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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6849 
End of Life 6849 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6849 
Shallow ambitions 6849 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6849 
Acronym 6849 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6837 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6837 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6837 
It is comming along.... 6656 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6656 
The perfect corrector. 6656 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6656 
The perfect corrector - II 6655 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6654 
Wrong values shown 6653 
The deliberate mistakes? 6653 
330R anode resistors 6653 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6653 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6653 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6651 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6651 
Going on from "There" 6651 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6651 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6650 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6649 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6649 
Good for them. 6649 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6649 
A few more 6649 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6649 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6648 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6648 
Hybridizing 6648 
I love it! 6648 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6646 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6646 
SSG 6645 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6645 
USSR SSG 6645 
USSR SSG 6645 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6645 
Fixed bias 6645 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6645 
More on this, please 6644 
Interesting development! 6644 
One-Story Jack 6644 
Nature's Bias 6644 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6644 
Apologies! 6643 
Tunable Y-factor? 6643 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6643 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6638 
The sound of one hand clapping 6638 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6637 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6629 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6629 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6628 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6628 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6628 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6543 
Specific air cap changes 6543 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6543 
One tube, two channels? 6543 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6543 
"Crosstalk" 6542 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6501 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6480 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6054 
Sucks! 5982 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5981 
Um, what? 5981 
Alternative Transformer 5981 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5981 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5981 
Hmmm,I suspect 5981 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5973 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5961 
The 100Hz hum? 5961 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5961 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5961 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5960 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5960 
DIY Air-Caps? 5960 
Capacitors 5957 
Hum again. 5936 
Hm, again.... 5936 
Tribute MC iron 5651 
Changing loads 5647 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5647 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5646 
Loading on primary? 5646 
Anticipating the needs 5646 
CCS heating? 5609 
2nd stage bias mystery 5492 
It is true but it negligible. 5492 
V2 biasing continued 5491 
Works +/- properly 5490 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5490 
My assault 5463 
What, No Breadboard? 5463 
Don't laugh too loud... 5463 
So far it is good. 5463 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5463 
The assembly and the buzz 5462 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5462 
Caps and chokes 5462 
The price of fame 5462 
Tribute 5462 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5462 
Schematics 5462 
Traces 5462 
Moving Magnet 5462 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5462 
Cat smells fish? 5461 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5461 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5461 
In the box 5461 
Schematics II 5461 
A few comments. 5461 
Miscelanea 5461 
I am surprised. 5461 
Don't be 5460 
It is not about power supply. 5460 
EMI/RFI madness 5460 
Drinking in Modulation 5460 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5460 
Finito 5459 
It is only partially outside the context. 5459 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5458 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5458 
Corresponding to ? 5458 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5431 
Qualitat 5430 
The baby is sick 5386 
Last Cleaning? 5386 
Mine too... 5386 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5386 
What the hell is going on!!! 5386 
...air-caps dirty.... 5385 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5385 
Hum points 5385 
Beats and pieces. 5385 
What else? 5385 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5385 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5385 
Veggie ham 5385 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5384 
Holly idiocy! 5383 
Yes sir 5381 
I think your game is not over. 5381 
More ham 5381 
Route(s) to Ground 5381 
Grounding arrangement 5380 
Ground Thoughts 5379 
0A2 Question 5379 
Where is the Bolt? 5379 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5379 
"End of Live" tube set 5379 
GND plane 5379 
That crazy 7025. 5379 
Distributed bolt 5379 
Amperex ECC83 5379 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5379 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5379 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5379 
More findings 5378 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5378 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5377 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5377 
Grounding and trannies 5377 
Ignorance is bliss... 5375 
Shakey DIY Basics 5375 
Poor photographer 5375 
Spare the Oxen... 5375 
Is SiC sick? 5373 
Possible, so what? 5373 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5372 
Seek and you’ll find. 5372 
Filament 5372 
Filament considerations 5372 
Air caps?Buffer? 5372 
Exorcisms 5326 
Floating? 5325 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5318 
Toilet ham 5318 
The Shield 5317 
It is hard to say. 5317 
Fake bugle/teles 5317 
Never again. 5317 
Bingo! 5308 
Total current per channel 5301 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5301 
I like iron 5301 
Choke ringing 5301 
Ringing 5301 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5301 
Choke ringing again 5300 
What ringing? 5300 
Ring-ring 5300 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5300 
TT Rider 5300 
Snubbers and motors 5299 
Nice idea... 5299 
B+ 5299 
Shielded Interconnect 5299 
IC shields 5296 
The horrors of calibration 5144 
Floating Away 5144 
Ground is +/- understood 5143 
"Calibrate"??? 5143 
The self-serving calibrations. 5142 
Fighting with RIAA 5142 
The Usual 5142 
That's it! 5142 
Parts Location 5142 
Lush layout 5141 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5093 
It might be very impressive 5093 
To be clear 5093 
Shall I co? 5092 
Parts 5092 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5092 
What does it mean? 5092 
Come on! 5092 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5092 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5092 
EAR polite recess 5092 
Power sequencing? 5062 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5062 
3 Position switch 5061 
How true... 5061 
DIY Failsafe 5061 
Switch.. 5036 
Calibration problem 5011 
Resolved 5008 
Looks good 5007 
Fat LF 5007 
Loading Up 5007 
SUT's 5007 
Shunt regulation 4926 
Application dependent 4926 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4894 
It migh be an interesting company. 4894 
Amo/silver 4894 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4894 
Silver considerations 4894 
Again With the Amo 4894 
Silver path 4894 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4894 
The Path of Least Resistance 4893 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4893 
Foil 4893 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4893 
Audiopedophile's hell 4893 
In da house 4892 
Consistent anality 4891 
Right 4891 
A speculation 4889 
Mone on silver Trabants 4888 
Parts Ag 4888 
Trabant done in pure silver 4888 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4888 
Silver swamp 4888 
In the Long Run 4888 
2RM? 4883 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4883 
DIY 4882 
95%? 4882 
More on that 4882 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4882 
Fully shielded 4882 
Interesting 4882 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4078 
Creative people 4078 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4078 
It is what it is. 4077 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4077 
Gray market 4077 
Mix up 4076 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4076 
Sound beats engeneering 3483 
Engineering Crap 3483 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3483 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2980 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2395 
Snubbers 2343 
More on snubbers 2343 
Capacitors Question 2343 
Capacitors & updates 2343 
Z-foil 2343 
Loading resistors & sockets 2343 
Low noise tubes 2342 
What Works Where 2341 
What are the REAL goals? 2341 
Good engineering parctices 2341 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2341 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2341 
It was 13 years back... 2341 
Thank you 2341 
Tube Selection 2330 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2227 
Big output capacitor question. 1988 
Context/Application/Circuit 1987 
EAR 1987 
Of Course... 1987 
834pT 1986 
Who knows.... 1986 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1985 
Where? 1985 
Big cap banks 1985 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 570 
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