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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6247 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6246 
DHT Milq? 6246 
The DHT journey. 6246 
DHT tone 6246 
Well, why not? 6245 
Holding the Fort 6245 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6245 
Input tube and DC heaters 6244 
Reimyo Pat 777 6244 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6240 
DHT or 300B? 6240 
300B 6240 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6240 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6239 
Hence the confusion 6239 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6239 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6239 
My experience with DHTs 6239 
Pigmented coloration? 6239 
Dht-dht 6239 
Dynamic viscosity? 6239 
The Pallette preamp... 6239 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6239 
"soul" of tubes 6239 
There is a difference... 6239 
Vibration injection? 6239 
Homework # 4334 6239 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6239 
Old valves have more soul! 6238 
Was it soul or soil? 6238 
It was just a heading 6238 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6238 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6238 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6238 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6238 
Injection of analog dither? 6238 
Subliminal signal 6238 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6238 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6238 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6237 
Avicenna = Arabian 6237 
Persian, not Arab 6237 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6237 
More words to describe "sux" please 6237 
Revolution 6237 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6237 
One-stage DHTs 6236 
One other thing 6236 
One stage 6236 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6236 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6236 
I see the things differently. 6236 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6236 
The audiophile attitude 6236 
The where and why of design choices 6236 
Blah blah blah 6236 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6236 
Do I need to be hissing? 6236 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6236 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6236 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6235 
What is randomness? 6235 
Those least three possibilities… 6235 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6235 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6235 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6233 
A Beautiful Mind 6232 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6230 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6215 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6215 
Abandoning Milq? 6215 
Will see how it goes.... 6215 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6213 
Topology and 2A3? 6213 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6213 
Type Casting 6213 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6213 
6sn7-2a3 6213 
Topology vs parts 6213 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6213 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6213 
Parts Frenzy 6213 
Too many new sounds 6213 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6212 
New tubes 6211 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6211 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6211 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6211 
New 2A3 6211 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6210 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6209 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6209 
Czech tubes 6207 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6207 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6207 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6206 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6206 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6203 
Here she is. 6202 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6198 
New 2A3 tubes 6198 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6198 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6197 
Multistage DHT circuits 6196 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6195 
Emission Labs 2A3 6195 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6195 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6195 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6195 
The YO186 Strip Show 6195 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6194 
It will be interesting…. 6194 
OPT impedence 6194 
More about the Plate Loading 6194 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6189 
2A3 data 6189 
The New 2A3 tubes 6189 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6189 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6188 
Everything about everything. 6188 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6188 
Options, options, options.... 6188 
I think we agree overall 6188 
An IDHT with more gain? 6187 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6187 
2A3 tube impressions 6182 
Interesting analogy 6182 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6182 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6182 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6182 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6182 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6182 
Why NOS tubes? 6181 
The Holly Ignorance 6181 
Tube tasting 6181 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6181 
Make mine thoriated please 6181 
Any Germans out there? 6181 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6181 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6181 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6181 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6180 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6180 
Tube sound and vibration 6180 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6174 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6173 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6173 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6172 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6172 
B4/B5 British made 6171 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6171 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6170 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6170 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6169 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6168 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6165 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6165 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6164 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6164 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6164 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6164 
The identical operation environment? 6164 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6164 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6164 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6163 
How to get max power from 2A3 6163 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6163 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6163 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6163 
Gain is not power. 6163 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6163 
Specialized DSET approach 6163 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6163 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6163 
The 2A3 loading 6163 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6163 
Optimizing the 2A3 6163 
How much to DSET a DSET 6163 
DSET for Titan 6163 
The Best of All Worlds 6163 
Multiamp setup 6162 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6162 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6162 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6162 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6156 
2A3 and 400V supply 6156 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6155 
Another shot at numbers 6155 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6155 
Okay, so this might work.... 6155 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6155 
Looks good, but.... 6154 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6154 
Less is more... usually. 6154 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6153 
Stepping Out 6153 
Said to be good, but 6153 
Gain to lose 6153 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6153 
Another idea for losing gain 6153 
What's best 6153 
Options, options... 6153 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6153 
Other compromises... 6152 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6151 
Is it glowing yet? 6131 
It is comming.... 6131 
The new MF channel. 6125 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6124 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6116 
The intestage loading talk. 6113 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6108 
1 in 50? 6108 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6108 
Die Walküre soldering. 6107 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6106 
Another amp arond YO186 6105 
Gain? 6105 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6105 
Simple is good 6104 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6104 
The Milq DSET is up. 6103 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6101 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6101 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6100 
Ok, what do I want? 6100 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6100 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6100 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6100 
How about the tweeter? 6099 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6099 
Safe and Sound 6099 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6099 
Some clarifications. 6099 
How about that?!!! 6099 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6097 
Head Room 6097 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6096 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6096 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6096 
Again with the PS 6096 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6094 
Parallel Universe 6094 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6092 
Why I let other people build them... 6092 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6092 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6091 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6088 
MF: the pre-final version. 6088 
Loftin-White? 6088 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6088 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6088 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6084 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6084 
Define really quiet 6083 
Another variable of sound 6083 
Backlash? 6083 
Alternative filament supplies 6083 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6083 
Going down the DC path 6082 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6082 
Molecular sound 6082 
AC-DC heater supply 6082 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6082 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6082 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6082 
Hiss or Hum 6082 
AC transformers 6082 
I have seen the Promised Land 6081 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6081 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6080 
Divide and Conquer 6080 
The design phase is over. 6079 
The unexpected insanity! 6078 
Loading 6078 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6078 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6078 
Going the Distance 6078 
Read the f*** manual! 6078 
Agreed. 6078 
I agree 6078 
The filament transformer 6078 
Center-tap and options 6078 
Something like this…. 6078 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6078 
The foreplay is going on. 6078 
Split balance 6077 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6077 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6077 
SHuguang 6077 
Going through…. 6076 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6075 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6075 
Hum vs voltage 6075 
Meow about the tubes… 6075 
To Be a Content Cat 6075 
Completed! 6072 
Tradition 6072 
Absolutely beautiful! 6072 
The 'film' caps in PS 6071 
Science or religion 6071 
Mass Extinction 6071 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6071 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6071 
Capacitor choices 6071 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6070 
The minor day of Quartets. 6070 
Them's the Breaks 6070 
Eventually! 6069 
So Soon? 6069 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6069 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6068 
The wire for DC-coupling 6068 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6068 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6068 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6067 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6066 
The DHT live reserve 6065 
Some interestng models 6065 
Eaten alive. 6065 
The tubey déjà vu? 6064 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6060 
The 4V takes a lead. 6056 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6053 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6053 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6051 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6050 
Exiting the design mode? 6050 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6050 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6046 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6045 
Setting up the new Playback 6044 
And the winner is… so far 6041 
If you like type 45... 6041 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6041 
Favorite Flavor? 6041 
The 45 times Meow... 6041 
The problem that I see is… 6041 
Running the 45 6041 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6040 
The commentaries about everything. 6040 
Driver tube and biasing 6040 
DHT drivers 6040 
The ideas are worth trying? 6040 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6036 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6036 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6035 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6035 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6035 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6035 
Operating points and cathode current 6035 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6035 
Actually it is not so simple. 6035 
Resistors at the front 6034 
A minor alternation of a position 6034 
The era of enlightenment. 6031 
The devil is in the details.... 6031 
Constructing Sound 6031 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6030 
The “strange” YO186 6021 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5976 
2S4S and 2A3 5967 
Ho to use the YO186 5960 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5960 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5960 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5958 
Not anymore! 5947 
The very good YoYonisation! 5946 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5945 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5932 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5932 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5879 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5878 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5875 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5865 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5627 
All the Best from Burgundy 5627 
Cheesy tubes 5626 
Me and my DHT references… 5517 
Y0-186 in winter. 5420 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5419 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5388 
In My Dreams 5388 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5388 
Blame? 5387 
When good is not good enough. 5387 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5387 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5386 
How the YO186 was used. 4970 
What is old is new? 4969 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4968 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4517 
That sucks. 4517 
YO186 4515 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4515 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4515 
A hallucination? 4512 
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