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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6883 
End of Life 6883 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6883 
Shallow ambitions 6883 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6883 
Acronym 6883 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6871 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6871 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6871 
It is comming along.... 6690 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6690 
The perfect corrector. 6690 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6690 
The perfect corrector - II 6689 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6688 
Wrong values shown 6687 
The deliberate mistakes? 6687 
330R anode resistors 6687 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6687 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6687 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6685 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6685 
Going on from "There" 6685 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6685 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6684 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6683 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6683 
Good for them. 6683 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6683 
A few more 6683 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6683 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6682 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6682 
Hybridizing 6682 
I love it! 6682 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6680 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6680 
SSG 6679 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6679 
USSR SSG 6679 
USSR SSG 6679 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6679 
Fixed bias 6679 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6679 
More on this, please 6678 
Interesting development! 6678 
One-Story Jack 6678 
Nature's Bias 6678 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6678 
Apologies! 6677 
Tunable Y-factor? 6677 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6677 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6672 
The sound of one hand clapping 6672 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6671 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6663 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6663 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6662 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6662 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6662 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6577 
Specific air cap changes 6577 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6577 
One tube, two channels? 6577 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6577 
"Crosstalk" 6576 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6535 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6514 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6088 
Sucks! 6016 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6015 
Um, what? 6015 
Alternative Transformer 6015 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6015 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6015 
Hmmm,I suspect 6015 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6007 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5995 
The 100Hz hum? 5995 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5995 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5995 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5994 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5994 
DIY Air-Caps? 5994 
Capacitors 5991 
Hum again. 5970 
Hm, again.... 5970 
Tribute MC iron 5685 
Changing loads 5681 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5681 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5680 
Loading on primary? 5680 
Anticipating the needs 5680 
CCS heating? 5643 
2nd stage bias mystery 5526 
It is true but it negligible. 5526 
V2 biasing continued 5525 
Works +/- properly 5524 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5524 
My assault 5497 
What, No Breadboard? 5497 
Don't laugh too loud... 5497 
So far it is good. 5497 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5497 
The assembly and the buzz 5496 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5496 
Caps and chokes 5496 
The price of fame 5496 
Tribute 5496 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5496 
Schematics 5496 
Traces 5496 
Moving Magnet 5496 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5496 
Cat smells fish? 5495 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5495 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5495 
In the box 5495 
Schematics II 5495 
A few comments. 5495 
Miscelanea 5495 
I am surprised. 5495 
Don't be 5494 
It is not about power supply. 5494 
EMI/RFI madness 5494 
Drinking in Modulation 5494 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5494 
Finito 5493 
It is only partially outside the context. 5493 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5492 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5492 
Corresponding to ? 5492 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5465 
Qualitat 5464 
The baby is sick 5420 
Last Cleaning? 5420 
Mine too... 5420 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5420 
What the hell is going on!!! 5420 
...air-caps dirty.... 5419 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5419 
Hum points 5419 
Beats and pieces. 5419 
What else? 5419 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5419 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5419 
Veggie ham 5419 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5418 
Holly idiocy! 5417 
Yes sir 5415 
I think your game is not over. 5415 
More ham 5415 
Route(s) to Ground 5415 
Grounding arrangement 5414 
Ground Thoughts 5413 
0A2 Question 5413 
Where is the Bolt? 5413 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5413 
"End of Live" tube set 5413 
GND plane 5413 
That crazy 7025. 5413 
Distributed bolt 5413 
Amperex ECC83 5413 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5413 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5413 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5413 
More findings 5412 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5412 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5411 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5411 
Grounding and trannies 5411 
Ignorance is bliss... 5409 
Shakey DIY Basics 5409 
Poor photographer 5409 
Spare the Oxen... 5409 
Is SiC sick? 5407 
Possible, so what? 5407 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5406 
Seek and you’ll find. 5406 
Filament 5406 
Filament considerations 5406 
Air caps?Buffer? 5406 
Exorcisms 5360 
Floating? 5359 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5352 
Toilet ham 5352 
The Shield 5351 
It is hard to say. 5351 
Fake bugle/teles 5351 
Never again. 5351 
Bingo! 5342 
Total current per channel 5335 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5335 
I like iron 5335 
Choke ringing 5335 
Ringing 5335 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5335 
Choke ringing again 5334 
What ringing? 5334 
Ring-ring 5334 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5334 
TT Rider 5334 
Snubbers and motors 5333 
Nice idea... 5333 
B+ 5333 
Shielded Interconnect 5333 
IC shields 5330 
The horrors of calibration 5178 
Floating Away 5178 
Ground is +/- understood 5177 
"Calibrate"??? 5177 
The self-serving calibrations. 5176 
Fighting with RIAA 5176 
The Usual 5176 
That's it! 5176 
Parts Location 5176 
Lush layout 5175 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5127 
It might be very impressive 5127 
To be clear 5127 
Shall I co? 5126 
Parts 5126 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5126 
What does it mean? 5126 
Come on! 5126 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5126 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5126 
EAR polite recess 5126 
Power sequencing? 5096 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5096 
3 Position switch 5095 
How true... 5095 
DIY Failsafe 5095 
Switch.. 5070 
Calibration problem 5045 
Resolved 5042 
Looks good 5041 
Fat LF 5041 
Loading Up 5041 
SUT's 5041 
Shunt regulation 4960 
Application dependent 4960 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4928 
It migh be an interesting company. 4928 
Amo/silver 4928 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4928 
Silver considerations 4928 
Again With the Amo 4928 
Silver path 4928 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4928 
The Path of Least Resistance 4927 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4927 
Foil 4927 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4927 
Audiopedophile's hell 4927 
In da house 4926 
Consistent anality 4925 
Right 4925 
A speculation 4923 
Mone on silver Trabants 4922 
Parts Ag 4922 
Trabant done in pure silver 4922 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4922 
Silver swamp 4922 
In the Long Run 4922 
2RM? 4917 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4917 
DIY 4916 
95%? 4916 
More on that 4916 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4916 
Fully shielded 4916 
Interesting 4916 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4112 
Creative people 4112 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4112 
It is what it is. 4111 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4111 
Gray market 4111 
Mix up 4110 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4110 
Sound beats engeneering 3517 
Engineering Crap 3517 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3517 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3014 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2429 
Snubbers 2377 
More on snubbers 2377 
Capacitors Question 2377 
Capacitors & updates 2377 
Z-foil 2377 
Loading resistors & sockets 2377 
Low noise tubes 2376 
What Works Where 2375 
What are the REAL goals? 2375 
Good engineering parctices 2375 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2375 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2375 
It was 13 years back... 2375 
Thank you 2375 
Tube Selection 2364 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2261 
Big output capacitor question. 2022 
Context/Application/Circuit 2021 
EAR 2021 
Of Course... 2021 
834pT 2020 
Who knows.... 2020 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2019 
Where? 2019 
Big cap banks 2019 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 604 
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