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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6938 
End of Life 6938 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6938 
Shallow ambitions 6938 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6938 
Acronym 6938 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6926 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6926 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6926 
It is comming along.... 6745 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6745 
The perfect corrector. 6745 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6745 
The perfect corrector - II 6744 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6743 
Wrong values shown 6742 
The deliberate mistakes? 6742 
330R anode resistors 6742 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6742 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6742 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6740 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6740 
Going on from "There" 6740 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6740 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6739 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6738 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6738 
Good for them. 6738 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6738 
A few more 6738 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6738 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6737 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6737 
Hybridizing 6737 
I love it! 6737 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6735 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6735 
SSG 6734 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6734 
USSR SSG 6734 
USSR SSG 6734 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6734 
Fixed bias 6734 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6734 
More on this, please 6733 
Interesting development! 6733 
One-Story Jack 6733 
Nature's Bias 6733 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6733 
Apologies! 6732 
Tunable Y-factor? 6732 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6732 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6727 
The sound of one hand clapping 6727 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6726 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6718 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6718 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6717 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6717 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6717 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6632 
Specific air cap changes 6632 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6632 
One tube, two channels? 6632 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6632 
"Crosstalk" 6631 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6590 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6569 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6143 
Sucks! 6071 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6070 
Um, what? 6070 
Alternative Transformer 6070 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6070 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6070 
Hmmm,I suspect 6070 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6062 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6050 
The 100Hz hum? 6050 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6050 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6050 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6049 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6049 
DIY Air-Caps? 6049 
Capacitors 6046 
Hum again. 6025 
Hm, again.... 6025 
Tribute MC iron 5740 
Changing loads 5736 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5736 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5735 
Loading on primary? 5735 
Anticipating the needs 5735 
CCS heating? 5698 
2nd stage bias mystery 5581 
It is true but it negligible. 5581 
V2 biasing continued 5580 
Works +/- properly 5579 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5579 
My assault 5552 
What, No Breadboard? 5552 
Don't laugh too loud... 5552 
So far it is good. 5552 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5552 
The assembly and the buzz 5551 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5551 
Caps and chokes 5551 
The price of fame 5551 
Tribute 5551 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5551 
Schematics 5551 
Traces 5551 
Moving Magnet 5551 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5551 
Cat smells fish? 5550 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5550 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5550 
In the box 5550 
Schematics II 5550 
A few comments. 5550 
Miscelanea 5550 
I am surprised. 5550 
Don't be 5549 
It is not about power supply. 5549 
EMI/RFI madness 5549 
Drinking in Modulation 5549 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5549 
Finito 5548 
It is only partially outside the context. 5548 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5547 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5547 
Corresponding to ? 5547 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5520 
Qualitat 5519 
The baby is sick 5475 
Last Cleaning? 5475 
Mine too... 5475 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5475 
What the hell is going on!!! 5475 
...air-caps dirty.... 5474 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5474 
Hum points 5474 
Beats and pieces. 5474 
What else? 5474 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5474 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5474 
Veggie ham 5474 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5473 
Holly idiocy! 5472 
Yes sir 5470 
I think your game is not over. 5470 
More ham 5470 
Route(s) to Ground 5470 
Grounding arrangement 5469 
Ground Thoughts 5468 
0A2 Question 5468 
Where is the Bolt? 5468 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5468 
"End of Live" tube set 5468 
GND plane 5468 
That crazy 7025. 5468 
Distributed bolt 5468 
Amperex ECC83 5468 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5468 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5468 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5468 
More findings 5467 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5467 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5466 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5466 
Grounding and trannies 5466 
Ignorance is bliss... 5464 
Shakey DIY Basics 5464 
Poor photographer 5464 
Spare the Oxen... 5464 
Is SiC sick? 5462 
Possible, so what? 5462 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5461 
Seek and you’ll find. 5461 
Filament 5461 
Filament considerations 5461 
Air caps?Buffer? 5461 
Exorcisms 5415 
Floating? 5414 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5407 
Toilet ham 5407 
The Shield 5406 
It is hard to say. 5406 
Fake bugle/teles 5406 
Never again. 5406 
Bingo! 5397 
Total current per channel 5390 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5390 
I like iron 5390 
Choke ringing 5390 
Ringing 5390 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5390 
Choke ringing again 5389 
What ringing? 5389 
Ring-ring 5389 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5389 
TT Rider 5389 
Snubbers and motors 5388 
Nice idea... 5388 
B+ 5388 
Shielded Interconnect 5388 
IC shields 5385 
The horrors of calibration 5233 
Floating Away 5233 
Ground is +/- understood 5232 
"Calibrate"??? 5232 
The self-serving calibrations. 5231 
Fighting with RIAA 5231 
The Usual 5231 
That's it! 5231 
Parts Location 5231 
Lush layout 5230 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5182 
It might be very impressive 5182 
To be clear 5182 
Shall I co? 5181 
Parts 5181 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5181 
What does it mean? 5181 
Come on! 5181 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5181 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5181 
EAR polite recess 5181 
Power sequencing? 5151 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5151 
3 Position switch 5150 
How true... 5150 
DIY Failsafe 5150 
Switch.. 5125 
Calibration problem 5100 
Resolved 5097 
Looks good 5096 
Fat LF 5096 
Loading Up 5096 
SUT's 5096 
Shunt regulation 5015 
Application dependent 5015 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4983 
It migh be an interesting company. 4983 
Amo/silver 4983 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4983 
Silver considerations 4983 
Again With the Amo 4983 
Silver path 4983 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4983 
The Path of Least Resistance 4982 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4982 
Foil 4982 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4982 
Audiopedophile's hell 4982 
In da house 4981 
Consistent anality 4980 
Right 4980 
A speculation 4978 
Mone on silver Trabants 4977 
Parts Ag 4977 
Trabant done in pure silver 4977 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4977 
Silver swamp 4977 
In the Long Run 4977 
2RM? 4972 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4972 
DIY 4971 
95%? 4971 
More on that 4971 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4971 
Fully shielded 4971 
Interesting 4971 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4167 
Creative people 4167 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4167 
It is what it is. 4166 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4166 
Gray market 4166 
Mix up 4165 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4165 
Sound beats engeneering 3572 
Engineering Crap 3572 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3572 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3069 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2484 
Snubbers 2432 
More on snubbers 2432 
Capacitors Question 2432 
Capacitors & updates 2432 
Z-foil 2432 
Loading resistors & sockets 2432 
Low noise tubes 2431 
What Works Where 2430 
What are the REAL goals? 2430 
Good engineering parctices 2430 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2430 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2430 
It was 13 years back... 2430 
Thank you 2430 
Tube Selection 2419 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2316 
Big output capacitor question. 2077 
Context/Application/Circuit 2076 
EAR 2076 
Of Course... 2076 
834pT 2075 
Who knows.... 2075 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2074 
Where? 2074 
Big cap banks 2074 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 659 
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