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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6746 
End of Life 6746 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6746 
Shallow ambitions 6746 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6746 
Acronym 6746 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6734 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6734 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6734 
It is comming along.... 6553 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6553 
The perfect corrector. 6553 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6553 
The perfect corrector - II 6552 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6551 
Wrong values shown 6550 
The deliberate mistakes? 6550 
330R anode resistors 6550 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6550 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6550 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6548 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6548 
Going on from "There" 6548 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6548 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6547 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6546 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6546 
Good for them. 6546 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6546 
A few more 6546 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6546 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6545 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6545 
Hybridizing 6545 
I love it! 6545 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6543 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6543 
SSG 6542 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6542 
USSR SSG 6542 
USSR SSG 6542 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6542 
Fixed bias 6542 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6542 
More on this, please 6541 
Interesting development! 6541 
One-Story Jack 6541 
Nature's Bias 6541 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6541 
Apologies! 6540 
Tunable Y-factor? 6540 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6540 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6535 
The sound of one hand clapping 6535 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6534 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6526 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6526 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6525 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6525 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6525 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6440 
Specific air cap changes 6440 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6440 
One tube, two channels? 6440 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6440 
"Crosstalk" 6439 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6398 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6377 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5951 
Sucks! 5879 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5878 
Um, what? 5878 
Alternative Transformer 5878 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5878 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5878 
Hmmm,I suspect 5878 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5870 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5858 
The 100Hz hum? 5858 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5858 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5858 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5857 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5857 
DIY Air-Caps? 5857 
Capacitors 5854 
Hum again. 5833 
Hm, again.... 5833 
Tribute MC iron 5548 
Changing loads 5544 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5544 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5543 
Loading on primary? 5543 
Anticipating the needs 5543 
CCS heating? 5506 
2nd stage bias mystery 5389 
It is true but it negligible. 5389 
V2 biasing continued 5388 
Works +/- properly 5387 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5387 
My assault 5360 
What, No Breadboard? 5360 
Don't laugh too loud... 5360 
So far it is good. 5360 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5360 
The assembly and the buzz 5359 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5359 
Caps and chokes 5359 
The price of fame 5359 
Tribute 5359 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5359 
Schematics 5359 
Traces 5359 
Moving Magnet 5359 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5359 
Cat smells fish? 5358 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5358 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5358 
In the box 5358 
Schematics II 5358 
A few comments. 5358 
Miscelanea 5358 
I am surprised. 5358 
Don't be 5357 
It is not about power supply. 5357 
EMI/RFI madness 5357 
Drinking in Modulation 5357 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5357 
Finito 5356 
It is only partially outside the context. 5356 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5355 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5355 
Corresponding to ? 5355 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5328 
Qualitat 5327 
The baby is sick 5283 
Last Cleaning? 5283 
Mine too... 5283 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5283 
What the hell is going on!!! 5283 
...air-caps dirty.... 5282 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5282 
Hum points 5282 
Beats and pieces. 5282 
What else? 5282 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5282 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5282 
Veggie ham 5282 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5281 
Holly idiocy! 5280 
Yes sir 5278 
I think your game is not over. 5278 
More ham 5278 
Route(s) to Ground 5278 
Grounding arrangement 5277 
Ground Thoughts 5276 
0A2 Question 5276 
Where is the Bolt? 5276 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5276 
"End of Live" tube set 5276 
GND plane 5276 
That crazy 7025. 5276 
Distributed bolt 5276 
Amperex ECC83 5276 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5276 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5276 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5276 
More findings 5275 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5275 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5274 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5274 
Grounding and trannies 5274 
Ignorance is bliss... 5272 
Shakey DIY Basics 5272 
Poor photographer 5272 
Spare the Oxen... 5272 
Is SiC sick? 5270 
Possible, so what? 5270 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5269 
Seek and you’ll find. 5269 
Filament 5269 
Filament considerations 5269 
Air caps?Buffer? 5269 
Exorcisms 5223 
Floating? 5222 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5215 
Toilet ham 5215 
The Shield 5214 
It is hard to say. 5214 
Fake bugle/teles 5214 
Never again. 5214 
Bingo! 5205 
Total current per channel 5198 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5198 
I like iron 5198 
Choke ringing 5198 
Ringing 5198 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5198 
Choke ringing again 5197 
What ringing? 5197 
Ring-ring 5197 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5197 
TT Rider 5197 
Snubbers and motors 5196 
Nice idea... 5196 
B+ 5196 
Shielded Interconnect 5196 
IC shields 5193 
The horrors of calibration 5041 
Floating Away 5041 
Ground is +/- understood 5040 
"Calibrate"??? 5040 
The self-serving calibrations. 5039 
Fighting with RIAA 5039 
The Usual 5039 
That's it! 5039 
Parts Location 5039 
Lush layout 5038 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4990 
It might be very impressive 4990 
To be clear 4990 
Shall I co? 4989 
Parts 4989 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4989 
What does it mean? 4989 
Come on! 4989 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4989 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4989 
EAR polite recess 4989 
Power sequencing? 4959 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4959 
3 Position switch 4958 
How true... 4958 
DIY Failsafe 4958 
Switch.. 4933 
Calibration problem 4908 
Resolved 4905 
Looks good 4904 
Fat LF 4904 
Loading Up 4904 
SUT's 4904 
Shunt regulation 4823 
Application dependent 4823 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4791 
It migh be an interesting company. 4791 
Amo/silver 4791 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4791 
Silver considerations 4791 
Again With the Amo 4791 
Silver path 4791 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4791 
The Path of Least Resistance 4790 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4790 
Foil 4790 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4790 
Audiopedophile's hell 4790 
In da house 4789 
Consistent anality 4788 
Right 4788 
A speculation 4786 
Mone on silver Trabants 4785 
Parts Ag 4785 
Trabant done in pure silver 4785 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4785 
Silver swamp 4785 
In the Long Run 4785 
2RM? 4780 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4780 
DIY 4779 
95%? 4779 
More on that 4779 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4779 
Fully shielded 4779 
Interesting 4779 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3975 
Creative people 3975 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3975 
It is what it is. 3974 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3974 
Gray market 3974 
Mix up 3973 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3973 
Sound beats engeneering 3380 
Engineering Crap 3380 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3380 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2877 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2292 
Snubbers 2240 
More on snubbers 2240 
Capacitors Question 2240 
Capacitors & updates 2240 
Z-foil 2240 
Loading resistors & sockets 2240 
Low noise tubes 2239 
What Works Where 2238 
What are the REAL goals? 2238 
Good engineering parctices 2238 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2238 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2238 
It was 13 years back... 2238 
Thank you 2238 
Tube Selection 2227 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2124 
Big output capacitor question. 1885 
Context/Application/Circuit 1884 
EAR 1884 
Of Course... 1884 
834pT 1883 
Who knows.... 1883 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1882 
Where? 1882 
Big cap banks 1882 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 467 
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