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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6137 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6136 
DHT Milq? 6136 
The DHT journey. 6136 
DHT tone 6136 
Well, why not? 6135 
Holding the Fort 6135 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6135 
Input tube and DC heaters 6134 
Reimyo Pat 777 6134 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6130 
DHT or 300B? 6130 
300B 6130 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6130 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6129 
Hence the confusion 6129 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6129 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6129 
My experience with DHTs 6129 
Pigmented coloration? 6129 
Dht-dht 6129 
Dynamic viscosity? 6129 
The Pallette preamp... 6129 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6129 
"soul" of tubes 6129 
There is a difference... 6129 
Vibration injection? 6129 
Homework # 4334 6129 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6129 
Old valves have more soul! 6128 
Was it soul or soil? 6128 
It was just a heading 6128 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6128 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6128 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6128 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6128 
Injection of analog dither? 6128 
Subliminal signal 6128 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6128 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6128 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6127 
Avicenna = Arabian 6127 
Persian, not Arab 6127 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6127 
More words to describe "sux" please 6127 
Revolution 6127 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6127 
One-stage DHTs 6126 
One other thing 6126 
One stage 6126 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6126 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6126 
I see the things differently. 6126 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6126 
The audiophile attitude 6126 
The where and why of design choices 6126 
Blah blah blah 6126 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6126 
Do I need to be hissing? 6126 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6126 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6126 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6125 
What is randomness? 6125 
Those least three possibilities… 6125 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6125 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6125 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6123 
A Beautiful Mind 6122 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6120 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6105 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6105 
Abandoning Milq? 6105 
Will see how it goes.... 6105 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6103 
Topology and 2A3? 6103 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6103 
Type Casting 6103 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6103 
6sn7-2a3 6103 
Topology vs parts 6103 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6103 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6103 
Parts Frenzy 6103 
Too many new sounds 6103 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6102 
New tubes 6101 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6101 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6101 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6101 
New 2A3 6101 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6100 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6099 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6099 
Czech tubes 6097 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6097 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6097 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6096 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6096 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6093 
Here she is. 6092 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6088 
New 2A3 tubes 6088 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6088 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6087 
Multistage DHT circuits 6086 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6085 
Emission Labs 2A3 6085 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6085 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6085 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6085 
The YO186 Strip Show 6085 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6084 
It will be interesting…. 6084 
OPT impedence 6084 
More about the Plate Loading 6084 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6079 
2A3 data 6079 
The New 2A3 tubes 6079 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6079 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6078 
Everything about everything. 6078 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6078 
Options, options, options.... 6078 
I think we agree overall 6078 
An IDHT with more gain? 6077 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6077 
2A3 tube impressions 6072 
Interesting analogy 6072 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6072 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6072 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6072 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6072 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6072 
Why NOS tubes? 6071 
The Holly Ignorance 6071 
Tube tasting 6071 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6071 
Make mine thoriated please 6071 
Any Germans out there? 6071 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6071 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6071 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6071 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6070 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6070 
Tube sound and vibration 6070 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6064 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6063 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6063 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6062 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6062 
B4/B5 British made 6061 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6061 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6060 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6060 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6059 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6058 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6055 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6055 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6054 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6054 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6054 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6054 
The identical operation environment? 6054 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6054 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6054 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6053 
How to get max power from 2A3 6053 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6053 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6053 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6053 
Gain is not power. 6053 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6053 
Specialized DSET approach 6053 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6053 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6053 
The 2A3 loading 6053 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6053 
Optimizing the 2A3 6053 
How much to DSET a DSET 6053 
DSET for Titan 6053 
The Best of All Worlds 6053 
Multiamp setup 6052 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6052 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6052 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6052 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6046 
2A3 and 400V supply 6046 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6045 
Another shot at numbers 6045 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6045 
Okay, so this might work.... 6045 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6045 
Looks good, but.... 6044 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6044 
Less is more... usually. 6044 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6043 
Stepping Out 6043 
Said to be good, but 6043 
Gain to lose 6043 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6043 
Another idea for losing gain 6043 
What's best 6043 
Options, options... 6043 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6043 
Other compromises... 6042 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6041 
Is it glowing yet? 6021 
It is comming.... 6021 
The new MF channel. 6015 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6014 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6006 
The intestage loading talk. 6003 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5998 
1 in 50? 5998 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5998 
Die Walküre soldering. 5997 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5996 
Another amp arond YO186 5995 
Gain? 5995 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5995 
Simple is good 5994 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5994 
The Milq DSET is up. 5993 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5991 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5991 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5990 
Ok, what do I want? 5990 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5990 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5990 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5990 
How about the tweeter? 5989 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5989 
Safe and Sound 5989 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5989 
Some clarifications. 5989 
How about that?!!! 5989 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5987 
Head Room 5987 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5986 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5986 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5986 
Again with the PS 5986 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5984 
Parallel Universe 5984 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5982 
Why I let other people build them... 5982 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5982 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5981 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5978 
MF: the pre-final version. 5978 
Loftin-White? 5978 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5978 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5978 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5974 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5974 
Define really quiet 5973 
Another variable of sound 5973 
Backlash? 5973 
Alternative filament supplies 5973 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5973 
Going down the DC path 5972 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5972 
Molecular sound 5972 
AC-DC heater supply 5972 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5972 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5972 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5972 
Hiss or Hum 5972 
AC transformers 5972 
I have seen the Promised Land 5971 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5971 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5970 
Divide and Conquer 5970 
The design phase is over. 5969 
The unexpected insanity! 5968 
Loading 5968 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5968 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5968 
Going the Distance 5968 
Read the f*** manual! 5968 
Agreed. 5968 
I agree 5968 
The filament transformer 5968 
Center-tap and options 5968 
Something like this…. 5968 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5968 
The foreplay is going on. 5968 
Split balance 5967 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5967 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5967 
SHuguang 5967 
Going through…. 5966 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5965 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5965 
Hum vs voltage 5965 
Meow about the tubes… 5965 
To Be a Content Cat 5965 
Completed! 5962 
Tradition 5962 
Absolutely beautiful! 5962 
The 'film' caps in PS 5961 
Science or religion 5961 
Mass Extinction 5961 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5961 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5961 
Capacitor choices 5961 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5960 
The minor day of Quartets. 5960 
Them's the Breaks 5960 
Eventually! 5959 
So Soon? 5959 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5959 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5958 
The wire for DC-coupling 5958 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5958 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5958 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5957 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5956 
The DHT live reserve 5955 
Some interestng models 5955 
Eaten alive. 5955 
The tubey déjà vu? 5954 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5950 
The 4V takes a lead. 5946 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5943 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5943 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5941 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5940 
Exiting the design mode? 5940 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5940 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5936 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5935 
Setting up the new Playback 5934 
And the winner is… so far 5931 
If you like type 45... 5931 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5931 
Favorite Flavor? 5931 
The 45 times Meow... 5931 
The problem that I see is… 5931 
Running the 45 5931 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5930 
The commentaries about everything. 5930 
Driver tube and biasing 5930 
DHT drivers 5930 
The ideas are worth trying? 5930 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5926 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5926 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5925 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5925 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5925 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5925 
Operating points and cathode current 5925 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5925 
Actually it is not so simple. 5925 
Resistors at the front 5924 
A minor alternation of a position 5924 
The era of enlightenment. 5921 
The devil is in the details.... 5921 
Constructing Sound 5921 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5920 
The “strange” YO186 5911 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5866 
2S4S and 2A3 5857 
Ho to use the YO186 5850 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5850 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5850 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5848 
Not anymore! 5837 
The very good YoYonisation! 5836 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5835 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5822 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5822 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5769 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5768 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5765 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5755 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5517 
All the Best from Burgundy 5517 
Cheesy tubes 5516 
Me and my DHT references… 5407 
Y0-186 in winter. 5310 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5309 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5278 
In My Dreams 5278 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5278 
Blame? 5277 
When good is not good enough. 5277 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5277 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5276 
How the YO186 was used. 4860 
What is old is new? 4859 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4858 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4407 
That sucks. 4407 
YO186 4405 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4405 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4405 
A hallucination? 4402 
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