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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6739 
End of Life 6739 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6739 
Shallow ambitions 6739 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6739 
Acronym 6739 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6727 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6727 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6727 
It is comming along.... 6546 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6546 
The perfect corrector. 6546 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6546 
The perfect corrector - II 6545 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6544 
Wrong values shown 6543 
The deliberate mistakes? 6543 
330R anode resistors 6543 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6543 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6543 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6541 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6541 
Going on from "There" 6541 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6541 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6540 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6539 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6539 
Good for them. 6539 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6539 
A few more 6539 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6539 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6538 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6538 
Hybridizing 6538 
I love it! 6538 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6536 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6536 
SSG 6535 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6535 
USSR SSG 6535 
USSR SSG 6535 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6535 
Fixed bias 6535 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6535 
More on this, please 6534 
Interesting development! 6534 
One-Story Jack 6534 
Nature's Bias 6534 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6534 
Apologies! 6533 
Tunable Y-factor? 6533 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6533 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6528 
The sound of one hand clapping 6528 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6527 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6519 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6519 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6518 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6518 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6518 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6433 
Specific air cap changes 6433 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6433 
One tube, two channels? 6433 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6433 
"Crosstalk" 6432 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6391 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6370 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5944 
Sucks! 5872 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5871 
Um, what? 5871 
Alternative Transformer 5871 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5871 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5871 
Hmmm,I suspect 5871 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5863 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5851 
The 100Hz hum? 5851 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5851 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5851 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5850 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5850 
DIY Air-Caps? 5850 
Capacitors 5847 
Hum again. 5826 
Hm, again.... 5826 
Tribute MC iron 5541 
Changing loads 5537 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5537 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5536 
Loading on primary? 5536 
Anticipating the needs 5536 
CCS heating? 5499 
2nd stage bias mystery 5382 
It is true but it negligible. 5382 
V2 biasing continued 5381 
Works +/- properly 5380 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5380 
My assault 5353 
What, No Breadboard? 5353 
Don't laugh too loud... 5353 
So far it is good. 5353 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5353 
The assembly and the buzz 5352 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5352 
Caps and chokes 5352 
The price of fame 5352 
Tribute 5352 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5352 
Schematics 5352 
Traces 5352 
Moving Magnet 5352 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5352 
Cat smells fish? 5351 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5351 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5351 
In the box 5351 
Schematics II 5351 
A few comments. 5351 
Miscelanea 5351 
I am surprised. 5351 
Don't be 5350 
It is not about power supply. 5350 
EMI/RFI madness 5350 
Drinking in Modulation 5350 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5350 
Finito 5349 
It is only partially outside the context. 5349 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5348 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5348 
Corresponding to ? 5348 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5321 
Qualitat 5320 
The baby is sick 5276 
Last Cleaning? 5276 
Mine too... 5276 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5276 
What the hell is going on!!! 5276 
...air-caps dirty.... 5275 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5275 
Hum points 5275 
Beats and pieces. 5275 
What else? 5275 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5275 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5275 
Veggie ham 5275 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5274 
Holly idiocy! 5273 
Yes sir 5271 
I think your game is not over. 5271 
More ham 5271 
Route(s) to Ground 5271 
Grounding arrangement 5270 
Ground Thoughts 5269 
0A2 Question 5269 
Where is the Bolt? 5269 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5269 
"End of Live" tube set 5269 
GND plane 5269 
That crazy 7025. 5269 
Distributed bolt 5269 
Amperex ECC83 5269 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5269 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5269 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5269 
More findings 5268 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5268 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5267 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5267 
Grounding and trannies 5267 
Ignorance is bliss... 5265 
Shakey DIY Basics 5265 
Poor photographer 5265 
Spare the Oxen... 5265 
Is SiC sick? 5263 
Possible, so what? 5263 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5262 
Seek and you’ll find. 5262 
Filament 5262 
Filament considerations 5262 
Air caps?Buffer? 5262 
Exorcisms 5216 
Floating? 5215 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5208 
Toilet ham 5208 
The Shield 5207 
It is hard to say. 5207 
Fake bugle/teles 5207 
Never again. 5207 
Bingo! 5198 
Total current per channel 5191 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5191 
I like iron 5191 
Choke ringing 5191 
Ringing 5191 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5191 
Choke ringing again 5190 
What ringing? 5190 
Ring-ring 5190 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5190 
TT Rider 5190 
Snubbers and motors 5189 
Nice idea... 5189 
B+ 5189 
Shielded Interconnect 5189 
IC shields 5186 
The horrors of calibration 5034 
Floating Away 5034 
Ground is +/- understood 5033 
"Calibrate"??? 5033 
The self-serving calibrations. 5032 
Fighting with RIAA 5032 
The Usual 5032 
That's it! 5032 
Parts Location 5032 
Lush layout 5031 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4983 
It might be very impressive 4983 
To be clear 4983 
Shall I co? 4982 
Parts 4982 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4982 
What does it mean? 4982 
Come on! 4982 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4982 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4982 
EAR polite recess 4982 
Power sequencing? 4952 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4952 
3 Position switch 4951 
How true... 4951 
DIY Failsafe 4951 
Switch.. 4926 
Calibration problem 4901 
Resolved 4898 
Looks good 4897 
Fat LF 4897 
Loading Up 4897 
SUT's 4897 
Shunt regulation 4816 
Application dependent 4816 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4784 
It migh be an interesting company. 4784 
Amo/silver 4784 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4784 
Silver considerations 4784 
Again With the Amo 4784 
Silver path 4784 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4784 
The Path of Least Resistance 4783 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4783 
Foil 4783 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4783 
Audiopedophile's hell 4783 
In da house 4782 
Consistent anality 4781 
Right 4781 
A speculation 4779 
Mone on silver Trabants 4778 
Parts Ag 4778 
Trabant done in pure silver 4778 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4778 
Silver swamp 4778 
In the Long Run 4778 
2RM? 4773 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4773 
DIY 4772 
95%? 4772 
More on that 4772 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4772 
Fully shielded 4772 
Interesting 4772 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3968 
Creative people 3968 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3968 
It is what it is. 3967 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3967 
Gray market 3967 
Mix up 3966 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3966 
Sound beats engeneering 3373 
Engineering Crap 3373 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3373 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2870 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2285 
Snubbers 2233 
More on snubbers 2233 
Capacitors Question 2233 
Capacitors & updates 2233 
Z-foil 2233 
Loading resistors & sockets 2233 
Low noise tubes 2232 
What Works Where 2231 
What are the REAL goals? 2231 
Good engineering parctices 2231 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2231 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2231 
It was 13 years back... 2231 
Thank you 2231 
Tube Selection 2220 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2117 
Big output capacitor question. 1878 
Context/Application/Circuit 1877 
EAR 1877 
Of Course... 1877 
834pT 1876 
Who knows.... 1876 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1875 
Where? 1875 
Big cap banks 1875 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 460 
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