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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6871 
End of Life 6871 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6871 
Shallow ambitions 6871 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6871 
Acronym 6871 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6859 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6859 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6859 
It is comming along.... 6678 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6678 
The perfect corrector. 6678 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6678 
The perfect corrector - II 6677 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6676 
Wrong values shown 6675 
The deliberate mistakes? 6675 
330R anode resistors 6675 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6675 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6675 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6673 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6673 
Going on from "There" 6673 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6673 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6672 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6671 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6671 
Good for them. 6671 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6671 
A few more 6671 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6671 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6670 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6670 
Hybridizing 6670 
I love it! 6670 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6668 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6668 
SSG 6667 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6667 
USSR SSG 6667 
USSR SSG 6667 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6667 
Fixed bias 6667 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6667 
More on this, please 6666 
Interesting development! 6666 
One-Story Jack 6666 
Nature's Bias 6666 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6666 
Apologies! 6665 
Tunable Y-factor? 6665 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6665 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6660 
The sound of one hand clapping 6660 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6659 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6651 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6651 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6650 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6650 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6650 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6565 
Specific air cap changes 6565 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6565 
One tube, two channels? 6565 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6565 
"Crosstalk" 6564 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6523 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6502 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6076 
Sucks! 6004 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6003 
Um, what? 6003 
Alternative Transformer 6003 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6003 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6003 
Hmmm,I suspect 6003 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5995 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5983 
The 100Hz hum? 5983 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5983 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5983 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5982 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5982 
DIY Air-Caps? 5982 
Capacitors 5979 
Hum again. 5958 
Hm, again.... 5958 
Tribute MC iron 5673 
Changing loads 5669 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5669 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5668 
Loading on primary? 5668 
Anticipating the needs 5668 
CCS heating? 5631 
2nd stage bias mystery 5514 
It is true but it negligible. 5514 
V2 biasing continued 5513 
Works +/- properly 5512 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5512 
My assault 5485 
What, No Breadboard? 5485 
Don't laugh too loud... 5485 
So far it is good. 5485 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5485 
The assembly and the buzz 5484 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5484 
Caps and chokes 5484 
The price of fame 5484 
Tribute 5484 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5484 
Schematics 5484 
Traces 5484 
Moving Magnet 5484 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5484 
Cat smells fish? 5483 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5483 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5483 
In the box 5483 
Schematics II 5483 
A few comments. 5483 
Miscelanea 5483 
I am surprised. 5483 
Don't be 5482 
It is not about power supply. 5482 
EMI/RFI madness 5482 
Drinking in Modulation 5482 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5482 
Finito 5481 
It is only partially outside the context. 5481 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5480 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5480 
Corresponding to ? 5480 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5453 
Qualitat 5452 
The baby is sick 5408 
Last Cleaning? 5408 
Mine too... 5408 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5408 
What the hell is going on!!! 5408 
...air-caps dirty.... 5407 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5407 
Hum points 5407 
Beats and pieces. 5407 
What else? 5407 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5407 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5407 
Veggie ham 5407 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5406 
Holly idiocy! 5405 
Yes sir 5403 
I think your game is not over. 5403 
More ham 5403 
Route(s) to Ground 5403 
Grounding arrangement 5402 
Ground Thoughts 5401 
0A2 Question 5401 
Where is the Bolt? 5401 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5401 
"End of Live" tube set 5401 
GND plane 5401 
That crazy 7025. 5401 
Distributed bolt 5401 
Amperex ECC83 5401 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5401 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5401 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5401 
More findings 5400 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5400 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5399 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5399 
Grounding and trannies 5399 
Ignorance is bliss... 5397 
Shakey DIY Basics 5397 
Poor photographer 5397 
Spare the Oxen... 5397 
Is SiC sick? 5395 
Possible, so what? 5395 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5394 
Seek and you’ll find. 5394 
Filament 5394 
Filament considerations 5394 
Air caps?Buffer? 5394 
Exorcisms 5348 
Floating? 5347 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5340 
Toilet ham 5340 
The Shield 5339 
It is hard to say. 5339 
Fake bugle/teles 5339 
Never again. 5339 
Bingo! 5330 
Total current per channel 5323 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5323 
I like iron 5323 
Choke ringing 5323 
Ringing 5323 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5323 
Choke ringing again 5322 
What ringing? 5322 
Ring-ring 5322 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5322 
TT Rider 5322 
Snubbers and motors 5321 
Nice idea... 5321 
B+ 5321 
Shielded Interconnect 5321 
IC shields 5318 
The horrors of calibration 5166 
Floating Away 5166 
Ground is +/- understood 5165 
"Calibrate"??? 5165 
The self-serving calibrations. 5164 
Fighting with RIAA 5164 
The Usual 5164 
That's it! 5164 
Parts Location 5164 
Lush layout 5163 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5115 
It might be very impressive 5115 
To be clear 5115 
Shall I co? 5114 
Parts 5114 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5114 
What does it mean? 5114 
Come on! 5114 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5114 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5114 
EAR polite recess 5114 
Power sequencing? 5084 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5084 
3 Position switch 5083 
How true... 5083 
DIY Failsafe 5083 
Switch.. 5058 
Calibration problem 5033 
Resolved 5030 
Looks good 5029 
Fat LF 5029 
Loading Up 5029 
SUT's 5029 
Shunt regulation 4948 
Application dependent 4948 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4916 
It migh be an interesting company. 4916 
Amo/silver 4916 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4916 
Silver considerations 4916 
Again With the Amo 4916 
Silver path 4916 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4916 
The Path of Least Resistance 4915 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4915 
Foil 4915 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4915 
Audiopedophile's hell 4915 
In da house 4914 
Consistent anality 4913 
Right 4913 
A speculation 4911 
Mone on silver Trabants 4910 
Parts Ag 4910 
Trabant done in pure silver 4910 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4910 
Silver swamp 4910 
In the Long Run 4910 
2RM? 4905 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4905 
DIY 4904 
95%? 4904 
More on that 4904 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4904 
Fully shielded 4904 
Interesting 4904 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4100 
Creative people 4100 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4100 
It is what it is. 4099 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4099 
Gray market 4099 
Mix up 4098 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4098 
Sound beats engeneering 3505 
Engineering Crap 3505 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3505 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3002 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2417 
Snubbers 2365 
More on snubbers 2365 
Capacitors Question 2365 
Capacitors & updates 2365 
Z-foil 2365 
Loading resistors & sockets 2365 
Low noise tubes 2364 
What Works Where 2363 
What are the REAL goals? 2363 
Good engineering parctices 2363 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2363 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2363 
It was 13 years back... 2363 
Thank you 2363 
Tube Selection 2352 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2249 
Big output capacitor question. 2010 
Context/Application/Circuit 2009 
EAR 2009 
Of Course... 2009 
834pT 2008 
Who knows.... 2008 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2007 
Where? 2007 
Big cap banks 2007 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 592 
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