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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6863 
End of Life 6863 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6863 
Shallow ambitions 6863 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6863 
Acronym 6863 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6851 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6851 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6851 
It is comming along.... 6670 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6670 
The perfect corrector. 6670 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6670 
The perfect corrector - II 6669 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6668 
Wrong values shown 6667 
The deliberate mistakes? 6667 
330R anode resistors 6667 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6667 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6667 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6665 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6665 
Going on from "There" 6665 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6665 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6664 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6663 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6663 
Good for them. 6663 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6663 
A few more 6663 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6663 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6662 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6662 
Hybridizing 6662 
I love it! 6662 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6660 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6660 
SSG 6659 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6659 
USSR SSG 6659 
USSR SSG 6659 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6659 
Fixed bias 6659 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6659 
More on this, please 6658 
Interesting development! 6658 
One-Story Jack 6658 
Nature's Bias 6658 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6658 
Apologies! 6657 
Tunable Y-factor? 6657 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6657 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6652 
The sound of one hand clapping 6652 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6651 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6643 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6643 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6642 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6642 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6642 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6557 
Specific air cap changes 6557 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6557 
One tube, two channels? 6557 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6557 
"Crosstalk" 6556 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6515 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6494 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6068 
Sucks! 5996 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5995 
Um, what? 5995 
Alternative Transformer 5995 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5995 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5995 
Hmmm,I suspect 5995 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5987 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5975 
The 100Hz hum? 5975 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5975 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5975 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5974 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5974 
DIY Air-Caps? 5974 
Capacitors 5971 
Hum again. 5950 
Hm, again.... 5950 
Tribute MC iron 5665 
Changing loads 5661 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5661 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5660 
Loading on primary? 5660 
Anticipating the needs 5660 
CCS heating? 5623 
2nd stage bias mystery 5506 
It is true but it negligible. 5506 
V2 biasing continued 5505 
Works +/- properly 5504 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5504 
My assault 5477 
What, No Breadboard? 5477 
Don't laugh too loud... 5477 
So far it is good. 5477 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5477 
The assembly and the buzz 5476 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5476 
Caps and chokes 5476 
The price of fame 5476 
Tribute 5476 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5476 
Schematics 5476 
Traces 5476 
Moving Magnet 5476 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5476 
Cat smells fish? 5475 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5475 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5475 
In the box 5475 
Schematics II 5475 
A few comments. 5475 
Miscelanea 5475 
I am surprised. 5475 
Don't be 5474 
It is not about power supply. 5474 
EMI/RFI madness 5474 
Drinking in Modulation 5474 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5474 
Finito 5473 
It is only partially outside the context. 5473 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5472 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5472 
Corresponding to ? 5472 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5445 
Qualitat 5444 
The baby is sick 5400 
Last Cleaning? 5400 
Mine too... 5400 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5400 
What the hell is going on!!! 5400 
...air-caps dirty.... 5399 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5399 
Hum points 5399 
Beats and pieces. 5399 
What else? 5399 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5399 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5399 
Veggie ham 5399 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5398 
Holly idiocy! 5397 
Yes sir 5395 
I think your game is not over. 5395 
More ham 5395 
Route(s) to Ground 5395 
Grounding arrangement 5394 
Ground Thoughts 5393 
0A2 Question 5393 
Where is the Bolt? 5393 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5393 
"End of Live" tube set 5393 
GND plane 5393 
That crazy 7025. 5393 
Distributed bolt 5393 
Amperex ECC83 5393 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5393 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5393 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5393 
More findings 5392 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5392 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5391 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5391 
Grounding and trannies 5391 
Ignorance is bliss... 5389 
Shakey DIY Basics 5389 
Poor photographer 5389 
Spare the Oxen... 5389 
Is SiC sick? 5387 
Possible, so what? 5387 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5386 
Seek and you’ll find. 5386 
Filament 5386 
Filament considerations 5386 
Air caps?Buffer? 5386 
Exorcisms 5340 
Floating? 5339 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5332 
Toilet ham 5332 
The Shield 5331 
It is hard to say. 5331 
Fake bugle/teles 5331 
Never again. 5331 
Bingo! 5322 
Total current per channel 5315 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5315 
I like iron 5315 
Choke ringing 5315 
Ringing 5315 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5315 
Choke ringing again 5314 
What ringing? 5314 
Ring-ring 5314 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5314 
TT Rider 5314 
Snubbers and motors 5313 
Nice idea... 5313 
B+ 5313 
Shielded Interconnect 5313 
IC shields 5310 
The horrors of calibration 5158 
Floating Away 5158 
Ground is +/- understood 5157 
"Calibrate"??? 5157 
The self-serving calibrations. 5156 
Fighting with RIAA 5156 
The Usual 5156 
That's it! 5156 
Parts Location 5156 
Lush layout 5155 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5107 
It might be very impressive 5107 
To be clear 5107 
Shall I co? 5106 
Parts 5106 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5106 
What does it mean? 5106 
Come on! 5106 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5106 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5106 
EAR polite recess 5106 
Power sequencing? 5076 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5076 
3 Position switch 5075 
How true... 5075 
DIY Failsafe 5075 
Switch.. 5050 
Calibration problem 5025 
Resolved 5022 
Looks good 5021 
Fat LF 5021 
Loading Up 5021 
SUT's 5021 
Shunt regulation 4940 
Application dependent 4940 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4908 
It migh be an interesting company. 4908 
Amo/silver 4908 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4908 
Silver considerations 4908 
Again With the Amo 4908 
Silver path 4908 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4908 
The Path of Least Resistance 4907 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4907 
Foil 4907 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4907 
Audiopedophile's hell 4907 
In da house 4906 
Consistent anality 4905 
Right 4905 
A speculation 4903 
Mone on silver Trabants 4902 
Parts Ag 4902 
Trabant done in pure silver 4902 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4902 
Silver swamp 4902 
In the Long Run 4902 
2RM? 4897 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4897 
DIY 4896 
95%? 4896 
More on that 4896 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4896 
Fully shielded 4896 
Interesting 4896 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4092 
Creative people 4092 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4092 
It is what it is. 4091 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4091 
Gray market 4091 
Mix up 4090 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4090 
Sound beats engeneering 3497 
Engineering Crap 3497 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3497 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2994 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2409 
Snubbers 2357 
More on snubbers 2357 
Capacitors Question 2357 
Capacitors & updates 2357 
Z-foil 2357 
Loading resistors & sockets 2357 
Low noise tubes 2356 
What Works Where 2355 
What are the REAL goals? 2355 
Good engineering parctices 2355 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2355 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2355 
It was 13 years back... 2355 
Thank you 2355 
Tube Selection 2344 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2241 
Big output capacitor question. 2002 
Context/Application/Circuit 2001 
EAR 2001 
Of Course... 2001 
834pT 2000 
Who knows.... 2000 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1999 
Where? 1999 
Big cap banks 1999 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 584 
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