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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6638 
End of Life 6638 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6638 
Shallow ambitions 6638 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6638 
Acronym 6638 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6626 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6626 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6626 
It is comming along.... 6445 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6445 
The perfect corrector. 6445 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6445 
The perfect corrector - II 6444 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6443 
Wrong values shown 6442 
The deliberate mistakes? 6442 
330R anode resistors 6442 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6442 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6442 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6440 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6440 
Going on from "There" 6440 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6440 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6439 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6438 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6438 
Good for them. 6438 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6438 
A few more 6438 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6438 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6437 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6437 
Hybridizing 6437 
I love it! 6437 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6435 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6435 
SSG 6434 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6434 
USSR SSG 6434 
USSR SSG 6434 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6434 
Fixed bias 6434 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6434 
More on this, please 6433 
Interesting development! 6433 
One-Story Jack 6433 
Nature's Bias 6433 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6433 
Apologies! 6432 
Tunable Y-factor? 6432 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6432 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6427 
The sound of one hand clapping 6427 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6426 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6418 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6418 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6417 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6417 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6417 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6332 
Specific air cap changes 6332 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6332 
One tube, two channels? 6332 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6332 
"Crosstalk" 6331 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6290 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6269 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5843 
Sucks! 5771 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5770 
Um, what? 5770 
Alternative Transformer 5770 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5770 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5770 
Hmmm,I suspect 5770 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5762 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5750 
The 100Hz hum? 5750 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5750 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5750 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5749 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5749 
DIY Air-Caps? 5749 
Capacitors 5746 
Hum again. 5725 
Hm, again.... 5725 
Tribute MC iron 5440 
Changing loads 5436 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5436 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5435 
Loading on primary? 5435 
Anticipating the needs 5435 
CCS heating? 5398 
2nd stage bias mystery 5281 
It is true but it negligible. 5281 
V2 biasing continued 5280 
Works +/- properly 5279 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5279 
My assault 5252 
What, No Breadboard? 5252 
Don't laugh too loud... 5252 
So far it is good. 5252 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5252 
The assembly and the buzz 5251 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5251 
Caps and chokes 5251 
The price of fame 5251 
Tribute 5251 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5251 
Schematics 5251 
Traces 5251 
Moving Magnet 5251 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5251 
Cat smells fish? 5250 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5250 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5250 
In the box 5250 
Schematics II 5250 
A few comments. 5250 
Miscelanea 5250 
I am surprised. 5250 
Don't be 5249 
It is not about power supply. 5249 
EMI/RFI madness 5249 
Drinking in Modulation 5249 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5249 
Finito 5248 
It is only partially outside the context. 5248 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5247 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5247 
Corresponding to ? 5247 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5220 
Qualitat 5219 
The baby is sick 5175 
Last Cleaning? 5175 
Mine too... 5175 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5175 
What the hell is going on!!! 5175 
...air-caps dirty.... 5174 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5174 
Hum points 5174 
Beats and pieces. 5174 
What else? 5174 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5174 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5174 
Veggie ham 5174 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5173 
Holly idiocy! 5172 
Yes sir 5170 
I think your game is not over. 5170 
More ham 5170 
Route(s) to Ground 5170 
Grounding arrangement 5169 
Ground Thoughts 5168 
0A2 Question 5168 
Where is the Bolt? 5168 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5168 
"End of Live" tube set 5168 
GND plane 5168 
That crazy 7025. 5168 
Distributed bolt 5168 
Amperex ECC83 5168 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5168 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5168 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5168 
More findings 5167 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5167 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5166 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5166 
Grounding and trannies 5166 
Ignorance is bliss... 5164 
Shakey DIY Basics 5164 
Poor photographer 5164 
Spare the Oxen... 5164 
Is SiC sick? 5162 
Possible, so what? 5162 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5161 
Seek and you’ll find. 5161 
Filament 5161 
Filament considerations 5161 
Air caps?Buffer? 5161 
Exorcisms 5115 
Floating? 5114 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5107 
Toilet ham 5107 
The Shield 5106 
It is hard to say. 5106 
Fake bugle/teles 5106 
Never again. 5106 
Bingo! 5097 
Total current per channel 5090 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5090 
I like iron 5090 
Choke ringing 5090 
Ringing 5090 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5090 
Choke ringing again 5089 
What ringing? 5089 
Ring-ring 5089 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5089 
TT Rider 5089 
Snubbers and motors 5088 
Nice idea... 5088 
B+ 5088 
Shielded Interconnect 5088 
IC shields 5085 
The horrors of calibration 4933 
Floating Away 4933 
Ground is +/- understood 4932 
"Calibrate"??? 4932 
The self-serving calibrations. 4931 
Fighting with RIAA 4931 
The Usual 4931 
That's it! 4931 
Parts Location 4931 
Lush layout 4930 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4882 
It might be very impressive 4882 
To be clear 4882 
Shall I co? 4881 
Parts 4881 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4881 
What does it mean? 4881 
Come on! 4881 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4881 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4881 
EAR polite recess 4881 
Power sequencing? 4851 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4851 
3 Position switch 4850 
How true... 4850 
DIY Failsafe 4850 
Switch.. 4825 
Calibration problem 4800 
Resolved 4797 
Looks good 4796 
Fat LF 4796 
Loading Up 4796 
SUT's 4796 
Shunt regulation 4715 
Application dependent 4715 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4683 
It migh be an interesting company. 4683 
Amo/silver 4683 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4683 
Silver considerations 4683 
Again With the Amo 4683 
Silver path 4683 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4683 
The Path of Least Resistance 4682 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4682 
Foil 4682 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4682 
Audiopedophile's hell 4682 
In da house 4681 
Consistent anality 4680 
Right 4680 
A speculation 4678 
Mone on silver Trabants 4677 
Parts Ag 4677 
Trabant done in pure silver 4677 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4677 
Silver swamp 4677 
In the Long Run 4677 
2RM? 4672 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4672 
DIY 4671 
95%? 4671 
More on that 4671 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4671 
Fully shielded 4671 
Interesting 4671 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3867 
Creative people 3867 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3867 
It is what it is. 3866 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3866 
Gray market 3866 
Mix up 3865 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3865 
Sound beats engeneering 3272 
Engineering Crap 3272 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3272 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2769 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2184 
Snubbers 2132 
More on snubbers 2132 
Capacitors Question 2132 
Capacitors & updates 2132 
Z-foil 2132 
Loading resistors & sockets 2132 
Low noise tubes 2131 
What Works Where 2130 
What are the REAL goals? 2130 
Good engineering parctices 2130 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2130 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2130 
It was 13 years back... 2130 
Thank you 2130 
Tube Selection 2119 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2016 
Big output capacitor question. 1777 
Context/Application/Circuit 1776 
EAR 1776 
Of Course... 1776 
834pT 1775 
Who knows.... 1775 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1774 
Where? 1774 
Big cap banks 1774 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 359 
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