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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6708 
End of Life 6708 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6708 
Shallow ambitions 6708 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6708 
Acronym 6708 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6696 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6696 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6696 
It is comming along.... 6515 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6515 
The perfect corrector. 6515 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6515 
The perfect corrector - II 6514 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6513 
Wrong values shown 6512 
The deliberate mistakes? 6512 
330R anode resistors 6512 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6512 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6512 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6510 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6510 
Going on from "There" 6510 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6510 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6509 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6508 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6508 
Good for them. 6508 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6508 
A few more 6508 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6508 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6507 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6507 
Hybridizing 6507 
I love it! 6507 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6505 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6505 
SSG 6504 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6504 
USSR SSG 6504 
USSR SSG 6504 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6504 
Fixed bias 6504 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6504 
More on this, please 6503 
Interesting development! 6503 
One-Story Jack 6503 
Nature's Bias 6503 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6503 
Apologies! 6502 
Tunable Y-factor? 6502 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6502 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6497 
The sound of one hand clapping 6497 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6496 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6488 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6488 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6487 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6487 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6487 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6402 
Specific air cap changes 6402 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6402 
One tube, two channels? 6402 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6402 
"Crosstalk" 6401 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6360 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6339 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5913 
Sucks! 5841 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5840 
Um, what? 5840 
Alternative Transformer 5840 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5840 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5840 
Hmmm,I suspect 5840 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5832 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5820 
The 100Hz hum? 5820 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5820 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5820 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5819 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5819 
DIY Air-Caps? 5819 
Capacitors 5816 
Hum again. 5795 
Hm, again.... 5795 
Tribute MC iron 5510 
Changing loads 5506 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5506 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5505 
Loading on primary? 5505 
Anticipating the needs 5505 
CCS heating? 5468 
2nd stage bias mystery 5351 
It is true but it negligible. 5351 
V2 biasing continued 5350 
Works +/- properly 5349 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5349 
My assault 5322 
What, No Breadboard? 5322 
Don't laugh too loud... 5322 
So far it is good. 5322 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5322 
The assembly and the buzz 5321 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5321 
Caps and chokes 5321 
The price of fame 5321 
Tribute 5321 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5321 
Schematics 5321 
Traces 5321 
Moving Magnet 5321 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5321 
Cat smells fish? 5320 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5320 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5320 
In the box 5320 
Schematics II 5320 
A few comments. 5320 
Miscelanea 5320 
I am surprised. 5320 
Don't be 5319 
It is not about power supply. 5319 
EMI/RFI madness 5319 
Drinking in Modulation 5319 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5319 
Finito 5318 
It is only partially outside the context. 5318 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5317 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5317 
Corresponding to ? 5317 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5290 
Qualitat 5289 
The baby is sick 5245 
Last Cleaning? 5245 
Mine too... 5245 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5245 
What the hell is going on!!! 5245 
...air-caps dirty.... 5244 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5244 
Hum points 5244 
Beats and pieces. 5244 
What else? 5244 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5244 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5244 
Veggie ham 5244 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5243 
Holly idiocy! 5242 
Yes sir 5240 
I think your game is not over. 5240 
More ham 5240 
Route(s) to Ground 5240 
Grounding arrangement 5239 
Ground Thoughts 5238 
0A2 Question 5238 
Where is the Bolt? 5238 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5238 
"End of Live" tube set 5238 
GND plane 5238 
That crazy 7025. 5238 
Distributed bolt 5238 
Amperex ECC83 5238 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5238 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5238 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5238 
More findings 5237 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5237 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5236 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5236 
Grounding and trannies 5236 
Ignorance is bliss... 5234 
Shakey DIY Basics 5234 
Poor photographer 5234 
Spare the Oxen... 5234 
Is SiC sick? 5232 
Possible, so what? 5232 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5231 
Seek and you’ll find. 5231 
Filament 5231 
Filament considerations 5231 
Air caps?Buffer? 5231 
Exorcisms 5185 
Floating? 5184 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5177 
Toilet ham 5177 
The Shield 5176 
It is hard to say. 5176 
Fake bugle/teles 5176 
Never again. 5176 
Bingo! 5167 
Total current per channel 5160 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5160 
I like iron 5160 
Choke ringing 5160 
Ringing 5160 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5160 
Choke ringing again 5159 
What ringing? 5159 
Ring-ring 5159 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5159 
TT Rider 5159 
Snubbers and motors 5158 
Nice idea... 5158 
B+ 5158 
Shielded Interconnect 5158 
IC shields 5155 
The horrors of calibration 5003 
Floating Away 5003 
Ground is +/- understood 5002 
"Calibrate"??? 5002 
The self-serving calibrations. 5001 
Fighting with RIAA 5001 
The Usual 5001 
That's it! 5001 
Parts Location 5001 
Lush layout 5000 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4952 
It might be very impressive 4952 
To be clear 4952 
Shall I co? 4951 
Parts 4951 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4951 
What does it mean? 4951 
Come on! 4951 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4951 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4951 
EAR polite recess 4951 
Power sequencing? 4921 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4921 
3 Position switch 4920 
How true... 4920 
DIY Failsafe 4920 
Switch.. 4895 
Calibration problem 4870 
Resolved 4867 
Looks good 4866 
Fat LF 4866 
Loading Up 4866 
SUT's 4866 
Shunt regulation 4785 
Application dependent 4785 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4753 
It migh be an interesting company. 4753 
Amo/silver 4753 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4753 
Silver considerations 4753 
Again With the Amo 4753 
Silver path 4753 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4753 
The Path of Least Resistance 4752 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4752 
Foil 4752 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4752 
Audiopedophile's hell 4752 
In da house 4751 
Consistent anality 4750 
Right 4750 
A speculation 4748 
Mone on silver Trabants 4747 
Parts Ag 4747 
Trabant done in pure silver 4747 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4747 
Silver swamp 4747 
In the Long Run 4747 
2RM? 4742 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4742 
DIY 4741 
95%? 4741 
More on that 4741 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4741 
Fully shielded 4741 
Interesting 4741 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3937 
Creative people 3937 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3937 
It is what it is. 3936 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3936 
Gray market 3936 
Mix up 3935 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3935 
Sound beats engeneering 3342 
Engineering Crap 3342 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3342 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2839 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2254 
Snubbers 2202 
More on snubbers 2202 
Capacitors Question 2202 
Capacitors & updates 2202 
Z-foil 2202 
Loading resistors & sockets 2202 
Low noise tubes 2201 
What Works Where 2200 
What are the REAL goals? 2200 
Good engineering parctices 2200 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2200 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2200 
It was 13 years back... 2200 
Thank you 2200 
Tube Selection 2189 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2086 
Big output capacitor question. 1847 
Context/Application/Circuit 1846 
EAR 1846 
Of Course... 1846 
834pT 1845 
Who knows.... 1845 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1844 
Where? 1844 
Big cap banks 1844 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 429 
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