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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6652 
End of Life 6652 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6652 
Shallow ambitions 6652 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6652 
Acronym 6652 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6640 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6640 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6640 
It is comming along.... 6459 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6459 
The perfect corrector. 6459 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6459 
The perfect corrector - II 6458 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6457 
Wrong values shown 6456 
The deliberate mistakes? 6456 
330R anode resistors 6456 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6456 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6456 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6454 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6454 
Going on from "There" 6454 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6454 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6453 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6452 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6452 
Good for them. 6452 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6452 
A few more 6452 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6452 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6451 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6451 
Hybridizing 6451 
I love it! 6451 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6449 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6449 
SSG 6448 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6448 
USSR SSG 6448 
USSR SSG 6448 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6448 
Fixed bias 6448 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6448 
More on this, please 6447 
Interesting development! 6447 
One-Story Jack 6447 
Nature's Bias 6447 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6447 
Apologies! 6446 
Tunable Y-factor? 6446 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6446 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6441 
The sound of one hand clapping 6441 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6440 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6432 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6432 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6431 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6431 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6431 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6346 
Specific air cap changes 6346 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6346 
One tube, two channels? 6346 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6346 
"Crosstalk" 6345 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6304 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6283 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5857 
Sucks! 5785 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5784 
Um, what? 5784 
Alternative Transformer 5784 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5784 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5784 
Hmmm,I suspect 5784 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5776 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5764 
The 100Hz hum? 5764 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5764 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5764 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5763 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5763 
DIY Air-Caps? 5763 
Capacitors 5760 
Hum again. 5739 
Hm, again.... 5739 
Tribute MC iron 5454 
Changing loads 5450 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5450 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5449 
Loading on primary? 5449 
Anticipating the needs 5449 
CCS heating? 5412 
2nd stage bias mystery 5295 
It is true but it negligible. 5295 
V2 biasing continued 5294 
Works +/- properly 5293 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5293 
My assault 5266 
What, No Breadboard? 5266 
Don't laugh too loud... 5266 
So far it is good. 5266 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5266 
The assembly and the buzz 5265 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5265 
Caps and chokes 5265 
The price of fame 5265 
Tribute 5265 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5265 
Schematics 5265 
Traces 5265 
Moving Magnet 5265 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5265 
Cat smells fish? 5264 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5264 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5264 
In the box 5264 
Schematics II 5264 
A few comments. 5264 
Miscelanea 5264 
I am surprised. 5264 
Don't be 5263 
It is not about power supply. 5263 
EMI/RFI madness 5263 
Drinking in Modulation 5263 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5263 
Finito 5262 
It is only partially outside the context. 5262 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5261 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5261 
Corresponding to ? 5261 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5234 
Qualitat 5233 
The baby is sick 5189 
Last Cleaning? 5189 
Mine too... 5189 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5189 
What the hell is going on!!! 5189 
...air-caps dirty.... 5188 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5188 
Hum points 5188 
Beats and pieces. 5188 
What else? 5188 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5188 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5188 
Veggie ham 5188 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5187 
Holly idiocy! 5186 
Yes sir 5184 
I think your game is not over. 5184 
More ham 5184 
Route(s) to Ground 5184 
Grounding arrangement 5183 
Ground Thoughts 5182 
0A2 Question 5182 
Where is the Bolt? 5182 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5182 
"End of Live" tube set 5182 
GND plane 5182 
That crazy 7025. 5182 
Distributed bolt 5182 
Amperex ECC83 5182 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5182 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5182 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5182 
More findings 5181 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5181 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5180 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5180 
Grounding and trannies 5180 
Ignorance is bliss... 5178 
Shakey DIY Basics 5178 
Poor photographer 5178 
Spare the Oxen... 5178 
Is SiC sick? 5176 
Possible, so what? 5176 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5175 
Seek and you’ll find. 5175 
Filament 5175 
Filament considerations 5175 
Air caps?Buffer? 5175 
Exorcisms 5129 
Floating? 5128 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5121 
Toilet ham 5121 
The Shield 5120 
It is hard to say. 5120 
Fake bugle/teles 5120 
Never again. 5120 
Bingo! 5111 
Total current per channel 5104 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5104 
I like iron 5104 
Choke ringing 5104 
Ringing 5104 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5104 
Choke ringing again 5103 
What ringing? 5103 
Ring-ring 5103 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5103 
TT Rider 5103 
Snubbers and motors 5102 
Nice idea... 5102 
B+ 5102 
Shielded Interconnect 5102 
IC shields 5099 
The horrors of calibration 4947 
Floating Away 4947 
Ground is +/- understood 4946 
"Calibrate"??? 4946 
The self-serving calibrations. 4945 
Fighting with RIAA 4945 
The Usual 4945 
That's it! 4945 
Parts Location 4945 
Lush layout 4944 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4896 
It might be very impressive 4896 
To be clear 4896 
Shall I co? 4895 
Parts 4895 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4895 
What does it mean? 4895 
Come on! 4895 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4895 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4895 
EAR polite recess 4895 
Power sequencing? 4865 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4865 
3 Position switch 4864 
How true... 4864 
DIY Failsafe 4864 
Switch.. 4839 
Calibration problem 4814 
Resolved 4811 
Looks good 4810 
Fat LF 4810 
Loading Up 4810 
SUT's 4810 
Shunt regulation 4729 
Application dependent 4729 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4697 
It migh be an interesting company. 4697 
Amo/silver 4697 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4697 
Silver considerations 4697 
Again With the Amo 4697 
Silver path 4697 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4697 
The Path of Least Resistance 4696 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4696 
Foil 4696 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4696 
Audiopedophile's hell 4696 
In da house 4695 
Consistent anality 4694 
Right 4694 
A speculation 4692 
Mone on silver Trabants 4691 
Parts Ag 4691 
Trabant done in pure silver 4691 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4691 
Silver swamp 4691 
In the Long Run 4691 
2RM? 4686 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4686 
DIY 4685 
95%? 4685 
More on that 4685 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4685 
Fully shielded 4685 
Interesting 4685 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3881 
Creative people 3881 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3881 
It is what it is. 3880 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3880 
Gray market 3880 
Mix up 3879 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3879 
Sound beats engeneering 3286 
Engineering Crap 3286 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3286 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2783 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2198 
Snubbers 2146 
More on snubbers 2146 
Capacitors Question 2146 
Capacitors & updates 2146 
Z-foil 2146 
Loading resistors & sockets 2146 
Low noise tubes 2145 
What Works Where 2144 
What are the REAL goals? 2144 
Good engineering parctices 2144 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2144 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2144 
It was 13 years back... 2144 
Thank you 2144 
Tube Selection 2133 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2030 
Big output capacitor question. 1791 
Context/Application/Circuit 1790 
EAR 1790 
Of Course... 1790 
834pT 1789 
Who knows.... 1789 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1788 
Where? 1788 
Big cap banks 1788 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 373 
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