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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6769 
End of Life 6769 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6769 
Shallow ambitions 6769 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6769 
Acronym 6769 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6757 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6757 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6757 
It is comming along.... 6576 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6576 
The perfect corrector. 6576 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6576 
The perfect corrector - II 6575 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6574 
Wrong values shown 6573 
The deliberate mistakes? 6573 
330R anode resistors 6573 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6573 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6573 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6571 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6571 
Going on from "There" 6571 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6571 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6570 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6569 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6569 
Good for them. 6569 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6569 
A few more 6569 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6569 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6568 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6568 
Hybridizing 6568 
I love it! 6568 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6566 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6566 
SSG 6565 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6565 
USSR SSG 6565 
USSR SSG 6565 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6565 
Fixed bias 6565 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6565 
More on this, please 6564 
Interesting development! 6564 
One-Story Jack 6564 
Nature's Bias 6564 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6564 
Apologies! 6563 
Tunable Y-factor? 6563 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6563 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6558 
The sound of one hand clapping 6558 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6557 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6549 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6549 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6548 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6548 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6548 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6463 
Specific air cap changes 6463 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6463 
One tube, two channels? 6463 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6463 
"Crosstalk" 6462 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6421 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6400 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5974 
Sucks! 5902 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5901 
Um, what? 5901 
Alternative Transformer 5901 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5901 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5901 
Hmmm,I suspect 5901 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5893 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5881 
The 100Hz hum? 5881 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5881 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5881 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5880 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5880 
DIY Air-Caps? 5880 
Capacitors 5877 
Hum again. 5856 
Hm, again.... 5856 
Tribute MC iron 5571 
Changing loads 5567 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5567 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5566 
Loading on primary? 5566 
Anticipating the needs 5566 
CCS heating? 5529 
2nd stage bias mystery 5412 
It is true but it negligible. 5412 
V2 biasing continued 5411 
Works +/- properly 5410 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5410 
My assault 5383 
What, No Breadboard? 5383 
Don't laugh too loud... 5383 
So far it is good. 5383 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5383 
The assembly and the buzz 5382 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5382 
Caps and chokes 5382 
The price of fame 5382 
Tribute 5382 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5382 
Schematics 5382 
Traces 5382 
Moving Magnet 5382 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5382 
Cat smells fish? 5381 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5381 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5381 
In the box 5381 
Schematics II 5381 
A few comments. 5381 
Miscelanea 5381 
I am surprised. 5381 
Don't be 5380 
It is not about power supply. 5380 
EMI/RFI madness 5380 
Drinking in Modulation 5380 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5380 
Finito 5379 
It is only partially outside the context. 5379 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5378 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5378 
Corresponding to ? 5378 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5351 
Qualitat 5350 
The baby is sick 5306 
Last Cleaning? 5306 
Mine too... 5306 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5306 
What the hell is going on!!! 5306 
...air-caps dirty.... 5305 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5305 
Hum points 5305 
Beats and pieces. 5305 
What else? 5305 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5305 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5305 
Veggie ham 5305 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5304 
Holly idiocy! 5303 
Yes sir 5301 
I think your game is not over. 5301 
More ham 5301 
Route(s) to Ground 5301 
Grounding arrangement 5300 
Ground Thoughts 5299 
0A2 Question 5299 
Where is the Bolt? 5299 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5299 
"End of Live" tube set 5299 
GND plane 5299 
That crazy 7025. 5299 
Distributed bolt 5299 
Amperex ECC83 5299 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5299 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5299 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5299 
More findings 5298 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5298 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5297 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5297 
Grounding and trannies 5297 
Ignorance is bliss... 5295 
Shakey DIY Basics 5295 
Poor photographer 5295 
Spare the Oxen... 5295 
Is SiC sick? 5293 
Possible, so what? 5293 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5292 
Seek and you’ll find. 5292 
Filament 5292 
Filament considerations 5292 
Air caps?Buffer? 5292 
Exorcisms 5246 
Floating? 5245 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5238 
Toilet ham 5238 
The Shield 5237 
It is hard to say. 5237 
Fake bugle/teles 5237 
Never again. 5237 
Bingo! 5228 
Total current per channel 5221 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5221 
I like iron 5221 
Choke ringing 5221 
Ringing 5221 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5221 
Choke ringing again 5220 
What ringing? 5220 
Ring-ring 5220 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5220 
TT Rider 5220 
Snubbers and motors 5219 
Nice idea... 5219 
B+ 5219 
Shielded Interconnect 5219 
IC shields 5216 
The horrors of calibration 5064 
Floating Away 5064 
Ground is +/- understood 5063 
"Calibrate"??? 5063 
The self-serving calibrations. 5062 
Fighting with RIAA 5062 
The Usual 5062 
That's it! 5062 
Parts Location 5062 
Lush layout 5061 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5013 
It might be very impressive 5013 
To be clear 5013 
Shall I co? 5012 
Parts 5012 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5012 
What does it mean? 5012 
Come on! 5012 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5012 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5012 
EAR polite recess 5012 
Power sequencing? 4982 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4982 
3 Position switch 4981 
How true... 4981 
DIY Failsafe 4981 
Switch.. 4956 
Calibration problem 4931 
Resolved 4928 
Looks good 4927 
Fat LF 4927 
Loading Up 4927 
SUT's 4927 
Shunt regulation 4846 
Application dependent 4846 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4814 
It migh be an interesting company. 4814 
Amo/silver 4814 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4814 
Silver considerations 4814 
Again With the Amo 4814 
Silver path 4814 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4814 
The Path of Least Resistance 4813 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4813 
Foil 4813 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4813 
Audiopedophile's hell 4813 
In da house 4812 
Consistent anality 4811 
Right 4811 
A speculation 4809 
Mone on silver Trabants 4808 
Parts Ag 4808 
Trabant done in pure silver 4808 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4808 
Silver swamp 4808 
In the Long Run 4808 
2RM? 4803 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4803 
DIY 4802 
95%? 4802 
More on that 4802 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4802 
Fully shielded 4802 
Interesting 4802 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3998 
Creative people 3998 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3998 
It is what it is. 3997 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3997 
Gray market 3997 
Mix up 3996 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3996 
Sound beats engeneering 3403 
Engineering Crap 3403 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3403 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2900 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2315 
Snubbers 2263 
More on snubbers 2263 
Capacitors Question 2263 
Capacitors & updates 2263 
Z-foil 2263 
Loading resistors & sockets 2263 
Low noise tubes 2262 
What Works Where 2261 
What are the REAL goals? 2261 
Good engineering parctices 2261 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2261 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2261 
It was 13 years back... 2261 
Thank you 2261 
Tube Selection 2250 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2147 
Big output capacitor question. 1908 
Context/Application/Circuit 1907 
EAR 1907 
Of Course... 1907 
834pT 1906 
Who knows.... 1906 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1905 
Where? 1905 
Big cap banks 1905 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 490 
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