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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6601 
End of Life 6601 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6601 
Shallow ambitions 6601 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6601 
Acronym 6601 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6589 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6589 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6589 
It is comming along.... 6408 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6408 
The perfect corrector. 6408 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6408 
The perfect corrector - II 6407 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6406 
Wrong values shown 6405 
The deliberate mistakes? 6405 
330R anode resistors 6405 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6405 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6405 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6403 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6403 
Going on from "There" 6403 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6403 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6402 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6401 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6401 
Good for them. 6401 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6401 
A few more 6401 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6401 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6400 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6400 
Hybridizing 6400 
I love it! 6400 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6398 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6398 
SSG 6397 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6397 
USSR SSG 6397 
USSR SSG 6397 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6397 
Fixed bias 6397 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6397 
More on this, please 6396 
Interesting development! 6396 
One-Story Jack 6396 
Nature's Bias 6396 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6396 
Apologies! 6395 
Tunable Y-factor? 6395 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6395 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6390 
The sound of one hand clapping 6390 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6389 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6381 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6381 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6380 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6380 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6380 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6295 
Specific air cap changes 6295 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6295 
One tube, two channels? 6295 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6295 
"Crosstalk" 6294 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6253 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6232 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5806 
Sucks! 5734 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5733 
Um, what? 5733 
Alternative Transformer 5733 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5733 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5733 
Hmmm,I suspect 5733 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5725 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5713 
The 100Hz hum? 5713 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5713 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5713 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5712 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5712 
DIY Air-Caps? 5712 
Capacitors 5709 
Hum again. 5688 
Hm, again.... 5688 
Tribute MC iron 5403 
Changing loads 5399 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5399 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5398 
Loading on primary? 5398 
Anticipating the needs 5398 
CCS heating? 5361 
2nd stage bias mystery 5244 
It is true but it negligible. 5244 
V2 biasing continued 5243 
Works +/- properly 5242 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5242 
My assault 5215 
What, No Breadboard? 5215 
Don't laugh too loud... 5215 
So far it is good. 5215 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5215 
The assembly and the buzz 5214 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5214 
Caps and chokes 5214 
The price of fame 5214 
Tribute 5214 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5214 
Schematics 5214 
Traces 5214 
Moving Magnet 5214 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5214 
Cat smells fish? 5213 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5213 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5213 
In the box 5213 
Schematics II 5213 
A few comments. 5213 
Miscelanea 5213 
I am surprised. 5213 
Don't be 5212 
It is not about power supply. 5212 
EMI/RFI madness 5212 
Drinking in Modulation 5212 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5212 
Finito 5211 
It is only partially outside the context. 5211 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5210 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5210 
Corresponding to ? 5210 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5183 
Qualitat 5182 
The baby is sick 5138 
Last Cleaning? 5138 
Mine too... 5138 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5138 
What the hell is going on!!! 5138 
...air-caps dirty.... 5137 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5137 
Hum points 5137 
Beats and pieces. 5137 
What else? 5137 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5137 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5137 
Veggie ham 5137 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5136 
Holly idiocy! 5135 
Yes sir 5133 
I think your game is not over. 5133 
More ham 5133 
Route(s) to Ground 5133 
Grounding arrangement 5132 
Ground Thoughts 5131 
0A2 Question 5131 
Where is the Bolt? 5131 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5131 
"End of Live" tube set 5131 
GND plane 5131 
That crazy 7025. 5131 
Distributed bolt 5131 
Amperex ECC83 5131 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5131 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5131 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5131 
More findings 5130 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5130 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5129 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5129 
Grounding and trannies 5129 
Ignorance is bliss... 5127 
Shakey DIY Basics 5127 
Poor photographer 5127 
Spare the Oxen... 5127 
Is SiC sick? 5125 
Possible, so what? 5125 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5124 
Seek and you’ll find. 5124 
Filament 5124 
Filament considerations 5124 
Air caps?Buffer? 5124 
Exorcisms 5078 
Floating? 5077 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5070 
Toilet ham 5070 
The Shield 5069 
It is hard to say. 5069 
Fake bugle/teles 5069 
Never again. 5069 
Bingo! 5060 
Total current per channel 5053 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5053 
I like iron 5053 
Choke ringing 5053 
Ringing 5053 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5053 
Choke ringing again 5052 
What ringing? 5052 
Ring-ring 5052 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5052 
TT Rider 5052 
Snubbers and motors 5051 
Nice idea... 5051 
B+ 5051 
Shielded Interconnect 5051 
IC shields 5048 
The horrors of calibration 4896 
Floating Away 4896 
Ground is +/- understood 4895 
"Calibrate"??? 4895 
The self-serving calibrations. 4894 
Fighting with RIAA 4894 
The Usual 4894 
That's it! 4894 
Parts Location 4894 
Lush layout 4893 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4845 
It might be very impressive 4845 
To be clear 4845 
Shall I co? 4844 
Parts 4844 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4844 
What does it mean? 4844 
Come on! 4844 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4844 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4844 
EAR polite recess 4844 
Power sequencing? 4814 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4814 
3 Position switch 4813 
How true... 4813 
DIY Failsafe 4813 
Switch.. 4788 
Calibration problem 4763 
Resolved 4760 
Looks good 4759 
Fat LF 4759 
Loading Up 4759 
SUT's 4759 
Shunt regulation 4678 
Application dependent 4678 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4646 
It migh be an interesting company. 4646 
Amo/silver 4646 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4646 
Silver considerations 4646 
Again With the Amo 4646 
Silver path 4646 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4646 
The Path of Least Resistance 4645 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4645 
Foil 4645 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4645 
Audiopedophile's hell 4645 
In da house 4644 
Consistent anality 4643 
Right 4643 
A speculation 4641 
Mone on silver Trabants 4640 
Parts Ag 4640 
Trabant done in pure silver 4640 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4640 
Silver swamp 4640 
In the Long Run 4640 
2RM? 4635 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4635 
DIY 4634 
95%? 4634 
More on that 4634 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4634 
Fully shielded 4634 
Interesting 4634 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3830 
Creative people 3830 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3830 
It is what it is. 3829 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3829 
Gray market 3829 
Mix up 3828 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3828 
Sound beats engeneering 3235 
Engineering Crap 3235 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3235 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2732 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2147 
Snubbers 2095 
More on snubbers 2095 
Capacitors Question 2095 
Capacitors & updates 2095 
Z-foil 2095 
Loading resistors & sockets 2095 
Low noise tubes 2094 
What Works Where 2093 
What are the REAL goals? 2093 
Good engineering parctices 2093 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2093 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2093 
It was 13 years back... 2093 
Thank you 2093 
Tube Selection 2082 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1979 
Big output capacitor question. 1740 
Context/Application/Circuit 1739 
EAR 1739 
Of Course... 1739 
834pT 1738 
Who knows.... 1738 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1737 
Where? 1737 
Big cap banks 1737 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 322 
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