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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6770 
End of Life 6770 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6770 
Shallow ambitions 6770 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6770 
Acronym 6770 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6758 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6758 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6758 
It is comming along.... 6577 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6577 
The perfect corrector. 6577 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6577 
The perfect corrector - II 6576 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6575 
Wrong values shown 6574 
The deliberate mistakes? 6574 
330R anode resistors 6574 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6574 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6574 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6572 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6572 
Going on from "There" 6572 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6572 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6571 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6570 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6570 
Good for them. 6570 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6570 
A few more 6570 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6570 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6569 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6569 
Hybridizing 6569 
I love it! 6569 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6567 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6567 
SSG 6566 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6566 
USSR SSG 6566 
USSR SSG 6566 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6566 
Fixed bias 6566 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6566 
More on this, please 6565 
Interesting development! 6565 
One-Story Jack 6565 
Nature's Bias 6565 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6565 
Apologies! 6564 
Tunable Y-factor? 6564 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6564 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6559 
The sound of one hand clapping 6559 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6558 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6550 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6550 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6549 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6549 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6549 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6464 
Specific air cap changes 6464 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6464 
One tube, two channels? 6464 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6464 
"Crosstalk" 6463 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6422 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6401 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5975 
Sucks! 5903 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5902 
Um, what? 5902 
Alternative Transformer 5902 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5902 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5902 
Hmmm,I suspect 5902 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5894 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5882 
The 100Hz hum? 5882 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5882 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5882 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5881 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5881 
DIY Air-Caps? 5881 
Capacitors 5878 
Hum again. 5857 
Hm, again.... 5857 
Tribute MC iron 5572 
Changing loads 5568 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5568 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5567 
Loading on primary? 5567 
Anticipating the needs 5567 
CCS heating? 5530 
2nd stage bias mystery 5413 
It is true but it negligible. 5413 
V2 biasing continued 5412 
Works +/- properly 5411 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5411 
My assault 5384 
What, No Breadboard? 5384 
Don't laugh too loud... 5384 
So far it is good. 5384 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5384 
The assembly and the buzz 5383 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5383 
Caps and chokes 5383 
The price of fame 5383 
Tribute 5383 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5383 
Schematics 5383 
Traces 5383 
Moving Magnet 5383 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5383 
Cat smells fish? 5382 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5382 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5382 
In the box 5382 
Schematics II 5382 
A few comments. 5382 
Miscelanea 5382 
I am surprised. 5382 
Don't be 5381 
It is not about power supply. 5381 
EMI/RFI madness 5381 
Drinking in Modulation 5381 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5381 
Finito 5380 
It is only partially outside the context. 5380 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5379 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5379 
Corresponding to ? 5379 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5352 
Qualitat 5351 
The baby is sick 5307 
Last Cleaning? 5307 
Mine too... 5307 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5307 
What the hell is going on!!! 5307 
...air-caps dirty.... 5306 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5306 
Hum points 5306 
Beats and pieces. 5306 
What else? 5306 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5306 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5306 
Veggie ham 5306 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5305 
Holly idiocy! 5304 
Yes sir 5302 
I think your game is not over. 5302 
More ham 5302 
Route(s) to Ground 5302 
Grounding arrangement 5301 
Ground Thoughts 5300 
0A2 Question 5300 
Where is the Bolt? 5300 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5300 
"End of Live" tube set 5300 
GND plane 5300 
That crazy 7025. 5300 
Distributed bolt 5300 
Amperex ECC83 5300 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5300 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5300 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5300 
More findings 5299 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5299 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5298 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5298 
Grounding and trannies 5298 
Ignorance is bliss... 5296 
Shakey DIY Basics 5296 
Poor photographer 5296 
Spare the Oxen... 5296 
Is SiC sick? 5294 
Possible, so what? 5294 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5293 
Seek and you’ll find. 5293 
Filament 5293 
Filament considerations 5293 
Air caps?Buffer? 5293 
Exorcisms 5247 
Floating? 5246 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5239 
Toilet ham 5239 
The Shield 5238 
It is hard to say. 5238 
Fake bugle/teles 5238 
Never again. 5238 
Bingo! 5229 
Total current per channel 5222 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5222 
I like iron 5222 
Choke ringing 5222 
Ringing 5222 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5222 
Choke ringing again 5221 
What ringing? 5221 
Ring-ring 5221 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5221 
TT Rider 5221 
Snubbers and motors 5220 
Nice idea... 5220 
B+ 5220 
Shielded Interconnect 5220 
IC shields 5217 
The horrors of calibration 5065 
Floating Away 5065 
Ground is +/- understood 5064 
"Calibrate"??? 5064 
The self-serving calibrations. 5063 
Fighting with RIAA 5063 
The Usual 5063 
That's it! 5063 
Parts Location 5063 
Lush layout 5062 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5014 
It might be very impressive 5014 
To be clear 5014 
Shall I co? 5013 
Parts 5013 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5013 
What does it mean? 5013 
Come on! 5013 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5013 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5013 
EAR polite recess 5013 
Power sequencing? 4983 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4983 
3 Position switch 4982 
How true... 4982 
DIY Failsafe 4982 
Switch.. 4957 
Calibration problem 4932 
Resolved 4929 
Looks good 4928 
Fat LF 4928 
Loading Up 4928 
SUT's 4928 
Shunt regulation 4847 
Application dependent 4847 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4815 
It migh be an interesting company. 4815 
Amo/silver 4815 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4815 
Silver considerations 4815 
Again With the Amo 4815 
Silver path 4815 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4815 
The Path of Least Resistance 4814 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4814 
Foil 4814 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4814 
Audiopedophile's hell 4814 
In da house 4813 
Consistent anality 4812 
Right 4812 
A speculation 4810 
Mone on silver Trabants 4809 
Parts Ag 4809 
Trabant done in pure silver 4809 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4809 
Silver swamp 4809 
In the Long Run 4809 
2RM? 4804 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4804 
DIY 4803 
95%? 4803 
More on that 4803 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4803 
Fully shielded 4803 
Interesting 4803 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3999 
Creative people 3999 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3999 
It is what it is. 3998 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3998 
Gray market 3998 
Mix up 3997 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3997 
Sound beats engeneering 3404 
Engineering Crap 3404 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3404 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2901 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2316 
Snubbers 2264 
More on snubbers 2264 
Capacitors Question 2264 
Capacitors & updates 2264 
Z-foil 2264 
Loading resistors & sockets 2264 
Low noise tubes 2263 
What Works Where 2262 
What are the REAL goals? 2262 
Good engineering parctices 2262 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2262 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2262 
It was 13 years back... 2262 
Thank you 2262 
Tube Selection 2251 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2148 
Big output capacitor question. 1909 
Context/Application/Circuit 1908 
EAR 1908 
Of Course... 1908 
834pT 1907 
Who knows.... 1907 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1906 
Where? 1906 
Big cap banks 1906 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 491 
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