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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6831 
End of Life 6831 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6831 
Shallow ambitions 6831 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6831 
Acronym 6831 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6819 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6819 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6819 
It is comming along.... 6638 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6638 
The perfect corrector. 6638 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6638 
The perfect corrector - II 6637 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6636 
Wrong values shown 6635 
The deliberate mistakes? 6635 
330R anode resistors 6635 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6635 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6635 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6633 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6633 
Going on from "There" 6633 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6633 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6632 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6631 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6631 
Good for them. 6631 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6631 
A few more 6631 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6631 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6630 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6630 
Hybridizing 6630 
I love it! 6630 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6628 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6628 
SSG 6627 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6627 
USSR SSG 6627 
USSR SSG 6627 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6627 
Fixed bias 6627 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6627 
More on this, please 6626 
Interesting development! 6626 
One-Story Jack 6626 
Nature's Bias 6626 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6626 
Apologies! 6625 
Tunable Y-factor? 6625 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6625 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6620 
The sound of one hand clapping 6620 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6619 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6611 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6611 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6610 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6610 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6610 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6525 
Specific air cap changes 6525 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6525 
One tube, two channels? 6525 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6525 
"Crosstalk" 6524 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6483 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6462 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6036 
Sucks! 5964 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5963 
Um, what? 5963 
Alternative Transformer 5963 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5963 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5963 
Hmmm,I suspect 5963 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5955 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5943 
The 100Hz hum? 5943 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5943 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5943 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5942 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5942 
DIY Air-Caps? 5942 
Capacitors 5939 
Hum again. 5918 
Hm, again.... 5918 
Tribute MC iron 5633 
Changing loads 5629 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5629 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5628 
Loading on primary? 5628 
Anticipating the needs 5628 
CCS heating? 5591 
2nd stage bias mystery 5474 
It is true but it negligible. 5474 
V2 biasing continued 5473 
Works +/- properly 5472 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5472 
My assault 5445 
What, No Breadboard? 5445 
Don't laugh too loud... 5445 
So far it is good. 5445 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5445 
The assembly and the buzz 5444 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5444 
Caps and chokes 5444 
The price of fame 5444 
Tribute 5444 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5444 
Schematics 5444 
Traces 5444 
Moving Magnet 5444 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5444 
Cat smells fish? 5443 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5443 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5443 
In the box 5443 
Schematics II 5443 
A few comments. 5443 
Miscelanea 5443 
I am surprised. 5443 
Don't be 5442 
It is not about power supply. 5442 
EMI/RFI madness 5442 
Drinking in Modulation 5442 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5442 
Finito 5441 
It is only partially outside the context. 5441 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5440 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5440 
Corresponding to ? 5440 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5413 
Qualitat 5412 
The baby is sick 5368 
Last Cleaning? 5368 
Mine too... 5368 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5368 
What the hell is going on!!! 5368 
...air-caps dirty.... 5367 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5367 
Hum points 5367 
Beats and pieces. 5367 
What else? 5367 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5367 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5367 
Veggie ham 5367 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5366 
Holly idiocy! 5365 
Yes sir 5363 
I think your game is not over. 5363 
More ham 5363 
Route(s) to Ground 5363 
Grounding arrangement 5362 
Ground Thoughts 5361 
0A2 Question 5361 
Where is the Bolt? 5361 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5361 
"End of Live" tube set 5361 
GND plane 5361 
That crazy 7025. 5361 
Distributed bolt 5361 
Amperex ECC83 5361 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5361 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5361 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5361 
More findings 5360 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5360 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5359 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5359 
Grounding and trannies 5359 
Ignorance is bliss... 5357 
Shakey DIY Basics 5357 
Poor photographer 5357 
Spare the Oxen... 5357 
Is SiC sick? 5355 
Possible, so what? 5355 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5354 
Seek and you’ll find. 5354 
Filament 5354 
Filament considerations 5354 
Air caps?Buffer? 5354 
Exorcisms 5308 
Floating? 5307 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5300 
Toilet ham 5300 
The Shield 5299 
It is hard to say. 5299 
Fake bugle/teles 5299 
Never again. 5299 
Bingo! 5290 
Total current per channel 5283 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5283 
I like iron 5283 
Choke ringing 5283 
Ringing 5283 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5283 
Choke ringing again 5282 
What ringing? 5282 
Ring-ring 5282 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5282 
TT Rider 5282 
Snubbers and motors 5281 
Nice idea... 5281 
B+ 5281 
Shielded Interconnect 5281 
IC shields 5278 
The horrors of calibration 5126 
Floating Away 5126 
Ground is +/- understood 5125 
"Calibrate"??? 5125 
The self-serving calibrations. 5124 
Fighting with RIAA 5124 
The Usual 5124 
That's it! 5124 
Parts Location 5124 
Lush layout 5123 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5075 
It might be very impressive 5075 
To be clear 5075 
Shall I co? 5074 
Parts 5074 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5074 
What does it mean? 5074 
Come on! 5074 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5074 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5074 
EAR polite recess 5074 
Power sequencing? 5044 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5044 
3 Position switch 5043 
How true... 5043 
DIY Failsafe 5043 
Switch.. 5018 
Calibration problem 4993 
Resolved 4990 
Looks good 4989 
Fat LF 4989 
Loading Up 4989 
SUT's 4989 
Shunt regulation 4908 
Application dependent 4908 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4876 
It migh be an interesting company. 4876 
Amo/silver 4876 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4876 
Silver considerations 4876 
Again With the Amo 4876 
Silver path 4876 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4876 
The Path of Least Resistance 4875 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4875 
Foil 4875 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4875 
Audiopedophile's hell 4875 
In da house 4874 
Consistent anality 4873 
Right 4873 
A speculation 4871 
Mone on silver Trabants 4870 
Parts Ag 4870 
Trabant done in pure silver 4870 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4870 
Silver swamp 4870 
In the Long Run 4870 
2RM? 4865 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4865 
DIY 4864 
95%? 4864 
More on that 4864 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4864 
Fully shielded 4864 
Interesting 4864 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4060 
Creative people 4060 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4060 
It is what it is. 4059 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4059 
Gray market 4059 
Mix up 4058 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4058 
Sound beats engeneering 3465 
Engineering Crap 3465 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3465 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2962 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2377 
Snubbers 2325 
More on snubbers 2325 
Capacitors Question 2325 
Capacitors & updates 2325 
Z-foil 2325 
Loading resistors & sockets 2325 
Low noise tubes 2324 
What Works Where 2323 
What are the REAL goals? 2323 
Good engineering parctices 2323 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2323 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2323 
It was 13 years back... 2323 
Thank you 2323 
Tube Selection 2312 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2209 
Big output capacitor question. 1970 
Context/Application/Circuit 1969 
EAR 1969 
Of Course... 1969 
834pT 1968 
Who knows.... 1968 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1967 
Where? 1967 
Big cap banks 1967 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 552 
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