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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6866 
End of Life 6866 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6866 
Shallow ambitions 6866 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6866 
Acronym 6866 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6854 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6854 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6854 
It is comming along.... 6673 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6673 
The perfect corrector. 6673 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6673 
The perfect corrector - II 6672 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6671 
Wrong values shown 6670 
The deliberate mistakes? 6670 
330R anode resistors 6670 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6670 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6670 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6668 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6668 
Going on from "There" 6668 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6668 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6667 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6666 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6666 
Good for them. 6666 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6666 
A few more 6666 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6666 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6665 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6665 
Hybridizing 6665 
I love it! 6665 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6663 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6663 
SSG 6662 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6662 
USSR SSG 6662 
USSR SSG 6662 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6662 
Fixed bias 6662 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6662 
More on this, please 6661 
Interesting development! 6661 
One-Story Jack 6661 
Nature's Bias 6661 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6661 
Apologies! 6660 
Tunable Y-factor? 6660 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6660 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6655 
The sound of one hand clapping 6655 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6654 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6646 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6646 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6645 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6645 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6645 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6560 
Specific air cap changes 6560 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6560 
One tube, two channels? 6560 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6560 
"Crosstalk" 6559 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6518 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6497 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6071 
Sucks! 5999 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5998 
Um, what? 5998 
Alternative Transformer 5998 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5998 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5998 
Hmmm,I suspect 5998 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5990 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5978 
The 100Hz hum? 5978 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5978 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5978 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5977 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5977 
DIY Air-Caps? 5977 
Capacitors 5974 
Hum again. 5953 
Hm, again.... 5953 
Tribute MC iron 5668 
Changing loads 5664 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5664 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5663 
Loading on primary? 5663 
Anticipating the needs 5663 
CCS heating? 5626 
2nd stage bias mystery 5509 
It is true but it negligible. 5509 
V2 biasing continued 5508 
Works +/- properly 5507 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5507 
My assault 5480 
What, No Breadboard? 5480 
Don't laugh too loud... 5480 
So far it is good. 5480 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5480 
The assembly and the buzz 5479 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5479 
Caps and chokes 5479 
The price of fame 5479 
Tribute 5479 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5479 
Schematics 5479 
Traces 5479 
Moving Magnet 5479 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5479 
Cat smells fish? 5478 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5478 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5478 
In the box 5478 
Schematics II 5478 
A few comments. 5478 
Miscelanea 5478 
I am surprised. 5478 
Don't be 5477 
It is not about power supply. 5477 
EMI/RFI madness 5477 
Drinking in Modulation 5477 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5477 
Finito 5476 
It is only partially outside the context. 5476 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5475 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5475 
Corresponding to ? 5475 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5448 
Qualitat 5447 
The baby is sick 5403 
Last Cleaning? 5403 
Mine too... 5403 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5403 
What the hell is going on!!! 5403 
...air-caps dirty.... 5402 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5402 
Hum points 5402 
Beats and pieces. 5402 
What else? 5402 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5402 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5402 
Veggie ham 5402 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5401 
Holly idiocy! 5400 
Yes sir 5398 
I think your game is not over. 5398 
More ham 5398 
Route(s) to Ground 5398 
Grounding arrangement 5397 
Ground Thoughts 5396 
0A2 Question 5396 
Where is the Bolt? 5396 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5396 
"End of Live" tube set 5396 
GND plane 5396 
That crazy 7025. 5396 
Distributed bolt 5396 
Amperex ECC83 5396 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5396 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5396 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5396 
More findings 5395 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5395 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5394 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5394 
Grounding and trannies 5394 
Ignorance is bliss... 5392 
Shakey DIY Basics 5392 
Poor photographer 5392 
Spare the Oxen... 5392 
Is SiC sick? 5390 
Possible, so what? 5390 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5389 
Seek and you’ll find. 5389 
Filament 5389 
Filament considerations 5389 
Air caps?Buffer? 5389 
Exorcisms 5343 
Floating? 5342 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5335 
Toilet ham 5335 
The Shield 5334 
It is hard to say. 5334 
Fake bugle/teles 5334 
Never again. 5334 
Bingo! 5325 
Total current per channel 5318 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5318 
I like iron 5318 
Choke ringing 5318 
Ringing 5318 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5318 
Choke ringing again 5317 
What ringing? 5317 
Ring-ring 5317 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5317 
TT Rider 5317 
Snubbers and motors 5316 
Nice idea... 5316 
B+ 5316 
Shielded Interconnect 5316 
IC shields 5313 
The horrors of calibration 5161 
Floating Away 5161 
Ground is +/- understood 5160 
"Calibrate"??? 5160 
The self-serving calibrations. 5159 
Fighting with RIAA 5159 
The Usual 5159 
That's it! 5159 
Parts Location 5159 
Lush layout 5158 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5110 
It might be very impressive 5110 
To be clear 5110 
Shall I co? 5109 
Parts 5109 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5109 
What does it mean? 5109 
Come on! 5109 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5109 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5109 
EAR polite recess 5109 
Power sequencing? 5079 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5079 
3 Position switch 5078 
How true... 5078 
DIY Failsafe 5078 
Switch.. 5053 
Calibration problem 5028 
Resolved 5025 
Looks good 5024 
Fat LF 5024 
Loading Up 5024 
SUT's 5024 
Shunt regulation 4943 
Application dependent 4943 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4911 
It migh be an interesting company. 4911 
Amo/silver 4911 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4911 
Silver considerations 4911 
Again With the Amo 4911 
Silver path 4911 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4911 
The Path of Least Resistance 4910 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4910 
Foil 4910 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4910 
Audiopedophile's hell 4910 
In da house 4909 
Consistent anality 4908 
Right 4908 
A speculation 4906 
Mone on silver Trabants 4905 
Parts Ag 4905 
Trabant done in pure silver 4905 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4905 
Silver swamp 4905 
In the Long Run 4905 
2RM? 4900 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4900 
DIY 4899 
95%? 4899 
More on that 4899 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4899 
Fully shielded 4899 
Interesting 4899 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4095 
Creative people 4095 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4095 
It is what it is. 4094 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4094 
Gray market 4094 
Mix up 4093 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4093 
Sound beats engeneering 3500 
Engineering Crap 3500 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3500 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2997 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2412 
Snubbers 2360 
More on snubbers 2360 
Capacitors Question 2360 
Capacitors & updates 2360 
Z-foil 2360 
Loading resistors & sockets 2360 
Low noise tubes 2359 
What Works Where 2358 
What are the REAL goals? 2358 
Good engineering parctices 2358 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2358 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2358 
It was 13 years back... 2358 
Thank you 2358 
Tube Selection 2347 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2244 
Big output capacitor question. 2005 
Context/Application/Circuit 2004 
EAR 2004 
Of Course... 2004 
834pT 2003 
Who knows.... 2003 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2002 
Where? 2002 
Big cap banks 2002 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 587 
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