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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6820 
End of Life 6820 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6820 
Shallow ambitions 6820 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6820 
Acronym 6820 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6808 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6808 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6808 
It is comming along.... 6627 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6627 
The perfect corrector. 6627 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6627 
The perfect corrector - II 6626 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6625 
Wrong values shown 6624 
The deliberate mistakes? 6624 
330R anode resistors 6624 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6624 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6624 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6622 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6622 
Going on from "There" 6622 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6622 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6621 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6620 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6620 
Good for them. 6620 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6620 
A few more 6620 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6620 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6619 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6619 
Hybridizing 6619 
I love it! 6619 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6617 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6617 
SSG 6616 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6616 
USSR SSG 6616 
USSR SSG 6616 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6616 
Fixed bias 6616 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6616 
More on this, please 6615 
Interesting development! 6615 
One-Story Jack 6615 
Nature's Bias 6615 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6615 
Apologies! 6614 
Tunable Y-factor? 6614 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6614 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6609 
The sound of one hand clapping 6609 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6608 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6600 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6600 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6599 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6599 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6599 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6514 
Specific air cap changes 6514 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6514 
One tube, two channels? 6514 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6514 
"Crosstalk" 6513 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6472 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6451 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6025 
Sucks! 5953 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5952 
Um, what? 5952 
Alternative Transformer 5952 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5952 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5952 
Hmmm,I suspect 5952 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5944 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5932 
The 100Hz hum? 5932 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5932 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5932 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5931 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5931 
DIY Air-Caps? 5931 
Capacitors 5928 
Hum again. 5907 
Hm, again.... 5907 
Tribute MC iron 5622 
Changing loads 5618 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5618 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5617 
Loading on primary? 5617 
Anticipating the needs 5617 
CCS heating? 5580 
2nd stage bias mystery 5463 
It is true but it negligible. 5463 
V2 biasing continued 5462 
Works +/- properly 5461 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5461 
My assault 5434 
What, No Breadboard? 5434 
Don't laugh too loud... 5434 
So far it is good. 5434 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5434 
The assembly and the buzz 5433 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5433 
Caps and chokes 5433 
The price of fame 5433 
Tribute 5433 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5433 
Schematics 5433 
Traces 5433 
Moving Magnet 5433 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5433 
Cat smells fish? 5432 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5432 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5432 
In the box 5432 
Schematics II 5432 
A few comments. 5432 
Miscelanea 5432 
I am surprised. 5432 
Don't be 5431 
It is not about power supply. 5431 
EMI/RFI madness 5431 
Drinking in Modulation 5431 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5431 
Finito 5430 
It is only partially outside the context. 5430 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5429 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5429 
Corresponding to ? 5429 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5402 
Qualitat 5401 
The baby is sick 5357 
Last Cleaning? 5357 
Mine too... 5357 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5357 
What the hell is going on!!! 5357 
...air-caps dirty.... 5356 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5356 
Hum points 5356 
Beats and pieces. 5356 
What else? 5356 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5356 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5356 
Veggie ham 5356 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5355 
Holly idiocy! 5354 
Yes sir 5352 
I think your game is not over. 5352 
More ham 5352 
Route(s) to Ground 5352 
Grounding arrangement 5351 
Ground Thoughts 5350 
0A2 Question 5350 
Where is the Bolt? 5350 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5350 
"End of Live" tube set 5350 
GND plane 5350 
That crazy 7025. 5350 
Distributed bolt 5350 
Amperex ECC83 5350 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5350 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5350 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5350 
More findings 5349 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5349 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5348 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5348 
Grounding and trannies 5348 
Ignorance is bliss... 5346 
Shakey DIY Basics 5346 
Poor photographer 5346 
Spare the Oxen... 5346 
Is SiC sick? 5344 
Possible, so what? 5344 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5343 
Seek and you’ll find. 5343 
Filament 5343 
Filament considerations 5343 
Air caps?Buffer? 5343 
Exorcisms 5297 
Floating? 5296 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5289 
Toilet ham 5289 
The Shield 5288 
It is hard to say. 5288 
Fake bugle/teles 5288 
Never again. 5288 
Bingo! 5279 
Total current per channel 5272 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5272 
I like iron 5272 
Choke ringing 5272 
Ringing 5272 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5272 
Choke ringing again 5271 
What ringing? 5271 
Ring-ring 5271 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5271 
TT Rider 5271 
Snubbers and motors 5270 
Nice idea... 5270 
B+ 5270 
Shielded Interconnect 5270 
IC shields 5267 
The horrors of calibration 5115 
Floating Away 5115 
Ground is +/- understood 5114 
"Calibrate"??? 5114 
The self-serving calibrations. 5113 
Fighting with RIAA 5113 
The Usual 5113 
That's it! 5113 
Parts Location 5113 
Lush layout 5112 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5064 
It might be very impressive 5064 
To be clear 5064 
Shall I co? 5063 
Parts 5063 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5063 
What does it mean? 5063 
Come on! 5063 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5063 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5063 
EAR polite recess 5063 
Power sequencing? 5033 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5033 
3 Position switch 5032 
How true... 5032 
DIY Failsafe 5032 
Switch.. 5007 
Calibration problem 4982 
Resolved 4979 
Looks good 4978 
Fat LF 4978 
Loading Up 4978 
SUT's 4978 
Shunt regulation 4897 
Application dependent 4897 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4865 
It migh be an interesting company. 4865 
Amo/silver 4865 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4865 
Silver considerations 4865 
Again With the Amo 4865 
Silver path 4865 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4865 
The Path of Least Resistance 4864 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4864 
Foil 4864 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4864 
Audiopedophile's hell 4864 
In da house 4863 
Consistent anality 4862 
Right 4862 
A speculation 4860 
Mone on silver Trabants 4859 
Parts Ag 4859 
Trabant done in pure silver 4859 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4859 
Silver swamp 4859 
In the Long Run 4859 
2RM? 4854 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4854 
DIY 4853 
95%? 4853 
More on that 4853 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4853 
Fully shielded 4853 
Interesting 4853 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4049 
Creative people 4049 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4049 
It is what it is. 4048 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4048 
Gray market 4048 
Mix up 4047 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4047 
Sound beats engeneering 3454 
Engineering Crap 3454 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3454 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2951 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2366 
Snubbers 2314 
More on snubbers 2314 
Capacitors Question 2314 
Capacitors & updates 2314 
Z-foil 2314 
Loading resistors & sockets 2314 
Low noise tubes 2313 
What Works Where 2312 
What are the REAL goals? 2312 
Good engineering parctices 2312 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2312 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2312 
It was 13 years back... 2312 
Thank you 2312 
Tube Selection 2301 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2198 
Big output capacitor question. 1959 
Context/Application/Circuit 1958 
EAR 1958 
Of Course... 1958 
834pT 1957 
Who knows.... 1957 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1956 
Where? 1956 
Big cap banks 1956 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 541 
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