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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6049 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6048 
DHT Milq? 6048 
The DHT journey. 6048 
DHT tone 6048 
Well, why not? 6047 
Holding the Fort 6047 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6047 
Input tube and DC heaters 6046 
Reimyo Pat 777 6046 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6042 
DHT or 300B? 6042 
300B 6042 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6042 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6041 
Hence the confusion 6041 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6041 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6041 
My experience with DHTs 6041 
Pigmented coloration? 6041 
Dht-dht 6041 
Dynamic viscosity? 6041 
The Pallette preamp... 6041 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6041 
"soul" of tubes 6041 
There is a difference... 6041 
Vibration injection? 6041 
Homework # 4334 6041 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6041 
Old valves have more soul! 6040 
Was it soul or soil? 6040 
It was just a heading 6040 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6040 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6040 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6040 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6040 
Injection of analog dither? 6040 
Subliminal signal 6040 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6040 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6040 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6039 
Avicenna = Arabian 6039 
Persian, not Arab 6039 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6039 
More words to describe "sux" please 6039 
Revolution 6039 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6039 
One-stage DHTs 6038 
One other thing 6038 
One stage 6038 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6038 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6038 
I see the things differently. 6038 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6038 
The audiophile attitude 6038 
The where and why of design choices 6038 
Blah blah blah 6038 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6038 
Do I need to be hissing? 6038 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6038 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6038 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6037 
What is randomness? 6037 
Those least three possibilities… 6037 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6037 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6037 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6035 
A Beautiful Mind 6034 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6032 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6017 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6017 
Abandoning Milq? 6017 
Will see how it goes.... 6017 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6015 
Topology and 2A3? 6015 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6015 
Type Casting 6015 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6015 
6sn7-2a3 6015 
Topology vs parts 6015 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6015 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6015 
Parts Frenzy 6015 
Too many new sounds 6015 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6014 
New tubes 6013 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6013 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6013 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6013 
New 2A3 6013 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6012 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6011 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6011 
Czech tubes 6009 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6009 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6009 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6008 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6008 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6005 
Here she is. 6004 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6000 
New 2A3 tubes 6000 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6000 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 5999 
Multistage DHT circuits 5998 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 5997 
Emission Labs 2A3 5997 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 5997 
Which Chinese 2A3? 5997 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 5997 
The YO186 Strip Show 5997 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 5996 
It will be interesting…. 5996 
OPT impedence 5996 
More about the Plate Loading 5996 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 5991 
2A3 data 5991 
The New 2A3 tubes 5991 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 5991 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 5990 
Everything about everything. 5990 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 5990 
Options, options, options.... 5990 
I think we agree overall 5990 
An IDHT with more gain? 5989 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 5989 
2A3 tube impressions 5984 
Interesting analogy 5984 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 5984 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 5984 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 5984 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 5984 
I have more interest in the period tubes 5984 
Why NOS tubes? 5983 
The Holly Ignorance 5983 
Tube tasting 5983 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 5983 
Make mine thoriated please 5983 
Any Germans out there? 5983 
6E5P VS 6E6P 5983 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 5983 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 5983 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 5982 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 5982 
Tube sound and vibration 5982 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 5976 
The lights look green for the YO tube 5975 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 5975 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 5974 
The YO186 tube sockets. 5974 
B4/B5 British made 5973 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 5973 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 5972 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 5972 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 5971 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 5970 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 5967 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 5967 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 5966 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 5966 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 5966 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 5966 
The identical operation environment? 5966 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 5966 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 5966 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 5965 
How to get max power from 2A3 5965 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 5965 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 5965 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 5965 
Gain is not power. 5965 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 5965 
Specialized DSET approach 5965 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 5965 
SET usable power and making the most of it 5965 
The 2A3 loading 5965 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 5965 
Optimizing the 2A3 5965 
How much to DSET a DSET 5965 
DSET for Titan 5965 
The Best of All Worlds 5965 
Multiamp setup 5964 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 5964 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 5964 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 5964 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 5958 
2A3 and 400V supply 5958 
Pudding and the chicken wires 5957 
Another shot at numbers 5957 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 5957 
Okay, so this might work.... 5957 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 5957 
Looks good, but.... 5956 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 5956 
Less is more... usually. 5956 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 5955 
Stepping Out 5955 
Said to be good, but 5955 
Gain to lose 5955 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 5955 
Another idea for losing gain 5955 
What's best 5955 
Options, options... 5955 
Actually, it is not so bad. 5955 
Other compromises... 5954 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 5953 
Is it glowing yet? 5933 
It is comming.... 5933 
The new MF channel. 5927 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5926 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5918 
The intestage loading talk. 5915 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5910 
1 in 50? 5910 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5910 
Die Walküre soldering. 5909 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5908 
Another amp arond YO186 5907 
Gain? 5907 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5907 
Simple is good 5906 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5906 
The Milq DSET is up. 5905 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5903 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5903 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5902 
Ok, what do I want? 5902 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5902 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5902 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5902 
How about the tweeter? 5901 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5901 
Safe and Sound 5901 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5901 
Some clarifications. 5901 
How about that?!!! 5901 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5899 
Head Room 5899 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5898 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5898 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5898 
Again with the PS 5898 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5896 
Parallel Universe 5896 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5894 
Why I let other people build them... 5894 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5894 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5893 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5890 
MF: the pre-final version. 5890 
Loftin-White? 5890 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5890 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5890 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5886 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5886 
Define really quiet 5885 
Another variable of sound 5885 
Backlash? 5885 
Alternative filament supplies 5885 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5885 
Going down the DC path 5884 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5884 
Molecular sound 5884 
AC-DC heater supply 5884 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5884 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5884 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5884 
Hiss or Hum 5884 
AC transformers 5884 
I have seen the Promised Land 5883 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5883 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5882 
Divide and Conquer 5882 
The design phase is over. 5881 
The unexpected insanity! 5880 
Loading 5880 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5880 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5880 
Going the Distance 5880 
Read the f*** manual! 5880 
Agreed. 5880 
I agree 5880 
The filament transformer 5880 
Center-tap and options 5880 
Something like this…. 5880 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5880 
The foreplay is going on. 5880 
Split balance 5879 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5879 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5879 
SHuguang 5879 
Going through…. 5878 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5877 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5877 
Hum vs voltage 5877 
Meow about the tubes… 5877 
To Be a Content Cat 5877 
Completed! 5874 
Tradition 5874 
Absolutely beautiful! 5874 
The 'film' caps in PS 5873 
Science or religion 5873 
Mass Extinction 5873 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5873 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5873 
Capacitor choices 5873 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5872 
The minor day of Quartets. 5872 
Them's the Breaks 5872 
Eventually! 5871 
So Soon? 5871 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5871 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5870 
The wire for DC-coupling 5870 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5870 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5870 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5869 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5868 
The DHT live reserve 5867 
Some interestng models 5867 
Eaten alive. 5867 
The tubey déjà vu? 5866 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5862 
The 4V takes a lead. 5858 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5855 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5855 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5853 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5852 
Exiting the design mode? 5852 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5852 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5848 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5847 
Setting up the new Playback 5846 
And the winner is… so far 5843 
If you like type 45... 5843 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5843 
Favorite Flavor? 5843 
The 45 times Meow... 5843 
The problem that I see is… 5843 
Running the 45 5843 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5842 
The commentaries about everything. 5842 
Driver tube and biasing 5842 
DHT drivers 5842 
The ideas are worth trying? 5842 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5838 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5838 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5837 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5837 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5837 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5837 
Operating points and cathode current 5837 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5837 
Actually it is not so simple. 5837 
Resistors at the front 5836 
A minor alternation of a position 5836 
The era of enlightenment. 5833 
The devil is in the details.... 5833 
Constructing Sound 5833 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5832 
The “strange” YO186 5823 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5778 
2S4S and 2A3 5769 
Ho to use the YO186 5762 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5762 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5762 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5760 
Not anymore! 5749 
The very good YoYonisation! 5748 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5747 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5734 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5734 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5681 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5680 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5677 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5667 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5429 
All the Best from Burgundy 5429 
Cheesy tubes 5428 
Me and my DHT references… 5319 
Y0-186 in winter. 5222 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5221 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5190 
In My Dreams 5190 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5190 
Blame? 5189 
When good is not good enough. 5189 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5189 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5188 
How the YO186 was used. 4772 
What is old is new? 4771 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4770 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4319 
That sucks. 4319 
YO186 4317 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4317 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4317 
A hallucination? 4314 
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