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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6870 
End of Life 6870 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6870 
Shallow ambitions 6870 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6870 
Acronym 6870 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6858 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6858 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6858 
It is comming along.... 6677 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6677 
The perfect corrector. 6677 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6677 
The perfect corrector - II 6676 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6675 
Wrong values shown 6674 
The deliberate mistakes? 6674 
330R anode resistors 6674 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6674 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6674 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6672 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6672 
Going on from "There" 6672 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6672 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6671 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6670 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6670 
Good for them. 6670 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6670 
A few more 6670 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6670 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6669 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6669 
Hybridizing 6669 
I love it! 6669 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6667 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6667 
SSG 6666 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6666 
USSR SSG 6666 
USSR SSG 6666 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6666 
Fixed bias 6666 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6666 
More on this, please 6665 
Interesting development! 6665 
One-Story Jack 6665 
Nature's Bias 6665 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6665 
Apologies! 6664 
Tunable Y-factor? 6664 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6664 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6659 
The sound of one hand clapping 6659 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6658 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6650 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6650 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6649 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6649 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6649 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6564 
Specific air cap changes 6564 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6564 
One tube, two channels? 6564 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6564 
"Crosstalk" 6563 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6522 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6501 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6075 
Sucks! 6003 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6002 
Um, what? 6002 
Alternative Transformer 6002 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6002 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6002 
Hmmm,I suspect 6002 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5994 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5982 
The 100Hz hum? 5982 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5982 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5982 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5981 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5981 
DIY Air-Caps? 5981 
Capacitors 5978 
Hum again. 5957 
Hm, again.... 5957 
Tribute MC iron 5672 
Changing loads 5668 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5668 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5667 
Loading on primary? 5667 
Anticipating the needs 5667 
CCS heating? 5630 
2nd stage bias mystery 5513 
It is true but it negligible. 5513 
V2 biasing continued 5512 
Works +/- properly 5511 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5511 
My assault 5484 
What, No Breadboard? 5484 
Don't laugh too loud... 5484 
So far it is good. 5484 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5484 
The assembly and the buzz 5483 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5483 
Caps and chokes 5483 
The price of fame 5483 
Tribute 5483 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5483 
Schematics 5483 
Traces 5483 
Moving Magnet 5483 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5483 
Cat smells fish? 5482 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5482 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5482 
In the box 5482 
Schematics II 5482 
A few comments. 5482 
Miscelanea 5482 
I am surprised. 5482 
Don't be 5481 
It is not about power supply. 5481 
EMI/RFI madness 5481 
Drinking in Modulation 5481 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5481 
Finito 5480 
It is only partially outside the context. 5480 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5479 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5479 
Corresponding to ? 5479 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5452 
Qualitat 5451 
The baby is sick 5407 
Last Cleaning? 5407 
Mine too... 5407 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5407 
What the hell is going on!!! 5407 
...air-caps dirty.... 5406 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5406 
Hum points 5406 
Beats and pieces. 5406 
What else? 5406 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5406 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5406 
Veggie ham 5406 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5405 
Holly idiocy! 5404 
Yes sir 5402 
I think your game is not over. 5402 
More ham 5402 
Route(s) to Ground 5402 
Grounding arrangement 5401 
Ground Thoughts 5400 
0A2 Question 5400 
Where is the Bolt? 5400 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5400 
"End of Live" tube set 5400 
GND plane 5400 
That crazy 7025. 5400 
Distributed bolt 5400 
Amperex ECC83 5400 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5400 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5400 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5400 
More findings 5399 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5399 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5398 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5398 
Grounding and trannies 5398 
Ignorance is bliss... 5396 
Shakey DIY Basics 5396 
Poor photographer 5396 
Spare the Oxen... 5396 
Is SiC sick? 5394 
Possible, so what? 5394 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5393 
Seek and you’ll find. 5393 
Filament 5393 
Filament considerations 5393 
Air caps?Buffer? 5393 
Exorcisms 5347 
Floating? 5346 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5339 
Toilet ham 5339 
The Shield 5338 
It is hard to say. 5338 
Fake bugle/teles 5338 
Never again. 5338 
Bingo! 5329 
Total current per channel 5322 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5322 
I like iron 5322 
Choke ringing 5322 
Ringing 5322 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5322 
Choke ringing again 5321 
What ringing? 5321 
Ring-ring 5321 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5321 
TT Rider 5321 
Snubbers and motors 5320 
Nice idea... 5320 
B+ 5320 
Shielded Interconnect 5320 
IC shields 5317 
The horrors of calibration 5165 
Floating Away 5165 
Ground is +/- understood 5164 
"Calibrate"??? 5164 
The self-serving calibrations. 5163 
Fighting with RIAA 5163 
The Usual 5163 
That's it! 5163 
Parts Location 5163 
Lush layout 5162 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5114 
It might be very impressive 5114 
To be clear 5114 
Shall I co? 5113 
Parts 5113 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5113 
What does it mean? 5113 
Come on! 5113 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5113 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5113 
EAR polite recess 5113 
Power sequencing? 5083 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5083 
3 Position switch 5082 
How true... 5082 
DIY Failsafe 5082 
Switch.. 5057 
Calibration problem 5032 
Resolved 5029 
Looks good 5028 
Fat LF 5028 
Loading Up 5028 
SUT's 5028 
Shunt regulation 4947 
Application dependent 4947 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4915 
It migh be an interesting company. 4915 
Amo/silver 4915 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4915 
Silver considerations 4915 
Again With the Amo 4915 
Silver path 4915 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4915 
The Path of Least Resistance 4914 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4914 
Foil 4914 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4914 
Audiopedophile's hell 4914 
In da house 4913 
Consistent anality 4912 
Right 4912 
A speculation 4910 
Mone on silver Trabants 4909 
Parts Ag 4909 
Trabant done in pure silver 4909 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4909 
Silver swamp 4909 
In the Long Run 4909 
2RM? 4904 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4904 
DIY 4903 
95%? 4903 
More on that 4903 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4903 
Fully shielded 4903 
Interesting 4903 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4099 
Creative people 4099 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4099 
It is what it is. 4098 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4098 
Gray market 4098 
Mix up 4097 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4097 
Sound beats engeneering 3504 
Engineering Crap 3504 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3504 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3001 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2416 
Snubbers 2364 
More on snubbers 2364 
Capacitors Question 2364 
Capacitors & updates 2364 
Z-foil 2364 
Loading resistors & sockets 2364 
Low noise tubes 2363 
What Works Where 2362 
What are the REAL goals? 2362 
Good engineering parctices 2362 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2362 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2362 
It was 13 years back... 2362 
Thank you 2362 
Tube Selection 2351 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2248 
Big output capacitor question. 2009 
Context/Application/Circuit 2008 
EAR 2008 
Of Course... 2008 
834pT 2007 
Who knows.... 2007 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2006 
Where? 2006 
Big cap banks 2006 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 591 
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