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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6697 
End of Life 6697 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6697 
Shallow ambitions 6697 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6697 
Acronym 6697 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6685 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6685 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6685 
It is comming along.... 6504 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6504 
The perfect corrector. 6504 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6504 
The perfect corrector - II 6503 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6502 
Wrong values shown 6501 
The deliberate mistakes? 6501 
330R anode resistors 6501 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6501 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6501 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6499 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6499 
Going on from "There" 6499 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6499 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6498 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6497 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6497 
Good for them. 6497 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6497 
A few more 6497 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6497 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6496 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6496 
Hybridizing 6496 
I love it! 6496 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6494 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6494 
SSG 6493 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6493 
USSR SSG 6493 
USSR SSG 6493 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6493 
Fixed bias 6493 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6493 
More on this, please 6492 
Interesting development! 6492 
One-Story Jack 6492 
Nature's Bias 6492 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6492 
Apologies! 6491 
Tunable Y-factor? 6491 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6491 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6486 
The sound of one hand clapping 6486 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6485 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6477 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6477 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6476 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6476 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6476 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6391 
Specific air cap changes 6391 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6391 
One tube, two channels? 6391 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6391 
"Crosstalk" 6390 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6349 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6328 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5902 
Sucks! 5830 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5829 
Um, what? 5829 
Alternative Transformer 5829 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5829 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5829 
Hmmm,I suspect 5829 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5821 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5809 
The 100Hz hum? 5809 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5809 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5809 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5808 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5808 
DIY Air-Caps? 5808 
Capacitors 5805 
Hum again. 5784 
Hm, again.... 5784 
Tribute MC iron 5499 
Changing loads 5495 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5495 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5494 
Loading on primary? 5494 
Anticipating the needs 5494 
CCS heating? 5457 
2nd stage bias mystery 5340 
It is true but it negligible. 5340 
V2 biasing continued 5339 
Works +/- properly 5338 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5338 
My assault 5311 
What, No Breadboard? 5311 
Don't laugh too loud... 5311 
So far it is good. 5311 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5311 
The assembly and the buzz 5310 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5310 
Caps and chokes 5310 
The price of fame 5310 
Tribute 5310 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5310 
Schematics 5310 
Traces 5310 
Moving Magnet 5310 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5310 
Cat smells fish? 5309 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5309 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5309 
In the box 5309 
Schematics II 5309 
A few comments. 5309 
Miscelanea 5309 
I am surprised. 5309 
Don't be 5308 
It is not about power supply. 5308 
EMI/RFI madness 5308 
Drinking in Modulation 5308 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5308 
Finito 5307 
It is only partially outside the context. 5307 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5306 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5306 
Corresponding to ? 5306 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5279 
Qualitat 5278 
The baby is sick 5234 
Last Cleaning? 5234 
Mine too... 5234 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5234 
What the hell is going on!!! 5234 
...air-caps dirty.... 5233 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5233 
Hum points 5233 
Beats and pieces. 5233 
What else? 5233 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5233 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5233 
Veggie ham 5233 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5232 
Holly idiocy! 5231 
Yes sir 5229 
I think your game is not over. 5229 
More ham 5229 
Route(s) to Ground 5229 
Grounding arrangement 5228 
Ground Thoughts 5227 
0A2 Question 5227 
Where is the Bolt? 5227 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5227 
"End of Live" tube set 5227 
GND plane 5227 
That crazy 7025. 5227 
Distributed bolt 5227 
Amperex ECC83 5227 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5227 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5227 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5227 
More findings 5226 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5226 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5225 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5225 
Grounding and trannies 5225 
Ignorance is bliss... 5223 
Shakey DIY Basics 5223 
Poor photographer 5223 
Spare the Oxen... 5223 
Is SiC sick? 5221 
Possible, so what? 5221 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5220 
Seek and you’ll find. 5220 
Filament 5220 
Filament considerations 5220 
Air caps?Buffer? 5220 
Exorcisms 5174 
Floating? 5173 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5166 
Toilet ham 5166 
The Shield 5165 
It is hard to say. 5165 
Fake bugle/teles 5165 
Never again. 5165 
Bingo! 5156 
Total current per channel 5149 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5149 
I like iron 5149 
Choke ringing 5149 
Ringing 5149 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5149 
Choke ringing again 5148 
What ringing? 5148 
Ring-ring 5148 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5148 
TT Rider 5148 
Snubbers and motors 5147 
Nice idea... 5147 
B+ 5147 
Shielded Interconnect 5147 
IC shields 5144 
The horrors of calibration 4992 
Floating Away 4992 
Ground is +/- understood 4991 
"Calibrate"??? 4991 
The self-serving calibrations. 4990 
Fighting with RIAA 4990 
The Usual 4990 
That's it! 4990 
Parts Location 4990 
Lush layout 4989 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4941 
It might be very impressive 4941 
To be clear 4941 
Shall I co? 4940 
Parts 4940 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4940 
What does it mean? 4940 
Come on! 4940 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4940 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4940 
EAR polite recess 4940 
Power sequencing? 4910 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4910 
3 Position switch 4909 
How true... 4909 
DIY Failsafe 4909 
Switch.. 4884 
Calibration problem 4859 
Resolved 4856 
Looks good 4855 
Fat LF 4855 
Loading Up 4855 
SUT's 4855 
Shunt regulation 4774 
Application dependent 4774 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4742 
It migh be an interesting company. 4742 
Amo/silver 4742 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4742 
Silver considerations 4742 
Again With the Amo 4742 
Silver path 4742 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4742 
The Path of Least Resistance 4741 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4741 
Foil 4741 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4741 
Audiopedophile's hell 4741 
In da house 4740 
Consistent anality 4739 
Right 4739 
A speculation 4737 
Mone on silver Trabants 4736 
Parts Ag 4736 
Trabant done in pure silver 4736 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4736 
Silver swamp 4736 
In the Long Run 4736 
2RM? 4731 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4731 
DIY 4730 
95%? 4730 
More on that 4730 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4730 
Fully shielded 4730 
Interesting 4730 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3926 
Creative people 3926 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3926 
It is what it is. 3925 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3925 
Gray market 3925 
Mix up 3924 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3924 
Sound beats engeneering 3331 
Engineering Crap 3331 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3331 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2828 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2243 
Snubbers 2191 
More on snubbers 2191 
Capacitors Question 2191 
Capacitors & updates 2191 
Z-foil 2191 
Loading resistors & sockets 2191 
Low noise tubes 2190 
What Works Where 2189 
What are the REAL goals? 2189 
Good engineering parctices 2189 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2189 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2189 
It was 13 years back... 2189 
Thank you 2189 
Tube Selection 2178 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2075 
Big output capacitor question. 1836 
Context/Application/Circuit 1835 
EAR 1835 
Of Course... 1835 
834pT 1834 
Who knows.... 1834 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1833 
Where? 1833 
Big cap banks 1833 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 418 
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