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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6927 
End of Life 6927 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6927 
Shallow ambitions 6927 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6927 
Acronym 6927 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6915 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6915 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6915 
It is comming along.... 6734 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6734 
The perfect corrector. 6734 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6734 
The perfect corrector - II 6733 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6732 
Wrong values shown 6731 
The deliberate mistakes? 6731 
330R anode resistors 6731 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6731 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6731 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6729 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6729 
Going on from "There" 6729 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6729 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6728 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6727 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6727 
Good for them. 6727 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6727 
A few more 6727 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6727 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6726 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6726 
Hybridizing 6726 
I love it! 6726 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6724 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6724 
SSG 6723 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6723 
USSR SSG 6723 
USSR SSG 6723 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6723 
Fixed bias 6723 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6723 
More on this, please 6722 
Interesting development! 6722 
One-Story Jack 6722 
Nature's Bias 6722 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6722 
Apologies! 6721 
Tunable Y-factor? 6721 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6721 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6716 
The sound of one hand clapping 6716 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6715 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6707 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6707 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6706 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6706 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6706 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6621 
Specific air cap changes 6621 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6621 
One tube, two channels? 6621 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6621 
"Crosstalk" 6620 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6579 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6558 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6132 
Sucks! 6060 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6059 
Um, what? 6059 
Alternative Transformer 6059 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6059 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6059 
Hmmm,I suspect 6059 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6051 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6039 
The 100Hz hum? 6039 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6039 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6039 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6038 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6038 
DIY Air-Caps? 6038 
Capacitors 6035 
Hum again. 6014 
Hm, again.... 6014 
Tribute MC iron 5729 
Changing loads 5725 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5725 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5724 
Loading on primary? 5724 
Anticipating the needs 5724 
CCS heating? 5687 
2nd stage bias mystery 5570 
It is true but it negligible. 5570 
V2 biasing continued 5569 
Works +/- properly 5568 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5568 
My assault 5541 
What, No Breadboard? 5541 
Don't laugh too loud... 5541 
So far it is good. 5541 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5541 
The assembly and the buzz 5540 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5540 
Caps and chokes 5540 
The price of fame 5540 
Tribute 5540 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5540 
Schematics 5540 
Traces 5540 
Moving Magnet 5540 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5540 
Cat smells fish? 5539 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5539 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5539 
In the box 5539 
Schematics II 5539 
A few comments. 5539 
Miscelanea 5539 
I am surprised. 5539 
Don't be 5538 
It is not about power supply. 5538 
EMI/RFI madness 5538 
Drinking in Modulation 5538 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5538 
Finito 5537 
It is only partially outside the context. 5537 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5536 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5536 
Corresponding to ? 5536 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5509 
Qualitat 5508 
The baby is sick 5464 
Last Cleaning? 5464 
Mine too... 5464 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5464 
What the hell is going on!!! 5464 
...air-caps dirty.... 5463 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5463 
Hum points 5463 
Beats and pieces. 5463 
What else? 5463 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5463 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5463 
Veggie ham 5463 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5462 
Holly idiocy! 5461 
Yes sir 5459 
I think your game is not over. 5459 
More ham 5459 
Route(s) to Ground 5459 
Grounding arrangement 5458 
Ground Thoughts 5457 
0A2 Question 5457 
Where is the Bolt? 5457 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5457 
"End of Live" tube set 5457 
GND plane 5457 
That crazy 7025. 5457 
Distributed bolt 5457 
Amperex ECC83 5457 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5457 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5457 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5457 
More findings 5456 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5456 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5455 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5455 
Grounding and trannies 5455 
Ignorance is bliss... 5453 
Shakey DIY Basics 5453 
Poor photographer 5453 
Spare the Oxen... 5453 
Is SiC sick? 5451 
Possible, so what? 5451 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5450 
Seek and you’ll find. 5450 
Filament 5450 
Filament considerations 5450 
Air caps?Buffer? 5450 
Exorcisms 5404 
Floating? 5403 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5396 
Toilet ham 5396 
The Shield 5395 
It is hard to say. 5395 
Fake bugle/teles 5395 
Never again. 5395 
Bingo! 5386 
Total current per channel 5379 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5379 
I like iron 5379 
Choke ringing 5379 
Ringing 5379 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5379 
Choke ringing again 5378 
What ringing? 5378 
Ring-ring 5378 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5378 
TT Rider 5378 
Snubbers and motors 5377 
Nice idea... 5377 
B+ 5377 
Shielded Interconnect 5377 
IC shields 5374 
The horrors of calibration 5222 
Floating Away 5222 
Ground is +/- understood 5221 
"Calibrate"??? 5221 
The self-serving calibrations. 5220 
Fighting with RIAA 5220 
The Usual 5220 
That's it! 5220 
Parts Location 5220 
Lush layout 5219 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5171 
It might be very impressive 5171 
To be clear 5171 
Shall I co? 5170 
Parts 5170 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5170 
What does it mean? 5170 
Come on! 5170 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5170 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5170 
EAR polite recess 5170 
Power sequencing? 5140 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5140 
3 Position switch 5139 
How true... 5139 
DIY Failsafe 5139 
Switch.. 5114 
Calibration problem 5089 
Resolved 5086 
Looks good 5085 
Fat LF 5085 
Loading Up 5085 
SUT's 5085 
Shunt regulation 5004 
Application dependent 5004 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4972 
It migh be an interesting company. 4972 
Amo/silver 4972 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4972 
Silver considerations 4972 
Again With the Amo 4972 
Silver path 4972 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4972 
The Path of Least Resistance 4971 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4971 
Foil 4971 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4971 
Audiopedophile's hell 4971 
In da house 4970 
Consistent anality 4969 
Right 4969 
A speculation 4967 
Mone on silver Trabants 4966 
Parts Ag 4966 
Trabant done in pure silver 4966 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4966 
Silver swamp 4966 
In the Long Run 4966 
2RM? 4961 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4961 
DIY 4960 
95%? 4960 
More on that 4960 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4960 
Fully shielded 4960 
Interesting 4960 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4156 
Creative people 4156 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4156 
It is what it is. 4155 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4155 
Gray market 4155 
Mix up 4154 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4154 
Sound beats engeneering 3561 
Engineering Crap 3561 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3561 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3058 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2473 
Snubbers 2421 
More on snubbers 2421 
Capacitors Question 2421 
Capacitors & updates 2421 
Z-foil 2421 
Loading resistors & sockets 2421 
Low noise tubes 2420 
What Works Where 2419 
What are the REAL goals? 2419 
Good engineering parctices 2419 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2419 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2419 
It was 13 years back... 2419 
Thank you 2419 
Tube Selection 2408 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2305 
Big output capacitor question. 2066 
Context/Application/Circuit 2065 
EAR 2065 
Of Course... 2065 
834pT 2064 
Who knows.... 2064 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2063 
Where? 2063 
Big cap banks 2063 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 648 
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