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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6608 
End of Life 6608 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6608 
Shallow ambitions 6608 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6608 
Acronym 6608 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6596 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6596 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6596 
It is comming along.... 6415 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6415 
The perfect corrector. 6415 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6415 
The perfect corrector - II 6414 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6413 
Wrong values shown 6412 
The deliberate mistakes? 6412 
330R anode resistors 6412 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6412 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6412 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6410 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6410 
Going on from "There" 6410 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6410 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6409 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6408 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6408 
Good for them. 6408 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6408 
A few more 6408 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6408 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6407 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6407 
Hybridizing 6407 
I love it! 6407 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6405 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6405 
SSG 6404 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6404 
USSR SSG 6404 
USSR SSG 6404 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6404 
Fixed bias 6404 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6404 
More on this, please 6403 
Interesting development! 6403 
One-Story Jack 6403 
Nature's Bias 6403 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6403 
Apologies! 6402 
Tunable Y-factor? 6402 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6402 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6397 
The sound of one hand clapping 6397 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6396 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6388 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6388 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6387 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6387 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6387 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6302 
Specific air cap changes 6302 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6302 
One tube, two channels? 6302 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6302 
"Crosstalk" 6301 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6260 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6239 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5813 
Sucks! 5741 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5740 
Um, what? 5740 
Alternative Transformer 5740 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5740 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5740 
Hmmm,I suspect 5740 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5732 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5720 
The 100Hz hum? 5720 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5720 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5720 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5719 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5719 
DIY Air-Caps? 5719 
Capacitors 5716 
Hum again. 5695 
Hm, again.... 5695 
Tribute MC iron 5410 
Changing loads 5406 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5406 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5405 
Loading on primary? 5405 
Anticipating the needs 5405 
CCS heating? 5368 
2nd stage bias mystery 5251 
It is true but it negligible. 5251 
V2 biasing continued 5250 
Works +/- properly 5249 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5249 
My assault 5222 
What, No Breadboard? 5222 
Don't laugh too loud... 5222 
So far it is good. 5222 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5222 
The assembly and the buzz 5221 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5221 
Caps and chokes 5221 
The price of fame 5221 
Tribute 5221 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5221 
Schematics 5221 
Traces 5221 
Moving Magnet 5221 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5221 
Cat smells fish? 5220 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5220 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5220 
In the box 5220 
Schematics II 5220 
A few comments. 5220 
Miscelanea 5220 
I am surprised. 5220 
Don't be 5219 
It is not about power supply. 5219 
EMI/RFI madness 5219 
Drinking in Modulation 5219 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5219 
Finito 5218 
It is only partially outside the context. 5218 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5217 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5217 
Corresponding to ? 5217 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5190 
Qualitat 5189 
The baby is sick 5145 
Last Cleaning? 5145 
Mine too... 5145 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5145 
What the hell is going on!!! 5145 
...air-caps dirty.... 5144 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5144 
Hum points 5144 
Beats and pieces. 5144 
What else? 5144 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5144 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5144 
Veggie ham 5144 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5143 
Holly idiocy! 5142 
Yes sir 5140 
I think your game is not over. 5140 
More ham 5140 
Route(s) to Ground 5140 
Grounding arrangement 5139 
Ground Thoughts 5138 
0A2 Question 5138 
Where is the Bolt? 5138 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5138 
"End of Live" tube set 5138 
GND plane 5138 
That crazy 7025. 5138 
Distributed bolt 5138 
Amperex ECC83 5138 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5138 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5138 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5138 
More findings 5137 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5137 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5136 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5136 
Grounding and trannies 5136 
Ignorance is bliss... 5134 
Shakey DIY Basics 5134 
Poor photographer 5134 
Spare the Oxen... 5134 
Is SiC sick? 5132 
Possible, so what? 5132 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5131 
Seek and you’ll find. 5131 
Filament 5131 
Filament considerations 5131 
Air caps?Buffer? 5131 
Exorcisms 5085 
Floating? 5084 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5077 
Toilet ham 5077 
The Shield 5076 
It is hard to say. 5076 
Fake bugle/teles 5076 
Never again. 5076 
Bingo! 5067 
Total current per channel 5060 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5060 
I like iron 5060 
Choke ringing 5060 
Ringing 5060 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5060 
Choke ringing again 5059 
What ringing? 5059 
Ring-ring 5059 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5059 
TT Rider 5059 
Snubbers and motors 5058 
Nice idea... 5058 
B+ 5058 
Shielded Interconnect 5058 
IC shields 5055 
The horrors of calibration 4903 
Floating Away 4903 
Ground is +/- understood 4902 
"Calibrate"??? 4902 
The self-serving calibrations. 4901 
Fighting with RIAA 4901 
The Usual 4901 
That's it! 4901 
Parts Location 4901 
Lush layout 4900 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4852 
It might be very impressive 4852 
To be clear 4852 
Shall I co? 4851 
Parts 4851 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4851 
What does it mean? 4851 
Come on! 4851 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4851 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4851 
EAR polite recess 4851 
Power sequencing? 4821 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4821 
3 Position switch 4820 
How true... 4820 
DIY Failsafe 4820 
Switch.. 4795 
Calibration problem 4770 
Resolved 4767 
Looks good 4766 
Fat LF 4766 
Loading Up 4766 
SUT's 4766 
Shunt regulation 4685 
Application dependent 4685 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4653 
It migh be an interesting company. 4653 
Amo/silver 4653 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4653 
Silver considerations 4653 
Again With the Amo 4653 
Silver path 4653 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4653 
The Path of Least Resistance 4652 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4652 
Foil 4652 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4652 
Audiopedophile's hell 4652 
In da house 4651 
Consistent anality 4650 
Right 4650 
A speculation 4648 
Mone on silver Trabants 4647 
Parts Ag 4647 
Trabant done in pure silver 4647 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4647 
Silver swamp 4647 
In the Long Run 4647 
2RM? 4642 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4642 
DIY 4641 
95%? 4641 
More on that 4641 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4641 
Fully shielded 4641 
Interesting 4641 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3837 
Creative people 3837 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3837 
It is what it is. 3836 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3836 
Gray market 3836 
Mix up 3835 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3835 
Sound beats engeneering 3242 
Engineering Crap 3242 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3242 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2739 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2154 
Snubbers 2102 
More on snubbers 2102 
Capacitors Question 2102 
Capacitors & updates 2102 
Z-foil 2102 
Loading resistors & sockets 2102 
Low noise tubes 2101 
What Works Where 2100 
What are the REAL goals? 2100 
Good engineering parctices 2100 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2100 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2100 
It was 13 years back... 2100 
Thank you 2100 
Tube Selection 2089 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1986 
Big output capacitor question. 1747 
Context/Application/Circuit 1746 
EAR 1746 
Of Course... 1746 
834pT 1745 
Who knows.... 1745 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1744 
Where? 1744 
Big cap banks 1744 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 329 
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