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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6873 
End of Life 6873 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6873 
Shallow ambitions 6873 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6873 
Acronym 6873 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6861 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6861 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6861 
It is comming along.... 6680 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6680 
The perfect corrector. 6680 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6680 
The perfect corrector - II 6679 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6678 
Wrong values shown 6677 
The deliberate mistakes? 6677 
330R anode resistors 6677 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6677 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6677 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6675 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6675 
Going on from "There" 6675 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6675 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6674 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6673 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6673 
Good for them. 6673 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6673 
A few more 6673 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6673 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6672 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6672 
Hybridizing 6672 
I love it! 6672 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6670 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6670 
SSG 6669 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6669 
USSR SSG 6669 
USSR SSG 6669 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6669 
Fixed bias 6669 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6669 
More on this, please 6668 
Interesting development! 6668 
One-Story Jack 6668 
Nature's Bias 6668 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6668 
Apologies! 6667 
Tunable Y-factor? 6667 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6667 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6662 
The sound of one hand clapping 6662 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6661 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6653 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6653 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6652 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6652 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6652 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6567 
Specific air cap changes 6567 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6567 
One tube, two channels? 6567 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6567 
"Crosstalk" 6566 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6525 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6504 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6078 
Sucks! 6006 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6005 
Um, what? 6005 
Alternative Transformer 6005 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6005 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6005 
Hmmm,I suspect 6005 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5997 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5985 
The 100Hz hum? 5985 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5985 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5985 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5984 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5984 
DIY Air-Caps? 5984 
Capacitors 5981 
Hum again. 5960 
Hm, again.... 5960 
Tribute MC iron 5675 
Changing loads 5671 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5671 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5670 
Loading on primary? 5670 
Anticipating the needs 5670 
CCS heating? 5633 
2nd stage bias mystery 5516 
It is true but it negligible. 5516 
V2 biasing continued 5515 
Works +/- properly 5514 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5514 
My assault 5487 
What, No Breadboard? 5487 
Don't laugh too loud... 5487 
So far it is good. 5487 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5487 
The assembly and the buzz 5486 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5486 
Caps and chokes 5486 
The price of fame 5486 
Tribute 5486 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5486 
Schematics 5486 
Traces 5486 
Moving Magnet 5486 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5486 
Cat smells fish? 5485 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5485 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5485 
In the box 5485 
Schematics II 5485 
A few comments. 5485 
Miscelanea 5485 
I am surprised. 5485 
Don't be 5484 
It is not about power supply. 5484 
EMI/RFI madness 5484 
Drinking in Modulation 5484 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5484 
Finito 5483 
It is only partially outside the context. 5483 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5482 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5482 
Corresponding to ? 5482 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5455 
Qualitat 5454 
The baby is sick 5410 
Last Cleaning? 5410 
Mine too... 5410 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5410 
What the hell is going on!!! 5410 
...air-caps dirty.... 5409 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5409 
Hum points 5409 
Beats and pieces. 5409 
What else? 5409 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5409 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5409 
Veggie ham 5409 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5408 
Holly idiocy! 5407 
Yes sir 5405 
I think your game is not over. 5405 
More ham 5405 
Route(s) to Ground 5405 
Grounding arrangement 5404 
Ground Thoughts 5403 
0A2 Question 5403 
Where is the Bolt? 5403 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5403 
"End of Live" tube set 5403 
GND plane 5403 
That crazy 7025. 5403 
Distributed bolt 5403 
Amperex ECC83 5403 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5403 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5403 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5403 
More findings 5402 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5402 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5401 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5401 
Grounding and trannies 5401 
Ignorance is bliss... 5399 
Shakey DIY Basics 5399 
Poor photographer 5399 
Spare the Oxen... 5399 
Is SiC sick? 5397 
Possible, so what? 5397 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5396 
Seek and you’ll find. 5396 
Filament 5396 
Filament considerations 5396 
Air caps?Buffer? 5396 
Exorcisms 5350 
Floating? 5349 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5342 
Toilet ham 5342 
The Shield 5341 
It is hard to say. 5341 
Fake bugle/teles 5341 
Never again. 5341 
Bingo! 5332 
Total current per channel 5325 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5325 
I like iron 5325 
Choke ringing 5325 
Ringing 5325 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5325 
Choke ringing again 5324 
What ringing? 5324 
Ring-ring 5324 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5324 
TT Rider 5324 
Snubbers and motors 5323 
Nice idea... 5323 
B+ 5323 
Shielded Interconnect 5323 
IC shields 5320 
The horrors of calibration 5168 
Floating Away 5168 
Ground is +/- understood 5167 
"Calibrate"??? 5167 
The self-serving calibrations. 5166 
Fighting with RIAA 5166 
The Usual 5166 
That's it! 5166 
Parts Location 5166 
Lush layout 5165 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5117 
It might be very impressive 5117 
To be clear 5117 
Shall I co? 5116 
Parts 5116 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5116 
What does it mean? 5116 
Come on! 5116 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5116 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5116 
EAR polite recess 5116 
Power sequencing? 5086 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5086 
3 Position switch 5085 
How true... 5085 
DIY Failsafe 5085 
Switch.. 5060 
Calibration problem 5035 
Resolved 5032 
Looks good 5031 
Fat LF 5031 
Loading Up 5031 
SUT's 5031 
Shunt regulation 4950 
Application dependent 4950 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4918 
It migh be an interesting company. 4918 
Amo/silver 4918 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4918 
Silver considerations 4918 
Again With the Amo 4918 
Silver path 4918 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4918 
The Path of Least Resistance 4917 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4917 
Foil 4917 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4917 
Audiopedophile's hell 4917 
In da house 4916 
Consistent anality 4915 
Right 4915 
A speculation 4913 
Mone on silver Trabants 4912 
Parts Ag 4912 
Trabant done in pure silver 4912 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4912 
Silver swamp 4912 
In the Long Run 4912 
2RM? 4907 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4907 
DIY 4906 
95%? 4906 
More on that 4906 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4906 
Fully shielded 4906 
Interesting 4906 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4102 
Creative people 4102 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4102 
It is what it is. 4101 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4101 
Gray market 4101 
Mix up 4100 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4100 
Sound beats engeneering 3507 
Engineering Crap 3507 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3507 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3004 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2419 
Snubbers 2367 
More on snubbers 2367 
Capacitors Question 2367 
Capacitors & updates 2367 
Z-foil 2367 
Loading resistors & sockets 2367 
Low noise tubes 2366 
What Works Where 2365 
What are the REAL goals? 2365 
Good engineering parctices 2365 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2365 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2365 
It was 13 years back... 2365 
Thank you 2365 
Tube Selection 2354 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2251 
Big output capacitor question. 2012 
Context/Application/Circuit 2011 
EAR 2011 
Of Course... 2011 
834pT 2010 
Who knows.... 2010 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2009 
Where? 2009 
Big cap banks 2009 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 594 
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