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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6875 
End of Life 6875 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6875 
Shallow ambitions 6875 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6875 
Acronym 6875 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6863 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6863 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6863 
It is comming along.... 6682 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6682 
The perfect corrector. 6682 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6682 
The perfect corrector - II 6681 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6680 
Wrong values shown 6679 
The deliberate mistakes? 6679 
330R anode resistors 6679 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6679 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6679 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6677 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6677 
Going on from "There" 6677 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6677 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6676 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6675 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6675 
Good for them. 6675 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6675 
A few more 6675 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6675 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6674 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6674 
Hybridizing 6674 
I love it! 6674 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6672 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6672 
SSG 6671 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6671 
USSR SSG 6671 
USSR SSG 6671 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6671 
Fixed bias 6671 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6671 
More on this, please 6670 
Interesting development! 6670 
One-Story Jack 6670 
Nature's Bias 6670 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6670 
Apologies! 6669 
Tunable Y-factor? 6669 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6669 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6664 
The sound of one hand clapping 6664 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6663 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6655 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6655 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6654 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6654 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6654 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6569 
Specific air cap changes 6569 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6569 
One tube, two channels? 6569 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6569 
"Crosstalk" 6568 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6527 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6506 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6080 
Sucks! 6008 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6007 
Um, what? 6007 
Alternative Transformer 6007 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6007 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6007 
Hmmm,I suspect 6007 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5999 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5987 
The 100Hz hum? 5987 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5987 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5987 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5986 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5986 
DIY Air-Caps? 5986 
Capacitors 5983 
Hum again. 5962 
Hm, again.... 5962 
Tribute MC iron 5677 
Changing loads 5673 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5673 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5672 
Loading on primary? 5672 
Anticipating the needs 5672 
CCS heating? 5635 
2nd stage bias mystery 5518 
It is true but it negligible. 5518 
V2 biasing continued 5517 
Works +/- properly 5516 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5516 
My assault 5489 
What, No Breadboard? 5489 
Don't laugh too loud... 5489 
So far it is good. 5489 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5489 
The assembly and the buzz 5488 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5488 
Caps and chokes 5488 
The price of fame 5488 
Tribute 5488 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5488 
Schematics 5488 
Traces 5488 
Moving Magnet 5488 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5488 
Cat smells fish? 5487 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5487 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5487 
In the box 5487 
Schematics II 5487 
A few comments. 5487 
Miscelanea 5487 
I am surprised. 5487 
Don't be 5486 
It is not about power supply. 5486 
EMI/RFI madness 5486 
Drinking in Modulation 5486 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5486 
Finito 5485 
It is only partially outside the context. 5485 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5484 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5484 
Corresponding to ? 5484 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5457 
Qualitat 5456 
The baby is sick 5412 
Last Cleaning? 5412 
Mine too... 5412 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5412 
What the hell is going on!!! 5412 
...air-caps dirty.... 5411 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5411 
Hum points 5411 
Beats and pieces. 5411 
What else? 5411 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5411 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5411 
Veggie ham 5411 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5410 
Holly idiocy! 5409 
Yes sir 5407 
I think your game is not over. 5407 
More ham 5407 
Route(s) to Ground 5407 
Grounding arrangement 5406 
Ground Thoughts 5405 
0A2 Question 5405 
Where is the Bolt? 5405 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5405 
"End of Live" tube set 5405 
GND plane 5405 
That crazy 7025. 5405 
Distributed bolt 5405 
Amperex ECC83 5405 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5405 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5405 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5405 
More findings 5404 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5404 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5403 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5403 
Grounding and trannies 5403 
Ignorance is bliss... 5401 
Shakey DIY Basics 5401 
Poor photographer 5401 
Spare the Oxen... 5401 
Is SiC sick? 5399 
Possible, so what? 5399 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5398 
Seek and you’ll find. 5398 
Filament 5398 
Filament considerations 5398 
Air caps?Buffer? 5398 
Exorcisms 5352 
Floating? 5351 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5344 
Toilet ham 5344 
The Shield 5343 
It is hard to say. 5343 
Fake bugle/teles 5343 
Never again. 5343 
Bingo! 5334 
Total current per channel 5327 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5327 
I like iron 5327 
Choke ringing 5327 
Ringing 5327 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5327 
Choke ringing again 5326 
What ringing? 5326 
Ring-ring 5326 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5326 
TT Rider 5326 
Snubbers and motors 5325 
Nice idea... 5325 
B+ 5325 
Shielded Interconnect 5325 
IC shields 5322 
The horrors of calibration 5170 
Floating Away 5170 
Ground is +/- understood 5169 
"Calibrate"??? 5169 
The self-serving calibrations. 5168 
Fighting with RIAA 5168 
The Usual 5168 
That's it! 5168 
Parts Location 5168 
Lush layout 5167 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5119 
It might be very impressive 5119 
To be clear 5119 
Shall I co? 5118 
Parts 5118 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5118 
What does it mean? 5118 
Come on! 5118 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5118 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5118 
EAR polite recess 5118 
Power sequencing? 5088 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5088 
3 Position switch 5087 
How true... 5087 
DIY Failsafe 5087 
Switch.. 5062 
Calibration problem 5037 
Resolved 5034 
Looks good 5033 
Fat LF 5033 
Loading Up 5033 
SUT's 5033 
Shunt regulation 4952 
Application dependent 4952 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4920 
It migh be an interesting company. 4920 
Amo/silver 4920 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4920 
Silver considerations 4920 
Again With the Amo 4920 
Silver path 4920 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4920 
The Path of Least Resistance 4919 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4919 
Foil 4919 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4919 
Audiopedophile's hell 4919 
In da house 4918 
Consistent anality 4917 
Right 4917 
A speculation 4915 
Mone on silver Trabants 4914 
Parts Ag 4914 
Trabant done in pure silver 4914 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4914 
Silver swamp 4914 
In the Long Run 4914 
2RM? 4909 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4909 
DIY 4908 
95%? 4908 
More on that 4908 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4908 
Fully shielded 4908 
Interesting 4908 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4104 
Creative people 4104 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4104 
It is what it is. 4103 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4103 
Gray market 4103 
Mix up 4102 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4102 
Sound beats engeneering 3509 
Engineering Crap 3509 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3509 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3006 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2421 
Snubbers 2369 
More on snubbers 2369 
Capacitors Question 2369 
Capacitors & updates 2369 
Z-foil 2369 
Loading resistors & sockets 2369 
Low noise tubes 2368 
What Works Where 2367 
What are the REAL goals? 2367 
Good engineering parctices 2367 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2367 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2367 
It was 13 years back... 2367 
Thank you 2367 
Tube Selection 2356 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2253 
Big output capacitor question. 2014 
Context/Application/Circuit 2013 
EAR 2013 
Of Course... 2013 
834pT 2012 
Who knows.... 2012 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2011 
Where? 2011 
Big cap banks 2011 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 596 
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