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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6097 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6096 
DHT Milq? 6096 
The DHT journey. 6096 
DHT tone 6096 
Well, why not? 6095 
Holding the Fort 6095 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6095 
Input tube and DC heaters 6094 
Reimyo Pat 777 6094 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6090 
DHT or 300B? 6090 
300B 6090 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6090 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6089 
Hence the confusion 6089 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6089 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6089 
My experience with DHTs 6089 
Pigmented coloration? 6089 
Dht-dht 6089 
Dynamic viscosity? 6089 
The Pallette preamp... 6089 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6089 
"soul" of tubes 6089 
There is a difference... 6089 
Vibration injection? 6089 
Homework # 4334 6089 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6089 
Old valves have more soul! 6088 
Was it soul or soil? 6088 
It was just a heading 6088 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6088 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6088 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6088 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6088 
Injection of analog dither? 6088 
Subliminal signal 6088 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6088 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6088 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6087 
Avicenna = Arabian 6087 
Persian, not Arab 6087 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6087 
More words to describe "sux" please 6087 
Revolution 6087 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6087 
One-stage DHTs 6086 
One other thing 6086 
One stage 6086 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6086 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6086 
I see the things differently. 6086 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6086 
The audiophile attitude 6086 
The where and why of design choices 6086 
Blah blah blah 6086 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6086 
Do I need to be hissing? 6086 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6086 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6086 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6085 
What is randomness? 6085 
Those least three possibilities… 6085 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6085 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6085 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6083 
A Beautiful Mind 6082 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6080 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6065 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6065 
Abandoning Milq? 6065 
Will see how it goes.... 6065 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6063 
Topology and 2A3? 6063 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6063 
Type Casting 6063 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6063 
6sn7-2a3 6063 
Topology vs parts 6063 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6063 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6063 
Parts Frenzy 6063 
Too many new sounds 6063 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6062 
New tubes 6061 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6061 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6061 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6061 
New 2A3 6061 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6060 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6059 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6059 
Czech tubes 6057 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6057 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6057 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6056 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6056 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6053 
Here she is. 6052 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6048 
New 2A3 tubes 6048 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6048 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6047 
Multistage DHT circuits 6046 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6045 
Emission Labs 2A3 6045 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6045 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6045 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6045 
The YO186 Strip Show 6045 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6044 
It will be interesting…. 6044 
OPT impedence 6044 
More about the Plate Loading 6044 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6039 
2A3 data 6039 
The New 2A3 tubes 6039 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6039 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6038 
Everything about everything. 6038 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6038 
Options, options, options.... 6038 
I think we agree overall 6038 
An IDHT with more gain? 6037 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6037 
2A3 tube impressions 6032 
Interesting analogy 6032 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6032 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6032 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6032 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6032 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6032 
Why NOS tubes? 6031 
The Holly Ignorance 6031 
Tube tasting 6031 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6031 
Make mine thoriated please 6031 
Any Germans out there? 6031 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6031 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6031 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6031 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6030 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6030 
Tube sound and vibration 6030 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6024 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6023 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6023 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6022 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6022 
B4/B5 British made 6021 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6021 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6020 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6020 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6019 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6018 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6015 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6015 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6014 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6014 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6014 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6014 
The identical operation environment? 6014 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6014 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6014 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6013 
How to get max power from 2A3 6013 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6013 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6013 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6013 
Gain is not power. 6013 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6013 
Specialized DSET approach 6013 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6013 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6013 
The 2A3 loading 6013 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6013 
Optimizing the 2A3 6013 
How much to DSET a DSET 6013 
DSET for Titan 6013 
The Best of All Worlds 6013 
Multiamp setup 6012 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6012 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6012 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6012 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6006 
2A3 and 400V supply 6006 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6005 
Another shot at numbers 6005 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6005 
Okay, so this might work.... 6005 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6005 
Looks good, but.... 6004 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6004 
Less is more... usually. 6004 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6003 
Stepping Out 6003 
Said to be good, but 6003 
Gain to lose 6003 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6003 
Another idea for losing gain 6003 
What's best 6003 
Options, options... 6003 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6003 
Other compromises... 6002 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6001 
Is it glowing yet? 5981 
It is comming.... 5981 
The new MF channel. 5975 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5974 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5966 
The intestage loading talk. 5963 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5958 
1 in 50? 5958 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5958 
Die Walküre soldering. 5957 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5956 
Another amp arond YO186 5955 
Gain? 5955 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5955 
Simple is good 5954 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5954 
The Milq DSET is up. 5953 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5951 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5951 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5950 
Ok, what do I want? 5950 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5950 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5950 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5950 
How about the tweeter? 5949 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5949 
Safe and Sound 5949 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5949 
Some clarifications. 5949 
How about that?!!! 5949 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5947 
Head Room 5947 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5946 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5946 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5946 
Again with the PS 5946 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5944 
Parallel Universe 5944 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5942 
Why I let other people build them... 5942 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5942 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5941 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5938 
MF: the pre-final version. 5938 
Loftin-White? 5938 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5938 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5938 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5934 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5934 
Define really quiet 5933 
Another variable of sound 5933 
Backlash? 5933 
Alternative filament supplies 5933 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5933 
Going down the DC path 5932 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5932 
Molecular sound 5932 
AC-DC heater supply 5932 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5932 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5932 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5932 
Hiss or Hum 5932 
AC transformers 5932 
I have seen the Promised Land 5931 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5931 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5930 
Divide and Conquer 5930 
The design phase is over. 5929 
The unexpected insanity! 5928 
Loading 5928 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5928 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5928 
Going the Distance 5928 
Read the f*** manual! 5928 
Agreed. 5928 
I agree 5928 
The filament transformer 5928 
Center-tap and options 5928 
Something like this…. 5928 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5928 
The foreplay is going on. 5928 
Split balance 5927 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5927 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5927 
SHuguang 5927 
Going through…. 5926 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5925 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5925 
Hum vs voltage 5925 
Meow about the tubes… 5925 
To Be a Content Cat 5925 
Completed! 5922 
Tradition 5922 
Absolutely beautiful! 5922 
The 'film' caps in PS 5921 
Science or religion 5921 
Mass Extinction 5921 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5921 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5921 
Capacitor choices 5921 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5920 
The minor day of Quartets. 5920 
Them's the Breaks 5920 
Eventually! 5919 
So Soon? 5919 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5919 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5918 
The wire for DC-coupling 5918 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5918 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5918 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5917 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5916 
The DHT live reserve 5915 
Some interestng models 5915 
Eaten alive. 5915 
The tubey déjà vu? 5914 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5910 
The 4V takes a lead. 5906 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5903 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5903 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5901 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5900 
Exiting the design mode? 5900 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5900 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5896 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5895 
Setting up the new Playback 5894 
And the winner is… so far 5891 
If you like type 45... 5891 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5891 
Favorite Flavor? 5891 
The 45 times Meow... 5891 
The problem that I see is… 5891 
Running the 45 5891 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5890 
The commentaries about everything. 5890 
Driver tube and biasing 5890 
DHT drivers 5890 
The ideas are worth trying? 5890 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5886 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5886 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5885 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5885 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5885 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5885 
Operating points and cathode current 5885 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5885 
Actually it is not so simple. 5885 
Resistors at the front 5884 
A minor alternation of a position 5884 
The era of enlightenment. 5881 
The devil is in the details.... 5881 
Constructing Sound 5881 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5880 
The “strange” YO186 5871 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5826 
2S4S and 2A3 5817 
Ho to use the YO186 5810 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5810 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5810 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5808 
Not anymore! 5797 
The very good YoYonisation! 5796 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5795 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5782 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5782 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5729 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5728 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5725 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5715 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5477 
All the Best from Burgundy 5477 
Cheesy tubes 5476 
Me and my DHT references… 5367 
Y0-186 in winter. 5270 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5269 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5238 
In My Dreams 5238 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5238 
Blame? 5237 
When good is not good enough. 5237 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5237 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5236 
How the YO186 was used. 4820 
What is old is new? 4819 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4818 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4367 
That sucks. 4367 
YO186 4365 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4365 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4365 
A hallucination? 4362 
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