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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6833 
End of Life 6833 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6833 
Shallow ambitions 6833 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6833 
Acronym 6833 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6821 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6821 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6821 
It is comming along.... 6640 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6640 
The perfect corrector. 6640 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6640 
The perfect corrector - II 6639 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6638 
Wrong values shown 6637 
The deliberate mistakes? 6637 
330R anode resistors 6637 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6637 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6637 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6635 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6635 
Going on from "There" 6635 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6635 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6634 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6633 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6633 
Good for them. 6633 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6633 
A few more 6633 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6633 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6632 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6632 
Hybridizing 6632 
I love it! 6632 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6630 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6630 
SSG 6629 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6629 
USSR SSG 6629 
USSR SSG 6629 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6629 
Fixed bias 6629 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6629 
More on this, please 6628 
Interesting development! 6628 
One-Story Jack 6628 
Nature's Bias 6628 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6628 
Apologies! 6627 
Tunable Y-factor? 6627 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6627 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6622 
The sound of one hand clapping 6622 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6621 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6613 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6613 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6612 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6612 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6612 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6527 
Specific air cap changes 6527 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6527 
One tube, two channels? 6527 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6527 
"Crosstalk" 6526 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6485 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6464 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6038 
Sucks! 5966 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5965 
Um, what? 5965 
Alternative Transformer 5965 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5965 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5965 
Hmmm,I suspect 5965 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5957 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5945 
The 100Hz hum? 5945 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5945 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5945 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5944 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5944 
DIY Air-Caps? 5944 
Capacitors 5941 
Hum again. 5920 
Hm, again.... 5920 
Tribute MC iron 5635 
Changing loads 5631 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5631 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5630 
Loading on primary? 5630 
Anticipating the needs 5630 
CCS heating? 5593 
2nd stage bias mystery 5476 
It is true but it negligible. 5476 
V2 biasing continued 5475 
Works +/- properly 5474 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5474 
My assault 5447 
What, No Breadboard? 5447 
Don't laugh too loud... 5447 
So far it is good. 5447 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5447 
The assembly and the buzz 5446 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5446 
Caps and chokes 5446 
The price of fame 5446 
Tribute 5446 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5446 
Schematics 5446 
Traces 5446 
Moving Magnet 5446 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5446 
Cat smells fish? 5445 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5445 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5445 
In the box 5445 
Schematics II 5445 
A few comments. 5445 
Miscelanea 5445 
I am surprised. 5445 
Don't be 5444 
It is not about power supply. 5444 
EMI/RFI madness 5444 
Drinking in Modulation 5444 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5444 
Finito 5443 
It is only partially outside the context. 5443 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5442 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5442 
Corresponding to ? 5442 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5415 
Qualitat 5414 
The baby is sick 5370 
Last Cleaning? 5370 
Mine too... 5370 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5370 
What the hell is going on!!! 5370 
...air-caps dirty.... 5369 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5369 
Hum points 5369 
Beats and pieces. 5369 
What else? 5369 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5369 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5369 
Veggie ham 5369 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5368 
Holly idiocy! 5367 
Yes sir 5365 
I think your game is not over. 5365 
More ham 5365 
Route(s) to Ground 5365 
Grounding arrangement 5364 
Ground Thoughts 5363 
0A2 Question 5363 
Where is the Bolt? 5363 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5363 
"End of Live" tube set 5363 
GND plane 5363 
That crazy 7025. 5363 
Distributed bolt 5363 
Amperex ECC83 5363 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5363 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5363 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5363 
More findings 5362 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5362 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5361 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5361 
Grounding and trannies 5361 
Ignorance is bliss... 5359 
Shakey DIY Basics 5359 
Poor photographer 5359 
Spare the Oxen... 5359 
Is SiC sick? 5357 
Possible, so what? 5357 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5356 
Seek and you’ll find. 5356 
Filament 5356 
Filament considerations 5356 
Air caps?Buffer? 5356 
Exorcisms 5310 
Floating? 5309 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5302 
Toilet ham 5302 
The Shield 5301 
It is hard to say. 5301 
Fake bugle/teles 5301 
Never again. 5301 
Bingo! 5292 
Total current per channel 5285 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5285 
I like iron 5285 
Choke ringing 5285 
Ringing 5285 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5285 
Choke ringing again 5284 
What ringing? 5284 
Ring-ring 5284 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5284 
TT Rider 5284 
Snubbers and motors 5283 
Nice idea... 5283 
B+ 5283 
Shielded Interconnect 5283 
IC shields 5280 
The horrors of calibration 5128 
Floating Away 5128 
Ground is +/- understood 5127 
"Calibrate"??? 5127 
The self-serving calibrations. 5126 
Fighting with RIAA 5126 
The Usual 5126 
That's it! 5126 
Parts Location 5126 
Lush layout 5125 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5077 
It might be very impressive 5077 
To be clear 5077 
Shall I co? 5076 
Parts 5076 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5076 
What does it mean? 5076 
Come on! 5076 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5076 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5076 
EAR polite recess 5076 
Power sequencing? 5046 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5046 
3 Position switch 5045 
How true... 5045 
DIY Failsafe 5045 
Switch.. 5020 
Calibration problem 4995 
Resolved 4992 
Looks good 4991 
Fat LF 4991 
Loading Up 4991 
SUT's 4991 
Shunt regulation 4910 
Application dependent 4910 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4878 
It migh be an interesting company. 4878 
Amo/silver 4878 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4878 
Silver considerations 4878 
Again With the Amo 4878 
Silver path 4878 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4878 
The Path of Least Resistance 4877 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4877 
Foil 4877 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4877 
Audiopedophile's hell 4877 
In da house 4876 
Consistent anality 4875 
Right 4875 
A speculation 4873 
Mone on silver Trabants 4872 
Parts Ag 4872 
Trabant done in pure silver 4872 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4872 
Silver swamp 4872 
In the Long Run 4872 
2RM? 4867 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4867 
DIY 4866 
95%? 4866 
More on that 4866 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4866 
Fully shielded 4866 
Interesting 4866 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4062 
Creative people 4062 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4062 
It is what it is. 4061 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4061 
Gray market 4061 
Mix up 4060 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4060 
Sound beats engeneering 3467 
Engineering Crap 3467 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3467 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2964 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2379 
Snubbers 2327 
More on snubbers 2327 
Capacitors Question 2327 
Capacitors & updates 2327 
Z-foil 2327 
Loading resistors & sockets 2327 
Low noise tubes 2326 
What Works Where 2325 
What are the REAL goals? 2325 
Good engineering parctices 2325 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2325 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2325 
It was 13 years back... 2325 
Thank you 2325 
Tube Selection 2314 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2211 
Big output capacitor question. 1972 
Context/Application/Circuit 1971 
EAR 1971 
Of Course... 1971 
834pT 1970 
Who knows.... 1970 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1969 
Where? 1969 
Big cap banks 1969 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 554 
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