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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6416 
End of Life 6416 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6416 
Shallow ambitions 6416 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6416 
Acronym 6416 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6404 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6404 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6404 
It is comming along.... 6223 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6223 
The perfect corrector. 6223 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6223 
The perfect corrector - II 6222 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6221 
Wrong values shown 6220 
The deliberate mistakes? 6220 
330R anode resistors 6220 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6220 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6220 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6218 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6218 
Going on from "There" 6218 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6218 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6217 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6216 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6216 
Good for them. 6216 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6216 
A few more 6216 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6216 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6215 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6215 
Hybridizing 6215 
I love it! 6215 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6213 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6213 
SSG 6212 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6212 
USSR SSG 6212 
USSR SSG 6212 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6212 
Fixed bias 6212 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6212 
More on this, please 6211 
Interesting development! 6211 
One-Story Jack 6211 
Nature's Bias 6211 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6211 
Apologies! 6210 
Tunable Y-factor? 6210 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6210 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6205 
The sound of one hand clapping 6205 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6204 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6196 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6196 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6195 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6195 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6195 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6110 
Specific air cap changes 6110 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6110 
One tube, two channels? 6110 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6110 
"Crosstalk" 6109 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6068 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6047 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5621 
Sucks! 5549 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5548 
Um, what? 5548 
Alternative Transformer 5548 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5548 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5548 
Hmmm,I suspect 5548 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5540 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5528 
The 100Hz hum? 5528 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5528 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5528 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5527 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5527 
DIY Air-Caps? 5527 
Capacitors 5524 
Hum again. 5503 
Hm, again.... 5503 
Tribute MC iron 5218 
Changing loads 5214 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5214 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5213 
Loading on primary? 5213 
Anticipating the needs 5213 
CCS heating? 5176 
2nd stage bias mystery 5059 
It is true but it negligible. 5059 
V2 biasing continued 5058 
Works +/- properly 5057 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5057 
My assault 5030 
What, No Breadboard? 5030 
Don't laugh too loud... 5030 
So far it is good. 5030 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5030 
The assembly and the buzz 5029 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5029 
Caps and chokes 5029 
The price of fame 5029 
Tribute 5029 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5029 
Schematics 5029 
Traces 5029 
Moving Magnet 5029 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5029 
Cat smells fish? 5028 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5028 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5028 
In the box 5028 
Schematics II 5028 
A few comments. 5028 
Miscelanea 5028 
I am surprised. 5028 
Don't be 5027 
It is not about power supply. 5027 
EMI/RFI madness 5027 
Drinking in Modulation 5027 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5027 
Finito 5026 
It is only partially outside the context. 5026 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5025 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5025 
Corresponding to ? 5025 
A German guy take on 834PT. 4998 
Qualitat 4997 
The baby is sick 4953 
Last Cleaning? 4953 
Mine too... 4953 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 4953 
What the hell is going on!!! 4953 
...air-caps dirty.... 4952 
Too obvious perhaps ... 4952 
Hum points 4952 
Beats and pieces. 4952 
What else? 4952 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 4952 
I do not think that it is electrical. 4952 
Veggie ham 4952 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 4951 
Holly idiocy! 4950 
Yes sir 4948 
I think your game is not over. 4948 
More ham 4948 
Route(s) to Ground 4948 
Grounding arrangement 4947 
Ground Thoughts 4946 
0A2 Question 4946 
Where is the Bolt? 4946 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 4946 
"End of Live" tube set 4946 
GND plane 4946 
That crazy 7025. 4946 
Distributed bolt 4946 
Amperex ECC83 4946 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 4946 
ECC83 Amperex picture 4946 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 4946 
More findings 4945 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 4945 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 4944 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 4944 
Grounding and trannies 4944 
Ignorance is bliss... 4942 
Shakey DIY Basics 4942 
Poor photographer 4942 
Spare the Oxen... 4942 
Is SiC sick? 4940 
Possible, so what? 4940 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 4939 
Seek and you’ll find. 4939 
Filament 4939 
Filament considerations 4939 
Air caps?Buffer? 4939 
Exorcisms 4893 
Floating? 4892 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 4885 
Toilet ham 4885 
The Shield 4884 
It is hard to say. 4884 
Fake bugle/teles 4884 
Never again. 4884 
Bingo! 4875 
Total current per channel 4868 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 4868 
I like iron 4868 
Choke ringing 4868 
Ringing 4868 
Ringing is a BS reason. 4868 
Choke ringing again 4867 
What ringing? 4867 
Ring-ring 4867 
Fight Fire with Fire? 4867 
TT Rider 4867 
Snubbers and motors 4866 
Nice idea... 4866 
B+ 4866 
Shielded Interconnect 4866 
IC shields 4863 
The horrors of calibration 4711 
Floating Away 4711 
Ground is +/- understood 4710 
"Calibrate"??? 4710 
The self-serving calibrations. 4709 
Fighting with RIAA 4709 
The Usual 4709 
That's it! 4709 
Parts Location 4709 
Lush layout 4708 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4660 
It might be very impressive 4660 
To be clear 4660 
Shall I co? 4659 
Parts 4659 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4659 
What does it mean? 4659 
Come on! 4659 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4659 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4659 
EAR polite recess 4659 
Power sequencing? 4629 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4629 
3 Position switch 4628 
How true... 4628 
DIY Failsafe 4628 
Switch.. 4603 
Calibration problem 4578 
Resolved 4575 
Looks good 4574 
Fat LF 4574 
Loading Up 4574 
SUT's 4574 
Shunt regulation 4493 
Application dependent 4493 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4461 
It migh be an interesting company. 4461 
Amo/silver 4461 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4461 
Silver considerations 4461 
Again With the Amo 4461 
Silver path 4461 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4461 
The Path of Least Resistance 4460 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4460 
Foil 4460 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4460 
Audiopedophile's hell 4460 
In da house 4459 
Consistent anality 4458 
Right 4458 
A speculation 4456 
Mone on silver Trabants 4455 
Parts Ag 4455 
Trabant done in pure silver 4455 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4455 
Silver swamp 4455 
In the Long Run 4455 
2RM? 4450 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4450 
DIY 4449 
95%? 4449 
More on that 4449 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4449 
Fully shielded 4449 
Interesting 4449 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3645 
Creative people 3645 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3645 
It is what it is. 3644 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3644 
Gray market 3644 
Mix up 3643 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3643 
Sound beats engeneering 3050 
Engineering Crap 3050 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3050 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2547 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 1962 
Snubbers 1910 
More on snubbers 1910 
Capacitors Question 1910 
Capacitors & updates 1910 
Z-foil 1910 
Loading resistors & sockets 1910 
Low noise tubes 1909 
What Works Where 1908 
What are the REAL goals? 1908 
Good engineering parctices 1908 
Physical attributes of devices matter 1908 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 1908 
It was 13 years back... 1908 
Thank you 1908 
Tube Selection 1897 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1794 
Big output capacitor question. 1555 
Context/Application/Circuit 1554 
EAR 1554 
Of Course... 1554 
834pT 1553 
Who knows.... 1553 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1552 
Where? 1552 
Big cap banks 1552 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 137 
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