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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6827 
End of Life 6827 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6827 
Shallow ambitions 6827 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6827 
Acronym 6827 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6815 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6815 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6815 
It is comming along.... 6634 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6634 
The perfect corrector. 6634 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6634 
The perfect corrector - II 6633 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6632 
Wrong values shown 6631 
The deliberate mistakes? 6631 
330R anode resistors 6631 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6631 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6631 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6629 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6629 
Going on from "There" 6629 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6629 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6628 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6627 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6627 
Good for them. 6627 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6627 
A few more 6627 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6627 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6626 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6626 
Hybridizing 6626 
I love it! 6626 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6624 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6624 
SSG 6623 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6623 
USSR SSG 6623 
USSR SSG 6623 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6623 
Fixed bias 6623 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6623 
More on this, please 6622 
Interesting development! 6622 
One-Story Jack 6622 
Nature's Bias 6622 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6622 
Apologies! 6621 
Tunable Y-factor? 6621 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6621 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6616 
The sound of one hand clapping 6616 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6615 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6607 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6607 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6606 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6606 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6606 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6521 
Specific air cap changes 6521 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6521 
One tube, two channels? 6521 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6521 
"Crosstalk" 6520 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6479 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6458 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6032 
Sucks! 5960 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5959 
Um, what? 5959 
Alternative Transformer 5959 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5959 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5959 
Hmmm,I suspect 5959 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5951 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5939 
The 100Hz hum? 5939 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5939 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5939 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5938 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5938 
DIY Air-Caps? 5938 
Capacitors 5935 
Hum again. 5914 
Hm, again.... 5914 
Tribute MC iron 5629 
Changing loads 5625 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5625 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5624 
Loading on primary? 5624 
Anticipating the needs 5624 
CCS heating? 5587 
2nd stage bias mystery 5470 
It is true but it negligible. 5470 
V2 biasing continued 5469 
Works +/- properly 5468 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5468 
My assault 5441 
What, No Breadboard? 5441 
Don't laugh too loud... 5441 
So far it is good. 5441 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5441 
The assembly and the buzz 5440 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5440 
Caps and chokes 5440 
The price of fame 5440 
Tribute 5440 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5440 
Schematics 5440 
Traces 5440 
Moving Magnet 5440 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5440 
Cat smells fish? 5439 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5439 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5439 
In the box 5439 
Schematics II 5439 
A few comments. 5439 
Miscelanea 5439 
I am surprised. 5439 
Don't be 5438 
It is not about power supply. 5438 
EMI/RFI madness 5438 
Drinking in Modulation 5438 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5438 
Finito 5437 
It is only partially outside the context. 5437 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5436 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5436 
Corresponding to ? 5436 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5409 
Qualitat 5408 
The baby is sick 5364 
Last Cleaning? 5364 
Mine too... 5364 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5364 
What the hell is going on!!! 5364 
...air-caps dirty.... 5363 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5363 
Hum points 5363 
Beats and pieces. 5363 
What else? 5363 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5363 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5363 
Veggie ham 5363 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5362 
Holly idiocy! 5361 
Yes sir 5359 
I think your game is not over. 5359 
More ham 5359 
Route(s) to Ground 5359 
Grounding arrangement 5358 
Ground Thoughts 5357 
0A2 Question 5357 
Where is the Bolt? 5357 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5357 
"End of Live" tube set 5357 
GND plane 5357 
That crazy 7025. 5357 
Distributed bolt 5357 
Amperex ECC83 5357 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5357 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5357 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5357 
More findings 5356 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5356 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5355 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5355 
Grounding and trannies 5355 
Ignorance is bliss... 5353 
Shakey DIY Basics 5353 
Poor photographer 5353 
Spare the Oxen... 5353 
Is SiC sick? 5351 
Possible, so what? 5351 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5350 
Seek and you’ll find. 5350 
Filament 5350 
Filament considerations 5350 
Air caps?Buffer? 5350 
Exorcisms 5304 
Floating? 5303 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5296 
Toilet ham 5296 
The Shield 5295 
It is hard to say. 5295 
Fake bugle/teles 5295 
Never again. 5295 
Bingo! 5286 
Total current per channel 5279 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5279 
I like iron 5279 
Choke ringing 5279 
Ringing 5279 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5279 
Choke ringing again 5278 
What ringing? 5278 
Ring-ring 5278 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5278 
TT Rider 5278 
Snubbers and motors 5277 
Nice idea... 5277 
B+ 5277 
Shielded Interconnect 5277 
IC shields 5274 
The horrors of calibration 5122 
Floating Away 5122 
Ground is +/- understood 5121 
"Calibrate"??? 5121 
The self-serving calibrations. 5120 
Fighting with RIAA 5120 
The Usual 5120 
That's it! 5120 
Parts Location 5120 
Lush layout 5119 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5071 
It might be very impressive 5071 
To be clear 5071 
Shall I co? 5070 
Parts 5070 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5070 
What does it mean? 5070 
Come on! 5070 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5070 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5070 
EAR polite recess 5070 
Power sequencing? 5040 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5040 
3 Position switch 5039 
How true... 5039 
DIY Failsafe 5039 
Switch.. 5014 
Calibration problem 4989 
Resolved 4986 
Looks good 4985 
Fat LF 4985 
Loading Up 4985 
SUT's 4985 
Shunt regulation 4904 
Application dependent 4904 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4872 
It migh be an interesting company. 4872 
Amo/silver 4872 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4872 
Silver considerations 4872 
Again With the Amo 4872 
Silver path 4872 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4872 
The Path of Least Resistance 4871 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4871 
Foil 4871 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4871 
Audiopedophile's hell 4871 
In da house 4870 
Consistent anality 4869 
Right 4869 
A speculation 4867 
Mone on silver Trabants 4866 
Parts Ag 4866 
Trabant done in pure silver 4866 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4866 
Silver swamp 4866 
In the Long Run 4866 
2RM? 4861 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4861 
DIY 4860 
95%? 4860 
More on that 4860 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4860 
Fully shielded 4860 
Interesting 4860 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4056 
Creative people 4056 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4056 
It is what it is. 4055 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4055 
Gray market 4055 
Mix up 4054 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4054 
Sound beats engeneering 3461 
Engineering Crap 3461 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3461 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2958 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2373 
Snubbers 2321 
More on snubbers 2321 
Capacitors Question 2321 
Capacitors & updates 2321 
Z-foil 2321 
Loading resistors & sockets 2321 
Low noise tubes 2320 
What Works Where 2319 
What are the REAL goals? 2319 
Good engineering parctices 2319 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2319 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2319 
It was 13 years back... 2319 
Thank you 2319 
Tube Selection 2308 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2205 
Big output capacitor question. 1966 
Context/Application/Circuit 1965 
EAR 1965 
Of Course... 1965 
834pT 1964 
Who knows.... 1964 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1963 
Where? 1963 
Big cap banks 1963 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 548 
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