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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6909 
End of Life 6909 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6909 
Shallow ambitions 6909 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6909 
Acronym 6909 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6897 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6897 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6897 
It is comming along.... 6716 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6716 
The perfect corrector. 6716 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6716 
The perfect corrector - II 6715 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6714 
Wrong values shown 6713 
The deliberate mistakes? 6713 
330R anode resistors 6713 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6713 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6713 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6711 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6711 
Going on from "There" 6711 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6711 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6710 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6709 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6709 
Good for them. 6709 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6709 
A few more 6709 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6709 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6708 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6708 
Hybridizing 6708 
I love it! 6708 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6706 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6706 
SSG 6705 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6705 
USSR SSG 6705 
USSR SSG 6705 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6705 
Fixed bias 6705 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6705 
More on this, please 6704 
Interesting development! 6704 
One-Story Jack 6704 
Nature's Bias 6704 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6704 
Apologies! 6703 
Tunable Y-factor? 6703 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6703 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6698 
The sound of one hand clapping 6698 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6697 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6689 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6689 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6688 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6688 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6688 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6603 
Specific air cap changes 6603 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6603 
One tube, two channels? 6603 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6603 
"Crosstalk" 6602 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6561 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6540 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6114 
Sucks! 6042 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6041 
Um, what? 6041 
Alternative Transformer 6041 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6041 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6041 
Hmmm,I suspect 6041 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6033 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6021 
The 100Hz hum? 6021 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6021 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6021 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6020 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6020 
DIY Air-Caps? 6020 
Capacitors 6017 
Hum again. 5996 
Hm, again.... 5996 
Tribute MC iron 5711 
Changing loads 5707 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5707 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5706 
Loading on primary? 5706 
Anticipating the needs 5706 
CCS heating? 5669 
2nd stage bias mystery 5552 
It is true but it negligible. 5552 
V2 biasing continued 5551 
Works +/- properly 5550 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5550 
My assault 5523 
What, No Breadboard? 5523 
Don't laugh too loud... 5523 
So far it is good. 5523 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5523 
The assembly and the buzz 5522 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5522 
Caps and chokes 5522 
The price of fame 5522 
Tribute 5522 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5522 
Schematics 5522 
Traces 5522 
Moving Magnet 5522 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5522 
Cat smells fish? 5521 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5521 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5521 
In the box 5521 
Schematics II 5521 
A few comments. 5521 
Miscelanea 5521 
I am surprised. 5521 
Don't be 5520 
It is not about power supply. 5520 
EMI/RFI madness 5520 
Drinking in Modulation 5520 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5520 
Finito 5519 
It is only partially outside the context. 5519 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5518 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5518 
Corresponding to ? 5518 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5491 
Qualitat 5490 
The baby is sick 5446 
Last Cleaning? 5446 
Mine too... 5446 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5446 
What the hell is going on!!! 5446 
...air-caps dirty.... 5445 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5445 
Hum points 5445 
Beats and pieces. 5445 
What else? 5445 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5445 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5445 
Veggie ham 5445 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5444 
Holly idiocy! 5443 
Yes sir 5441 
I think your game is not over. 5441 
More ham 5441 
Route(s) to Ground 5441 
Grounding arrangement 5440 
Ground Thoughts 5439 
0A2 Question 5439 
Where is the Bolt? 5439 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5439 
"End of Live" tube set 5439 
GND plane 5439 
That crazy 7025. 5439 
Distributed bolt 5439 
Amperex ECC83 5439 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5439 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5439 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5439 
More findings 5438 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5438 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5437 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5437 
Grounding and trannies 5437 
Ignorance is bliss... 5435 
Shakey DIY Basics 5435 
Poor photographer 5435 
Spare the Oxen... 5435 
Is SiC sick? 5433 
Possible, so what? 5433 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5432 
Seek and you’ll find. 5432 
Filament 5432 
Filament considerations 5432 
Air caps?Buffer? 5432 
Exorcisms 5386 
Floating? 5385 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5378 
Toilet ham 5378 
The Shield 5377 
It is hard to say. 5377 
Fake bugle/teles 5377 
Never again. 5377 
Bingo! 5368 
Total current per channel 5361 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5361 
I like iron 5361 
Choke ringing 5361 
Ringing 5361 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5361 
Choke ringing again 5360 
What ringing? 5360 
Ring-ring 5360 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5360 
TT Rider 5360 
Snubbers and motors 5359 
Nice idea... 5359 
B+ 5359 
Shielded Interconnect 5359 
IC shields 5356 
The horrors of calibration 5204 
Floating Away 5204 
Ground is +/- understood 5203 
"Calibrate"??? 5203 
The self-serving calibrations. 5202 
Fighting with RIAA 5202 
The Usual 5202 
That's it! 5202 
Parts Location 5202 
Lush layout 5201 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5153 
It might be very impressive 5153 
To be clear 5153 
Shall I co? 5152 
Parts 5152 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5152 
What does it mean? 5152 
Come on! 5152 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5152 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5152 
EAR polite recess 5152 
Power sequencing? 5122 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5122 
3 Position switch 5121 
How true... 5121 
DIY Failsafe 5121 
Switch.. 5096 
Calibration problem 5071 
Resolved 5068 
Looks good 5067 
Fat LF 5067 
Loading Up 5067 
SUT's 5067 
Shunt regulation 4986 
Application dependent 4986 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4954 
It migh be an interesting company. 4954 
Amo/silver 4954 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4954 
Silver considerations 4954 
Again With the Amo 4954 
Silver path 4954 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4954 
The Path of Least Resistance 4953 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4953 
Foil 4953 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4953 
Audiopedophile's hell 4953 
In da house 4952 
Consistent anality 4951 
Right 4951 
A speculation 4949 
Mone on silver Trabants 4948 
Parts Ag 4948 
Trabant done in pure silver 4948 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4948 
Silver swamp 4948 
In the Long Run 4948 
2RM? 4943 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4943 
DIY 4942 
95%? 4942 
More on that 4942 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4942 
Fully shielded 4942 
Interesting 4942 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4138 
Creative people 4138 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4138 
It is what it is. 4137 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4137 
Gray market 4137 
Mix up 4136 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4136 
Sound beats engeneering 3543 
Engineering Crap 3543 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3543 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3040 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2455 
Snubbers 2403 
More on snubbers 2403 
Capacitors Question 2403 
Capacitors & updates 2403 
Z-foil 2403 
Loading resistors & sockets 2403 
Low noise tubes 2402 
What Works Where 2401 
What are the REAL goals? 2401 
Good engineering parctices 2401 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2401 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2401 
It was 13 years back... 2401 
Thank you 2401 
Tube Selection 2390 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2287 
Big output capacitor question. 2048 
Context/Application/Circuit 2047 
EAR 2047 
Of Course... 2047 
834pT 2046 
Who knows.... 2046 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2045 
Where? 2045 
Big cap banks 2045 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 630 
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