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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6807 
End of Life 6807 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6807 
Shallow ambitions 6807 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6807 
Acronym 6807 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6795 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6795 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6795 
It is comming along.... 6614 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6614 
The perfect corrector. 6614 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6614 
The perfect corrector - II 6613 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6612 
Wrong values shown 6611 
The deliberate mistakes? 6611 
330R anode resistors 6611 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6611 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6611 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6609 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6609 
Going on from "There" 6609 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6609 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6608 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6607 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6607 
Good for them. 6607 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6607 
A few more 6607 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6607 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6606 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6606 
Hybridizing 6606 
I love it! 6606 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6604 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6604 
SSG 6603 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6603 
USSR SSG 6603 
USSR SSG 6603 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6603 
Fixed bias 6603 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6603 
More on this, please 6602 
Interesting development! 6602 
One-Story Jack 6602 
Nature's Bias 6602 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6602 
Apologies! 6601 
Tunable Y-factor? 6601 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6601 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6596 
The sound of one hand clapping 6596 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6595 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6587 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6587 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6586 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6586 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6586 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6501 
Specific air cap changes 6501 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6501 
One tube, two channels? 6501 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6501 
"Crosstalk" 6500 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6459 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6438 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6012 
Sucks! 5940 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5939 
Um, what? 5939 
Alternative Transformer 5939 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5939 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5939 
Hmmm,I suspect 5939 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5931 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5919 
The 100Hz hum? 5919 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5919 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5919 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5918 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5918 
DIY Air-Caps? 5918 
Capacitors 5915 
Hum again. 5894 
Hm, again.... 5894 
Tribute MC iron 5609 
Changing loads 5605 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5605 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5604 
Loading on primary? 5604 
Anticipating the needs 5604 
CCS heating? 5567 
2nd stage bias mystery 5450 
It is true but it negligible. 5450 
V2 biasing continued 5449 
Works +/- properly 5448 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5448 
My assault 5421 
What, No Breadboard? 5421 
Don't laugh too loud... 5421 
So far it is good. 5421 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5421 
The assembly and the buzz 5420 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5420 
Caps and chokes 5420 
The price of fame 5420 
Tribute 5420 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5420 
Schematics 5420 
Traces 5420 
Moving Magnet 5420 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5420 
Cat smells fish? 5419 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5419 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5419 
In the box 5419 
Schematics II 5419 
A few comments. 5419 
Miscelanea 5419 
I am surprised. 5419 
Don't be 5418 
It is not about power supply. 5418 
EMI/RFI madness 5418 
Drinking in Modulation 5418 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5418 
Finito 5417 
It is only partially outside the context. 5417 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5416 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5416 
Corresponding to ? 5416 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5389 
Qualitat 5388 
The baby is sick 5344 
Last Cleaning? 5344 
Mine too... 5344 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5344 
What the hell is going on!!! 5344 
...air-caps dirty.... 5343 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5343 
Hum points 5343 
Beats and pieces. 5343 
What else? 5343 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5343 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5343 
Veggie ham 5343 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5342 
Holly idiocy! 5341 
Yes sir 5339 
I think your game is not over. 5339 
More ham 5339 
Route(s) to Ground 5339 
Grounding arrangement 5338 
Ground Thoughts 5337 
0A2 Question 5337 
Where is the Bolt? 5337 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5337 
"End of Live" tube set 5337 
GND plane 5337 
That crazy 7025. 5337 
Distributed bolt 5337 
Amperex ECC83 5337 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5337 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5337 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5337 
More findings 5336 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5336 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5335 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5335 
Grounding and trannies 5335 
Ignorance is bliss... 5333 
Shakey DIY Basics 5333 
Poor photographer 5333 
Spare the Oxen... 5333 
Is SiC sick? 5331 
Possible, so what? 5331 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5330 
Seek and you’ll find. 5330 
Filament 5330 
Filament considerations 5330 
Air caps?Buffer? 5330 
Exorcisms 5284 
Floating? 5283 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5276 
Toilet ham 5276 
The Shield 5275 
It is hard to say. 5275 
Fake bugle/teles 5275 
Never again. 5275 
Bingo! 5266 
Total current per channel 5259 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5259 
I like iron 5259 
Choke ringing 5259 
Ringing 5259 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5259 
Choke ringing again 5258 
What ringing? 5258 
Ring-ring 5258 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5258 
TT Rider 5258 
Snubbers and motors 5257 
Nice idea... 5257 
B+ 5257 
Shielded Interconnect 5257 
IC shields 5254 
The horrors of calibration 5102 
Floating Away 5102 
Ground is +/- understood 5101 
"Calibrate"??? 5101 
The self-serving calibrations. 5100 
Fighting with RIAA 5100 
The Usual 5100 
That's it! 5100 
Parts Location 5100 
Lush layout 5099 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5051 
It might be very impressive 5051 
To be clear 5051 
Shall I co? 5050 
Parts 5050 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5050 
What does it mean? 5050 
Come on! 5050 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5050 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5050 
EAR polite recess 5050 
Power sequencing? 5020 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5020 
3 Position switch 5019 
How true... 5019 
DIY Failsafe 5019 
Switch.. 4994 
Calibration problem 4969 
Resolved 4966 
Looks good 4965 
Fat LF 4965 
Loading Up 4965 
SUT's 4965 
Shunt regulation 4884 
Application dependent 4884 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4852 
It migh be an interesting company. 4852 
Amo/silver 4852 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4852 
Silver considerations 4852 
Again With the Amo 4852 
Silver path 4852 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4852 
The Path of Least Resistance 4851 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4851 
Foil 4851 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4851 
Audiopedophile's hell 4851 
In da house 4850 
Consistent anality 4849 
Right 4849 
A speculation 4847 
Mone on silver Trabants 4846 
Parts Ag 4846 
Trabant done in pure silver 4846 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4846 
Silver swamp 4846 
In the Long Run 4846 
2RM? 4841 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4841 
DIY 4840 
95%? 4840 
More on that 4840 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4840 
Fully shielded 4840 
Interesting 4840 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4036 
Creative people 4036 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4036 
It is what it is. 4035 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4035 
Gray market 4035 
Mix up 4034 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4034 
Sound beats engeneering 3441 
Engineering Crap 3441 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3441 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2938 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2353 
Snubbers 2301 
More on snubbers 2301 
Capacitors Question 2301 
Capacitors & updates 2301 
Z-foil 2301 
Loading resistors & sockets 2301 
Low noise tubes 2300 
What Works Where 2299 
What are the REAL goals? 2299 
Good engineering parctices 2299 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2299 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2299 
It was 13 years back... 2299 
Thank you 2299 
Tube Selection 2288 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2185 
Big output capacitor question. 1946 
Context/Application/Circuit 1945 
EAR 1945 
Of Course... 1945 
834pT 1944 
Who knows.... 1944 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1943 
Where? 1943 
Big cap banks 1943 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 528 
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