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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6942 
End of Life 6942 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6942 
Shallow ambitions 6942 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6942 
Acronym 6942 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6930 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6930 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6930 
It is comming along.... 6749 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6749 
The perfect corrector. 6749 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6749 
The perfect corrector - II 6748 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6747 
Wrong values shown 6746 
The deliberate mistakes? 6746 
330R anode resistors 6746 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6746 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6746 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6744 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6744 
Going on from "There" 6744 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6744 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6743 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6742 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6742 
Good for them. 6742 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6742 
A few more 6742 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6742 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6741 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6741 
Hybridizing 6741 
I love it! 6741 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6739 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6739 
SSG 6738 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6738 
USSR SSG 6738 
USSR SSG 6738 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6738 
Fixed bias 6738 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6738 
More on this, please 6737 
Interesting development! 6737 
One-Story Jack 6737 
Nature's Bias 6737 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6737 
Apologies! 6736 
Tunable Y-factor? 6736 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6736 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6731 
The sound of one hand clapping 6731 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6730 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6722 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6722 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6721 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6721 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6721 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6636 
Specific air cap changes 6636 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6636 
One tube, two channels? 6636 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6636 
"Crosstalk" 6635 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6594 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6573 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6147 
Sucks! 6075 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6074 
Um, what? 6074 
Alternative Transformer 6074 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6074 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6074 
Hmmm,I suspect 6074 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6066 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6054 
The 100Hz hum? 6054 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6054 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6054 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6053 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6053 
DIY Air-Caps? 6053 
Capacitors 6050 
Hum again. 6029 
Hm, again.... 6029 
Tribute MC iron 5744 
Changing loads 5740 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5740 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5739 
Loading on primary? 5739 
Anticipating the needs 5739 
CCS heating? 5702 
2nd stage bias mystery 5585 
It is true but it negligible. 5585 
V2 biasing continued 5584 
Works +/- properly 5583 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5583 
My assault 5556 
What, No Breadboard? 5556 
Don't laugh too loud... 5556 
So far it is good. 5556 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5556 
The assembly and the buzz 5555 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5555 
Caps and chokes 5555 
The price of fame 5555 
Tribute 5555 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5555 
Schematics 5555 
Traces 5555 
Moving Magnet 5555 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5555 
Cat smells fish? 5554 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5554 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5554 
In the box 5554 
Schematics II 5554 
A few comments. 5554 
Miscelanea 5554 
I am surprised. 5554 
Don't be 5553 
It is not about power supply. 5553 
EMI/RFI madness 5553 
Drinking in Modulation 5553 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5553 
Finito 5552 
It is only partially outside the context. 5552 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5551 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5551 
Corresponding to ? 5551 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5524 
Qualitat 5523 
The baby is sick 5479 
Last Cleaning? 5479 
Mine too... 5479 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5479 
What the hell is going on!!! 5479 
...air-caps dirty.... 5478 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5478 
Hum points 5478 
Beats and pieces. 5478 
What else? 5478 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5478 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5478 
Veggie ham 5478 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5477 
Holly idiocy! 5476 
Yes sir 5474 
I think your game is not over. 5474 
More ham 5474 
Route(s) to Ground 5474 
Grounding arrangement 5473 
Ground Thoughts 5472 
0A2 Question 5472 
Where is the Bolt? 5472 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5472 
"End of Live" tube set 5472 
GND plane 5472 
That crazy 7025. 5472 
Distributed bolt 5472 
Amperex ECC83 5472 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5472 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5472 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5472 
More findings 5471 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5471 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5470 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5470 
Grounding and trannies 5470 
Ignorance is bliss... 5468 
Shakey DIY Basics 5468 
Poor photographer 5468 
Spare the Oxen... 5468 
Is SiC sick? 5466 
Possible, so what? 5466 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5465 
Seek and you’ll find. 5465 
Filament 5465 
Filament considerations 5465 
Air caps?Buffer? 5465 
Exorcisms 5419 
Floating? 5418 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5411 
Toilet ham 5411 
The Shield 5410 
It is hard to say. 5410 
Fake bugle/teles 5410 
Never again. 5410 
Bingo! 5401 
Total current per channel 5394 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5394 
I like iron 5394 
Choke ringing 5394 
Ringing 5394 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5394 
Choke ringing again 5393 
What ringing? 5393 
Ring-ring 5393 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5393 
TT Rider 5393 
Snubbers and motors 5392 
Nice idea... 5392 
B+ 5392 
Shielded Interconnect 5392 
IC shields 5389 
The horrors of calibration 5237 
Floating Away 5237 
Ground is +/- understood 5236 
"Calibrate"??? 5236 
The self-serving calibrations. 5235 
Fighting with RIAA 5235 
The Usual 5235 
That's it! 5235 
Parts Location 5235 
Lush layout 5234 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5186 
It might be very impressive 5186 
To be clear 5186 
Shall I co? 5185 
Parts 5185 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5185 
What does it mean? 5185 
Come on! 5185 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5185 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5185 
EAR polite recess 5185 
Power sequencing? 5155 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5155 
3 Position switch 5154 
How true... 5154 
DIY Failsafe 5154 
Switch.. 5129 
Calibration problem 5104 
Resolved 5101 
Looks good 5100 
Fat LF 5100 
Loading Up 5100 
SUT's 5100 
Shunt regulation 5019 
Application dependent 5019 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4987 
It migh be an interesting company. 4987 
Amo/silver 4987 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4987 
Silver considerations 4987 
Again With the Amo 4987 
Silver path 4987 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4987 
The Path of Least Resistance 4986 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4986 
Foil 4986 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4986 
Audiopedophile's hell 4986 
In da house 4985 
Consistent anality 4984 
Right 4984 
A speculation 4982 
Mone on silver Trabants 4981 
Parts Ag 4981 
Trabant done in pure silver 4981 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4981 
Silver swamp 4981 
In the Long Run 4981 
2RM? 4976 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4976 
DIY 4975 
95%? 4975 
More on that 4975 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4975 
Fully shielded 4975 
Interesting 4975 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4171 
Creative people 4171 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4171 
It is what it is. 4170 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4170 
Gray market 4170 
Mix up 4169 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4169 
Sound beats engeneering 3576 
Engineering Crap 3576 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3576 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3073 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2488 
Snubbers 2436 
More on snubbers 2436 
Capacitors Question 2436 
Capacitors & updates 2436 
Z-foil 2436 
Loading resistors & sockets 2436 
Low noise tubes 2435 
What Works Where 2434 
What are the REAL goals? 2434 
Good engineering parctices 2434 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2434 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2434 
It was 13 years back... 2434 
Thank you 2434 
Tube Selection 2423 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2320 
Big output capacitor question. 2081 
Context/Application/Circuit 2080 
EAR 2080 
Of Course... 2080 
834pT 2079 
Who knows.... 2079 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2078 
Where? 2078 
Big cap banks 2078 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 663 
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