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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6729 
End of Life 6729 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6729 
Shallow ambitions 6729 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6729 
Acronym 6729 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6717 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6717 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6717 
It is comming along.... 6536 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6536 
The perfect corrector. 6536 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6536 
The perfect corrector - II 6535 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6534 
Wrong values shown 6533 
The deliberate mistakes? 6533 
330R anode resistors 6533 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6533 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6533 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6531 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6531 
Going on from "There" 6531 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6531 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6530 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6529 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6529 
Good for them. 6529 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6529 
A few more 6529 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6529 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6528 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6528 
Hybridizing 6528 
I love it! 6528 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6526 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6526 
SSG 6525 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6525 
USSR SSG 6525 
USSR SSG 6525 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6525 
Fixed bias 6525 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6525 
More on this, please 6524 
Interesting development! 6524 
One-Story Jack 6524 
Nature's Bias 6524 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6524 
Apologies! 6523 
Tunable Y-factor? 6523 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6523 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6518 
The sound of one hand clapping 6518 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6517 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6509 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6509 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6508 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6508 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6508 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6423 
Specific air cap changes 6423 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6423 
One tube, two channels? 6423 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6423 
"Crosstalk" 6422 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6381 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6360 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5934 
Sucks! 5862 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5861 
Um, what? 5861 
Alternative Transformer 5861 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5861 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5861 
Hmmm,I suspect 5861 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5853 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5841 
The 100Hz hum? 5841 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5841 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5841 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5840 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5840 
DIY Air-Caps? 5840 
Capacitors 5837 
Hum again. 5816 
Hm, again.... 5816 
Tribute MC iron 5531 
Changing loads 5527 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5527 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5526 
Loading on primary? 5526 
Anticipating the needs 5526 
CCS heating? 5489 
2nd stage bias mystery 5372 
It is true but it negligible. 5372 
V2 biasing continued 5371 
Works +/- properly 5370 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5370 
My assault 5343 
What, No Breadboard? 5343 
Don't laugh too loud... 5343 
So far it is good. 5343 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5343 
The assembly and the buzz 5342 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5342 
Caps and chokes 5342 
The price of fame 5342 
Tribute 5342 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5342 
Schematics 5342 
Traces 5342 
Moving Magnet 5342 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5342 
Cat smells fish? 5341 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5341 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5341 
In the box 5341 
Schematics II 5341 
A few comments. 5341 
Miscelanea 5341 
I am surprised. 5341 
Don't be 5340 
It is not about power supply. 5340 
EMI/RFI madness 5340 
Drinking in Modulation 5340 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5340 
Finito 5339 
It is only partially outside the context. 5339 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5338 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5338 
Corresponding to ? 5338 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5311 
Qualitat 5310 
The baby is sick 5266 
Last Cleaning? 5266 
Mine too... 5266 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5266 
What the hell is going on!!! 5266 
...air-caps dirty.... 5265 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5265 
Hum points 5265 
Beats and pieces. 5265 
What else? 5265 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5265 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5265 
Veggie ham 5265 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5264 
Holly idiocy! 5263 
Yes sir 5261 
I think your game is not over. 5261 
More ham 5261 
Route(s) to Ground 5261 
Grounding arrangement 5260 
Ground Thoughts 5259 
0A2 Question 5259 
Where is the Bolt? 5259 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5259 
"End of Live" tube set 5259 
GND plane 5259 
That crazy 7025. 5259 
Distributed bolt 5259 
Amperex ECC83 5259 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5259 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5259 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5259 
More findings 5258 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5258 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5257 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5257 
Grounding and trannies 5257 
Ignorance is bliss... 5255 
Shakey DIY Basics 5255 
Poor photographer 5255 
Spare the Oxen... 5255 
Is SiC sick? 5253 
Possible, so what? 5253 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5252 
Seek and you’ll find. 5252 
Filament 5252 
Filament considerations 5252 
Air caps?Buffer? 5252 
Exorcisms 5206 
Floating? 5205 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5198 
Toilet ham 5198 
The Shield 5197 
It is hard to say. 5197 
Fake bugle/teles 5197 
Never again. 5197 
Bingo! 5188 
Total current per channel 5181 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5181 
I like iron 5181 
Choke ringing 5181 
Ringing 5181 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5181 
Choke ringing again 5180 
What ringing? 5180 
Ring-ring 5180 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5180 
TT Rider 5180 
Snubbers and motors 5179 
Nice idea... 5179 
B+ 5179 
Shielded Interconnect 5179 
IC shields 5176 
The horrors of calibration 5024 
Floating Away 5024 
Ground is +/- understood 5023 
"Calibrate"??? 5023 
The self-serving calibrations. 5022 
Fighting with RIAA 5022 
The Usual 5022 
That's it! 5022 
Parts Location 5022 
Lush layout 5021 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4973 
It might be very impressive 4973 
To be clear 4973 
Shall I co? 4972 
Parts 4972 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4972 
What does it mean? 4972 
Come on! 4972 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4972 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4972 
EAR polite recess 4972 
Power sequencing? 4942 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4942 
3 Position switch 4941 
How true... 4941 
DIY Failsafe 4941 
Switch.. 4916 
Calibration problem 4891 
Resolved 4888 
Looks good 4887 
Fat LF 4887 
Loading Up 4887 
SUT's 4887 
Shunt regulation 4806 
Application dependent 4806 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4774 
It migh be an interesting company. 4774 
Amo/silver 4774 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4774 
Silver considerations 4774 
Again With the Amo 4774 
Silver path 4774 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4774 
The Path of Least Resistance 4773 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4773 
Foil 4773 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4773 
Audiopedophile's hell 4773 
In da house 4772 
Consistent anality 4771 
Right 4771 
A speculation 4769 
Mone on silver Trabants 4768 
Parts Ag 4768 
Trabant done in pure silver 4768 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4768 
Silver swamp 4768 
In the Long Run 4768 
2RM? 4763 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4763 
DIY 4762 
95%? 4762 
More on that 4762 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4762 
Fully shielded 4762 
Interesting 4762 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3958 
Creative people 3958 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3958 
It is what it is. 3957 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3957 
Gray market 3957 
Mix up 3956 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3956 
Sound beats engeneering 3363 
Engineering Crap 3363 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3363 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2860 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2275 
Snubbers 2223 
More on snubbers 2223 
Capacitors Question 2223 
Capacitors & updates 2223 
Z-foil 2223 
Loading resistors & sockets 2223 
Low noise tubes 2222 
What Works Where 2221 
What are the REAL goals? 2221 
Good engineering parctices 2221 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2221 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2221 
It was 13 years back... 2221 
Thank you 2221 
Tube Selection 2210 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2107 
Big output capacitor question. 1868 
Context/Application/Circuit 1867 
EAR 1867 
Of Course... 1867 
834pT 1866 
Who knows.... 1866 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1865 
Where? 1865 
Big cap banks 1865 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 450 
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