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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6853 
End of Life 6853 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6853 
Shallow ambitions 6853 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6853 
Acronym 6853 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6841 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6841 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6841 
It is comming along.... 6660 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6660 
The perfect corrector. 6660 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6660 
The perfect corrector - II 6659 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6658 
Wrong values shown 6657 
The deliberate mistakes? 6657 
330R anode resistors 6657 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6657 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6657 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6655 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6655 
Going on from "There" 6655 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6655 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6654 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6653 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6653 
Good for them. 6653 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6653 
A few more 6653 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6653 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6652 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6652 
Hybridizing 6652 
I love it! 6652 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6650 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6650 
SSG 6649 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6649 
USSR SSG 6649 
USSR SSG 6649 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6649 
Fixed bias 6649 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6649 
More on this, please 6648 
Interesting development! 6648 
One-Story Jack 6648 
Nature's Bias 6648 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6648 
Apologies! 6647 
Tunable Y-factor? 6647 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6647 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6642 
The sound of one hand clapping 6642 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6641 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6633 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6633 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6632 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6632 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6632 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6547 
Specific air cap changes 6547 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6547 
One tube, two channels? 6547 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6547 
"Crosstalk" 6546 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6505 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6484 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6058 
Sucks! 5986 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5985 
Um, what? 5985 
Alternative Transformer 5985 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5985 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5985 
Hmmm,I suspect 5985 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5977 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5965 
The 100Hz hum? 5965 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5965 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5965 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5964 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5964 
DIY Air-Caps? 5964 
Capacitors 5961 
Hum again. 5940 
Hm, again.... 5940 
Tribute MC iron 5655 
Changing loads 5651 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5651 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5650 
Loading on primary? 5650 
Anticipating the needs 5650 
CCS heating? 5613 
2nd stage bias mystery 5496 
It is true but it negligible. 5496 
V2 biasing continued 5495 
Works +/- properly 5494 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5494 
My assault 5467 
What, No Breadboard? 5467 
Don't laugh too loud... 5467 
So far it is good. 5467 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5467 
The assembly and the buzz 5466 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5466 
Caps and chokes 5466 
The price of fame 5466 
Tribute 5466 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5466 
Schematics 5466 
Traces 5466 
Moving Magnet 5466 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5466 
Cat smells fish? 5465 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5465 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5465 
In the box 5465 
Schematics II 5465 
A few comments. 5465 
Miscelanea 5465 
I am surprised. 5465 
Don't be 5464 
It is not about power supply. 5464 
EMI/RFI madness 5464 
Drinking in Modulation 5464 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5464 
Finito 5463 
It is only partially outside the context. 5463 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5462 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5462 
Corresponding to ? 5462 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5435 
Qualitat 5434 
The baby is sick 5390 
Last Cleaning? 5390 
Mine too... 5390 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5390 
What the hell is going on!!! 5390 
...air-caps dirty.... 5389 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5389 
Hum points 5389 
Beats and pieces. 5389 
What else? 5389 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5389 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5389 
Veggie ham 5389 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5388 
Holly idiocy! 5387 
Yes sir 5385 
I think your game is not over. 5385 
More ham 5385 
Route(s) to Ground 5385 
Grounding arrangement 5384 
Ground Thoughts 5383 
0A2 Question 5383 
Where is the Bolt? 5383 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5383 
"End of Live" tube set 5383 
GND plane 5383 
That crazy 7025. 5383 
Distributed bolt 5383 
Amperex ECC83 5383 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5383 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5383 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5383 
More findings 5382 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5382 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5381 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5381 
Grounding and trannies 5381 
Ignorance is bliss... 5379 
Shakey DIY Basics 5379 
Poor photographer 5379 
Spare the Oxen... 5379 
Is SiC sick? 5377 
Possible, so what? 5377 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5376 
Seek and you’ll find. 5376 
Filament 5376 
Filament considerations 5376 
Air caps?Buffer? 5376 
Exorcisms 5330 
Floating? 5329 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5322 
Toilet ham 5322 
The Shield 5321 
It is hard to say. 5321 
Fake bugle/teles 5321 
Never again. 5321 
Bingo! 5312 
Total current per channel 5305 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5305 
I like iron 5305 
Choke ringing 5305 
Ringing 5305 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5305 
Choke ringing again 5304 
What ringing? 5304 
Ring-ring 5304 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5304 
TT Rider 5304 
Snubbers and motors 5303 
Nice idea... 5303 
B+ 5303 
Shielded Interconnect 5303 
IC shields 5300 
The horrors of calibration 5148 
Floating Away 5148 
Ground is +/- understood 5147 
"Calibrate"??? 5147 
The self-serving calibrations. 5146 
Fighting with RIAA 5146 
The Usual 5146 
That's it! 5146 
Parts Location 5146 
Lush layout 5145 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5097 
It might be very impressive 5097 
To be clear 5097 
Shall I co? 5096 
Parts 5096 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5096 
What does it mean? 5096 
Come on! 5096 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5096 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5096 
EAR polite recess 5096 
Power sequencing? 5066 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5066 
3 Position switch 5065 
How true... 5065 
DIY Failsafe 5065 
Switch.. 5040 
Calibration problem 5015 
Resolved 5012 
Looks good 5011 
Fat LF 5011 
Loading Up 5011 
SUT's 5011 
Shunt regulation 4930 
Application dependent 4930 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4898 
It migh be an interesting company. 4898 
Amo/silver 4898 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4898 
Silver considerations 4898 
Again With the Amo 4898 
Silver path 4898 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4898 
The Path of Least Resistance 4897 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4897 
Foil 4897 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4897 
Audiopedophile's hell 4897 
In da house 4896 
Consistent anality 4895 
Right 4895 
A speculation 4893 
Mone on silver Trabants 4892 
Parts Ag 4892 
Trabant done in pure silver 4892 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4892 
Silver swamp 4892 
In the Long Run 4892 
2RM? 4887 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4887 
DIY 4886 
95%? 4886 
More on that 4886 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4886 
Fully shielded 4886 
Interesting 4886 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4082 
Creative people 4082 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4082 
It is what it is. 4081 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4081 
Gray market 4081 
Mix up 4080 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4080 
Sound beats engeneering 3487 
Engineering Crap 3487 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3487 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2984 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2399 
Snubbers 2347 
More on snubbers 2347 
Capacitors Question 2347 
Capacitors & updates 2347 
Z-foil 2347 
Loading resistors & sockets 2347 
Low noise tubes 2346 
What Works Where 2345 
What are the REAL goals? 2345 
Good engineering parctices 2345 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2345 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2345 
It was 13 years back... 2345 
Thank you 2345 
Tube Selection 2334 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2231 
Big output capacitor question. 1992 
Context/Application/Circuit 1991 
EAR 1991 
Of Course... 1991 
834pT 1990 
Who knows.... 1990 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1989 
Where? 1989 
Big cap banks 1989 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 574 
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