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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6692 
End of Life 6692 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6692 
Shallow ambitions 6692 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6692 
Acronym 6692 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6680 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6680 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6680 
It is comming along.... 6499 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6499 
The perfect corrector. 6499 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6499 
The perfect corrector - II 6498 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6497 
Wrong values shown 6496 
The deliberate mistakes? 6496 
330R anode resistors 6496 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6496 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6496 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6494 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6494 
Going on from "There" 6494 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6494 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6493 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6492 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6492 
Good for them. 6492 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6492 
A few more 6492 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6492 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6491 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6491 
Hybridizing 6491 
I love it! 6491 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6489 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6489 
SSG 6488 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6488 
USSR SSG 6488 
USSR SSG 6488 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6488 
Fixed bias 6488 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6488 
More on this, please 6487 
Interesting development! 6487 
One-Story Jack 6487 
Nature's Bias 6487 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6487 
Apologies! 6486 
Tunable Y-factor? 6486 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6486 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6481 
The sound of one hand clapping 6481 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6480 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6472 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6472 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6471 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6471 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6471 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6386 
Specific air cap changes 6386 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6386 
One tube, two channels? 6386 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6386 
"Crosstalk" 6385 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6344 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6323 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5897 
Sucks! 5825 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5824 
Um, what? 5824 
Alternative Transformer 5824 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5824 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5824 
Hmmm,I suspect 5824 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5816 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5804 
The 100Hz hum? 5804 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5804 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5804 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5803 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5803 
DIY Air-Caps? 5803 
Capacitors 5800 
Hum again. 5779 
Hm, again.... 5779 
Tribute MC iron 5494 
Changing loads 5490 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5490 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5489 
Loading on primary? 5489 
Anticipating the needs 5489 
CCS heating? 5452 
2nd stage bias mystery 5335 
It is true but it negligible. 5335 
V2 biasing continued 5334 
Works +/- properly 5333 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5333 
My assault 5306 
What, No Breadboard? 5306 
Don't laugh too loud... 5306 
So far it is good. 5306 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5306 
The assembly and the buzz 5305 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5305 
Caps and chokes 5305 
The price of fame 5305 
Tribute 5305 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5305 
Schematics 5305 
Traces 5305 
Moving Magnet 5305 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5305 
Cat smells fish? 5304 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5304 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5304 
In the box 5304 
Schematics II 5304 
A few comments. 5304 
Miscelanea 5304 
I am surprised. 5304 
Don't be 5303 
It is not about power supply. 5303 
EMI/RFI madness 5303 
Drinking in Modulation 5303 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5303 
Finito 5302 
It is only partially outside the context. 5302 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5301 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5301 
Corresponding to ? 5301 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5274 
Qualitat 5273 
The baby is sick 5229 
Last Cleaning? 5229 
Mine too... 5229 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5229 
What the hell is going on!!! 5229 
...air-caps dirty.... 5228 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5228 
Hum points 5228 
Beats and pieces. 5228 
What else? 5228 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5228 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5228 
Veggie ham 5228 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5227 
Holly idiocy! 5226 
Yes sir 5224 
I think your game is not over. 5224 
More ham 5224 
Route(s) to Ground 5224 
Grounding arrangement 5223 
Ground Thoughts 5222 
0A2 Question 5222 
Where is the Bolt? 5222 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5222 
"End of Live" tube set 5222 
GND plane 5222 
That crazy 7025. 5222 
Distributed bolt 5222 
Amperex ECC83 5222 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5222 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5222 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5222 
More findings 5221 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5221 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5220 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5220 
Grounding and trannies 5220 
Ignorance is bliss... 5218 
Shakey DIY Basics 5218 
Poor photographer 5218 
Spare the Oxen... 5218 
Is SiC sick? 5216 
Possible, so what? 5216 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5215 
Seek and you’ll find. 5215 
Filament 5215 
Filament considerations 5215 
Air caps?Buffer? 5215 
Exorcisms 5169 
Floating? 5168 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5161 
Toilet ham 5161 
The Shield 5160 
It is hard to say. 5160 
Fake bugle/teles 5160 
Never again. 5160 
Bingo! 5151 
Total current per channel 5144 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5144 
I like iron 5144 
Choke ringing 5144 
Ringing 5144 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5144 
Choke ringing again 5143 
What ringing? 5143 
Ring-ring 5143 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5143 
TT Rider 5143 
Snubbers and motors 5142 
Nice idea... 5142 
B+ 5142 
Shielded Interconnect 5142 
IC shields 5139 
The horrors of calibration 4987 
Floating Away 4987 
Ground is +/- understood 4986 
"Calibrate"??? 4986 
The self-serving calibrations. 4985 
Fighting with RIAA 4985 
The Usual 4985 
That's it! 4985 
Parts Location 4985 
Lush layout 4984 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4936 
It might be very impressive 4936 
To be clear 4936 
Shall I co? 4935 
Parts 4935 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4935 
What does it mean? 4935 
Come on! 4935 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4935 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4935 
EAR polite recess 4935 
Power sequencing? 4905 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4905 
3 Position switch 4904 
How true... 4904 
DIY Failsafe 4904 
Switch.. 4879 
Calibration problem 4854 
Resolved 4851 
Looks good 4850 
Fat LF 4850 
Loading Up 4850 
SUT's 4850 
Shunt regulation 4769 
Application dependent 4769 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4737 
It migh be an interesting company. 4737 
Amo/silver 4737 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4737 
Silver considerations 4737 
Again With the Amo 4737 
Silver path 4737 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4737 
The Path of Least Resistance 4736 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4736 
Foil 4736 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4736 
Audiopedophile's hell 4736 
In da house 4735 
Consistent anality 4734 
Right 4734 
A speculation 4732 
Mone on silver Trabants 4731 
Parts Ag 4731 
Trabant done in pure silver 4731 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4731 
Silver swamp 4731 
In the Long Run 4731 
2RM? 4726 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4726 
DIY 4725 
95%? 4725 
More on that 4725 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4725 
Fully shielded 4725 
Interesting 4725 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3921 
Creative people 3921 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3921 
It is what it is. 3920 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3920 
Gray market 3920 
Mix up 3919 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3919 
Sound beats engeneering 3326 
Engineering Crap 3326 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3326 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2823 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2238 
Snubbers 2186 
More on snubbers 2186 
Capacitors Question 2186 
Capacitors & updates 2186 
Z-foil 2186 
Loading resistors & sockets 2186 
Low noise tubes 2185 
What Works Where 2184 
What are the REAL goals? 2184 
Good engineering parctices 2184 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2184 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2184 
It was 13 years back... 2184 
Thank you 2184 
Tube Selection 2173 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2070 
Big output capacitor question. 1831 
Context/Application/Circuit 1830 
EAR 1830 
Of Course... 1830 
834pT 1829 
Who knows.... 1829 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1828 
Where? 1828 
Big cap banks 1828 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 413 
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