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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6762 
End of Life 6762 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6762 
Shallow ambitions 6762 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6762 
Acronym 6762 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6750 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6750 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6750 
It is comming along.... 6569 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6569 
The perfect corrector. 6569 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6569 
The perfect corrector - II 6568 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6567 
Wrong values shown 6566 
The deliberate mistakes? 6566 
330R anode resistors 6566 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6566 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6566 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6564 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6564 
Going on from "There" 6564 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6564 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6563 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6562 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6562 
Good for them. 6562 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6562 
A few more 6562 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6562 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6561 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6561 
Hybridizing 6561 
I love it! 6561 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6559 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6559 
SSG 6558 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6558 
USSR SSG 6558 
USSR SSG 6558 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6558 
Fixed bias 6558 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6558 
More on this, please 6557 
Interesting development! 6557 
One-Story Jack 6557 
Nature's Bias 6557 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6557 
Apologies! 6556 
Tunable Y-factor? 6556 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6556 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6551 
The sound of one hand clapping 6551 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6550 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6542 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6542 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6541 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6541 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6541 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6456 
Specific air cap changes 6456 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6456 
One tube, two channels? 6456 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6456 
"Crosstalk" 6455 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6414 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6393 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5967 
Sucks! 5895 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5894 
Um, what? 5894 
Alternative Transformer 5894 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5894 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5894 
Hmmm,I suspect 5894 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5886 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5874 
The 100Hz hum? 5874 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5874 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5874 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5873 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5873 
DIY Air-Caps? 5873 
Capacitors 5870 
Hum again. 5849 
Hm, again.... 5849 
Tribute MC iron 5564 
Changing loads 5560 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5560 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5559 
Loading on primary? 5559 
Anticipating the needs 5559 
CCS heating? 5522 
2nd stage bias mystery 5405 
It is true but it negligible. 5405 
V2 biasing continued 5404 
Works +/- properly 5403 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5403 
My assault 5376 
What, No Breadboard? 5376 
Don't laugh too loud... 5376 
So far it is good. 5376 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5376 
The assembly and the buzz 5375 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5375 
Caps and chokes 5375 
The price of fame 5375 
Tribute 5375 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5375 
Schematics 5375 
Traces 5375 
Moving Magnet 5375 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5375 
Cat smells fish? 5374 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5374 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5374 
In the box 5374 
Schematics II 5374 
A few comments. 5374 
Miscelanea 5374 
I am surprised. 5374 
Don't be 5373 
It is not about power supply. 5373 
EMI/RFI madness 5373 
Drinking in Modulation 5373 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5373 
Finito 5372 
It is only partially outside the context. 5372 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5371 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5371 
Corresponding to ? 5371 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5344 
Qualitat 5343 
The baby is sick 5299 
Last Cleaning? 5299 
Mine too... 5299 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5299 
What the hell is going on!!! 5299 
...air-caps dirty.... 5298 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5298 
Hum points 5298 
Beats and pieces. 5298 
What else? 5298 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5298 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5298 
Veggie ham 5298 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5297 
Holly idiocy! 5296 
Yes sir 5294 
I think your game is not over. 5294 
More ham 5294 
Route(s) to Ground 5294 
Grounding arrangement 5293 
Ground Thoughts 5292 
0A2 Question 5292 
Where is the Bolt? 5292 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5292 
"End of Live" tube set 5292 
GND plane 5292 
That crazy 7025. 5292 
Distributed bolt 5292 
Amperex ECC83 5292 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5292 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5292 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5292 
More findings 5291 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5291 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5290 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5290 
Grounding and trannies 5290 
Ignorance is bliss... 5288 
Shakey DIY Basics 5288 
Poor photographer 5288 
Spare the Oxen... 5288 
Is SiC sick? 5286 
Possible, so what? 5286 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5285 
Seek and you’ll find. 5285 
Filament 5285 
Filament considerations 5285 
Air caps?Buffer? 5285 
Exorcisms 5239 
Floating? 5238 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5231 
Toilet ham 5231 
The Shield 5230 
It is hard to say. 5230 
Fake bugle/teles 5230 
Never again. 5230 
Bingo! 5221 
Total current per channel 5214 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5214 
I like iron 5214 
Choke ringing 5214 
Ringing 5214 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5214 
Choke ringing again 5213 
What ringing? 5213 
Ring-ring 5213 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5213 
TT Rider 5213 
Snubbers and motors 5212 
Nice idea... 5212 
B+ 5212 
Shielded Interconnect 5212 
IC shields 5209 
The horrors of calibration 5057 
Floating Away 5057 
Ground is +/- understood 5056 
"Calibrate"??? 5056 
The self-serving calibrations. 5055 
Fighting with RIAA 5055 
The Usual 5055 
That's it! 5055 
Parts Location 5055 
Lush layout 5054 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5006 
It might be very impressive 5006 
To be clear 5006 
Shall I co? 5005 
Parts 5005 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5005 
What does it mean? 5005 
Come on! 5005 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5005 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5005 
EAR polite recess 5005 
Power sequencing? 4975 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4975 
3 Position switch 4974 
How true... 4974 
DIY Failsafe 4974 
Switch.. 4949 
Calibration problem 4924 
Resolved 4921 
Looks good 4920 
Fat LF 4920 
Loading Up 4920 
SUT's 4920 
Shunt regulation 4839 
Application dependent 4839 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4807 
It migh be an interesting company. 4807 
Amo/silver 4807 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4807 
Silver considerations 4807 
Again With the Amo 4807 
Silver path 4807 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4807 
The Path of Least Resistance 4806 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4806 
Foil 4806 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4806 
Audiopedophile's hell 4806 
In da house 4805 
Consistent anality 4804 
Right 4804 
A speculation 4802 
Mone on silver Trabants 4801 
Parts Ag 4801 
Trabant done in pure silver 4801 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4801 
Silver swamp 4801 
In the Long Run 4801 
2RM? 4796 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4796 
DIY 4795 
95%? 4795 
More on that 4795 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4795 
Fully shielded 4795 
Interesting 4795 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3991 
Creative people 3991 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3991 
It is what it is. 3990 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3990 
Gray market 3990 
Mix up 3989 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3989 
Sound beats engeneering 3396 
Engineering Crap 3396 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3396 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2893 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2308 
Snubbers 2256 
More on snubbers 2256 
Capacitors Question 2256 
Capacitors & updates 2256 
Z-foil 2256 
Loading resistors & sockets 2256 
Low noise tubes 2255 
What Works Where 2254 
What are the REAL goals? 2254 
Good engineering parctices 2254 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2254 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2254 
It was 13 years back... 2254 
Thank you 2254 
Tube Selection 2243 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2140 
Big output capacitor question. 1901 
Context/Application/Circuit 1900 
EAR 1900 
Of Course... 1900 
834pT 1899 
Who knows.... 1899 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1898 
Where? 1898 
Big cap banks 1898 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 483 
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