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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6911 
End of Life 6911 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6911 
Shallow ambitions 6911 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6911 
Acronym 6911 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6899 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6899 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6899 
It is comming along.... 6718 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6718 
The perfect corrector. 6718 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6718 
The perfect corrector - II 6717 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6716 
Wrong values shown 6715 
The deliberate mistakes? 6715 
330R anode resistors 6715 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6715 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6715 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6713 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6713 
Going on from "There" 6713 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6713 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6712 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6711 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6711 
Good for them. 6711 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6711 
A few more 6711 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6711 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6710 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6710 
Hybridizing 6710 
I love it! 6710 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6708 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6708 
SSG 6707 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6707 
USSR SSG 6707 
USSR SSG 6707 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6707 
Fixed bias 6707 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6707 
More on this, please 6706 
Interesting development! 6706 
One-Story Jack 6706 
Nature's Bias 6706 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6706 
Apologies! 6705 
Tunable Y-factor? 6705 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6705 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6700 
The sound of one hand clapping 6700 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6699 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6691 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6691 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6690 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6690 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6690 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6605 
Specific air cap changes 6605 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6605 
One tube, two channels? 6605 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6605 
"Crosstalk" 6604 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6563 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6542 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6116 
Sucks! 6044 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6043 
Um, what? 6043 
Alternative Transformer 6043 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6043 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6043 
Hmmm,I suspect 6043 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6035 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6023 
The 100Hz hum? 6023 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6023 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6023 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6022 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6022 
DIY Air-Caps? 6022 
Capacitors 6019 
Hum again. 5998 
Hm, again.... 5998 
Tribute MC iron 5713 
Changing loads 5709 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5709 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5708 
Loading on primary? 5708 
Anticipating the needs 5708 
CCS heating? 5671 
2nd stage bias mystery 5554 
It is true but it negligible. 5554 
V2 biasing continued 5553 
Works +/- properly 5552 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5552 
My assault 5525 
What, No Breadboard? 5525 
Don't laugh too loud... 5525 
So far it is good. 5525 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5525 
The assembly and the buzz 5524 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5524 
Caps and chokes 5524 
The price of fame 5524 
Tribute 5524 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5524 
Schematics 5524 
Traces 5524 
Moving Magnet 5524 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5524 
Cat smells fish? 5523 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5523 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5523 
In the box 5523 
Schematics II 5523 
A few comments. 5523 
Miscelanea 5523 
I am surprised. 5523 
Don't be 5522 
It is not about power supply. 5522 
EMI/RFI madness 5522 
Drinking in Modulation 5522 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5522 
Finito 5521 
It is only partially outside the context. 5521 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5520 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5520 
Corresponding to ? 5520 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5493 
Qualitat 5492 
The baby is sick 5448 
Last Cleaning? 5448 
Mine too... 5448 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5448 
What the hell is going on!!! 5448 
...air-caps dirty.... 5447 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5447 
Hum points 5447 
Beats and pieces. 5447 
What else? 5447 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5447 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5447 
Veggie ham 5447 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5446 
Holly idiocy! 5445 
Yes sir 5443 
I think your game is not over. 5443 
More ham 5443 
Route(s) to Ground 5443 
Grounding arrangement 5442 
Ground Thoughts 5441 
0A2 Question 5441 
Where is the Bolt? 5441 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5441 
"End of Live" tube set 5441 
GND plane 5441 
That crazy 7025. 5441 
Distributed bolt 5441 
Amperex ECC83 5441 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5441 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5441 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5441 
More findings 5440 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5440 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5439 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5439 
Grounding and trannies 5439 
Ignorance is bliss... 5437 
Shakey DIY Basics 5437 
Poor photographer 5437 
Spare the Oxen... 5437 
Is SiC sick? 5435 
Possible, so what? 5435 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5434 
Seek and you’ll find. 5434 
Filament 5434 
Filament considerations 5434 
Air caps?Buffer? 5434 
Exorcisms 5388 
Floating? 5387 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5380 
Toilet ham 5380 
The Shield 5379 
It is hard to say. 5379 
Fake bugle/teles 5379 
Never again. 5379 
Bingo! 5370 
Total current per channel 5363 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5363 
I like iron 5363 
Choke ringing 5363 
Ringing 5363 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5363 
Choke ringing again 5362 
What ringing? 5362 
Ring-ring 5362 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5362 
TT Rider 5362 
Snubbers and motors 5361 
Nice idea... 5361 
B+ 5361 
Shielded Interconnect 5361 
IC shields 5358 
The horrors of calibration 5206 
Floating Away 5206 
Ground is +/- understood 5205 
"Calibrate"??? 5205 
The self-serving calibrations. 5204 
Fighting with RIAA 5204 
The Usual 5204 
That's it! 5204 
Parts Location 5204 
Lush layout 5203 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5155 
It might be very impressive 5155 
To be clear 5155 
Shall I co? 5154 
Parts 5154 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5154 
What does it mean? 5154 
Come on! 5154 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5154 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5154 
EAR polite recess 5154 
Power sequencing? 5124 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5124 
3 Position switch 5123 
How true... 5123 
DIY Failsafe 5123 
Switch.. 5098 
Calibration problem 5073 
Resolved 5070 
Looks good 5069 
Fat LF 5069 
Loading Up 5069 
SUT's 5069 
Shunt regulation 4988 
Application dependent 4988 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4956 
It migh be an interesting company. 4956 
Amo/silver 4956 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4956 
Silver considerations 4956 
Again With the Amo 4956 
Silver path 4956 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4956 
The Path of Least Resistance 4955 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4955 
Foil 4955 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4955 
Audiopedophile's hell 4955 
In da house 4954 
Consistent anality 4953 
Right 4953 
A speculation 4951 
Mone on silver Trabants 4950 
Parts Ag 4950 
Trabant done in pure silver 4950 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4950 
Silver swamp 4950 
In the Long Run 4950 
2RM? 4945 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4945 
DIY 4944 
95%? 4944 
More on that 4944 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4944 
Fully shielded 4944 
Interesting 4944 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4140 
Creative people 4140 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4140 
It is what it is. 4139 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4139 
Gray market 4139 
Mix up 4138 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4138 
Sound beats engeneering 3545 
Engineering Crap 3545 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3545 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3042 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2457 
Snubbers 2405 
More on snubbers 2405 
Capacitors Question 2405 
Capacitors & updates 2405 
Z-foil 2405 
Loading resistors & sockets 2405 
Low noise tubes 2404 
What Works Where 2403 
What are the REAL goals? 2403 
Good engineering parctices 2403 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2403 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2403 
It was 13 years back... 2403 
Thank you 2403 
Tube Selection 2392 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2289 
Big output capacitor question. 2050 
Context/Application/Circuit 2049 
EAR 2049 
Of Course... 2049 
834pT 2048 
Who knows.... 2048 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2047 
Where? 2047 
Big cap banks 2047 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 632 
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