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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6814 
End of Life 6814 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6814 
Shallow ambitions 6814 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6814 
Acronym 6814 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6802 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6802 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6802 
It is comming along.... 6621 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6621 
The perfect corrector. 6621 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6621 
The perfect corrector - II 6620 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6619 
Wrong values shown 6618 
The deliberate mistakes? 6618 
330R anode resistors 6618 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6618 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6618 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6616 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6616 
Going on from "There" 6616 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6616 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6615 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6614 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6614 
Good for them. 6614 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6614 
A few more 6614 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6614 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6613 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6613 
Hybridizing 6613 
I love it! 6613 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6611 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6611 
SSG 6610 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6610 
USSR SSG 6610 
USSR SSG 6610 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6610 
Fixed bias 6610 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6610 
More on this, please 6609 
Interesting development! 6609 
One-Story Jack 6609 
Nature's Bias 6609 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6609 
Apologies! 6608 
Tunable Y-factor? 6608 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6608 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6603 
The sound of one hand clapping 6603 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6602 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6594 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6594 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6593 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6593 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6593 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6508 
Specific air cap changes 6508 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6508 
One tube, two channels? 6508 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6508 
"Crosstalk" 6507 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6466 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6445 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6019 
Sucks! 5947 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5946 
Um, what? 5946 
Alternative Transformer 5946 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5946 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5946 
Hmmm,I suspect 5946 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5938 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5926 
The 100Hz hum? 5926 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5926 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5926 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5925 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5925 
DIY Air-Caps? 5925 
Capacitors 5922 
Hum again. 5901 
Hm, again.... 5901 
Tribute MC iron 5616 
Changing loads 5612 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5612 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5611 
Loading on primary? 5611 
Anticipating the needs 5611 
CCS heating? 5574 
2nd stage bias mystery 5457 
It is true but it negligible. 5457 
V2 biasing continued 5456 
Works +/- properly 5455 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5455 
My assault 5428 
What, No Breadboard? 5428 
Don't laugh too loud... 5428 
So far it is good. 5428 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5428 
The assembly and the buzz 5427 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5427 
Caps and chokes 5427 
The price of fame 5427 
Tribute 5427 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5427 
Schematics 5427 
Traces 5427 
Moving Magnet 5427 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5427 
Cat smells fish? 5426 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5426 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5426 
In the box 5426 
Schematics II 5426 
A few comments. 5426 
Miscelanea 5426 
I am surprised. 5426 
Don't be 5425 
It is not about power supply. 5425 
EMI/RFI madness 5425 
Drinking in Modulation 5425 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5425 
Finito 5424 
It is only partially outside the context. 5424 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5423 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5423 
Corresponding to ? 5423 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5396 
Qualitat 5395 
The baby is sick 5351 
Last Cleaning? 5351 
Mine too... 5351 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5351 
What the hell is going on!!! 5351 
...air-caps dirty.... 5350 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5350 
Hum points 5350 
Beats and pieces. 5350 
What else? 5350 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5350 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5350 
Veggie ham 5350 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5349 
Holly idiocy! 5348 
Yes sir 5346 
I think your game is not over. 5346 
More ham 5346 
Route(s) to Ground 5346 
Grounding arrangement 5345 
Ground Thoughts 5344 
0A2 Question 5344 
Where is the Bolt? 5344 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5344 
"End of Live" tube set 5344 
GND plane 5344 
That crazy 7025. 5344 
Distributed bolt 5344 
Amperex ECC83 5344 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5344 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5344 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5344 
More findings 5343 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5343 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5342 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5342 
Grounding and trannies 5342 
Ignorance is bliss... 5340 
Shakey DIY Basics 5340 
Poor photographer 5340 
Spare the Oxen... 5340 
Is SiC sick? 5338 
Possible, so what? 5338 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5337 
Seek and you’ll find. 5337 
Filament 5337 
Filament considerations 5337 
Air caps?Buffer? 5337 
Exorcisms 5291 
Floating? 5290 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5283 
Toilet ham 5283 
The Shield 5282 
It is hard to say. 5282 
Fake bugle/teles 5282 
Never again. 5282 
Bingo! 5273 
Total current per channel 5266 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5266 
I like iron 5266 
Choke ringing 5266 
Ringing 5266 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5266 
Choke ringing again 5265 
What ringing? 5265 
Ring-ring 5265 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5265 
TT Rider 5265 
Snubbers and motors 5264 
Nice idea... 5264 
B+ 5264 
Shielded Interconnect 5264 
IC shields 5261 
The horrors of calibration 5109 
Floating Away 5109 
Ground is +/- understood 5108 
"Calibrate"??? 5108 
The self-serving calibrations. 5107 
Fighting with RIAA 5107 
The Usual 5107 
That's it! 5107 
Parts Location 5107 
Lush layout 5106 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5058 
It might be very impressive 5058 
To be clear 5058 
Shall I co? 5057 
Parts 5057 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5057 
What does it mean? 5057 
Come on! 5057 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5057 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5057 
EAR polite recess 5057 
Power sequencing? 5027 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5027 
3 Position switch 5026 
How true... 5026 
DIY Failsafe 5026 
Switch.. 5001 
Calibration problem 4976 
Resolved 4973 
Looks good 4972 
Fat LF 4972 
Loading Up 4972 
SUT's 4972 
Shunt regulation 4891 
Application dependent 4891 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4859 
It migh be an interesting company. 4859 
Amo/silver 4859 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4859 
Silver considerations 4859 
Again With the Amo 4859 
Silver path 4859 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4859 
The Path of Least Resistance 4858 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4858 
Foil 4858 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4858 
Audiopedophile's hell 4858 
In da house 4857 
Consistent anality 4856 
Right 4856 
A speculation 4854 
Mone on silver Trabants 4853 
Parts Ag 4853 
Trabant done in pure silver 4853 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4853 
Silver swamp 4853 
In the Long Run 4853 
2RM? 4848 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4848 
DIY 4847 
95%? 4847 
More on that 4847 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4847 
Fully shielded 4847 
Interesting 4847 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4043 
Creative people 4043 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4043 
It is what it is. 4042 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4042 
Gray market 4042 
Mix up 4041 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4041 
Sound beats engeneering 3448 
Engineering Crap 3448 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3448 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2945 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2360 
Snubbers 2308 
More on snubbers 2308 
Capacitors Question 2308 
Capacitors & updates 2308 
Z-foil 2308 
Loading resistors & sockets 2308 
Low noise tubes 2307 
What Works Where 2306 
What are the REAL goals? 2306 
Good engineering parctices 2306 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2306 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2306 
It was 13 years back... 2306 
Thank you 2306 
Tube Selection 2295 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2192 
Big output capacitor question. 1953 
Context/Application/Circuit 1952 
EAR 1952 
Of Course... 1952 
834pT 1951 
Who knows.... 1951 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1950 
Where? 1950 
Big cap banks 1950 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 535 
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