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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6239 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6238 
DHT Milq? 6238 
The DHT journey. 6238 
DHT tone 6238 
Well, why not? 6237 
Holding the Fort 6237 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6237 
Input tube and DC heaters 6236 
Reimyo Pat 777 6236 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6232 
DHT or 300B? 6232 
300B 6232 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6232 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6231 
Hence the confusion 6231 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6231 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6231 
My experience with DHTs 6231 
Pigmented coloration? 6231 
Dht-dht 6231 
Dynamic viscosity? 6231 
The Pallette preamp... 6231 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6231 
"soul" of tubes 6231 
There is a difference... 6231 
Vibration injection? 6231 
Homework # 4334 6231 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6231 
Old valves have more soul! 6230 
Was it soul or soil? 6230 
It was just a heading 6230 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6230 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6230 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6230 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6230 
Injection of analog dither? 6230 
Subliminal signal 6230 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6230 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6230 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6229 
Avicenna = Arabian 6229 
Persian, not Arab 6229 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6229 
More words to describe "sux" please 6229 
Revolution 6229 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6229 
One-stage DHTs 6228 
One other thing 6228 
One stage 6228 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6228 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6228 
I see the things differently. 6228 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6228 
The audiophile attitude 6228 
The where and why of design choices 6228 
Blah blah blah 6228 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6228 
Do I need to be hissing? 6228 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6228 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6228 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6227 
What is randomness? 6227 
Those least three possibilities… 6227 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6227 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6227 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6225 
A Beautiful Mind 6224 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6222 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6207 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6207 
Abandoning Milq? 6207 
Will see how it goes.... 6207 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6205 
Topology and 2A3? 6205 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6205 
Type Casting 6205 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6205 
6sn7-2a3 6205 
Topology vs parts 6205 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6205 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6205 
Parts Frenzy 6205 
Too many new sounds 6205 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6204 
New tubes 6203 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6203 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6203 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6203 
New 2A3 6203 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6202 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6201 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6201 
Czech tubes 6199 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6199 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6199 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6198 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6198 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6195 
Here she is. 6194 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6190 
New 2A3 tubes 6190 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6190 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6189 
Multistage DHT circuits 6188 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6187 
Emission Labs 2A3 6187 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6187 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6187 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6187 
The YO186 Strip Show 6187 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6186 
It will be interesting…. 6186 
OPT impedence 6186 
More about the Plate Loading 6186 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6181 
2A3 data 6181 
The New 2A3 tubes 6181 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6181 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6180 
Everything about everything. 6180 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6180 
Options, options, options.... 6180 
I think we agree overall 6180 
An IDHT with more gain? 6179 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6179 
2A3 tube impressions 6174 
Interesting analogy 6174 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6174 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6174 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6174 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6174 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6174 
Why NOS tubes? 6173 
The Holly Ignorance 6173 
Tube tasting 6173 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6173 
Make mine thoriated please 6173 
Any Germans out there? 6173 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6173 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6173 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6173 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6172 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6172 
Tube sound and vibration 6172 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6166 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6165 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6165 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6164 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6164 
B4/B5 British made 6163 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6163 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6162 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6162 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6161 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6160 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6157 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6157 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6156 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6156 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6156 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6156 
The identical operation environment? 6156 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6156 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6156 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6155 
How to get max power from 2A3 6155 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6155 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6155 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6155 
Gain is not power. 6155 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6155 
Specialized DSET approach 6155 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6155 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6155 
The 2A3 loading 6155 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6155 
Optimizing the 2A3 6155 
How much to DSET a DSET 6155 
DSET for Titan 6155 
The Best of All Worlds 6155 
Multiamp setup 6154 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6154 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6154 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6154 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6148 
2A3 and 400V supply 6148 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6147 
Another shot at numbers 6147 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6147 
Okay, so this might work.... 6147 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6147 
Looks good, but.... 6146 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6146 
Less is more... usually. 6146 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6145 
Stepping Out 6145 
Said to be good, but 6145 
Gain to lose 6145 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6145 
Another idea for losing gain 6145 
What's best 6145 
Options, options... 6145 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6145 
Other compromises... 6144 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6143 
Is it glowing yet? 6123 
It is comming.... 6123 
The new MF channel. 6117 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6116 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6108 
The intestage loading talk. 6105 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6100 
1 in 50? 6100 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6100 
Die Walküre soldering. 6099 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6098 
Another amp arond YO186 6097 
Gain? 6097 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6097 
Simple is good 6096 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6096 
The Milq DSET is up. 6095 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6093 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6093 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6092 
Ok, what do I want? 6092 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6092 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6092 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6092 
How about the tweeter? 6091 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6091 
Safe and Sound 6091 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6091 
Some clarifications. 6091 
How about that?!!! 6091 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6089 
Head Room 6089 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6088 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6088 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6088 
Again with the PS 6088 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6086 
Parallel Universe 6086 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6084 
Why I let other people build them... 6084 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6084 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6083 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6080 
MF: the pre-final version. 6080 
Loftin-White? 6080 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6080 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6080 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6076 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6076 
Define really quiet 6075 
Another variable of sound 6075 
Backlash? 6075 
Alternative filament supplies 6075 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6075 
Going down the DC path 6074 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6074 
Molecular sound 6074 
AC-DC heater supply 6074 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6074 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6074 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6074 
Hiss or Hum 6074 
AC transformers 6074 
I have seen the Promised Land 6073 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6073 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6072 
Divide and Conquer 6072 
The design phase is over. 6071 
The unexpected insanity! 6070 
Loading 6070 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6070 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6070 
Going the Distance 6070 
Read the f*** manual! 6070 
Agreed. 6070 
I agree 6070 
The filament transformer 6070 
Center-tap and options 6070 
Something like this…. 6070 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6070 
The foreplay is going on. 6070 
Split balance 6069 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6069 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6069 
SHuguang 6069 
Going through…. 6068 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6067 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6067 
Hum vs voltage 6067 
Meow about the tubes… 6067 
To Be a Content Cat 6067 
Completed! 6064 
Tradition 6064 
Absolutely beautiful! 6064 
The 'film' caps in PS 6063 
Science or religion 6063 
Mass Extinction 6063 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6063 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6063 
Capacitor choices 6063 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6062 
The minor day of Quartets. 6062 
Them's the Breaks 6062 
Eventually! 6061 
So Soon? 6061 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6061 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6060 
The wire for DC-coupling 6060 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6060 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6060 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6059 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6058 
The DHT live reserve 6057 
Some interestng models 6057 
Eaten alive. 6057 
The tubey déjà vu? 6056 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6052 
The 4V takes a lead. 6048 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6045 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6045 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6043 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6042 
Exiting the design mode? 6042 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6042 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6038 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6037 
Setting up the new Playback 6036 
And the winner is… so far 6033 
If you like type 45... 6033 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6033 
Favorite Flavor? 6033 
The 45 times Meow... 6033 
The problem that I see is… 6033 
Running the 45 6033 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6032 
The commentaries about everything. 6032 
Driver tube and biasing 6032 
DHT drivers 6032 
The ideas are worth trying? 6032 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6028 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6028 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6027 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6027 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6027 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6027 
Operating points and cathode current 6027 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6027 
Actually it is not so simple. 6027 
Resistors at the front 6026 
A minor alternation of a position 6026 
The era of enlightenment. 6023 
The devil is in the details.... 6023 
Constructing Sound 6023 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6022 
The “strange” YO186 6013 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5968 
2S4S and 2A3 5959 
Ho to use the YO186 5952 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5952 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5952 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5950 
Not anymore! 5939 
The very good YoYonisation! 5938 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5937 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5924 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5924 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5871 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5870 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5867 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5857 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5619 
All the Best from Burgundy 5619 
Cheesy tubes 5618 
Me and my DHT references… 5509 
Y0-186 in winter. 5412 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5411 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5380 
In My Dreams 5380 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5380 
Blame? 5379 
When good is not good enough. 5379 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5379 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5378 
How the YO186 was used. 4962 
What is old is new? 4961 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4960 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4509 
That sucks. 4509 
YO186 4507 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4507 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4507 
A hallucination? 4504 
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