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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6838 
End of Life 6838 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6838 
Shallow ambitions 6838 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6838 
Acronym 6838 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6826 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6826 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6826 
It is comming along.... 6645 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6645 
The perfect corrector. 6645 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6645 
The perfect corrector - II 6644 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6643 
Wrong values shown 6642 
The deliberate mistakes? 6642 
330R anode resistors 6642 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6642 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6642 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6640 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6640 
Going on from "There" 6640 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6640 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6639 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6638 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6638 
Good for them. 6638 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6638 
A few more 6638 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6638 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6637 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6637 
Hybridizing 6637 
I love it! 6637 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6635 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6635 
SSG 6634 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6634 
USSR SSG 6634 
USSR SSG 6634 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6634 
Fixed bias 6634 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6634 
More on this, please 6633 
Interesting development! 6633 
One-Story Jack 6633 
Nature's Bias 6633 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6633 
Apologies! 6632 
Tunable Y-factor? 6632 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6632 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6627 
The sound of one hand clapping 6627 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6626 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6618 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6618 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6617 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6617 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6617 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6532 
Specific air cap changes 6532 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6532 
One tube, two channels? 6532 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6532 
"Crosstalk" 6531 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6490 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6469 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6043 
Sucks! 5971 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5970 
Um, what? 5970 
Alternative Transformer 5970 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5970 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5970 
Hmmm,I suspect 5970 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5962 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5950 
The 100Hz hum? 5950 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5950 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5950 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5949 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5949 
DIY Air-Caps? 5949 
Capacitors 5946 
Hum again. 5925 
Hm, again.... 5925 
Tribute MC iron 5640 
Changing loads 5636 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5636 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5635 
Loading on primary? 5635 
Anticipating the needs 5635 
CCS heating? 5598 
2nd stage bias mystery 5481 
It is true but it negligible. 5481 
V2 biasing continued 5480 
Works +/- properly 5479 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5479 
My assault 5452 
What, No Breadboard? 5452 
Don't laugh too loud... 5452 
So far it is good. 5452 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5452 
The assembly and the buzz 5451 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5451 
Caps and chokes 5451 
The price of fame 5451 
Tribute 5451 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5451 
Schematics 5451 
Traces 5451 
Moving Magnet 5451 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5451 
Cat smells fish? 5450 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5450 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5450 
In the box 5450 
Schematics II 5450 
A few comments. 5450 
Miscelanea 5450 
I am surprised. 5450 
Don't be 5449 
It is not about power supply. 5449 
EMI/RFI madness 5449 
Drinking in Modulation 5449 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5449 
Finito 5448 
It is only partially outside the context. 5448 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5447 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5447 
Corresponding to ? 5447 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5420 
Qualitat 5419 
The baby is sick 5375 
Last Cleaning? 5375 
Mine too... 5375 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5375 
What the hell is going on!!! 5375 
...air-caps dirty.... 5374 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5374 
Hum points 5374 
Beats and pieces. 5374 
What else? 5374 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5374 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5374 
Veggie ham 5374 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5373 
Holly idiocy! 5372 
Yes sir 5370 
I think your game is not over. 5370 
More ham 5370 
Route(s) to Ground 5370 
Grounding arrangement 5369 
Ground Thoughts 5368 
0A2 Question 5368 
Where is the Bolt? 5368 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5368 
"End of Live" tube set 5368 
GND plane 5368 
That crazy 7025. 5368 
Distributed bolt 5368 
Amperex ECC83 5368 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5368 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5368 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5368 
More findings 5367 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5367 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5366 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5366 
Grounding and trannies 5366 
Ignorance is bliss... 5364 
Shakey DIY Basics 5364 
Poor photographer 5364 
Spare the Oxen... 5364 
Is SiC sick? 5362 
Possible, so what? 5362 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5361 
Seek and you’ll find. 5361 
Filament 5361 
Filament considerations 5361 
Air caps?Buffer? 5361 
Exorcisms 5315 
Floating? 5314 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5307 
Toilet ham 5307 
The Shield 5306 
It is hard to say. 5306 
Fake bugle/teles 5306 
Never again. 5306 
Bingo! 5297 
Total current per channel 5290 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5290 
I like iron 5290 
Choke ringing 5290 
Ringing 5290 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5290 
Choke ringing again 5289 
What ringing? 5289 
Ring-ring 5289 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5289 
TT Rider 5289 
Snubbers and motors 5288 
Nice idea... 5288 
B+ 5288 
Shielded Interconnect 5288 
IC shields 5285 
The horrors of calibration 5133 
Floating Away 5133 
Ground is +/- understood 5132 
"Calibrate"??? 5132 
The self-serving calibrations. 5131 
Fighting with RIAA 5131 
The Usual 5131 
That's it! 5131 
Parts Location 5131 
Lush layout 5130 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5082 
It might be very impressive 5082 
To be clear 5082 
Shall I co? 5081 
Parts 5081 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5081 
What does it mean? 5081 
Come on! 5081 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5081 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5081 
EAR polite recess 5081 
Power sequencing? 5051 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5051 
3 Position switch 5050 
How true... 5050 
DIY Failsafe 5050 
Switch.. 5025 
Calibration problem 5000 
Resolved 4997 
Looks good 4996 
Fat LF 4996 
Loading Up 4996 
SUT's 4996 
Shunt regulation 4915 
Application dependent 4915 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4883 
It migh be an interesting company. 4883 
Amo/silver 4883 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4883 
Silver considerations 4883 
Again With the Amo 4883 
Silver path 4883 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4883 
The Path of Least Resistance 4882 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4882 
Foil 4882 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4882 
Audiopedophile's hell 4882 
In da house 4881 
Consistent anality 4880 
Right 4880 
A speculation 4878 
Mone on silver Trabants 4877 
Parts Ag 4877 
Trabant done in pure silver 4877 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4877 
Silver swamp 4877 
In the Long Run 4877 
2RM? 4872 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4872 
DIY 4871 
95%? 4871 
More on that 4871 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4871 
Fully shielded 4871 
Interesting 4871 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4067 
Creative people 4067 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4067 
It is what it is. 4066 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4066 
Gray market 4066 
Mix up 4065 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4065 
Sound beats engeneering 3472 
Engineering Crap 3472 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3472 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2969 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2384 
Snubbers 2332 
More on snubbers 2332 
Capacitors Question 2332 
Capacitors & updates 2332 
Z-foil 2332 
Loading resistors & sockets 2332 
Low noise tubes 2331 
What Works Where 2330 
What are the REAL goals? 2330 
Good engineering parctices 2330 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2330 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2330 
It was 13 years back... 2330 
Thank you 2330 
Tube Selection 2319 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2216 
Big output capacitor question. 1977 
Context/Application/Circuit 1976 
EAR 1976 
Of Course... 1976 
834pT 1975 
Who knows.... 1975 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1974 
Where? 1974 
Big cap banks 1974 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 559 
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