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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6872 
End of Life 6872 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6872 
Shallow ambitions 6872 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6872 
Acronym 6872 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6860 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6860 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6860 
It is comming along.... 6679 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6679 
The perfect corrector. 6679 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6679 
The perfect corrector - II 6678 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6677 
Wrong values shown 6676 
The deliberate mistakes? 6676 
330R anode resistors 6676 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6676 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6676 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6674 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6674 
Going on from "There" 6674 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6674 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6673 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6672 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6672 
Good for them. 6672 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6672 
A few more 6672 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6672 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6671 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6671 
Hybridizing 6671 
I love it! 6671 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6669 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6669 
SSG 6668 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6668 
USSR SSG 6668 
USSR SSG 6668 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6668 
Fixed bias 6668 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6668 
More on this, please 6667 
Interesting development! 6667 
One-Story Jack 6667 
Nature's Bias 6667 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6667 
Apologies! 6666 
Tunable Y-factor? 6666 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6666 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6661 
The sound of one hand clapping 6661 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6660 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6652 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6652 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6651 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6651 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6651 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6566 
Specific air cap changes 6566 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6566 
One tube, two channels? 6566 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6566 
"Crosstalk" 6565 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6524 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6503 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6077 
Sucks! 6005 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6004 
Um, what? 6004 
Alternative Transformer 6004 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6004 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6004 
Hmmm,I suspect 6004 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5996 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5984 
The 100Hz hum? 5984 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5984 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5984 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5983 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5983 
DIY Air-Caps? 5983 
Capacitors 5980 
Hum again. 5959 
Hm, again.... 5959 
Tribute MC iron 5674 
Changing loads 5670 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5670 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5669 
Loading on primary? 5669 
Anticipating the needs 5669 
CCS heating? 5632 
2nd stage bias mystery 5515 
It is true but it negligible. 5515 
V2 biasing continued 5514 
Works +/- properly 5513 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5513 
My assault 5486 
What, No Breadboard? 5486 
Don't laugh too loud... 5486 
So far it is good. 5486 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5486 
The assembly and the buzz 5485 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5485 
Caps and chokes 5485 
The price of fame 5485 
Tribute 5485 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5485 
Schematics 5485 
Traces 5485 
Moving Magnet 5485 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5485 
Cat smells fish? 5484 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5484 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5484 
In the box 5484 
Schematics II 5484 
A few comments. 5484 
Miscelanea 5484 
I am surprised. 5484 
Don't be 5483 
It is not about power supply. 5483 
EMI/RFI madness 5483 
Drinking in Modulation 5483 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5483 
Finito 5482 
It is only partially outside the context. 5482 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5481 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5481 
Corresponding to ? 5481 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5454 
Qualitat 5453 
The baby is sick 5409 
Last Cleaning? 5409 
Mine too... 5409 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5409 
What the hell is going on!!! 5409 
...air-caps dirty.... 5408 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5408 
Hum points 5408 
Beats and pieces. 5408 
What else? 5408 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5408 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5408 
Veggie ham 5408 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5407 
Holly idiocy! 5406 
Yes sir 5404 
I think your game is not over. 5404 
More ham 5404 
Route(s) to Ground 5404 
Grounding arrangement 5403 
Ground Thoughts 5402 
0A2 Question 5402 
Where is the Bolt? 5402 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5402 
"End of Live" tube set 5402 
GND plane 5402 
That crazy 7025. 5402 
Distributed bolt 5402 
Amperex ECC83 5402 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5402 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5402 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5402 
More findings 5401 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5401 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5400 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5400 
Grounding and trannies 5400 
Ignorance is bliss... 5398 
Shakey DIY Basics 5398 
Poor photographer 5398 
Spare the Oxen... 5398 
Is SiC sick? 5396 
Possible, so what? 5396 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5395 
Seek and you’ll find. 5395 
Filament 5395 
Filament considerations 5395 
Air caps?Buffer? 5395 
Exorcisms 5349 
Floating? 5348 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5341 
Toilet ham 5341 
The Shield 5340 
It is hard to say. 5340 
Fake bugle/teles 5340 
Never again. 5340 
Bingo! 5331 
Total current per channel 5324 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5324 
I like iron 5324 
Choke ringing 5324 
Ringing 5324 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5324 
Choke ringing again 5323 
What ringing? 5323 
Ring-ring 5323 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5323 
TT Rider 5323 
Snubbers and motors 5322 
Nice idea... 5322 
B+ 5322 
Shielded Interconnect 5322 
IC shields 5319 
The horrors of calibration 5167 
Floating Away 5167 
Ground is +/- understood 5166 
"Calibrate"??? 5166 
The self-serving calibrations. 5165 
Fighting with RIAA 5165 
The Usual 5165 
That's it! 5165 
Parts Location 5165 
Lush layout 5164 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5116 
It might be very impressive 5116 
To be clear 5116 
Shall I co? 5115 
Parts 5115 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5115 
What does it mean? 5115 
Come on! 5115 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5115 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5115 
EAR polite recess 5115 
Power sequencing? 5085 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5085 
3 Position switch 5084 
How true... 5084 
DIY Failsafe 5084 
Switch.. 5059 
Calibration problem 5034 
Resolved 5031 
Looks good 5030 
Fat LF 5030 
Loading Up 5030 
SUT's 5030 
Shunt regulation 4949 
Application dependent 4949 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4917 
It migh be an interesting company. 4917 
Amo/silver 4917 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4917 
Silver considerations 4917 
Again With the Amo 4917 
Silver path 4917 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4917 
The Path of Least Resistance 4916 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4916 
Foil 4916 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4916 
Audiopedophile's hell 4916 
In da house 4915 
Consistent anality 4914 
Right 4914 
A speculation 4912 
Mone on silver Trabants 4911 
Parts Ag 4911 
Trabant done in pure silver 4911 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4911 
Silver swamp 4911 
In the Long Run 4911 
2RM? 4906 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4906 
DIY 4905 
95%? 4905 
More on that 4905 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4905 
Fully shielded 4905 
Interesting 4905 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4101 
Creative people 4101 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4101 
It is what it is. 4100 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4100 
Gray market 4100 
Mix up 4099 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4099 
Sound beats engeneering 3506 
Engineering Crap 3506 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3506 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3003 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2418 
Snubbers 2366 
More on snubbers 2366 
Capacitors Question 2366 
Capacitors & updates 2366 
Z-foil 2366 
Loading resistors & sockets 2366 
Low noise tubes 2365 
What Works Where 2364 
What are the REAL goals? 2364 
Good engineering parctices 2364 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2364 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2364 
It was 13 years back... 2364 
Thank you 2364 
Tube Selection 2353 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2250 
Big output capacitor question. 2011 
Context/Application/Circuit 2010 
EAR 2010 
Of Course... 2010 
834pT 2009 
Who knows.... 2009 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2008 
Where? 2008 
Big cap banks 2008 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 593 
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