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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6916 
End of Life 6916 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6916 
Shallow ambitions 6916 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6916 
Acronym 6916 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6904 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6904 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6904 
It is comming along.... 6723 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6723 
The perfect corrector. 6723 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6723 
The perfect corrector - II 6722 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6721 
Wrong values shown 6720 
The deliberate mistakes? 6720 
330R anode resistors 6720 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6720 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6720 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6718 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6718 
Going on from "There" 6718 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6718 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6717 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6716 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6716 
Good for them. 6716 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6716 
A few more 6716 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6716 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6715 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6715 
Hybridizing 6715 
I love it! 6715 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6713 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6713 
SSG 6712 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6712 
USSR SSG 6712 
USSR SSG 6712 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6712 
Fixed bias 6712 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6712 
More on this, please 6711 
Interesting development! 6711 
One-Story Jack 6711 
Nature's Bias 6711 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6711 
Apologies! 6710 
Tunable Y-factor? 6710 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6710 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6705 
The sound of one hand clapping 6705 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6704 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6696 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6696 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6695 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6695 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6695 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6610 
Specific air cap changes 6610 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6610 
One tube, two channels? 6610 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6610 
"Crosstalk" 6609 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6568 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6547 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6121 
Sucks! 6049 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6048 
Um, what? 6048 
Alternative Transformer 6048 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6048 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6048 
Hmmm,I suspect 6048 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6040 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6028 
The 100Hz hum? 6028 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6028 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6028 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6027 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6027 
DIY Air-Caps? 6027 
Capacitors 6024 
Hum again. 6003 
Hm, again.... 6003 
Tribute MC iron 5718 
Changing loads 5714 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5714 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5713 
Loading on primary? 5713 
Anticipating the needs 5713 
CCS heating? 5676 
2nd stage bias mystery 5559 
It is true but it negligible. 5559 
V2 biasing continued 5558 
Works +/- properly 5557 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5557 
My assault 5530 
What, No Breadboard? 5530 
Don't laugh too loud... 5530 
So far it is good. 5530 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5530 
The assembly and the buzz 5529 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5529 
Caps and chokes 5529 
The price of fame 5529 
Tribute 5529 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5529 
Schematics 5529 
Traces 5529 
Moving Magnet 5529 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5529 
Cat smells fish? 5528 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5528 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5528 
In the box 5528 
Schematics II 5528 
A few comments. 5528 
Miscelanea 5528 
I am surprised. 5528 
Don't be 5527 
It is not about power supply. 5527 
EMI/RFI madness 5527 
Drinking in Modulation 5527 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5527 
Finito 5526 
It is only partially outside the context. 5526 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5525 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5525 
Corresponding to ? 5525 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5498 
Qualitat 5497 
The baby is sick 5453 
Last Cleaning? 5453 
Mine too... 5453 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5453 
What the hell is going on!!! 5453 
...air-caps dirty.... 5452 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5452 
Hum points 5452 
Beats and pieces. 5452 
What else? 5452 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5452 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5452 
Veggie ham 5452 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5451 
Holly idiocy! 5450 
Yes sir 5448 
I think your game is not over. 5448 
More ham 5448 
Route(s) to Ground 5448 
Grounding arrangement 5447 
Ground Thoughts 5446 
0A2 Question 5446 
Where is the Bolt? 5446 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5446 
"End of Live" tube set 5446 
GND plane 5446 
That crazy 7025. 5446 
Distributed bolt 5446 
Amperex ECC83 5446 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5446 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5446 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5446 
More findings 5445 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5445 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5444 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5444 
Grounding and trannies 5444 
Ignorance is bliss... 5442 
Shakey DIY Basics 5442 
Poor photographer 5442 
Spare the Oxen... 5442 
Is SiC sick? 5440 
Possible, so what? 5440 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5439 
Seek and you’ll find. 5439 
Filament 5439 
Filament considerations 5439 
Air caps?Buffer? 5439 
Exorcisms 5393 
Floating? 5392 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5385 
Toilet ham 5385 
The Shield 5384 
It is hard to say. 5384 
Fake bugle/teles 5384 
Never again. 5384 
Bingo! 5375 
Total current per channel 5368 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5368 
I like iron 5368 
Choke ringing 5368 
Ringing 5368 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5368 
Choke ringing again 5367 
What ringing? 5367 
Ring-ring 5367 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5367 
TT Rider 5367 
Snubbers and motors 5366 
Nice idea... 5366 
B+ 5366 
Shielded Interconnect 5366 
IC shields 5363 
The horrors of calibration 5211 
Floating Away 5211 
Ground is +/- understood 5210 
"Calibrate"??? 5210 
The self-serving calibrations. 5209 
Fighting with RIAA 5209 
The Usual 5209 
That's it! 5209 
Parts Location 5209 
Lush layout 5208 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5160 
It might be very impressive 5160 
To be clear 5160 
Shall I co? 5159 
Parts 5159 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5159 
What does it mean? 5159 
Come on! 5159 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5159 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5159 
EAR polite recess 5159 
Power sequencing? 5129 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5129 
3 Position switch 5128 
How true... 5128 
DIY Failsafe 5128 
Switch.. 5103 
Calibration problem 5078 
Resolved 5075 
Looks good 5074 
Fat LF 5074 
Loading Up 5074 
SUT's 5074 
Shunt regulation 4993 
Application dependent 4993 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4961 
It migh be an interesting company. 4961 
Amo/silver 4961 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4961 
Silver considerations 4961 
Again With the Amo 4961 
Silver path 4961 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4961 
The Path of Least Resistance 4960 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4960 
Foil 4960 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4960 
Audiopedophile's hell 4960 
In da house 4959 
Consistent anality 4958 
Right 4958 
A speculation 4956 
Mone on silver Trabants 4955 
Parts Ag 4955 
Trabant done in pure silver 4955 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4955 
Silver swamp 4955 
In the Long Run 4955 
2RM? 4950 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4950 
DIY 4949 
95%? 4949 
More on that 4949 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4949 
Fully shielded 4949 
Interesting 4949 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4145 
Creative people 4145 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4145 
It is what it is. 4144 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4144 
Gray market 4144 
Mix up 4143 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4143 
Sound beats engeneering 3550 
Engineering Crap 3550 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3550 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3047 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2462 
Snubbers 2410 
More on snubbers 2410 
Capacitors Question 2410 
Capacitors & updates 2410 
Z-foil 2410 
Loading resistors & sockets 2410 
Low noise tubes 2409 
What Works Where 2408 
What are the REAL goals? 2408 
Good engineering parctices 2408 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2408 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2408 
It was 13 years back... 2408 
Thank you 2408 
Tube Selection 2397 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2294 
Big output capacitor question. 2055 
Context/Application/Circuit 2054 
EAR 2054 
Of Course... 2054 
834pT 2053 
Who knows.... 2053 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2052 
Where? 2052 
Big cap banks 2052 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 637 
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