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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6640 
End of Life 6640 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6640 
Shallow ambitions 6640 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6640 
Acronym 6640 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6628 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6628 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6628 
It is comming along.... 6447 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6447 
The perfect corrector. 6447 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6447 
The perfect corrector - II 6446 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6445 
Wrong values shown 6444 
The deliberate mistakes? 6444 
330R anode resistors 6444 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6444 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6444 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6442 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6442 
Going on from "There" 6442 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6442 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6441 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6440 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6440 
Good for them. 6440 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6440 
A few more 6440 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6440 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6439 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6439 
Hybridizing 6439 
I love it! 6439 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6437 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6437 
SSG 6436 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6436 
USSR SSG 6436 
USSR SSG 6436 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6436 
Fixed bias 6436 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6436 
More on this, please 6435 
Interesting development! 6435 
One-Story Jack 6435 
Nature's Bias 6435 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6435 
Apologies! 6434 
Tunable Y-factor? 6434 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6434 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6429 
The sound of one hand clapping 6429 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6428 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6420 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6420 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6419 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6419 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6419 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6334 
Specific air cap changes 6334 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6334 
One tube, two channels? 6334 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6334 
"Crosstalk" 6333 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6292 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6271 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5845 
Sucks! 5773 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5772 
Um, what? 5772 
Alternative Transformer 5772 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5772 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5772 
Hmmm,I suspect 5772 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5764 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5752 
The 100Hz hum? 5752 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5752 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5752 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5751 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5751 
DIY Air-Caps? 5751 
Capacitors 5748 
Hum again. 5727 
Hm, again.... 5727 
Tribute MC iron 5442 
Changing loads 5438 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5438 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5437 
Loading on primary? 5437 
Anticipating the needs 5437 
CCS heating? 5400 
2nd stage bias mystery 5283 
It is true but it negligible. 5283 
V2 biasing continued 5282 
Works +/- properly 5281 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5281 
My assault 5254 
What, No Breadboard? 5254 
Don't laugh too loud... 5254 
So far it is good. 5254 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5254 
The assembly and the buzz 5253 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5253 
Caps and chokes 5253 
The price of fame 5253 
Tribute 5253 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5253 
Schematics 5253 
Traces 5253 
Moving Magnet 5253 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5253 
Cat smells fish? 5252 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5252 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5252 
In the box 5252 
Schematics II 5252 
A few comments. 5252 
Miscelanea 5252 
I am surprised. 5252 
Don't be 5251 
It is not about power supply. 5251 
EMI/RFI madness 5251 
Drinking in Modulation 5251 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5251 
Finito 5250 
It is only partially outside the context. 5250 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5249 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5249 
Corresponding to ? 5249 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5222 
Qualitat 5221 
The baby is sick 5177 
Last Cleaning? 5177 
Mine too... 5177 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5177 
What the hell is going on!!! 5177 
...air-caps dirty.... 5176 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5176 
Hum points 5176 
Beats and pieces. 5176 
What else? 5176 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5176 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5176 
Veggie ham 5176 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5175 
Holly idiocy! 5174 
Yes sir 5172 
I think your game is not over. 5172 
More ham 5172 
Route(s) to Ground 5172 
Grounding arrangement 5171 
Ground Thoughts 5170 
0A2 Question 5170 
Where is the Bolt? 5170 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5170 
"End of Live" tube set 5170 
GND plane 5170 
That crazy 7025. 5170 
Distributed bolt 5170 
Amperex ECC83 5170 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5170 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5170 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5170 
More findings 5169 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5169 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5168 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5168 
Grounding and trannies 5168 
Ignorance is bliss... 5166 
Shakey DIY Basics 5166 
Poor photographer 5166 
Spare the Oxen... 5166 
Is SiC sick? 5164 
Possible, so what? 5164 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5163 
Seek and you’ll find. 5163 
Filament 5163 
Filament considerations 5163 
Air caps?Buffer? 5163 
Exorcisms 5117 
Floating? 5116 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5109 
Toilet ham 5109 
The Shield 5108 
It is hard to say. 5108 
Fake bugle/teles 5108 
Never again. 5108 
Bingo! 5099 
Total current per channel 5092 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5092 
I like iron 5092 
Choke ringing 5092 
Ringing 5092 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5092 
Choke ringing again 5091 
What ringing? 5091 
Ring-ring 5091 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5091 
TT Rider 5091 
Snubbers and motors 5090 
Nice idea... 5090 
B+ 5090 
Shielded Interconnect 5090 
IC shields 5087 
The horrors of calibration 4935 
Floating Away 4935 
Ground is +/- understood 4934 
"Calibrate"??? 4934 
The self-serving calibrations. 4933 
Fighting with RIAA 4933 
The Usual 4933 
That's it! 4933 
Parts Location 4933 
Lush layout 4932 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4884 
It might be very impressive 4884 
To be clear 4884 
Shall I co? 4883 
Parts 4883 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4883 
What does it mean? 4883 
Come on! 4883 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4883 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4883 
EAR polite recess 4883 
Power sequencing? 4853 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4853 
3 Position switch 4852 
How true... 4852 
DIY Failsafe 4852 
Switch.. 4827 
Calibration problem 4802 
Resolved 4799 
Looks good 4798 
Fat LF 4798 
Loading Up 4798 
SUT's 4798 
Shunt regulation 4717 
Application dependent 4717 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4685 
It migh be an interesting company. 4685 
Amo/silver 4685 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4685 
Silver considerations 4685 
Again With the Amo 4685 
Silver path 4685 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4685 
The Path of Least Resistance 4684 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4684 
Foil 4684 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4684 
Audiopedophile's hell 4684 
In da house 4683 
Consistent anality 4682 
Right 4682 
A speculation 4680 
Mone on silver Trabants 4679 
Parts Ag 4679 
Trabant done in pure silver 4679 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4679 
Silver swamp 4679 
In the Long Run 4679 
2RM? 4674 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4674 
DIY 4673 
95%? 4673 
More on that 4673 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4673 
Fully shielded 4673 
Interesting 4673 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3869 
Creative people 3869 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3869 
It is what it is. 3868 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3868 
Gray market 3868 
Mix up 3867 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3867 
Sound beats engeneering 3274 
Engineering Crap 3274 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3274 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2771 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2186 
Snubbers 2134 
More on snubbers 2134 
Capacitors Question 2134 
Capacitors & updates 2134 
Z-foil 2134 
Loading resistors & sockets 2134 
Low noise tubes 2133 
What Works Where 2132 
What are the REAL goals? 2132 
Good engineering parctices 2132 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2132 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2132 
It was 13 years back... 2132 
Thank you 2132 
Tube Selection 2121 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2018 
Big output capacitor question. 1779 
Context/Application/Circuit 1778 
EAR 1778 
Of Course... 1778 
834pT 1777 
Who knows.... 1777 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1776 
Where? 1776 
Big cap banks 1776 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 361 
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