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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6815 
End of Life 6815 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6815 
Shallow ambitions 6815 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6815 
Acronym 6815 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6803 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6803 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6803 
It is comming along.... 6622 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6622 
The perfect corrector. 6622 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6622 
The perfect corrector - II 6621 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6620 
Wrong values shown 6619 
The deliberate mistakes? 6619 
330R anode resistors 6619 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6619 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6619 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6617 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6617 
Going on from "There" 6617 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6617 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6616 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6615 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6615 
Good for them. 6615 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6615 
A few more 6615 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6615 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6614 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6614 
Hybridizing 6614 
I love it! 6614 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6612 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6612 
SSG 6611 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6611 
USSR SSG 6611 
USSR SSG 6611 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6611 
Fixed bias 6611 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6611 
More on this, please 6610 
Interesting development! 6610 
One-Story Jack 6610 
Nature's Bias 6610 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6610 
Apologies! 6609 
Tunable Y-factor? 6609 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6609 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6604 
The sound of one hand clapping 6604 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6603 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6595 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6595 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6594 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6594 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6594 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6509 
Specific air cap changes 6509 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6509 
One tube, two channels? 6509 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6509 
"Crosstalk" 6508 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6467 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6446 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6020 
Sucks! 5948 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5947 
Um, what? 5947 
Alternative Transformer 5947 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5947 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5947 
Hmmm,I suspect 5947 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5939 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5927 
The 100Hz hum? 5927 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5927 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5927 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5926 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5926 
DIY Air-Caps? 5926 
Capacitors 5923 
Hum again. 5902 
Hm, again.... 5902 
Tribute MC iron 5617 
Changing loads 5613 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5613 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5612 
Loading on primary? 5612 
Anticipating the needs 5612 
CCS heating? 5575 
2nd stage bias mystery 5458 
It is true but it negligible. 5458 
V2 biasing continued 5457 
Works +/- properly 5456 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5456 
My assault 5429 
What, No Breadboard? 5429 
Don't laugh too loud... 5429 
So far it is good. 5429 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5429 
The assembly and the buzz 5428 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5428 
Caps and chokes 5428 
The price of fame 5428 
Tribute 5428 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5428 
Schematics 5428 
Traces 5428 
Moving Magnet 5428 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5428 
Cat smells fish? 5427 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5427 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5427 
In the box 5427 
Schematics II 5427 
A few comments. 5427 
Miscelanea 5427 
I am surprised. 5427 
Don't be 5426 
It is not about power supply. 5426 
EMI/RFI madness 5426 
Drinking in Modulation 5426 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5426 
Finito 5425 
It is only partially outside the context. 5425 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5424 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5424 
Corresponding to ? 5424 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5397 
Qualitat 5396 
The baby is sick 5352 
Last Cleaning? 5352 
Mine too... 5352 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5352 
What the hell is going on!!! 5352 
...air-caps dirty.... 5351 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5351 
Hum points 5351 
Beats and pieces. 5351 
What else? 5351 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5351 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5351 
Veggie ham 5351 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5350 
Holly idiocy! 5349 
Yes sir 5347 
I think your game is not over. 5347 
More ham 5347 
Route(s) to Ground 5347 
Grounding arrangement 5346 
Ground Thoughts 5345 
0A2 Question 5345 
Where is the Bolt? 5345 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5345 
"End of Live" tube set 5345 
GND plane 5345 
That crazy 7025. 5345 
Distributed bolt 5345 
Amperex ECC83 5345 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5345 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5345 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5345 
More findings 5344 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5344 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5343 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5343 
Grounding and trannies 5343 
Ignorance is bliss... 5341 
Shakey DIY Basics 5341 
Poor photographer 5341 
Spare the Oxen... 5341 
Is SiC sick? 5339 
Possible, so what? 5339 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5338 
Seek and you’ll find. 5338 
Filament 5338 
Filament considerations 5338 
Air caps?Buffer? 5338 
Exorcisms 5292 
Floating? 5291 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5284 
Toilet ham 5284 
The Shield 5283 
It is hard to say. 5283 
Fake bugle/teles 5283 
Never again. 5283 
Bingo! 5274 
Total current per channel 5267 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5267 
I like iron 5267 
Choke ringing 5267 
Ringing 5267 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5267 
Choke ringing again 5266 
What ringing? 5266 
Ring-ring 5266 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5266 
TT Rider 5266 
Snubbers and motors 5265 
Nice idea... 5265 
B+ 5265 
Shielded Interconnect 5265 
IC shields 5262 
The horrors of calibration 5110 
Floating Away 5110 
Ground is +/- understood 5109 
"Calibrate"??? 5109 
The self-serving calibrations. 5108 
Fighting with RIAA 5108 
The Usual 5108 
That's it! 5108 
Parts Location 5108 
Lush layout 5107 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5059 
It might be very impressive 5059 
To be clear 5059 
Shall I co? 5058 
Parts 5058 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5058 
What does it mean? 5058 
Come on! 5058 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5058 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5058 
EAR polite recess 5058 
Power sequencing? 5028 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5028 
3 Position switch 5027 
How true... 5027 
DIY Failsafe 5027 
Switch.. 5002 
Calibration problem 4977 
Resolved 4974 
Looks good 4973 
Fat LF 4973 
Loading Up 4973 
SUT's 4973 
Shunt regulation 4892 
Application dependent 4892 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4860 
It migh be an interesting company. 4860 
Amo/silver 4860 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4860 
Silver considerations 4860 
Again With the Amo 4860 
Silver path 4860 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4860 
The Path of Least Resistance 4859 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4859 
Foil 4859 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4859 
Audiopedophile's hell 4859 
In da house 4858 
Consistent anality 4857 
Right 4857 
A speculation 4855 
Mone on silver Trabants 4854 
Parts Ag 4854 
Trabant done in pure silver 4854 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4854 
Silver swamp 4854 
In the Long Run 4854 
2RM? 4849 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4849 
DIY 4848 
95%? 4848 
More on that 4848 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4848 
Fully shielded 4848 
Interesting 4848 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4044 
Creative people 4044 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4044 
It is what it is. 4043 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4043 
Gray market 4043 
Mix up 4042 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4042 
Sound beats engeneering 3449 
Engineering Crap 3449 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3449 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2946 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2361 
Snubbers 2309 
More on snubbers 2309 
Capacitors Question 2309 
Capacitors & updates 2309 
Z-foil 2309 
Loading resistors & sockets 2309 
Low noise tubes 2308 
What Works Where 2307 
What are the REAL goals? 2307 
Good engineering parctices 2307 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2307 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2307 
It was 13 years back... 2307 
Thank you 2307 
Tube Selection 2296 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2193 
Big output capacitor question. 1954 
Context/Application/Circuit 1953 
EAR 1953 
Of Course... 1953 
834pT 1952 
Who knows.... 1952 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1951 
Where? 1951 
Big cap banks 1951 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 536 
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