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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6349 
End of Life 6349 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6349 
Shallow ambitions 6349 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6349 
Acronym 6349 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6337 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6337 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6337 
It is comming along.... 6156 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6156 
The perfect corrector. 6156 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6156 
The perfect corrector - II 6155 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6154 
Wrong values shown 6153 
The deliberate mistakes? 6153 
330R anode resistors 6153 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6153 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6153 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6151 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6151 
Going on from "There" 6151 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6151 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6150 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6149 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6149 
Good for them. 6149 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6149 
A few more 6149 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6149 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6148 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6148 
Hybridizing 6148 
I love it! 6148 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6146 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6146 
SSG 6145 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6145 
USSR SSG 6145 
USSR SSG 6145 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6145 
Fixed bias 6145 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6145 
More on this, please 6144 
Interesting development! 6144 
One-Story Jack 6144 
Nature's Bias 6144 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6144 
Apologies! 6143 
Tunable Y-factor? 6143 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6143 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6138 
The sound of one hand clapping 6138 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6137 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6129 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6129 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6128 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6128 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6128 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6043 
Specific air cap changes 6043 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6043 
One tube, two channels? 6043 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6043 
"Crosstalk" 6042 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6001 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 5980 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5554 
Sucks! 5482 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5481 
Um, what? 5481 
Alternative Transformer 5481 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5481 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5481 
Hmmm,I suspect 5481 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5473 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5461 
The 100Hz hum? 5461 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5461 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5461 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5460 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5460 
DIY Air-Caps? 5460 
Capacitors 5457 
Hum again. 5436 
Hm, again.... 5436 
Tribute MC iron 5151 
Changing loads 5147 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5147 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5146 
Loading on primary? 5146 
Anticipating the needs 5146 
CCS heating? 5109 
2nd stage bias mystery 4992 
It is true but it negligible. 4992 
V2 biasing continued 4991 
Works +/- properly 4990 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 4990 
My assault 4963 
What, No Breadboard? 4963 
Don't laugh too loud... 4963 
So far it is good. 4963 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 4963 
The assembly and the buzz 4962 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 4962 
Caps and chokes 4962 
The price of fame 4962 
Tribute 4962 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 4962 
Schematics 4962 
Traces 4962 
Moving Magnet 4962 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 4962 
Cat smells fish? 4961 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 4961 
How my phonostage shall sound. 4961 
In the box 4961 
Schematics II 4961 
A few comments. 4961 
Miscelanea 4961 
I am surprised. 4961 
Don't be 4960 
It is not about power supply. 4960 
EMI/RFI madness 4960 
Drinking in Modulation 4960 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 4960 
Finito 4959 
It is only partially outside the context. 4959 
A corrector with an EQ controll 4958 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 4958 
Corresponding to ? 4958 
A German guy take on 834PT. 4931 
Qualitat 4930 
The baby is sick 4886 
Last Cleaning? 4886 
Mine too... 4886 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 4886 
What the hell is going on!!! 4886 
...air-caps dirty.... 4885 
Too obvious perhaps ... 4885 
Hum points 4885 
Beats and pieces. 4885 
What else? 4885 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 4885 
I do not think that it is electrical. 4885 
Veggie ham 4885 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 4884 
Holly idiocy! 4883 
Yes sir 4881 
I think your game is not over. 4881 
More ham 4881 
Route(s) to Ground 4881 
Grounding arrangement 4880 
Ground Thoughts 4879 
0A2 Question 4879 
Where is the Bolt? 4879 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 4879 
"End of Live" tube set 4879 
GND plane 4879 
That crazy 7025. 4879 
Distributed bolt 4879 
Amperex ECC83 4879 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 4879 
ECC83 Amperex picture 4879 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 4879 
More findings 4878 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 4878 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 4877 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 4877 
Grounding and trannies 4877 
Ignorance is bliss... 4875 
Shakey DIY Basics 4875 
Poor photographer 4875 
Spare the Oxen... 4875 
Is SiC sick? 4873 
Possible, so what? 4873 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 4872 
Seek and you’ll find. 4872 
Filament 4872 
Filament considerations 4872 
Air caps?Buffer? 4872 
Exorcisms 4826 
Floating? 4825 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 4818 
Toilet ham 4818 
The Shield 4817 
It is hard to say. 4817 
Fake bugle/teles 4817 
Never again. 4817 
Bingo! 4808 
Total current per channel 4801 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 4801 
I like iron 4801 
Choke ringing 4801 
Ringing 4801 
Ringing is a BS reason. 4801 
Choke ringing again 4800 
What ringing? 4800 
Ring-ring 4800 
Fight Fire with Fire? 4800 
TT Rider 4800 
Snubbers and motors 4799 
Nice idea... 4799 
B+ 4799 
Shielded Interconnect 4799 
IC shields 4796 
The horrors of calibration 4644 
Floating Away 4644 
Ground is +/- understood 4643 
"Calibrate"??? 4643 
The self-serving calibrations. 4642 
Fighting with RIAA 4642 
The Usual 4642 
That's it! 4642 
Parts Location 4642 
Lush layout 4641 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4593 
It might be very impressive 4593 
To be clear 4593 
Shall I co? 4592 
Parts 4592 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4592 
What does it mean? 4592 
Come on! 4592 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4592 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4592 
EAR polite recess 4592 
Power sequencing? 4562 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4562 
3 Position switch 4561 
How true... 4561 
DIY Failsafe 4561 
Switch.. 4536 
Calibration problem 4511 
Resolved 4508 
Looks good 4507 
Fat LF 4507 
Loading Up 4507 
SUT's 4507 
Shunt regulation 4426 
Application dependent 4426 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4394 
It migh be an interesting company. 4394 
Amo/silver 4394 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4394 
Silver considerations 4394 
Again With the Amo 4394 
Silver path 4394 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4394 
The Path of Least Resistance 4393 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4393 
Foil 4393 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4393 
Audiopedophile's hell 4393 
In da house 4392 
Consistent anality 4391 
Right 4391 
A speculation 4389 
Mone on silver Trabants 4388 
Parts Ag 4388 
Trabant done in pure silver 4388 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4388 
Silver swamp 4388 
In the Long Run 4388 
2RM? 4383 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4383 
DIY 4382 
95%? 4382 
More on that 4382 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4382 
Fully shielded 4382 
Interesting 4382 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3578 
Creative people 3578 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3578 
It is what it is. 3577 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3577 
Gray market 3577 
Mix up 3576 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3576 
Sound beats engeneering 2983 
Engineering Crap 2983 
Its not that it sounds "better" 2983 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2480 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 1895 
Snubbers 1843 
More on snubbers 1843 
Capacitors Question 1843 
Capacitors & updates 1843 
Z-foil 1843 
Loading resistors & sockets 1843 
Low noise tubes 1842 
What Works Where 1841 
What are the REAL goals? 1841 
Good engineering parctices 1841 
Physical attributes of devices matter 1841 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 1841 
It was 13 years back... 1841 
Thank you 1841 
Tube Selection 1830 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1727 
Big output capacitor question. 1488 
Context/Application/Circuit 1487 
EAR 1487 
Of Course... 1487 
834pT 1486 
Who knows.... 1486 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1485 
Where? 1485 
Big cap banks 1485 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 70 
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