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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6171 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6170 
DHT Milq? 6170 
The DHT journey. 6170 
DHT tone 6170 
Well, why not? 6169 
Holding the Fort 6169 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6169 
Input tube and DC heaters 6168 
Reimyo Pat 777 6168 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6164 
DHT or 300B? 6164 
300B 6164 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6164 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6163 
Hence the confusion 6163 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6163 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6163 
My experience with DHTs 6163 
Pigmented coloration? 6163 
Dht-dht 6163 
Dynamic viscosity? 6163 
The Pallette preamp... 6163 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6163 
"soul" of tubes 6163 
There is a difference... 6163 
Vibration injection? 6163 
Homework # 4334 6163 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6163 
Old valves have more soul! 6162 
Was it soul or soil? 6162 
It was just a heading 6162 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6162 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6162 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6162 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6162 
Injection of analog dither? 6162 
Subliminal signal 6162 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6162 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6162 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6161 
Avicenna = Arabian 6161 
Persian, not Arab 6161 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6161 
More words to describe "sux" please 6161 
Revolution 6161 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6161 
One-stage DHTs 6160 
One other thing 6160 
One stage 6160 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6160 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6160 
I see the things differently. 6160 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6160 
The audiophile attitude 6160 
The where and why of design choices 6160 
Blah blah blah 6160 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6160 
Do I need to be hissing? 6160 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6160 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6160 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6159 
What is randomness? 6159 
Those least three possibilities… 6159 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6159 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6159 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6157 
A Beautiful Mind 6156 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6154 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6139 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6139 
Abandoning Milq? 6139 
Will see how it goes.... 6139 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6137 
Topology and 2A3? 6137 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6137 
Type Casting 6137 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6137 
6sn7-2a3 6137 
Topology vs parts 6137 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6137 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6137 
Parts Frenzy 6137 
Too many new sounds 6137 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6136 
New tubes 6135 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6135 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6135 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6135 
New 2A3 6135 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6134 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6133 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6133 
Czech tubes 6131 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6131 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6131 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6130 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6130 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6127 
Here she is. 6126 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6122 
New 2A3 tubes 6122 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6122 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6121 
Multistage DHT circuits 6120 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6119 
Emission Labs 2A3 6119 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6119 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6119 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6119 
The YO186 Strip Show 6119 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6118 
It will be interesting…. 6118 
OPT impedence 6118 
More about the Plate Loading 6118 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6113 
2A3 data 6113 
The New 2A3 tubes 6113 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6113 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6112 
Everything about everything. 6112 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6112 
Options, options, options.... 6112 
I think we agree overall 6112 
An IDHT with more gain? 6111 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6111 
2A3 tube impressions 6106 
Interesting analogy 6106 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6106 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6106 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6106 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6106 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6106 
Why NOS tubes? 6105 
The Holly Ignorance 6105 
Tube tasting 6105 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6105 
Make mine thoriated please 6105 
Any Germans out there? 6105 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6105 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6105 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6105 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6104 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6104 
Tube sound and vibration 6104 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6098 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6097 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6097 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6096 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6096 
B4/B5 British made 6095 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6095 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6094 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6094 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6093 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6092 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6089 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6089 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6088 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6088 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6088 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6088 
The identical operation environment? 6088 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6088 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6088 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6087 
How to get max power from 2A3 6087 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6087 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6087 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6087 
Gain is not power. 6087 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6087 
Specialized DSET approach 6087 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6087 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6087 
The 2A3 loading 6087 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6087 
Optimizing the 2A3 6087 
How much to DSET a DSET 6087 
DSET for Titan 6087 
The Best of All Worlds 6087 
Multiamp setup 6086 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6086 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6086 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6086 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6080 
2A3 and 400V supply 6080 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6079 
Another shot at numbers 6079 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6079 
Okay, so this might work.... 6079 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6079 
Looks good, but.... 6078 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6078 
Less is more... usually. 6078 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6077 
Stepping Out 6077 
Said to be good, but 6077 
Gain to lose 6077 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6077 
Another idea for losing gain 6077 
What's best 6077 
Options, options... 6077 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6077 
Other compromises... 6076 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6075 
Is it glowing yet? 6055 
It is comming.... 6055 
The new MF channel. 6049 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6048 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6040 
The intestage loading talk. 6037 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6032 
1 in 50? 6032 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6032 
Die Walküre soldering. 6031 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6030 
Another amp arond YO186 6029 
Gain? 6029 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6029 
Simple is good 6028 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6028 
The Milq DSET is up. 6027 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6025 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6025 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6024 
Ok, what do I want? 6024 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6024 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6024 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6024 
How about the tweeter? 6023 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6023 
Safe and Sound 6023 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6023 
Some clarifications. 6023 
How about that?!!! 6023 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6021 
Head Room 6021 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6020 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6020 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6020 
Again with the PS 6020 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6018 
Parallel Universe 6018 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6016 
Why I let other people build them... 6016 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6016 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6015 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6012 
MF: the pre-final version. 6012 
Loftin-White? 6012 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6012 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6012 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6008 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6008 
Define really quiet 6007 
Another variable of sound 6007 
Backlash? 6007 
Alternative filament supplies 6007 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6007 
Going down the DC path 6006 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6006 
Molecular sound 6006 
AC-DC heater supply 6006 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6006 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6006 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6006 
Hiss or Hum 6006 
AC transformers 6006 
I have seen the Promised Land 6005 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6005 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6004 
Divide and Conquer 6004 
The design phase is over. 6003 
The unexpected insanity! 6002 
Loading 6002 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6002 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6002 
Going the Distance 6002 
Read the f*** manual! 6002 
Agreed. 6002 
I agree 6002 
The filament transformer 6002 
Center-tap and options 6002 
Something like this…. 6002 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6002 
The foreplay is going on. 6002 
Split balance 6001 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6001 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6001 
SHuguang 6001 
Going through…. 6000 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5999 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5999 
Hum vs voltage 5999 
Meow about the tubes… 5999 
To Be a Content Cat 5999 
Completed! 5996 
Tradition 5996 
Absolutely beautiful! 5996 
The 'film' caps in PS 5995 
Science or religion 5995 
Mass Extinction 5995 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5995 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5995 
Capacitor choices 5995 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5994 
The minor day of Quartets. 5994 
Them's the Breaks 5994 
Eventually! 5993 
So Soon? 5993 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5993 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5992 
The wire for DC-coupling 5992 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5992 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5992 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5991 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5990 
The DHT live reserve 5989 
Some interestng models 5989 
Eaten alive. 5989 
The tubey déjà vu? 5988 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5984 
The 4V takes a lead. 5980 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5977 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5977 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5975 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5974 
Exiting the design mode? 5974 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5974 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5970 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5969 
Setting up the new Playback 5968 
And the winner is… so far 5965 
If you like type 45... 5965 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5965 
Favorite Flavor? 5965 
The 45 times Meow... 5965 
The problem that I see is… 5965 
Running the 45 5965 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5964 
The commentaries about everything. 5964 
Driver tube and biasing 5964 
DHT drivers 5964 
The ideas are worth trying? 5964 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5960 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5960 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5959 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5959 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5959 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5959 
Operating points and cathode current 5959 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5959 
Actually it is not so simple. 5959 
Resistors at the front 5958 
A minor alternation of a position 5958 
The era of enlightenment. 5955 
The devil is in the details.... 5955 
Constructing Sound 5955 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5954 
The “strange” YO186 5945 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5900 
2S4S and 2A3 5891 
Ho to use the YO186 5884 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5884 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5884 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5882 
Not anymore! 5871 
The very good YoYonisation! 5870 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5869 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5856 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5856 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5803 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5802 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5799 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5789 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5551 
All the Best from Burgundy 5551 
Cheesy tubes 5550 
Me and my DHT references… 5441 
Y0-186 in winter. 5344 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5343 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5312 
In My Dreams 5312 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5312 
Blame? 5311 
When good is not good enough. 5311 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5311 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5310 
How the YO186 was used. 4894 
What is old is new? 4893 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4892 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4441 
That sucks. 4441 
YO186 4439 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4439 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4439 
A hallucination? 4436 
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