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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6764 
End of Life 6764 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6764 
Shallow ambitions 6764 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6764 
Acronym 6764 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6752 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6752 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6752 
It is comming along.... 6571 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6571 
The perfect corrector. 6571 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6571 
The perfect corrector - II 6570 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6569 
Wrong values shown 6568 
The deliberate mistakes? 6568 
330R anode resistors 6568 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6568 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6568 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6566 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6566 
Going on from "There" 6566 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6566 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6565 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6564 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6564 
Good for them. 6564 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6564 
A few more 6564 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6564 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6563 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6563 
Hybridizing 6563 
I love it! 6563 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6561 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6561 
SSG 6560 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6560 
USSR SSG 6560 
USSR SSG 6560 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6560 
Fixed bias 6560 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6560 
More on this, please 6559 
Interesting development! 6559 
One-Story Jack 6559 
Nature's Bias 6559 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6559 
Apologies! 6558 
Tunable Y-factor? 6558 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6558 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6553 
The sound of one hand clapping 6553 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6552 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6544 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6544 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6543 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6543 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6543 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6458 
Specific air cap changes 6458 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6458 
One tube, two channels? 6458 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6458 
"Crosstalk" 6457 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6416 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6395 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5969 
Sucks! 5897 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5896 
Um, what? 5896 
Alternative Transformer 5896 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5896 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5896 
Hmmm,I suspect 5896 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5888 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5876 
The 100Hz hum? 5876 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5876 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5876 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5875 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5875 
DIY Air-Caps? 5875 
Capacitors 5872 
Hum again. 5851 
Hm, again.... 5851 
Tribute MC iron 5566 
Changing loads 5562 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5562 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5561 
Loading on primary? 5561 
Anticipating the needs 5561 
CCS heating? 5524 
2nd stage bias mystery 5407 
It is true but it negligible. 5407 
V2 biasing continued 5406 
Works +/- properly 5405 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5405 
My assault 5378 
What, No Breadboard? 5378 
Don't laugh too loud... 5378 
So far it is good. 5378 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5378 
The assembly and the buzz 5377 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5377 
Caps and chokes 5377 
The price of fame 5377 
Tribute 5377 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5377 
Schematics 5377 
Traces 5377 
Moving Magnet 5377 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5377 
Cat smells fish? 5376 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5376 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5376 
In the box 5376 
Schematics II 5376 
A few comments. 5376 
Miscelanea 5376 
I am surprised. 5376 
Don't be 5375 
It is not about power supply. 5375 
EMI/RFI madness 5375 
Drinking in Modulation 5375 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5375 
Finito 5374 
It is only partially outside the context. 5374 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5373 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5373 
Corresponding to ? 5373 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5346 
Qualitat 5345 
The baby is sick 5301 
Last Cleaning? 5301 
Mine too... 5301 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5301 
What the hell is going on!!! 5301 
...air-caps dirty.... 5300 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5300 
Hum points 5300 
Beats and pieces. 5300 
What else? 5300 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5300 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5300 
Veggie ham 5300 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5299 
Holly idiocy! 5298 
Yes sir 5296 
I think your game is not over. 5296 
More ham 5296 
Route(s) to Ground 5296 
Grounding arrangement 5295 
Ground Thoughts 5294 
0A2 Question 5294 
Where is the Bolt? 5294 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5294 
"End of Live" tube set 5294 
GND plane 5294 
That crazy 7025. 5294 
Distributed bolt 5294 
Amperex ECC83 5294 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5294 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5294 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5294 
More findings 5293 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5293 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5292 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5292 
Grounding and trannies 5292 
Ignorance is bliss... 5290 
Shakey DIY Basics 5290 
Poor photographer 5290 
Spare the Oxen... 5290 
Is SiC sick? 5288 
Possible, so what? 5288 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5287 
Seek and you’ll find. 5287 
Filament 5287 
Filament considerations 5287 
Air caps?Buffer? 5287 
Exorcisms 5241 
Floating? 5240 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5233 
Toilet ham 5233 
The Shield 5232 
It is hard to say. 5232 
Fake bugle/teles 5232 
Never again. 5232 
Bingo! 5223 
Total current per channel 5216 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5216 
I like iron 5216 
Choke ringing 5216 
Ringing 5216 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5216 
Choke ringing again 5215 
What ringing? 5215 
Ring-ring 5215 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5215 
TT Rider 5215 
Snubbers and motors 5214 
Nice idea... 5214 
B+ 5214 
Shielded Interconnect 5214 
IC shields 5211 
The horrors of calibration 5059 
Floating Away 5059 
Ground is +/- understood 5058 
"Calibrate"??? 5058 
The self-serving calibrations. 5057 
Fighting with RIAA 5057 
The Usual 5057 
That's it! 5057 
Parts Location 5057 
Lush layout 5056 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5008 
It might be very impressive 5008 
To be clear 5008 
Shall I co? 5007 
Parts 5007 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5007 
What does it mean? 5007 
Come on! 5007 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5007 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5007 
EAR polite recess 5007 
Power sequencing? 4977 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4977 
3 Position switch 4976 
How true... 4976 
DIY Failsafe 4976 
Switch.. 4951 
Calibration problem 4926 
Resolved 4923 
Looks good 4922 
Fat LF 4922 
Loading Up 4922 
SUT's 4922 
Shunt regulation 4841 
Application dependent 4841 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4809 
It migh be an interesting company. 4809 
Amo/silver 4809 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4809 
Silver considerations 4809 
Again With the Amo 4809 
Silver path 4809 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4809 
The Path of Least Resistance 4808 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4808 
Foil 4808 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4808 
Audiopedophile's hell 4808 
In da house 4807 
Consistent anality 4806 
Right 4806 
A speculation 4804 
Mone on silver Trabants 4803 
Parts Ag 4803 
Trabant done in pure silver 4803 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4803 
Silver swamp 4803 
In the Long Run 4803 
2RM? 4798 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4798 
DIY 4797 
95%? 4797 
More on that 4797 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4797 
Fully shielded 4797 
Interesting 4797 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3993 
Creative people 3993 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3993 
It is what it is. 3992 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3992 
Gray market 3992 
Mix up 3991 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3991 
Sound beats engeneering 3398 
Engineering Crap 3398 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3398 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2895 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2310 
Snubbers 2258 
More on snubbers 2258 
Capacitors Question 2258 
Capacitors & updates 2258 
Z-foil 2258 
Loading resistors & sockets 2258 
Low noise tubes 2257 
What Works Where 2256 
What are the REAL goals? 2256 
Good engineering parctices 2256 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2256 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2256 
It was 13 years back... 2256 
Thank you 2256 
Tube Selection 2245 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2142 
Big output capacitor question. 1903 
Context/Application/Circuit 1902 
EAR 1902 
Of Course... 1902 
834pT 1901 
Who knows.... 1901 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1900 
Where? 1900 
Big cap banks 1900 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 485 
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