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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6666 
End of Life 6666 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6666 
Shallow ambitions 6666 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6666 
Acronym 6666 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6654 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6654 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6654 
It is comming along.... 6473 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6473 
The perfect corrector. 6473 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6473 
The perfect corrector - II 6472 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6471 
Wrong values shown 6470 
The deliberate mistakes? 6470 
330R anode resistors 6470 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6470 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6470 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6468 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6468 
Going on from "There" 6468 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6468 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6467 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6466 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6466 
Good for them. 6466 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6466 
A few more 6466 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6466 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6465 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6465 
Hybridizing 6465 
I love it! 6465 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6463 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6463 
SSG 6462 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6462 
USSR SSG 6462 
USSR SSG 6462 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6462 
Fixed bias 6462 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6462 
More on this, please 6461 
Interesting development! 6461 
One-Story Jack 6461 
Nature's Bias 6461 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6461 
Apologies! 6460 
Tunable Y-factor? 6460 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6460 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6455 
The sound of one hand clapping 6455 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6454 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6446 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6446 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6445 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6445 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6445 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6360 
Specific air cap changes 6360 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6360 
One tube, two channels? 6360 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6360 
"Crosstalk" 6359 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6318 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6297 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5871 
Sucks! 5799 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5798 
Um, what? 5798 
Alternative Transformer 5798 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5798 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5798 
Hmmm,I suspect 5798 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5790 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5778 
The 100Hz hum? 5778 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5778 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5778 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5777 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5777 
DIY Air-Caps? 5777 
Capacitors 5774 
Hum again. 5753 
Hm, again.... 5753 
Tribute MC iron 5468 
Changing loads 5464 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5464 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5463 
Loading on primary? 5463 
Anticipating the needs 5463 
CCS heating? 5426 
2nd stage bias mystery 5309 
It is true but it negligible. 5309 
V2 biasing continued 5308 
Works +/- properly 5307 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5307 
My assault 5280 
What, No Breadboard? 5280 
Don't laugh too loud... 5280 
So far it is good. 5280 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5280 
The assembly and the buzz 5279 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5279 
Caps and chokes 5279 
The price of fame 5279 
Tribute 5279 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5279 
Schematics 5279 
Traces 5279 
Moving Magnet 5279 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5279 
Cat smells fish? 5278 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5278 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5278 
In the box 5278 
Schematics II 5278 
A few comments. 5278 
Miscelanea 5278 
I am surprised. 5278 
Don't be 5277 
It is not about power supply. 5277 
EMI/RFI madness 5277 
Drinking in Modulation 5277 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5277 
Finito 5276 
It is only partially outside the context. 5276 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5275 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5275 
Corresponding to ? 5275 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5248 
Qualitat 5247 
The baby is sick 5203 
Last Cleaning? 5203 
Mine too... 5203 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5203 
What the hell is going on!!! 5203 
...air-caps dirty.... 5202 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5202 
Hum points 5202 
Beats and pieces. 5202 
What else? 5202 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5202 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5202 
Veggie ham 5202 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5201 
Holly idiocy! 5200 
Yes sir 5198 
I think your game is not over. 5198 
More ham 5198 
Route(s) to Ground 5198 
Grounding arrangement 5197 
Ground Thoughts 5196 
0A2 Question 5196 
Where is the Bolt? 5196 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5196 
"End of Live" tube set 5196 
GND plane 5196 
That crazy 7025. 5196 
Distributed bolt 5196 
Amperex ECC83 5196 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5196 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5196 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5196 
More findings 5195 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5195 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5194 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5194 
Grounding and trannies 5194 
Ignorance is bliss... 5192 
Shakey DIY Basics 5192 
Poor photographer 5192 
Spare the Oxen... 5192 
Is SiC sick? 5190 
Possible, so what? 5190 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5189 
Seek and you’ll find. 5189 
Filament 5189 
Filament considerations 5189 
Air caps?Buffer? 5189 
Exorcisms 5143 
Floating? 5142 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5135 
Toilet ham 5135 
The Shield 5134 
It is hard to say. 5134 
Fake bugle/teles 5134 
Never again. 5134 
Bingo! 5125 
Total current per channel 5118 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5118 
I like iron 5118 
Choke ringing 5118 
Ringing 5118 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5118 
Choke ringing again 5117 
What ringing? 5117 
Ring-ring 5117 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5117 
TT Rider 5117 
Snubbers and motors 5116 
Nice idea... 5116 
B+ 5116 
Shielded Interconnect 5116 
IC shields 5113 
The horrors of calibration 4961 
Floating Away 4961 
Ground is +/- understood 4960 
"Calibrate"??? 4960 
The self-serving calibrations. 4959 
Fighting with RIAA 4959 
The Usual 4959 
That's it! 4959 
Parts Location 4959 
Lush layout 4958 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4910 
It might be very impressive 4910 
To be clear 4910 
Shall I co? 4909 
Parts 4909 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4909 
What does it mean? 4909 
Come on! 4909 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4909 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4909 
EAR polite recess 4909 
Power sequencing? 4879 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4879 
3 Position switch 4878 
How true... 4878 
DIY Failsafe 4878 
Switch.. 4853 
Calibration problem 4828 
Resolved 4825 
Looks good 4824 
Fat LF 4824 
Loading Up 4824 
SUT's 4824 
Shunt regulation 4743 
Application dependent 4743 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4711 
It migh be an interesting company. 4711 
Amo/silver 4711 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4711 
Silver considerations 4711 
Again With the Amo 4711 
Silver path 4711 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4711 
The Path of Least Resistance 4710 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4710 
Foil 4710 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4710 
Audiopedophile's hell 4710 
In da house 4709 
Consistent anality 4708 
Right 4708 
A speculation 4706 
Mone on silver Trabants 4705 
Parts Ag 4705 
Trabant done in pure silver 4705 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4705 
Silver swamp 4705 
In the Long Run 4705 
2RM? 4700 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4700 
DIY 4699 
95%? 4699 
More on that 4699 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4699 
Fully shielded 4699 
Interesting 4699 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3895 
Creative people 3895 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3895 
It is what it is. 3894 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3894 
Gray market 3894 
Mix up 3893 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3893 
Sound beats engeneering 3300 
Engineering Crap 3300 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3300 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2797 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2212 
Snubbers 2160 
More on snubbers 2160 
Capacitors Question 2160 
Capacitors & updates 2160 
Z-foil 2160 
Loading resistors & sockets 2160 
Low noise tubes 2159 
What Works Where 2158 
What are the REAL goals? 2158 
Good engineering parctices 2158 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2158 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2158 
It was 13 years back... 2158 
Thank you 2158 
Tube Selection 2147 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2044 
Big output capacitor question. 1805 
Context/Application/Circuit 1804 
EAR 1804 
Of Course... 1804 
834pT 1803 
Who knows.... 1803 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1802 
Where? 1802 
Big cap banks 1802 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 387 
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