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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6745 
End of Life 6745 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6745 
Shallow ambitions 6745 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6745 
Acronym 6745 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6733 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6733 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6733 
It is comming along.... 6552 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6552 
The perfect corrector. 6552 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6552 
The perfect corrector - II 6551 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6550 
Wrong values shown 6549 
The deliberate mistakes? 6549 
330R anode resistors 6549 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6549 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6549 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6547 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6547 
Going on from "There" 6547 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6547 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6546 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6545 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6545 
Good for them. 6545 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6545 
A few more 6545 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6545 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6544 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6544 
Hybridizing 6544 
I love it! 6544 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6542 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6542 
SSG 6541 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6541 
USSR SSG 6541 
USSR SSG 6541 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6541 
Fixed bias 6541 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6541 
More on this, please 6540 
Interesting development! 6540 
One-Story Jack 6540 
Nature's Bias 6540 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6540 
Apologies! 6539 
Tunable Y-factor? 6539 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6539 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6534 
The sound of one hand clapping 6534 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6533 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6525 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6525 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6524 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6524 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6524 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6439 
Specific air cap changes 6439 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6439 
One tube, two channels? 6439 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6439 
"Crosstalk" 6438 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6397 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6376 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5950 
Sucks! 5878 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5877 
Um, what? 5877 
Alternative Transformer 5877 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5877 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5877 
Hmmm,I suspect 5877 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5869 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5857 
The 100Hz hum? 5857 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5857 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5857 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5856 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5856 
DIY Air-Caps? 5856 
Capacitors 5853 
Hum again. 5832 
Hm, again.... 5832 
Tribute MC iron 5547 
Changing loads 5543 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5543 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5542 
Loading on primary? 5542 
Anticipating the needs 5542 
CCS heating? 5505 
2nd stage bias mystery 5388 
It is true but it negligible. 5388 
V2 biasing continued 5387 
Works +/- properly 5386 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5386 
My assault 5359 
What, No Breadboard? 5359 
Don't laugh too loud... 5359 
So far it is good. 5359 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5359 
The assembly and the buzz 5358 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5358 
Caps and chokes 5358 
The price of fame 5358 
Tribute 5358 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5358 
Schematics 5358 
Traces 5358 
Moving Magnet 5358 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5358 
Cat smells fish? 5357 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5357 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5357 
In the box 5357 
Schematics II 5357 
A few comments. 5357 
Miscelanea 5357 
I am surprised. 5357 
Don't be 5356 
It is not about power supply. 5356 
EMI/RFI madness 5356 
Drinking in Modulation 5356 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5356 
Finito 5355 
It is only partially outside the context. 5355 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5354 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5354 
Corresponding to ? 5354 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5327 
Qualitat 5326 
The baby is sick 5282 
Last Cleaning? 5282 
Mine too... 5282 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5282 
What the hell is going on!!! 5282 
...air-caps dirty.... 5281 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5281 
Hum points 5281 
Beats and pieces. 5281 
What else? 5281 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5281 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5281 
Veggie ham 5281 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5280 
Holly idiocy! 5279 
Yes sir 5277 
I think your game is not over. 5277 
More ham 5277 
Route(s) to Ground 5277 
Grounding arrangement 5276 
Ground Thoughts 5275 
0A2 Question 5275 
Where is the Bolt? 5275 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5275 
"End of Live" tube set 5275 
GND plane 5275 
That crazy 7025. 5275 
Distributed bolt 5275 
Amperex ECC83 5275 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5275 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5275 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5275 
More findings 5274 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5274 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5273 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5273 
Grounding and trannies 5273 
Ignorance is bliss... 5271 
Shakey DIY Basics 5271 
Poor photographer 5271 
Spare the Oxen... 5271 
Is SiC sick? 5269 
Possible, so what? 5269 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5268 
Seek and you’ll find. 5268 
Filament 5268 
Filament considerations 5268 
Air caps?Buffer? 5268 
Exorcisms 5222 
Floating? 5221 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5214 
Toilet ham 5214 
The Shield 5213 
It is hard to say. 5213 
Fake bugle/teles 5213 
Never again. 5213 
Bingo! 5204 
Total current per channel 5197 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5197 
I like iron 5197 
Choke ringing 5197 
Ringing 5197 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5197 
Choke ringing again 5196 
What ringing? 5196 
Ring-ring 5196 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5196 
TT Rider 5196 
Snubbers and motors 5195 
Nice idea... 5195 
B+ 5195 
Shielded Interconnect 5195 
IC shields 5192 
The horrors of calibration 5040 
Floating Away 5040 
Ground is +/- understood 5039 
"Calibrate"??? 5039 
The self-serving calibrations. 5038 
Fighting with RIAA 5038 
The Usual 5038 
That's it! 5038 
Parts Location 5038 
Lush layout 5037 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4989 
It might be very impressive 4989 
To be clear 4989 
Shall I co? 4988 
Parts 4988 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4988 
What does it mean? 4988 
Come on! 4988 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4988 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4988 
EAR polite recess 4988 
Power sequencing? 4958 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4958 
3 Position switch 4957 
How true... 4957 
DIY Failsafe 4957 
Switch.. 4932 
Calibration problem 4907 
Resolved 4904 
Looks good 4903 
Fat LF 4903 
Loading Up 4903 
SUT's 4903 
Shunt regulation 4822 
Application dependent 4822 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4790 
It migh be an interesting company. 4790 
Amo/silver 4790 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4790 
Silver considerations 4790 
Again With the Amo 4790 
Silver path 4790 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4790 
The Path of Least Resistance 4789 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4789 
Foil 4789 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4789 
Audiopedophile's hell 4789 
In da house 4788 
Consistent anality 4787 
Right 4787 
A speculation 4785 
Mone on silver Trabants 4784 
Parts Ag 4784 
Trabant done in pure silver 4784 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4784 
Silver swamp 4784 
In the Long Run 4784 
2RM? 4779 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4779 
DIY 4778 
95%? 4778 
More on that 4778 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4778 
Fully shielded 4778 
Interesting 4778 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3974 
Creative people 3974 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3974 
It is what it is. 3973 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3973 
Gray market 3973 
Mix up 3972 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3972 
Sound beats engeneering 3379 
Engineering Crap 3379 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3379 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2876 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2291 
Snubbers 2239 
More on snubbers 2239 
Capacitors Question 2239 
Capacitors & updates 2239 
Z-foil 2239 
Loading resistors & sockets 2239 
Low noise tubes 2238 
What Works Where 2237 
What are the REAL goals? 2237 
Good engineering parctices 2237 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2237 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2237 
It was 13 years back... 2237 
Thank you 2237 
Tube Selection 2226 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2123 
Big output capacitor question. 1884 
Context/Application/Circuit 1883 
EAR 1883 
Of Course... 1883 
834pT 1882 
Who knows.... 1882 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1881 
Where? 1881 
Big cap banks 1881 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 466 
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