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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6738 
End of Life 6738 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6738 
Shallow ambitions 6738 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6738 
Acronym 6738 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6726 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6726 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6726 
It is comming along.... 6545 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6545 
The perfect corrector. 6545 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6545 
The perfect corrector - II 6544 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6543 
Wrong values shown 6542 
The deliberate mistakes? 6542 
330R anode resistors 6542 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6542 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6542 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6540 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6540 
Going on from "There" 6540 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6540 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6539 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6538 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6538 
Good for them. 6538 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6538 
A few more 6538 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6538 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6537 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6537 
Hybridizing 6537 
I love it! 6537 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6535 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6535 
SSG 6534 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6534 
USSR SSG 6534 
USSR SSG 6534 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6534 
Fixed bias 6534 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6534 
More on this, please 6533 
Interesting development! 6533 
One-Story Jack 6533 
Nature's Bias 6533 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6533 
Apologies! 6532 
Tunable Y-factor? 6532 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6532 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6527 
The sound of one hand clapping 6527 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6526 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6518 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6518 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6517 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6517 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6517 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6432 
Specific air cap changes 6432 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6432 
One tube, two channels? 6432 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6432 
"Crosstalk" 6431 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6390 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6369 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5943 
Sucks! 5871 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5870 
Um, what? 5870 
Alternative Transformer 5870 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5870 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5870 
Hmmm,I suspect 5870 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5862 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5850 
The 100Hz hum? 5850 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5850 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5850 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5849 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5849 
DIY Air-Caps? 5849 
Capacitors 5846 
Hum again. 5825 
Hm, again.... 5825 
Tribute MC iron 5540 
Changing loads 5536 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5536 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5535 
Loading on primary? 5535 
Anticipating the needs 5535 
CCS heating? 5498 
2nd stage bias mystery 5381 
It is true but it negligible. 5381 
V2 biasing continued 5380 
Works +/- properly 5379 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5379 
My assault 5352 
What, No Breadboard? 5352 
Don't laugh too loud... 5352 
So far it is good. 5352 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5352 
The assembly and the buzz 5351 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5351 
Caps and chokes 5351 
The price of fame 5351 
Tribute 5351 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5351 
Schematics 5351 
Traces 5351 
Moving Magnet 5351 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5351 
Cat smells fish? 5350 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5350 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5350 
In the box 5350 
Schematics II 5350 
A few comments. 5350 
Miscelanea 5350 
I am surprised. 5350 
Don't be 5349 
It is not about power supply. 5349 
EMI/RFI madness 5349 
Drinking in Modulation 5349 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5349 
Finito 5348 
It is only partially outside the context. 5348 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5347 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5347 
Corresponding to ? 5347 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5320 
Qualitat 5319 
The baby is sick 5275 
Last Cleaning? 5275 
Mine too... 5275 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5275 
What the hell is going on!!! 5275 
...air-caps dirty.... 5274 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5274 
Hum points 5274 
Beats and pieces. 5274 
What else? 5274 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5274 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5274 
Veggie ham 5274 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5273 
Holly idiocy! 5272 
Yes sir 5270 
I think your game is not over. 5270 
More ham 5270 
Route(s) to Ground 5270 
Grounding arrangement 5269 
Ground Thoughts 5268 
0A2 Question 5268 
Where is the Bolt? 5268 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5268 
"End of Live" tube set 5268 
GND plane 5268 
That crazy 7025. 5268 
Distributed bolt 5268 
Amperex ECC83 5268 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5268 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5268 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5268 
More findings 5267 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5267 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5266 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5266 
Grounding and trannies 5266 
Ignorance is bliss... 5264 
Shakey DIY Basics 5264 
Poor photographer 5264 
Spare the Oxen... 5264 
Is SiC sick? 5262 
Possible, so what? 5262 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5261 
Seek and you’ll find. 5261 
Filament 5261 
Filament considerations 5261 
Air caps?Buffer? 5261 
Exorcisms 5215 
Floating? 5214 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5207 
Toilet ham 5207 
The Shield 5206 
It is hard to say. 5206 
Fake bugle/teles 5206 
Never again. 5206 
Bingo! 5197 
Total current per channel 5190 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5190 
I like iron 5190 
Choke ringing 5190 
Ringing 5190 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5190 
Choke ringing again 5189 
What ringing? 5189 
Ring-ring 5189 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5189 
TT Rider 5189 
Snubbers and motors 5188 
Nice idea... 5188 
B+ 5188 
Shielded Interconnect 5188 
IC shields 5185 
The horrors of calibration 5033 
Floating Away 5033 
Ground is +/- understood 5032 
"Calibrate"??? 5032 
The self-serving calibrations. 5031 
Fighting with RIAA 5031 
The Usual 5031 
That's it! 5031 
Parts Location 5031 
Lush layout 5030 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4982 
It might be very impressive 4982 
To be clear 4982 
Shall I co? 4981 
Parts 4981 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4981 
What does it mean? 4981 
Come on! 4981 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4981 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4981 
EAR polite recess 4981 
Power sequencing? 4951 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4951 
3 Position switch 4950 
How true... 4950 
DIY Failsafe 4950 
Switch.. 4925 
Calibration problem 4900 
Resolved 4897 
Looks good 4896 
Fat LF 4896 
Loading Up 4896 
SUT's 4896 
Shunt regulation 4815 
Application dependent 4815 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4783 
It migh be an interesting company. 4783 
Amo/silver 4783 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4783 
Silver considerations 4783 
Again With the Amo 4783 
Silver path 4783 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4783 
The Path of Least Resistance 4782 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4782 
Foil 4782 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4782 
Audiopedophile's hell 4782 
In da house 4781 
Consistent anality 4780 
Right 4780 
A speculation 4778 
Mone on silver Trabants 4777 
Parts Ag 4777 
Trabant done in pure silver 4777 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4777 
Silver swamp 4777 
In the Long Run 4777 
2RM? 4772 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4772 
DIY 4771 
95%? 4771 
More on that 4771 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4771 
Fully shielded 4771 
Interesting 4771 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3967 
Creative people 3967 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3967 
It is what it is. 3966 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3966 
Gray market 3966 
Mix up 3965 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3965 
Sound beats engeneering 3372 
Engineering Crap 3372 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3372 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2869 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2284 
Snubbers 2232 
More on snubbers 2232 
Capacitors Question 2232 
Capacitors & updates 2232 
Z-foil 2232 
Loading resistors & sockets 2232 
Low noise tubes 2231 
What Works Where 2230 
What are the REAL goals? 2230 
Good engineering parctices 2230 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2230 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2230 
It was 13 years back... 2230 
Thank you 2230 
Tube Selection 2219 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2116 
Big output capacitor question. 1877 
Context/Application/Circuit 1876 
EAR 1876 
Of Course... 1876 
834pT 1875 
Who knows.... 1875 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1874 
Where? 1874 
Big cap banks 1874 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 459 
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