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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6825 
End of Life 6825 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6825 
Shallow ambitions 6825 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6825 
Acronym 6825 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6813 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6813 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6813 
It is comming along.... 6632 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6632 
The perfect corrector. 6632 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6632 
The perfect corrector - II 6631 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6630 
Wrong values shown 6629 
The deliberate mistakes? 6629 
330R anode resistors 6629 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6629 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6629 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6627 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6627 
Going on from "There" 6627 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6627 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6626 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6625 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6625 
Good for them. 6625 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6625 
A few more 6625 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6625 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6624 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6624 
Hybridizing 6624 
I love it! 6624 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6622 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6622 
SSG 6621 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6621 
USSR SSG 6621 
USSR SSG 6621 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6621 
Fixed bias 6621 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6621 
More on this, please 6620 
Interesting development! 6620 
One-Story Jack 6620 
Nature's Bias 6620 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6620 
Apologies! 6619 
Tunable Y-factor? 6619 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6619 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6614 
The sound of one hand clapping 6614 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6613 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6605 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6605 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6604 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6604 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6604 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6519 
Specific air cap changes 6519 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6519 
One tube, two channels? 6519 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6519 
"Crosstalk" 6518 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6477 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6456 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6030 
Sucks! 5958 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5957 
Um, what? 5957 
Alternative Transformer 5957 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5957 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5957 
Hmmm,I suspect 5957 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5949 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5937 
The 100Hz hum? 5937 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5937 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5937 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5936 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5936 
DIY Air-Caps? 5936 
Capacitors 5933 
Hum again. 5912 
Hm, again.... 5912 
Tribute MC iron 5627 
Changing loads 5623 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5623 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5622 
Loading on primary? 5622 
Anticipating the needs 5622 
CCS heating? 5585 
2nd stage bias mystery 5468 
It is true but it negligible. 5468 
V2 biasing continued 5467 
Works +/- properly 5466 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5466 
My assault 5439 
What, No Breadboard? 5439 
Don't laugh too loud... 5439 
So far it is good. 5439 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5439 
The assembly and the buzz 5438 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5438 
Caps and chokes 5438 
The price of fame 5438 
Tribute 5438 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5438 
Schematics 5438 
Traces 5438 
Moving Magnet 5438 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5438 
Cat smells fish? 5437 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5437 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5437 
In the box 5437 
Schematics II 5437 
A few comments. 5437 
Miscelanea 5437 
I am surprised. 5437 
Don't be 5436 
It is not about power supply. 5436 
EMI/RFI madness 5436 
Drinking in Modulation 5436 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5436 
Finito 5435 
It is only partially outside the context. 5435 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5434 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5434 
Corresponding to ? 5434 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5407 
Qualitat 5406 
The baby is sick 5362 
Last Cleaning? 5362 
Mine too... 5362 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5362 
What the hell is going on!!! 5362 
...air-caps dirty.... 5361 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5361 
Hum points 5361 
Beats and pieces. 5361 
What else? 5361 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5361 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5361 
Veggie ham 5361 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5360 
Holly idiocy! 5359 
Yes sir 5357 
I think your game is not over. 5357 
More ham 5357 
Route(s) to Ground 5357 
Grounding arrangement 5356 
Ground Thoughts 5355 
0A2 Question 5355 
Where is the Bolt? 5355 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5355 
"End of Live" tube set 5355 
GND plane 5355 
That crazy 7025. 5355 
Distributed bolt 5355 
Amperex ECC83 5355 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5355 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5355 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5355 
More findings 5354 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5354 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5353 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5353 
Grounding and trannies 5353 
Ignorance is bliss... 5351 
Shakey DIY Basics 5351 
Poor photographer 5351 
Spare the Oxen... 5351 
Is SiC sick? 5349 
Possible, so what? 5349 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5348 
Seek and you’ll find. 5348 
Filament 5348 
Filament considerations 5348 
Air caps?Buffer? 5348 
Exorcisms 5302 
Floating? 5301 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5294 
Toilet ham 5294 
The Shield 5293 
It is hard to say. 5293 
Fake bugle/teles 5293 
Never again. 5293 
Bingo! 5284 
Total current per channel 5277 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5277 
I like iron 5277 
Choke ringing 5277 
Ringing 5277 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5277 
Choke ringing again 5276 
What ringing? 5276 
Ring-ring 5276 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5276 
TT Rider 5276 
Snubbers and motors 5275 
Nice idea... 5275 
B+ 5275 
Shielded Interconnect 5275 
IC shields 5272 
The horrors of calibration 5120 
Floating Away 5120 
Ground is +/- understood 5119 
"Calibrate"??? 5119 
The self-serving calibrations. 5118 
Fighting with RIAA 5118 
The Usual 5118 
That's it! 5118 
Parts Location 5118 
Lush layout 5117 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5069 
It might be very impressive 5069 
To be clear 5069 
Shall I co? 5068 
Parts 5068 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5068 
What does it mean? 5068 
Come on! 5068 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5068 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5068 
EAR polite recess 5068 
Power sequencing? 5038 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5038 
3 Position switch 5037 
How true... 5037 
DIY Failsafe 5037 
Switch.. 5012 
Calibration problem 4987 
Resolved 4984 
Looks good 4983 
Fat LF 4983 
Loading Up 4983 
SUT's 4983 
Shunt regulation 4902 
Application dependent 4902 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4870 
It migh be an interesting company. 4870 
Amo/silver 4870 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4870 
Silver considerations 4870 
Again With the Amo 4870 
Silver path 4870 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4870 
The Path of Least Resistance 4869 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4869 
Foil 4869 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4869 
Audiopedophile's hell 4869 
In da house 4868 
Consistent anality 4867 
Right 4867 
A speculation 4865 
Mone on silver Trabants 4864 
Parts Ag 4864 
Trabant done in pure silver 4864 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4864 
Silver swamp 4864 
In the Long Run 4864 
2RM? 4859 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4859 
DIY 4858 
95%? 4858 
More on that 4858 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4858 
Fully shielded 4858 
Interesting 4858 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4054 
Creative people 4054 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4054 
It is what it is. 4053 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4053 
Gray market 4053 
Mix up 4052 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4052 
Sound beats engeneering 3459 
Engineering Crap 3459 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3459 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2956 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2371 
Snubbers 2319 
More on snubbers 2319 
Capacitors Question 2319 
Capacitors & updates 2319 
Z-foil 2319 
Loading resistors & sockets 2319 
Low noise tubes 2318 
What Works Where 2317 
What are the REAL goals? 2317 
Good engineering parctices 2317 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2317 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2317 
It was 13 years back... 2317 
Thank you 2317 
Tube Selection 2306 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2203 
Big output capacitor question. 1964 
Context/Application/Circuit 1963 
EAR 1963 
Of Course... 1963 
834pT 1962 
Who knows.... 1962 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1961 
Where? 1961 
Big cap banks 1961 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 546 
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