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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6183 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6182 
DHT Milq? 6182 
The DHT journey. 6182 
DHT tone 6182 
Well, why not? 6181 
Holding the Fort 6181 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6181 
Input tube and DC heaters 6180 
Reimyo Pat 777 6180 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6176 
DHT or 300B? 6176 
300B 6176 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6176 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6175 
Hence the confusion 6175 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6175 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6175 
My experience with DHTs 6175 
Pigmented coloration? 6175 
Dht-dht 6175 
Dynamic viscosity? 6175 
The Pallette preamp... 6175 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6175 
"soul" of tubes 6175 
There is a difference... 6175 
Vibration injection? 6175 
Homework # 4334 6175 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6175 
Old valves have more soul! 6174 
Was it soul or soil? 6174 
It was just a heading 6174 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6174 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6174 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6174 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6174 
Injection of analog dither? 6174 
Subliminal signal 6174 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6174 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6174 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6173 
Avicenna = Arabian 6173 
Persian, not Arab 6173 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6173 
More words to describe "sux" please 6173 
Revolution 6173 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6173 
One-stage DHTs 6172 
One other thing 6172 
One stage 6172 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6172 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6172 
I see the things differently. 6172 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6172 
The audiophile attitude 6172 
The where and why of design choices 6172 
Blah blah blah 6172 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6172 
Do I need to be hissing? 6172 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6172 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6172 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6171 
What is randomness? 6171 
Those least three possibilities… 6171 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6171 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6171 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6169 
A Beautiful Mind 6168 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6166 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6151 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6151 
Abandoning Milq? 6151 
Will see how it goes.... 6151 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6149 
Topology and 2A3? 6149 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6149 
Type Casting 6149 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6149 
6sn7-2a3 6149 
Topology vs parts 6149 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6149 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6149 
Parts Frenzy 6149 
Too many new sounds 6149 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6148 
New tubes 6147 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6147 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6147 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6147 
New 2A3 6147 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6146 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6145 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6145 
Czech tubes 6143 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6143 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6143 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6142 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6142 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6139 
Here she is. 6138 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6134 
New 2A3 tubes 6134 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6134 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6133 
Multistage DHT circuits 6132 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6131 
Emission Labs 2A3 6131 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6131 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6131 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6131 
The YO186 Strip Show 6131 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6130 
It will be interesting…. 6130 
OPT impedence 6130 
More about the Plate Loading 6130 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6125 
2A3 data 6125 
The New 2A3 tubes 6125 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6125 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6124 
Everything about everything. 6124 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6124 
Options, options, options.... 6124 
I think we agree overall 6124 
An IDHT with more gain? 6123 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6123 
2A3 tube impressions 6118 
Interesting analogy 6118 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6118 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6118 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6118 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6118 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6118 
Why NOS tubes? 6117 
The Holly Ignorance 6117 
Tube tasting 6117 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6117 
Make mine thoriated please 6117 
Any Germans out there? 6117 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6117 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6117 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6117 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6116 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6116 
Tube sound and vibration 6116 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6110 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6109 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6109 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6108 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6108 
B4/B5 British made 6107 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6107 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6106 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6106 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6105 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6104 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6101 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6101 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6100 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6100 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6100 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6100 
The identical operation environment? 6100 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6100 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6100 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6099 
How to get max power from 2A3 6099 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6099 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6099 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6099 
Gain is not power. 6099 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6099 
Specialized DSET approach 6099 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6099 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6099 
The 2A3 loading 6099 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6099 
Optimizing the 2A3 6099 
How much to DSET a DSET 6099 
DSET for Titan 6099 
The Best of All Worlds 6099 
Multiamp setup 6098 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6098 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6098 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6098 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6092 
2A3 and 400V supply 6092 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6091 
Another shot at numbers 6091 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6091 
Okay, so this might work.... 6091 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6091 
Looks good, but.... 6090 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6090 
Less is more... usually. 6090 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6089 
Stepping Out 6089 
Said to be good, but 6089 
Gain to lose 6089 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6089 
Another idea for losing gain 6089 
What's best 6089 
Options, options... 6089 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6089 
Other compromises... 6088 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6087 
Is it glowing yet? 6067 
It is comming.... 6067 
The new MF channel. 6061 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6060 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6052 
The intestage loading talk. 6049 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6044 
1 in 50? 6044 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6044 
Die Walküre soldering. 6043 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6042 
Another amp arond YO186 6041 
Gain? 6041 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6041 
Simple is good 6040 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6040 
The Milq DSET is up. 6039 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6037 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6037 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6036 
Ok, what do I want? 6036 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6036 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6036 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6036 
How about the tweeter? 6035 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6035 
Safe and Sound 6035 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6035 
Some clarifications. 6035 
How about that?!!! 6035 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6033 
Head Room 6033 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6032 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6032 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6032 
Again with the PS 6032 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6030 
Parallel Universe 6030 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6028 
Why I let other people build them... 6028 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6028 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6027 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6024 
MF: the pre-final version. 6024 
Loftin-White? 6024 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6024 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6024 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6020 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6020 
Define really quiet 6019 
Another variable of sound 6019 
Backlash? 6019 
Alternative filament supplies 6019 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6019 
Going down the DC path 6018 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6018 
Molecular sound 6018 
AC-DC heater supply 6018 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6018 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6018 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6018 
Hiss or Hum 6018 
AC transformers 6018 
I have seen the Promised Land 6017 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6017 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6016 
Divide and Conquer 6016 
The design phase is over. 6015 
The unexpected insanity! 6014 
Loading 6014 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6014 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6014 
Going the Distance 6014 
Read the f*** manual! 6014 
Agreed. 6014 
I agree 6014 
The filament transformer 6014 
Center-tap and options 6014 
Something like this…. 6014 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6014 
The foreplay is going on. 6014 
Split balance 6013 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6013 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6013 
SHuguang 6013 
Going through…. 6012 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6011 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6011 
Hum vs voltage 6011 
Meow about the tubes… 6011 
To Be a Content Cat 6011 
Completed! 6008 
Tradition 6008 
Absolutely beautiful! 6008 
The 'film' caps in PS 6007 
Science or religion 6007 
Mass Extinction 6007 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6007 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6007 
Capacitor choices 6007 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6006 
The minor day of Quartets. 6006 
Them's the Breaks 6006 
Eventually! 6005 
So Soon? 6005 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6005 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6004 
The wire for DC-coupling 6004 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6004 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6004 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6003 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6002 
The DHT live reserve 6001 
Some interestng models 6001 
Eaten alive. 6001 
The tubey déjà vu? 6000 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5996 
The 4V takes a lead. 5992 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5989 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5989 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5987 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5986 
Exiting the design mode? 5986 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5986 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5982 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5981 
Setting up the new Playback 5980 
And the winner is… so far 5977 
If you like type 45... 5977 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5977 
Favorite Flavor? 5977 
The 45 times Meow... 5977 
The problem that I see is… 5977 
Running the 45 5977 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5976 
The commentaries about everything. 5976 
Driver tube and biasing 5976 
DHT drivers 5976 
The ideas are worth trying? 5976 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5972 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5972 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5971 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5971 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5971 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5971 
Operating points and cathode current 5971 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5971 
Actually it is not so simple. 5971 
Resistors at the front 5970 
A minor alternation of a position 5970 
The era of enlightenment. 5967 
The devil is in the details.... 5967 
Constructing Sound 5967 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5966 
The “strange” YO186 5957 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5912 
2S4S and 2A3 5903 
Ho to use the YO186 5896 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5896 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5896 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5894 
Not anymore! 5883 
The very good YoYonisation! 5882 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5881 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5868 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5868 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5815 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5814 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5811 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5801 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5563 
All the Best from Burgundy 5563 
Cheesy tubes 5562 
Me and my DHT references… 5453 
Y0-186 in winter. 5356 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5355 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5324 
In My Dreams 5324 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5324 
Blame? 5323 
When good is not good enough. 5323 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5323 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5322 
How the YO186 was used. 4906 
What is old is new? 4905 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4904 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4453 
That sucks. 4453 
YO186 4451 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4451 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4451 
A hallucination? 4448 
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