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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6861 
End of Life 6861 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6861 
Shallow ambitions 6861 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6861 
Acronym 6861 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6849 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6849 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6849 
It is comming along.... 6668 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6668 
The perfect corrector. 6668 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6668 
The perfect corrector - II 6667 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6666 
Wrong values shown 6665 
The deliberate mistakes? 6665 
330R anode resistors 6665 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6665 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6665 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6663 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6663 
Going on from "There" 6663 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6663 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6662 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6661 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6661 
Good for them. 6661 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6661 
A few more 6661 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6661 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6660 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6660 
Hybridizing 6660 
I love it! 6660 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6658 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6658 
SSG 6657 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6657 
USSR SSG 6657 
USSR SSG 6657 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6657 
Fixed bias 6657 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6657 
More on this, please 6656 
Interesting development! 6656 
One-Story Jack 6656 
Nature's Bias 6656 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6656 
Apologies! 6655 
Tunable Y-factor? 6655 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6655 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6650 
The sound of one hand clapping 6650 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6649 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6641 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6641 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6640 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6640 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6640 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6555 
Specific air cap changes 6555 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6555 
One tube, two channels? 6555 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6555 
"Crosstalk" 6554 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6513 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6492 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6066 
Sucks! 5994 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5993 
Um, what? 5993 
Alternative Transformer 5993 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5993 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5993 
Hmmm,I suspect 5993 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5985 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5973 
The 100Hz hum? 5973 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5973 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5973 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5972 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5972 
DIY Air-Caps? 5972 
Capacitors 5969 
Hum again. 5948 
Hm, again.... 5948 
Tribute MC iron 5663 
Changing loads 5659 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5659 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5658 
Loading on primary? 5658 
Anticipating the needs 5658 
CCS heating? 5621 
2nd stage bias mystery 5504 
It is true but it negligible. 5504 
V2 biasing continued 5503 
Works +/- properly 5502 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5502 
My assault 5475 
What, No Breadboard? 5475 
Don't laugh too loud... 5475 
So far it is good. 5475 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5475 
The assembly and the buzz 5474 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5474 
Caps and chokes 5474 
The price of fame 5474 
Tribute 5474 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5474 
Schematics 5474 
Traces 5474 
Moving Magnet 5474 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5474 
Cat smells fish? 5473 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5473 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5473 
In the box 5473 
Schematics II 5473 
A few comments. 5473 
Miscelanea 5473 
I am surprised. 5473 
Don't be 5472 
It is not about power supply. 5472 
EMI/RFI madness 5472 
Drinking in Modulation 5472 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5472 
Finito 5471 
It is only partially outside the context. 5471 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5470 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5470 
Corresponding to ? 5470 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5443 
Qualitat 5442 
The baby is sick 5398 
Last Cleaning? 5398 
Mine too... 5398 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5398 
What the hell is going on!!! 5398 
...air-caps dirty.... 5397 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5397 
Hum points 5397 
Beats and pieces. 5397 
What else? 5397 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5397 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5397 
Veggie ham 5397 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5396 
Holly idiocy! 5395 
Yes sir 5393 
I think your game is not over. 5393 
More ham 5393 
Route(s) to Ground 5393 
Grounding arrangement 5392 
Ground Thoughts 5391 
0A2 Question 5391 
Where is the Bolt? 5391 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5391 
"End of Live" tube set 5391 
GND plane 5391 
That crazy 7025. 5391 
Distributed bolt 5391 
Amperex ECC83 5391 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5391 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5391 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5391 
More findings 5390 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5390 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5389 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5389 
Grounding and trannies 5389 
Ignorance is bliss... 5387 
Shakey DIY Basics 5387 
Poor photographer 5387 
Spare the Oxen... 5387 
Is SiC sick? 5385 
Possible, so what? 5385 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5384 
Seek and you’ll find. 5384 
Filament 5384 
Filament considerations 5384 
Air caps?Buffer? 5384 
Exorcisms 5338 
Floating? 5337 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5330 
Toilet ham 5330 
The Shield 5329 
It is hard to say. 5329 
Fake bugle/teles 5329 
Never again. 5329 
Bingo! 5320 
Total current per channel 5313 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5313 
I like iron 5313 
Choke ringing 5313 
Ringing 5313 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5313 
Choke ringing again 5312 
What ringing? 5312 
Ring-ring 5312 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5312 
TT Rider 5312 
Snubbers and motors 5311 
Nice idea... 5311 
B+ 5311 
Shielded Interconnect 5311 
IC shields 5308 
The horrors of calibration 5156 
Floating Away 5156 
Ground is +/- understood 5155 
"Calibrate"??? 5155 
The self-serving calibrations. 5154 
Fighting with RIAA 5154 
The Usual 5154 
That's it! 5154 
Parts Location 5154 
Lush layout 5153 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5105 
It might be very impressive 5105 
To be clear 5105 
Shall I co? 5104 
Parts 5104 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5104 
What does it mean? 5104 
Come on! 5104 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5104 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5104 
EAR polite recess 5104 
Power sequencing? 5074 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5074 
3 Position switch 5073 
How true... 5073 
DIY Failsafe 5073 
Switch.. 5048 
Calibration problem 5023 
Resolved 5020 
Looks good 5019 
Fat LF 5019 
Loading Up 5019 
SUT's 5019 
Shunt regulation 4938 
Application dependent 4938 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4906 
It migh be an interesting company. 4906 
Amo/silver 4906 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4906 
Silver considerations 4906 
Again With the Amo 4906 
Silver path 4906 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4906 
The Path of Least Resistance 4905 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4905 
Foil 4905 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4905 
Audiopedophile's hell 4905 
In da house 4904 
Consistent anality 4903 
Right 4903 
A speculation 4901 
Mone on silver Trabants 4900 
Parts Ag 4900 
Trabant done in pure silver 4900 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4900 
Silver swamp 4900 
In the Long Run 4900 
2RM? 4895 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4895 
DIY 4894 
95%? 4894 
More on that 4894 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4894 
Fully shielded 4894 
Interesting 4894 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4090 
Creative people 4090 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4090 
It is what it is. 4089 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4089 
Gray market 4089 
Mix up 4088 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4088 
Sound beats engeneering 3495 
Engineering Crap 3495 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3495 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2992 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2407 
Snubbers 2355 
More on snubbers 2355 
Capacitors Question 2355 
Capacitors & updates 2355 
Z-foil 2355 
Loading resistors & sockets 2355 
Low noise tubes 2354 
What Works Where 2353 
What are the REAL goals? 2353 
Good engineering parctices 2353 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2353 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2353 
It was 13 years back... 2353 
Thank you 2353 
Tube Selection 2342 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2239 
Big output capacitor question. 2000 
Context/Application/Circuit 1999 
EAR 1999 
Of Course... 1999 
834pT 1998 
Who knows.... 1998 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1997 
Where? 1997 
Big cap banks 1997 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 582 
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