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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6685 
End of Life 6685 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6685 
Shallow ambitions 6685 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6685 
Acronym 6685 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6673 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6673 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6673 
It is comming along.... 6492 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6492 
The perfect corrector. 6492 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6492 
The perfect corrector - II 6491 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6490 
Wrong values shown 6489 
The deliberate mistakes? 6489 
330R anode resistors 6489 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6489 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6489 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6487 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6487 
Going on from "There" 6487 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6487 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6486 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6485 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6485 
Good for them. 6485 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6485 
A few more 6485 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6485 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6484 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6484 
Hybridizing 6484 
I love it! 6484 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6482 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6482 
SSG 6481 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6481 
USSR SSG 6481 
USSR SSG 6481 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6481 
Fixed bias 6481 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6481 
More on this, please 6480 
Interesting development! 6480 
One-Story Jack 6480 
Nature's Bias 6480 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6480 
Apologies! 6479 
Tunable Y-factor? 6479 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6479 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6474 
The sound of one hand clapping 6474 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6473 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6465 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6465 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6464 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6464 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6464 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6379 
Specific air cap changes 6379 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6379 
One tube, two channels? 6379 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6379 
"Crosstalk" 6378 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6337 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6316 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5890 
Sucks! 5818 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5817 
Um, what? 5817 
Alternative Transformer 5817 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5817 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5817 
Hmmm,I suspect 5817 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5809 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5797 
The 100Hz hum? 5797 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5797 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5797 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5796 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5796 
DIY Air-Caps? 5796 
Capacitors 5793 
Hum again. 5772 
Hm, again.... 5772 
Tribute MC iron 5487 
Changing loads 5483 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5483 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5482 
Loading on primary? 5482 
Anticipating the needs 5482 
CCS heating? 5445 
2nd stage bias mystery 5328 
It is true but it negligible. 5328 
V2 biasing continued 5327 
Works +/- properly 5326 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5326 
My assault 5299 
What, No Breadboard? 5299 
Don't laugh too loud... 5299 
So far it is good. 5299 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5299 
The assembly and the buzz 5298 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5298 
Caps and chokes 5298 
The price of fame 5298 
Tribute 5298 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5298 
Schematics 5298 
Traces 5298 
Moving Magnet 5298 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5298 
Cat smells fish? 5297 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5297 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5297 
In the box 5297 
Schematics II 5297 
A few comments. 5297 
Miscelanea 5297 
I am surprised. 5297 
Don't be 5296 
It is not about power supply. 5296 
EMI/RFI madness 5296 
Drinking in Modulation 5296 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5296 
Finito 5295 
It is only partially outside the context. 5295 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5294 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5294 
Corresponding to ? 5294 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5267 
Qualitat 5266 
The baby is sick 5222 
Last Cleaning? 5222 
Mine too... 5222 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5222 
What the hell is going on!!! 5222 
...air-caps dirty.... 5221 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5221 
Hum points 5221 
Beats and pieces. 5221 
What else? 5221 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5221 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5221 
Veggie ham 5221 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5220 
Holly idiocy! 5219 
Yes sir 5217 
I think your game is not over. 5217 
More ham 5217 
Route(s) to Ground 5217 
Grounding arrangement 5216 
Ground Thoughts 5215 
0A2 Question 5215 
Where is the Bolt? 5215 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5215 
"End of Live" tube set 5215 
GND plane 5215 
That crazy 7025. 5215 
Distributed bolt 5215 
Amperex ECC83 5215 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5215 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5215 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5215 
More findings 5214 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5214 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5213 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5213 
Grounding and trannies 5213 
Ignorance is bliss... 5211 
Shakey DIY Basics 5211 
Poor photographer 5211 
Spare the Oxen... 5211 
Is SiC sick? 5209 
Possible, so what? 5209 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5208 
Seek and you’ll find. 5208 
Filament 5208 
Filament considerations 5208 
Air caps?Buffer? 5208 
Exorcisms 5162 
Floating? 5161 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5154 
Toilet ham 5154 
The Shield 5153 
It is hard to say. 5153 
Fake bugle/teles 5153 
Never again. 5153 
Bingo! 5144 
Total current per channel 5137 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5137 
I like iron 5137 
Choke ringing 5137 
Ringing 5137 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5137 
Choke ringing again 5136 
What ringing? 5136 
Ring-ring 5136 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5136 
TT Rider 5136 
Snubbers and motors 5135 
Nice idea... 5135 
B+ 5135 
Shielded Interconnect 5135 
IC shields 5132 
The horrors of calibration 4980 
Floating Away 4980 
Ground is +/- understood 4979 
"Calibrate"??? 4979 
The self-serving calibrations. 4978 
Fighting with RIAA 4978 
The Usual 4978 
That's it! 4978 
Parts Location 4978 
Lush layout 4977 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4929 
It might be very impressive 4929 
To be clear 4929 
Shall I co? 4928 
Parts 4928 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4928 
What does it mean? 4928 
Come on! 4928 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4928 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4928 
EAR polite recess 4928 
Power sequencing? 4898 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4898 
3 Position switch 4897 
How true... 4897 
DIY Failsafe 4897 
Switch.. 4872 
Calibration problem 4847 
Resolved 4844 
Looks good 4843 
Fat LF 4843 
Loading Up 4843 
SUT's 4843 
Shunt regulation 4762 
Application dependent 4762 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4730 
It migh be an interesting company. 4730 
Amo/silver 4730 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4730 
Silver considerations 4730 
Again With the Amo 4730 
Silver path 4730 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4730 
The Path of Least Resistance 4729 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4729 
Foil 4729 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4729 
Audiopedophile's hell 4729 
In da house 4728 
Consistent anality 4727 
Right 4727 
A speculation 4725 
Mone on silver Trabants 4724 
Parts Ag 4724 
Trabant done in pure silver 4724 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4724 
Silver swamp 4724 
In the Long Run 4724 
2RM? 4719 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4719 
DIY 4718 
95%? 4718 
More on that 4718 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4718 
Fully shielded 4718 
Interesting 4718 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3914 
Creative people 3914 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3914 
It is what it is. 3913 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3913 
Gray market 3913 
Mix up 3912 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3912 
Sound beats engeneering 3319 
Engineering Crap 3319 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3319 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2816 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2231 
Snubbers 2179 
More on snubbers 2179 
Capacitors Question 2179 
Capacitors & updates 2179 
Z-foil 2179 
Loading resistors & sockets 2179 
Low noise tubes 2178 
What Works Where 2177 
What are the REAL goals? 2177 
Good engineering parctices 2177 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2177 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2177 
It was 13 years back... 2177 
Thank you 2177 
Tube Selection 2166 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2063 
Big output capacitor question. 1824 
Context/Application/Circuit 1823 
EAR 1823 
Of Course... 1823 
834pT 1822 
Who knows.... 1822 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1821 
Where? 1821 
Big cap banks 1821 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 406 
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