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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6695 
End of Life 6695 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6695 
Shallow ambitions 6695 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6695 
Acronym 6695 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6683 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6683 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6683 
It is comming along.... 6502 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6502 
The perfect corrector. 6502 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6502 
The perfect corrector - II 6501 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6500 
Wrong values shown 6499 
The deliberate mistakes? 6499 
330R anode resistors 6499 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6499 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6499 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6497 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6497 
Going on from "There" 6497 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6497 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6496 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6495 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6495 
Good for them. 6495 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6495 
A few more 6495 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6495 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6494 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6494 
Hybridizing 6494 
I love it! 6494 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6492 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6492 
SSG 6491 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6491 
USSR SSG 6491 
USSR SSG 6491 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6491 
Fixed bias 6491 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6491 
More on this, please 6490 
Interesting development! 6490 
One-Story Jack 6490 
Nature's Bias 6490 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6490 
Apologies! 6489 
Tunable Y-factor? 6489 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6489 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6484 
The sound of one hand clapping 6484 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6483 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6475 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6475 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6474 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6474 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6474 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6389 
Specific air cap changes 6389 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6389 
One tube, two channels? 6389 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6389 
"Crosstalk" 6388 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6347 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6326 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5900 
Sucks! 5828 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5827 
Um, what? 5827 
Alternative Transformer 5827 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5827 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5827 
Hmmm,I suspect 5827 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5819 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5807 
The 100Hz hum? 5807 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5807 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5807 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5806 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5806 
DIY Air-Caps? 5806 
Capacitors 5803 
Hum again. 5782 
Hm, again.... 5782 
Tribute MC iron 5497 
Changing loads 5493 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5493 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5492 
Loading on primary? 5492 
Anticipating the needs 5492 
CCS heating? 5455 
2nd stage bias mystery 5338 
It is true but it negligible. 5338 
V2 biasing continued 5337 
Works +/- properly 5336 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5336 
My assault 5309 
What, No Breadboard? 5309 
Don't laugh too loud... 5309 
So far it is good. 5309 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5309 
The assembly and the buzz 5308 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5308 
Caps and chokes 5308 
The price of fame 5308 
Tribute 5308 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5308 
Schematics 5308 
Traces 5308 
Moving Magnet 5308 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5308 
Cat smells fish? 5307 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5307 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5307 
In the box 5307 
Schematics II 5307 
A few comments. 5307 
Miscelanea 5307 
I am surprised. 5307 
Don't be 5306 
It is not about power supply. 5306 
EMI/RFI madness 5306 
Drinking in Modulation 5306 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5306 
Finito 5305 
It is only partially outside the context. 5305 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5304 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5304 
Corresponding to ? 5304 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5277 
Qualitat 5276 
The baby is sick 5232 
Last Cleaning? 5232 
Mine too... 5232 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5232 
What the hell is going on!!! 5232 
...air-caps dirty.... 5231 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5231 
Hum points 5231 
Beats and pieces. 5231 
What else? 5231 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5231 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5231 
Veggie ham 5231 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5230 
Holly idiocy! 5229 
Yes sir 5227 
I think your game is not over. 5227 
More ham 5227 
Route(s) to Ground 5227 
Grounding arrangement 5226 
Ground Thoughts 5225 
0A2 Question 5225 
Where is the Bolt? 5225 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5225 
"End of Live" tube set 5225 
GND plane 5225 
That crazy 7025. 5225 
Distributed bolt 5225 
Amperex ECC83 5225 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5225 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5225 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5225 
More findings 5224 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5224 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5223 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5223 
Grounding and trannies 5223 
Ignorance is bliss... 5221 
Shakey DIY Basics 5221 
Poor photographer 5221 
Spare the Oxen... 5221 
Is SiC sick? 5219 
Possible, so what? 5219 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5218 
Seek and you’ll find. 5218 
Filament 5218 
Filament considerations 5218 
Air caps?Buffer? 5218 
Exorcisms 5172 
Floating? 5171 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5164 
Toilet ham 5164 
The Shield 5163 
It is hard to say. 5163 
Fake bugle/teles 5163 
Never again. 5163 
Bingo! 5154 
Total current per channel 5147 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5147 
I like iron 5147 
Choke ringing 5147 
Ringing 5147 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5147 
Choke ringing again 5146 
What ringing? 5146 
Ring-ring 5146 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5146 
TT Rider 5146 
Snubbers and motors 5145 
Nice idea... 5145 
B+ 5145 
Shielded Interconnect 5145 
IC shields 5142 
The horrors of calibration 4990 
Floating Away 4990 
Ground is +/- understood 4989 
"Calibrate"??? 4989 
The self-serving calibrations. 4988 
Fighting with RIAA 4988 
The Usual 4988 
That's it! 4988 
Parts Location 4988 
Lush layout 4987 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4939 
It might be very impressive 4939 
To be clear 4939 
Shall I co? 4938 
Parts 4938 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4938 
What does it mean? 4938 
Come on! 4938 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4938 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4938 
EAR polite recess 4938 
Power sequencing? 4908 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4908 
3 Position switch 4907 
How true... 4907 
DIY Failsafe 4907 
Switch.. 4882 
Calibration problem 4857 
Resolved 4854 
Looks good 4853 
Fat LF 4853 
Loading Up 4853 
SUT's 4853 
Shunt regulation 4772 
Application dependent 4772 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4740 
It migh be an interesting company. 4740 
Amo/silver 4740 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4740 
Silver considerations 4740 
Again With the Amo 4740 
Silver path 4740 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4740 
The Path of Least Resistance 4739 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4739 
Foil 4739 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4739 
Audiopedophile's hell 4739 
In da house 4738 
Consistent anality 4737 
Right 4737 
A speculation 4735 
Mone on silver Trabants 4734 
Parts Ag 4734 
Trabant done in pure silver 4734 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4734 
Silver swamp 4734 
In the Long Run 4734 
2RM? 4729 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4729 
DIY 4728 
95%? 4728 
More on that 4728 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4728 
Fully shielded 4728 
Interesting 4728 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3924 
Creative people 3924 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3924 
It is what it is. 3923 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3923 
Gray market 3923 
Mix up 3922 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3922 
Sound beats engeneering 3329 
Engineering Crap 3329 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3329 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2826 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2241 
Snubbers 2189 
More on snubbers 2189 
Capacitors Question 2189 
Capacitors & updates 2189 
Z-foil 2189 
Loading resistors & sockets 2189 
Low noise tubes 2188 
What Works Where 2187 
What are the REAL goals? 2187 
Good engineering parctices 2187 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2187 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2187 
It was 13 years back... 2187 
Thank you 2187 
Tube Selection 2176 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2073 
Big output capacitor question. 1834 
Context/Application/Circuit 1833 
EAR 1833 
Of Course... 1833 
834pT 1832 
Who knows.... 1832 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1831 
Where? 1831 
Big cap banks 1831 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 416 
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