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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6941 
End of Life 6941 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6941 
Shallow ambitions 6941 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6941 
Acronym 6941 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6929 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6929 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6929 
It is comming along.... 6748 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6748 
The perfect corrector. 6748 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6748 
The perfect corrector - II 6747 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6746 
Wrong values shown 6745 
The deliberate mistakes? 6745 
330R anode resistors 6745 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6745 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6745 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6743 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6743 
Going on from "There" 6743 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6743 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6742 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6741 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6741 
Good for them. 6741 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6741 
A few more 6741 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6741 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6740 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6740 
Hybridizing 6740 
I love it! 6740 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6738 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6738 
SSG 6737 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6737 
USSR SSG 6737 
USSR SSG 6737 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6737 
Fixed bias 6737 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6737 
More on this, please 6736 
Interesting development! 6736 
One-Story Jack 6736 
Nature's Bias 6736 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6736 
Apologies! 6735 
Tunable Y-factor? 6735 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6735 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6730 
The sound of one hand clapping 6730 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6729 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6721 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6721 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6720 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6720 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6720 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6635 
Specific air cap changes 6635 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6635 
One tube, two channels? 6635 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6635 
"Crosstalk" 6634 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6593 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6572 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6146 
Sucks! 6074 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6073 
Um, what? 6073 
Alternative Transformer 6073 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6073 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6073 
Hmmm,I suspect 6073 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6065 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6053 
The 100Hz hum? 6053 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6053 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6053 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6052 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6052 
DIY Air-Caps? 6052 
Capacitors 6049 
Hum again. 6028 
Hm, again.... 6028 
Tribute MC iron 5743 
Changing loads 5739 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5739 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5738 
Loading on primary? 5738 
Anticipating the needs 5738 
CCS heating? 5701 
2nd stage bias mystery 5584 
It is true but it negligible. 5584 
V2 biasing continued 5583 
Works +/- properly 5582 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5582 
My assault 5555 
What, No Breadboard? 5555 
Don't laugh too loud... 5555 
So far it is good. 5555 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5555 
The assembly and the buzz 5554 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5554 
Caps and chokes 5554 
The price of fame 5554 
Tribute 5554 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5554 
Schematics 5554 
Traces 5554 
Moving Magnet 5554 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5554 
Cat smells fish? 5553 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5553 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5553 
In the box 5553 
Schematics II 5553 
A few comments. 5553 
Miscelanea 5553 
I am surprised. 5553 
Don't be 5552 
It is not about power supply. 5552 
EMI/RFI madness 5552 
Drinking in Modulation 5552 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5552 
Finito 5551 
It is only partially outside the context. 5551 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5550 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5550 
Corresponding to ? 5550 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5523 
Qualitat 5522 
The baby is sick 5478 
Last Cleaning? 5478 
Mine too... 5478 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5478 
What the hell is going on!!! 5478 
...air-caps dirty.... 5477 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5477 
Hum points 5477 
Beats and pieces. 5477 
What else? 5477 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5477 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5477 
Veggie ham 5477 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5476 
Holly idiocy! 5475 
Yes sir 5473 
I think your game is not over. 5473 
More ham 5473 
Route(s) to Ground 5473 
Grounding arrangement 5472 
Ground Thoughts 5471 
0A2 Question 5471 
Where is the Bolt? 5471 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5471 
"End of Live" tube set 5471 
GND plane 5471 
That crazy 7025. 5471 
Distributed bolt 5471 
Amperex ECC83 5471 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5471 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5471 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5471 
More findings 5470 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5470 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5469 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5469 
Grounding and trannies 5469 
Ignorance is bliss... 5467 
Shakey DIY Basics 5467 
Poor photographer 5467 
Spare the Oxen... 5467 
Is SiC sick? 5465 
Possible, so what? 5465 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5464 
Seek and you’ll find. 5464 
Filament 5464 
Filament considerations 5464 
Air caps?Buffer? 5464 
Exorcisms 5418 
Floating? 5417 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5410 
Toilet ham 5410 
The Shield 5409 
It is hard to say. 5409 
Fake bugle/teles 5409 
Never again. 5409 
Bingo! 5400 
Total current per channel 5393 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5393 
I like iron 5393 
Choke ringing 5393 
Ringing 5393 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5393 
Choke ringing again 5392 
What ringing? 5392 
Ring-ring 5392 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5392 
TT Rider 5392 
Snubbers and motors 5391 
Nice idea... 5391 
B+ 5391 
Shielded Interconnect 5391 
IC shields 5388 
The horrors of calibration 5236 
Floating Away 5236 
Ground is +/- understood 5235 
"Calibrate"??? 5235 
The self-serving calibrations. 5234 
Fighting with RIAA 5234 
The Usual 5234 
That's it! 5234 
Parts Location 5234 
Lush layout 5233 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5185 
It might be very impressive 5185 
To be clear 5185 
Shall I co? 5184 
Parts 5184 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5184 
What does it mean? 5184 
Come on! 5184 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5184 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5184 
EAR polite recess 5184 
Power sequencing? 5154 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5154 
3 Position switch 5153 
How true... 5153 
DIY Failsafe 5153 
Switch.. 5128 
Calibration problem 5103 
Resolved 5100 
Looks good 5099 
Fat LF 5099 
Loading Up 5099 
SUT's 5099 
Shunt regulation 5018 
Application dependent 5018 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4986 
It migh be an interesting company. 4986 
Amo/silver 4986 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4986 
Silver considerations 4986 
Again With the Amo 4986 
Silver path 4986 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4986 
The Path of Least Resistance 4985 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4985 
Foil 4985 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4985 
Audiopedophile's hell 4985 
In da house 4984 
Consistent anality 4983 
Right 4983 
A speculation 4981 
Mone on silver Trabants 4980 
Parts Ag 4980 
Trabant done in pure silver 4980 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4980 
Silver swamp 4980 
In the Long Run 4980 
2RM? 4975 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4975 
DIY 4974 
95%? 4974 
More on that 4974 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4974 
Fully shielded 4974 
Interesting 4974 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4170 
Creative people 4170 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4170 
It is what it is. 4169 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4169 
Gray market 4169 
Mix up 4168 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4168 
Sound beats engeneering 3575 
Engineering Crap 3575 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3575 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3072 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2487 
Snubbers 2435 
More on snubbers 2435 
Capacitors Question 2435 
Capacitors & updates 2435 
Z-foil 2435 
Loading resistors & sockets 2435 
Low noise tubes 2434 
What Works Where 2433 
What are the REAL goals? 2433 
Good engineering parctices 2433 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2433 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2433 
It was 13 years back... 2433 
Thank you 2433 
Tube Selection 2422 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2319 
Big output capacitor question. 2080 
Context/Application/Circuit 2079 
EAR 2079 
Of Course... 2079 
834pT 2078 
Who knows.... 2078 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2077 
Where? 2077 
Big cap banks 2077 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 662 
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