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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6118 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6117 
DHT Milq? 6117 
The DHT journey. 6117 
DHT tone 6117 
Well, why not? 6116 
Holding the Fort 6116 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6116 
Input tube and DC heaters 6115 
Reimyo Pat 777 6115 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6111 
DHT or 300B? 6111 
300B 6111 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6111 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6110 
Hence the confusion 6110 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6110 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6110 
My experience with DHTs 6110 
Pigmented coloration? 6110 
Dht-dht 6110 
Dynamic viscosity? 6110 
The Pallette preamp... 6110 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6110 
"soul" of tubes 6110 
There is a difference... 6110 
Vibration injection? 6110 
Homework # 4334 6110 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6110 
Old valves have more soul! 6109 
Was it soul or soil? 6109 
It was just a heading 6109 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6109 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6109 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6109 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6109 
Injection of analog dither? 6109 
Subliminal signal 6109 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6109 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6109 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6108 
Avicenna = Arabian 6108 
Persian, not Arab 6108 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6108 
More words to describe "sux" please 6108 
Revolution 6108 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6108 
One-stage DHTs 6107 
One other thing 6107 
One stage 6107 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6107 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6107 
I see the things differently. 6107 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6107 
The audiophile attitude 6107 
The where and why of design choices 6107 
Blah blah blah 6107 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6107 
Do I need to be hissing? 6107 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6107 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6107 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6106 
What is randomness? 6106 
Those least three possibilities… 6106 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6106 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6106 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6104 
A Beautiful Mind 6103 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6101 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6086 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6086 
Abandoning Milq? 6086 
Will see how it goes.... 6086 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6084 
Topology and 2A3? 6084 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6084 
Type Casting 6084 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6084 
6sn7-2a3 6084 
Topology vs parts 6084 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6084 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6084 
Parts Frenzy 6084 
Too many new sounds 6084 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6083 
New tubes 6082 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6082 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6082 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6082 
New 2A3 6082 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6081 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6080 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6080 
Czech tubes 6078 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6078 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6078 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6077 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6077 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6074 
Here she is. 6073 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6069 
New 2A3 tubes 6069 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6069 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6068 
Multistage DHT circuits 6067 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6066 
Emission Labs 2A3 6066 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6066 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6066 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6066 
The YO186 Strip Show 6066 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6065 
It will be interesting…. 6065 
OPT impedence 6065 
More about the Plate Loading 6065 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6060 
2A3 data 6060 
The New 2A3 tubes 6060 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6060 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6059 
Everything about everything. 6059 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6059 
Options, options, options.... 6059 
I think we agree overall 6059 
An IDHT with more gain? 6058 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6058 
2A3 tube impressions 6053 
Interesting analogy 6053 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6053 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6053 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6053 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6053 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6053 
Why NOS tubes? 6052 
The Holly Ignorance 6052 
Tube tasting 6052 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6052 
Make mine thoriated please 6052 
Any Germans out there? 6052 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6052 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6052 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6052 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6051 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6051 
Tube sound and vibration 6051 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6045 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6044 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6044 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6043 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6043 
B4/B5 British made 6042 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6042 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6041 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6041 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6040 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6039 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6036 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6036 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6035 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6035 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6035 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6035 
The identical operation environment? 6035 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6035 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6035 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6034 
How to get max power from 2A3 6034 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6034 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6034 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6034 
Gain is not power. 6034 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6034 
Specialized DSET approach 6034 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6034 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6034 
The 2A3 loading 6034 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6034 
Optimizing the 2A3 6034 
How much to DSET a DSET 6034 
DSET for Titan 6034 
The Best of All Worlds 6034 
Multiamp setup 6033 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6033 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6033 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6033 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6027 
2A3 and 400V supply 6027 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6026 
Another shot at numbers 6026 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6026 
Okay, so this might work.... 6026 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6026 
Looks good, but.... 6025 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6025 
Less is more... usually. 6025 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6024 
Stepping Out 6024 
Said to be good, but 6024 
Gain to lose 6024 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6024 
Another idea for losing gain 6024 
What's best 6024 
Options, options... 6024 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6024 
Other compromises... 6023 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6022 
Is it glowing yet? 6002 
It is comming.... 6002 
The new MF channel. 5996 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5995 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5987 
The intestage loading talk. 5984 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5979 
1 in 50? 5979 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5979 
Die Walküre soldering. 5978 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5977 
Another amp arond YO186 5976 
Gain? 5976 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5976 
Simple is good 5975 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5975 
The Milq DSET is up. 5974 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5972 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5972 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5971 
Ok, what do I want? 5971 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5971 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5971 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5971 
How about the tweeter? 5970 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5970 
Safe and Sound 5970 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5970 
Some clarifications. 5970 
How about that?!!! 5970 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5968 
Head Room 5968 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5967 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5967 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5967 
Again with the PS 5967 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5965 
Parallel Universe 5965 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5963 
Why I let other people build them... 5963 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5963 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5962 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5959 
MF: the pre-final version. 5959 
Loftin-White? 5959 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5959 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5959 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5955 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5955 
Define really quiet 5954 
Another variable of sound 5954 
Backlash? 5954 
Alternative filament supplies 5954 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5954 
Going down the DC path 5953 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5953 
Molecular sound 5953 
AC-DC heater supply 5953 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5953 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5953 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5953 
Hiss or Hum 5953 
AC transformers 5953 
I have seen the Promised Land 5952 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5952 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5951 
Divide and Conquer 5951 
The design phase is over. 5950 
The unexpected insanity! 5949 
Loading 5949 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5949 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5949 
Going the Distance 5949 
Read the f*** manual! 5949 
Agreed. 5949 
I agree 5949 
The filament transformer 5949 
Center-tap and options 5949 
Something like this…. 5949 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5949 
The foreplay is going on. 5949 
Split balance 5948 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5948 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5948 
SHuguang 5948 
Going through…. 5947 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5946 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5946 
Hum vs voltage 5946 
Meow about the tubes… 5946 
To Be a Content Cat 5946 
Completed! 5943 
Tradition 5943 
Absolutely beautiful! 5943 
The 'film' caps in PS 5942 
Science or religion 5942 
Mass Extinction 5942 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5942 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5942 
Capacitor choices 5942 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5941 
The minor day of Quartets. 5941 
Them's the Breaks 5941 
Eventually! 5940 
So Soon? 5940 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5940 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5939 
The wire for DC-coupling 5939 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5939 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5939 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5938 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5937 
The DHT live reserve 5936 
Some interestng models 5936 
Eaten alive. 5936 
The tubey déjà vu? 5935 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5931 
The 4V takes a lead. 5927 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5924 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5924 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5922 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5921 
Exiting the design mode? 5921 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5921 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5917 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5916 
Setting up the new Playback 5915 
And the winner is… so far 5912 
If you like type 45... 5912 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5912 
Favorite Flavor? 5912 
The 45 times Meow... 5912 
The problem that I see is… 5912 
Running the 45 5912 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5911 
The commentaries about everything. 5911 
Driver tube and biasing 5911 
DHT drivers 5911 
The ideas are worth trying? 5911 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5907 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5907 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5906 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5906 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5906 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5906 
Operating points and cathode current 5906 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5906 
Actually it is not so simple. 5906 
Resistors at the front 5905 
A minor alternation of a position 5905 
The era of enlightenment. 5902 
The devil is in the details.... 5902 
Constructing Sound 5902 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5901 
The “strange” YO186 5892 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5847 
2S4S and 2A3 5838 
Ho to use the YO186 5831 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5831 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5831 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5829 
Not anymore! 5818 
The very good YoYonisation! 5817 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5816 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5803 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5803 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5750 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5749 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5746 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5736 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5498 
All the Best from Burgundy 5498 
Cheesy tubes 5497 
Me and my DHT references… 5388 
Y0-186 in winter. 5291 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5290 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5259 
In My Dreams 5259 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5259 
Blame? 5258 
When good is not good enough. 5258 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5258 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5257 
How the YO186 was used. 4841 
What is old is new? 4840 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4839 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4388 
That sucks. 4388 
YO186 4386 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4386 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4386 
A hallucination? 4383 
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