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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6192 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6191 
DHT Milq? 6191 
The DHT journey. 6191 
DHT tone 6191 
Well, why not? 6190 
Holding the Fort 6190 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6190 
Input tube and DC heaters 6189 
Reimyo Pat 777 6189 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6185 
DHT or 300B? 6185 
300B 6185 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6185 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6184 
Hence the confusion 6184 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6184 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6184 
My experience with DHTs 6184 
Pigmented coloration? 6184 
Dht-dht 6184 
Dynamic viscosity? 6184 
The Pallette preamp... 6184 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6184 
"soul" of tubes 6184 
There is a difference... 6184 
Vibration injection? 6184 
Homework # 4334 6184 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6184 
Old valves have more soul! 6183 
Was it soul or soil? 6183 
It was just a heading 6183 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6183 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6183 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6183 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6183 
Injection of analog dither? 6183 
Subliminal signal 6183 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6183 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6183 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6182 
Avicenna = Arabian 6182 
Persian, not Arab 6182 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6182 
More words to describe "sux" please 6182 
Revolution 6182 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6182 
One-stage DHTs 6181 
One other thing 6181 
One stage 6181 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6181 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6181 
I see the things differently. 6181 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6181 
The audiophile attitude 6181 
The where and why of design choices 6181 
Blah blah blah 6181 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6181 
Do I need to be hissing? 6181 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6181 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6181 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6180 
What is randomness? 6180 
Those least three possibilities… 6180 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6180 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6180 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6178 
A Beautiful Mind 6177 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6175 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6160 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6160 
Abandoning Milq? 6160 
Will see how it goes.... 6160 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6158 
Topology and 2A3? 6158 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6158 
Type Casting 6158 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6158 
6sn7-2a3 6158 
Topology vs parts 6158 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6158 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6158 
Parts Frenzy 6158 
Too many new sounds 6158 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6157 
New tubes 6156 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6156 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6156 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6156 
New 2A3 6156 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6155 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6154 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6154 
Czech tubes 6152 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6152 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6152 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6151 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6151 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6148 
Here she is. 6147 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6143 
New 2A3 tubes 6143 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6143 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6142 
Multistage DHT circuits 6141 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6140 
Emission Labs 2A3 6140 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6140 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6140 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6140 
The YO186 Strip Show 6140 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6139 
It will be interesting…. 6139 
OPT impedence 6139 
More about the Plate Loading 6139 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6134 
2A3 data 6134 
The New 2A3 tubes 6134 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6134 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6133 
Everything about everything. 6133 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6133 
Options, options, options.... 6133 
I think we agree overall 6133 
An IDHT with more gain? 6132 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6132 
2A3 tube impressions 6127 
Interesting analogy 6127 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6127 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6127 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6127 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6127 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6127 
Why NOS tubes? 6126 
The Holly Ignorance 6126 
Tube tasting 6126 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6126 
Make mine thoriated please 6126 
Any Germans out there? 6126 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6126 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6126 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6126 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6125 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6125 
Tube sound and vibration 6125 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6119 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6118 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6118 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6117 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6117 
B4/B5 British made 6116 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6116 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6115 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6115 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6114 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6113 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6110 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6110 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6109 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6109 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6109 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6109 
The identical operation environment? 6109 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6109 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6109 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6108 
How to get max power from 2A3 6108 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6108 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6108 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6108 
Gain is not power. 6108 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6108 
Specialized DSET approach 6108 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6108 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6108 
The 2A3 loading 6108 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6108 
Optimizing the 2A3 6108 
How much to DSET a DSET 6108 
DSET for Titan 6108 
The Best of All Worlds 6108 
Multiamp setup 6107 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6107 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6107 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6107 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6101 
2A3 and 400V supply 6101 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6100 
Another shot at numbers 6100 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6100 
Okay, so this might work.... 6100 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6100 
Looks good, but.... 6099 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6099 
Less is more... usually. 6099 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6098 
Stepping Out 6098 
Said to be good, but 6098 
Gain to lose 6098 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6098 
Another idea for losing gain 6098 
What's best 6098 
Options, options... 6098 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6098 
Other compromises... 6097 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6096 
Is it glowing yet? 6076 
It is comming.... 6076 
The new MF channel. 6070 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6069 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6061 
The intestage loading talk. 6058 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6053 
1 in 50? 6053 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6053 
Die Walküre soldering. 6052 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6051 
Another amp arond YO186 6050 
Gain? 6050 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6050 
Simple is good 6049 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6049 
The Milq DSET is up. 6048 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6046 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6046 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6045 
Ok, what do I want? 6045 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6045 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6045 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6045 
How about the tweeter? 6044 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6044 
Safe and Sound 6044 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6044 
Some clarifications. 6044 
How about that?!!! 6044 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6042 
Head Room 6042 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6041 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6041 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6041 
Again with the PS 6041 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6039 
Parallel Universe 6039 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6037 
Why I let other people build them... 6037 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6037 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6036 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6033 
MF: the pre-final version. 6033 
Loftin-White? 6033 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6033 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6033 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6029 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6029 
Define really quiet 6028 
Another variable of sound 6028 
Backlash? 6028 
Alternative filament supplies 6028 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6028 
Going down the DC path 6027 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6027 
Molecular sound 6027 
AC-DC heater supply 6027 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6027 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6027 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6027 
Hiss or Hum 6027 
AC transformers 6027 
I have seen the Promised Land 6026 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6026 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6025 
Divide and Conquer 6025 
The design phase is over. 6024 
The unexpected insanity! 6023 
Loading 6023 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6023 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6023 
Going the Distance 6023 
Read the f*** manual! 6023 
Agreed. 6023 
I agree 6023 
The filament transformer 6023 
Center-tap and options 6023 
Something like this…. 6023 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6023 
The foreplay is going on. 6023 
Split balance 6022 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6022 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6022 
SHuguang 6022 
Going through…. 6021 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6020 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6020 
Hum vs voltage 6020 
Meow about the tubes… 6020 
To Be a Content Cat 6020 
Completed! 6017 
Tradition 6017 
Absolutely beautiful! 6017 
The 'film' caps in PS 6016 
Science or religion 6016 
Mass Extinction 6016 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6016 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6016 
Capacitor choices 6016 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6015 
The minor day of Quartets. 6015 
Them's the Breaks 6015 
Eventually! 6014 
So Soon? 6014 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6014 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6013 
The wire for DC-coupling 6013 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6013 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6013 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6012 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6011 
The DHT live reserve 6010 
Some interestng models 6010 
Eaten alive. 6010 
The tubey déjà vu? 6009 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6005 
The 4V takes a lead. 6001 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5998 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5998 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5996 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5995 
Exiting the design mode? 5995 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5995 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5991 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5990 
Setting up the new Playback 5989 
And the winner is… so far 5986 
If you like type 45... 5986 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5986 
Favorite Flavor? 5986 
The 45 times Meow... 5986 
The problem that I see is… 5986 
Running the 45 5986 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5985 
The commentaries about everything. 5985 
Driver tube and biasing 5985 
DHT drivers 5985 
The ideas are worth trying? 5985 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5981 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5981 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5980 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5980 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5980 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5980 
Operating points and cathode current 5980 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5980 
Actually it is not so simple. 5980 
Resistors at the front 5979 
A minor alternation of a position 5979 
The era of enlightenment. 5976 
The devil is in the details.... 5976 
Constructing Sound 5976 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5975 
The “strange” YO186 5966 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5921 
2S4S and 2A3 5912 
Ho to use the YO186 5905 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5905 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5905 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5903 
Not anymore! 5892 
The very good YoYonisation! 5891 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5890 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5877 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5877 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5824 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5823 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5820 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5810 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5572 
All the Best from Burgundy 5572 
Cheesy tubes 5571 
Me and my DHT references… 5462 
Y0-186 in winter. 5365 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5364 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5333 
In My Dreams 5333 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5333 
Blame? 5332 
When good is not good enough. 5332 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5332 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5331 
How the YO186 was used. 4915 
What is old is new? 4914 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4913 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4462 
That sucks. 4462 
YO186 4460 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4460 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4460 
A hallucination? 4457 
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