Less is more... usually. 6136 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6135 
Stepping Out 6135 
Said to be good, but 6135 
Gain to lose 6135 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6135 
Another idea for losing gain 6135 
What's best 6135 
Options, options... 6135 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6135 
Other compromises... 6134 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6133 
Is it glowing yet? 6113 
It is comming.... 6113 
The new MF channel. 6107 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6106 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6098 
The intestage loading talk. 6095 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6090 
1 in 50? 6090 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6090 
Die Walküre soldering. 6089 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6088 
Another amp arond YO186 6087 
Gain? 6087 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6087 
Simple is good 6086 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6086 
The Milq DSET is up. 6085 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6083 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6083 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6082 
Ok, what do I want? 6082 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6082 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6082 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6082 
How about the tweeter? 6081 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6081 
Safe and Sound 6081 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6081 
Some clarifications. 6081 
How about that?!!! 6081 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6079 
Head Room 6079 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6078 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6078 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6078 
Again with the PS 6078 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6076 
Parallel Universe 6076 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6074 
Why I let other people build them... 6074 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6074 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6073 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6070 
MF: the pre-final version. 6070 
Loftin-White? 6070 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6070 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6070 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6066 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6066 
Define really quiet 6065 
Another variable of sound 6065 
Backlash? 6065 
Alternative filament supplies 6065 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6065 
Going down the DC path 6064 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6064 
Molecular sound 6064 
AC-DC heater supply 6064 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6064 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6064 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6064 
Hiss or Hum 6064 
AC transformers 6064 
I have seen the Promised Land 6063 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6063 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6062 
Divide and Conquer 6062 
The design phase is over. 6061 
The unexpected insanity! 6060 
Loading 6060 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6060 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6060 
Going the Distance 6060 
Read the f*** manual! 6060 
Agreed. 6060 
I agree 6060 
The filament transformer 6060 
Center-tap and options 6060 
Something like this…. 6060 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6060 
The foreplay is going on. 6060 
Split balance 6059 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6059 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6059 
SHuguang 6059 
Going through…. 6058 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6057 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6057 
Hum vs voltage 6057 
Meow about the tubes… 6057 
To Be a Content Cat 6057 
Completed! 6054 
Tradition 6054 
Absolutely beautiful! 6054 
The 'film' caps in PS 6053 
Science or religion 6053 
Mass Extinction 6053 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6053 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6053 
Capacitor choices 6053 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6052 
The minor day of Quartets. 6052 
Them's the Breaks 6052 
Eventually! 6051 
So Soon? 6051 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6051 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6050 
The wire for DC-coupling 6050 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6050 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6050 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6049 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6048 
The DHT live reserve 6047 
Some interestng models 6047 
Eaten alive. 6047 
The tubey déjà vu? 6046 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6042 
The 4V takes a lead. 6038 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6035 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6035 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6033 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6032 
Exiting the design mode? 6032 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6032 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6028 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6027 
Setting up the new Playback 6026 
And the winner is… so far 6023 
If you like type 45... 6023 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6023 
Favorite Flavor? 6023 
The 45 times Meow... 6023 
The problem that I see is… 6023 
Running the 45 6023 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6022 
The commentaries about everything. 6022 
Driver tube and biasing 6022 
DHT drivers 6022 
The ideas are worth trying? 6022 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6018 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6018 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6017 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6017 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6017 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6017 
Operating points and cathode current 6017 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6017 
Actually it is not so simple. 6017 
Resistors at the front 6016 
A minor alternation of a position 6016 
The era of enlightenment. 6013 
The devil is in the details.... 6013 
Constructing Sound 6013 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6012 
The “strange” YO186 6003 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5958 
2S4S and 2A3 5949 
Ho to use the YO186 5942 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5942 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5942 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5940 
Not anymore! 5929 
The very good YoYonisation! 5928 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5927 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5914 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5914 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5861 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5860 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5857 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5847 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5609 
All the Best from Burgundy 5609 
Cheesy tubes 5608 
Me and my DHT references… 5499 
Y0-186 in winter. 5402 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5401 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5370 
In My Dreams 5370 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5370 
Blame? 5369 
When good is not good enough. 5369 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5369 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5368 
How the YO186 was used. 4952 
What is old is new? 4951 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4950 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4499 
That sucks. 4499 
YO186 4497 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4497 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4497 
A hallucination? 4494 
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