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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6663 
End of Life 6663 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6663 
Shallow ambitions 6663 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6663 
Acronym 6663 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6651 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6651 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6651 
It is comming along.... 6470 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6470 
The perfect corrector. 6470 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6470 
The perfect corrector - II 6469 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6468 
Wrong values shown 6467 
The deliberate mistakes? 6467 
330R anode resistors 6467 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6467 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6467 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6465 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6465 
Going on from "There" 6465 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6465 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6464 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6463 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6463 
Good for them. 6463 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6463 
A few more 6463 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6463 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6462 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6462 
Hybridizing 6462 
I love it! 6462 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6460 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6460 
SSG 6459 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6459 
USSR SSG 6459 
USSR SSG 6459 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6459 
Fixed bias 6459 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6459 
More on this, please 6458 
Interesting development! 6458 
One-Story Jack 6458 
Nature's Bias 6458 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6458 
Apologies! 6457 
Tunable Y-factor? 6457 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6457 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6452 
The sound of one hand clapping 6452 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6451 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6443 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6443 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6442 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6442 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6442 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6357 
Specific air cap changes 6357 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6357 
One tube, two channels? 6357 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6357 
"Crosstalk" 6356 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6315 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6294 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5868 
Sucks! 5796 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5795 
Um, what? 5795 
Alternative Transformer 5795 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5795 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5795 
Hmmm,I suspect 5795 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5787 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5775 
The 100Hz hum? 5775 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5775 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5775 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5774 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5774 
DIY Air-Caps? 5774 
Capacitors 5771 
Hum again. 5750 
Hm, again.... 5750 
Tribute MC iron 5465 
Changing loads 5461 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5461 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5460 
Loading on primary? 5460 
Anticipating the needs 5460 
CCS heating? 5423 
2nd stage bias mystery 5306 
It is true but it negligible. 5306 
V2 biasing continued 5305 
Works +/- properly 5304 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5304 
My assault 5277 
What, No Breadboard? 5277 
Don't laugh too loud... 5277 
So far it is good. 5277 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5277 
The assembly and the buzz 5276 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5276 
Caps and chokes 5276 
The price of fame 5276 
Tribute 5276 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5276 
Schematics 5276 
Traces 5276 
Moving Magnet 5276 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5276 
Cat smells fish? 5275 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5275 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5275 
In the box 5275 
Schematics II 5275 
A few comments. 5275 
Miscelanea 5275 
I am surprised. 5275 
Don't be 5274 
It is not about power supply. 5274 
EMI/RFI madness 5274 
Drinking in Modulation 5274 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5274 
Finito 5273 
It is only partially outside the context. 5273 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5272 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5272 
Corresponding to ? 5272 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5245 
Qualitat 5244 
The baby is sick 5200 
Last Cleaning? 5200 
Mine too... 5200 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5200 
What the hell is going on!!! 5200 
...air-caps dirty.... 5199 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5199 
Hum points 5199 
Beats and pieces. 5199 
What else? 5199 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5199 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5199 
Veggie ham 5199 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5198 
Holly idiocy! 5197 
Yes sir 5195 
I think your game is not over. 5195 
More ham 5195 
Route(s) to Ground 5195 
Grounding arrangement 5194 
Ground Thoughts 5193 
0A2 Question 5193 
Where is the Bolt? 5193 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5193 
"End of Live" tube set 5193 
GND plane 5193 
That crazy 7025. 5193 
Distributed bolt 5193 
Amperex ECC83 5193 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5193 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5193 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5193 
More findings 5192 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5192 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5191 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5191 
Grounding and trannies 5191 
Ignorance is bliss... 5189 
Shakey DIY Basics 5189 
Poor photographer 5189 
Spare the Oxen... 5189 
Is SiC sick? 5187 
Possible, so what? 5187 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5186 
Seek and you’ll find. 5186 
Filament 5186 
Filament considerations 5186 
Air caps?Buffer? 5186 
Exorcisms 5140 
Floating? 5139 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5132 
Toilet ham 5132 
The Shield 5131 
It is hard to say. 5131 
Fake bugle/teles 5131 
Never again. 5131 
Bingo! 5122 
Total current per channel 5115 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5115 
I like iron 5115 
Choke ringing 5115 
Ringing 5115 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5115 
Choke ringing again 5114 
What ringing? 5114 
Ring-ring 5114 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5114 
TT Rider 5114 
Snubbers and motors 5113 
Nice idea... 5113 
B+ 5113 
Shielded Interconnect 5113 
IC shields 5110 
The horrors of calibration 4958 
Floating Away 4958 
Ground is +/- understood 4957 
"Calibrate"??? 4957 
The self-serving calibrations. 4956 
Fighting with RIAA 4956 
The Usual 4956 
That's it! 4956 
Parts Location 4956 
Lush layout 4955 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4907 
It might be very impressive 4907 
To be clear 4907 
Shall I co? 4906 
Parts 4906 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4906 
What does it mean? 4906 
Come on! 4906 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4906 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4906 
EAR polite recess 4906 
Power sequencing? 4876 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4876 
3 Position switch 4875 
How true... 4875 
DIY Failsafe 4875 
Switch.. 4850 
Calibration problem 4825 
Resolved 4822 
Looks good 4821 
Fat LF 4821 
Loading Up 4821 
SUT's 4821 
Shunt regulation 4740 
Application dependent 4740 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4708 
It migh be an interesting company. 4708 
Amo/silver 4708 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4708 
Silver considerations 4708 
Again With the Amo 4708 
Silver path 4708 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4708 
The Path of Least Resistance 4707 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4707 
Foil 4707 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4707 
Audiopedophile's hell 4707 
In da house 4706 
Consistent anality 4705 
Right 4705 
A speculation 4703 
Mone on silver Trabants 4702 
Parts Ag 4702 
Trabant done in pure silver 4702 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4702 
Silver swamp 4702 
In the Long Run 4702 
2RM? 4697 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4697 
DIY 4696 
95%? 4696 
More on that 4696 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4696 
Fully shielded 4696 
Interesting 4696 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3892 
Creative people 3892 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3892 
It is what it is. 3891 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3891 
Gray market 3891 
Mix up 3890 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3890 
Sound beats engeneering 3297 
Engineering Crap 3297 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3297 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2794 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2209 
Snubbers 2157 
More on snubbers 2157 
Capacitors Question 2157 
Capacitors & updates 2157 
Z-foil 2157 
Loading resistors & sockets 2157 
Low noise tubes 2156 
What Works Where 2155 
What are the REAL goals? 2155 
Good engineering parctices 2155 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2155 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2155 
It was 13 years back... 2155 
Thank you 2155 
Tube Selection 2144 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2041 
Big output capacitor question. 1802 
Context/Application/Circuit 1801 
EAR 1801 
Of Course... 1801 
834pT 1800 
Who knows.... 1800 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1799 
Where? 1799 
Big cap banks 1799 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 384 
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