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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6742 
End of Life 6742 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6742 
Shallow ambitions 6742 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6742 
Acronym 6742 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6730 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6730 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6730 
It is comming along.... 6549 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6549 
The perfect corrector. 6549 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6549 
The perfect corrector - II 6548 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6547 
Wrong values shown 6546 
The deliberate mistakes? 6546 
330R anode resistors 6546 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6546 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6546 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6544 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6544 
Going on from "There" 6544 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6544 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6543 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6542 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6542 
Good for them. 6542 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6542 
A few more 6542 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6542 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6541 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6541 
Hybridizing 6541 
I love it! 6541 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6539 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6539 
SSG 6538 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6538 
USSR SSG 6538 
USSR SSG 6538 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6538 
Fixed bias 6538 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6538 
More on this, please 6537 
Interesting development! 6537 
One-Story Jack 6537 
Nature's Bias 6537 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6537 
Apologies! 6536 
Tunable Y-factor? 6536 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6536 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6531 
The sound of one hand clapping 6531 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6530 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6522 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6522 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6521 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6521 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6521 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6436 
Specific air cap changes 6436 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6436 
One tube, two channels? 6436 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6436 
"Crosstalk" 6435 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6394 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6373 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5947 
Sucks! 5875 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5874 
Um, what? 5874 
Alternative Transformer 5874 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5874 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5874 
Hmmm,I suspect 5874 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5866 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5854 
The 100Hz hum? 5854 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5854 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5854 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5853 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5853 
DIY Air-Caps? 5853 
Capacitors 5850 
Hum again. 5829 
Hm, again.... 5829 
Tribute MC iron 5544 
Changing loads 5540 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5540 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5539 
Loading on primary? 5539 
Anticipating the needs 5539 
CCS heating? 5502 
2nd stage bias mystery 5385 
It is true but it negligible. 5385 
V2 biasing continued 5384 
Works +/- properly 5383 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5383 
My assault 5356 
What, No Breadboard? 5356 
Don't laugh too loud... 5356 
So far it is good. 5356 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5356 
The assembly and the buzz 5355 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5355 
Caps and chokes 5355 
The price of fame 5355 
Tribute 5355 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5355 
Schematics 5355 
Traces 5355 
Moving Magnet 5355 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5355 
Cat smells fish? 5354 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5354 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5354 
In the box 5354 
Schematics II 5354 
A few comments. 5354 
Miscelanea 5354 
I am surprised. 5354 
Don't be 5353 
It is not about power supply. 5353 
EMI/RFI madness 5353 
Drinking in Modulation 5353 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5353 
Finito 5352 
It is only partially outside the context. 5352 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5351 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5351 
Corresponding to ? 5351 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5324 
Qualitat 5323 
The baby is sick 5279 
Last Cleaning? 5279 
Mine too... 5279 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5279 
What the hell is going on!!! 5279 
...air-caps dirty.... 5278 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5278 
Hum points 5278 
Beats and pieces. 5278 
What else? 5278 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5278 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5278 
Veggie ham 5278 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5277 
Holly idiocy! 5276 
Yes sir 5274 
I think your game is not over. 5274 
More ham 5274 
Route(s) to Ground 5274 
Grounding arrangement 5273 
Ground Thoughts 5272 
0A2 Question 5272 
Where is the Bolt? 5272 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5272 
"End of Live" tube set 5272 
GND plane 5272 
That crazy 7025. 5272 
Distributed bolt 5272 
Amperex ECC83 5272 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5272 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5272 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5272 
More findings 5271 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5271 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5270 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5270 
Grounding and trannies 5270 
Ignorance is bliss... 5268 
Shakey DIY Basics 5268 
Poor photographer 5268 
Spare the Oxen... 5268 
Is SiC sick? 5266 
Possible, so what? 5266 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5265 
Seek and you’ll find. 5265 
Filament 5265 
Filament considerations 5265 
Air caps?Buffer? 5265 
Exorcisms 5219 
Floating? 5218 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5211 
Toilet ham 5211 
The Shield 5210 
It is hard to say. 5210 
Fake bugle/teles 5210 
Never again. 5210 
Bingo! 5201 
Total current per channel 5194 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5194 
I like iron 5194 
Choke ringing 5194 
Ringing 5194 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5194 
Choke ringing again 5193 
What ringing? 5193 
Ring-ring 5193 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5193 
TT Rider 5193 
Snubbers and motors 5192 
Nice idea... 5192 
B+ 5192 
Shielded Interconnect 5192 
IC shields 5189 
The horrors of calibration 5037 
Floating Away 5037 
Ground is +/- understood 5036 
"Calibrate"??? 5036 
The self-serving calibrations. 5035 
Fighting with RIAA 5035 
The Usual 5035 
That's it! 5035 
Parts Location 5035 
Lush layout 5034 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4986 
It might be very impressive 4986 
To be clear 4986 
Shall I co? 4985 
Parts 4985 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4985 
What does it mean? 4985 
Come on! 4985 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4985 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4985 
EAR polite recess 4985 
Power sequencing? 4955 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4955 
3 Position switch 4954 
How true... 4954 
DIY Failsafe 4954 
Switch.. 4929 
Calibration problem 4904 
Resolved 4901 
Looks good 4900 
Fat LF 4900 
Loading Up 4900 
SUT's 4900 
Shunt regulation 4819 
Application dependent 4819 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4787 
It migh be an interesting company. 4787 
Amo/silver 4787 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4787 
Silver considerations 4787 
Again With the Amo 4787 
Silver path 4787 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4787 
The Path of Least Resistance 4786 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4786 
Foil 4786 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4786 
Audiopedophile's hell 4786 
In da house 4785 
Consistent anality 4784 
Right 4784 
A speculation 4782 
Mone on silver Trabants 4781 
Parts Ag 4781 
Trabant done in pure silver 4781 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4781 
Silver swamp 4781 
In the Long Run 4781 
2RM? 4776 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4776 
DIY 4775 
95%? 4775 
More on that 4775 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4775 
Fully shielded 4775 
Interesting 4775 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3971 
Creative people 3971 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3971 
It is what it is. 3970 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3970 
Gray market 3970 
Mix up 3969 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3969 
Sound beats engeneering 3376 
Engineering Crap 3376 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3376 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2873 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2288 
Snubbers 2236 
More on snubbers 2236 
Capacitors Question 2236 
Capacitors & updates 2236 
Z-foil 2236 
Loading resistors & sockets 2236 
Low noise tubes 2235 
What Works Where 2234 
What are the REAL goals? 2234 
Good engineering parctices 2234 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2234 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2234 
It was 13 years back... 2234 
Thank you 2234 
Tube Selection 2223 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2120 
Big output capacitor question. 1881 
Context/Application/Circuit 1880 
EAR 1880 
Of Course... 1880 
834pT 1879 
Who knows.... 1879 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1878 
Where? 1878 
Big cap banks 1878 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 463 
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