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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6862 
End of Life 6862 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6862 
Shallow ambitions 6862 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6862 
Acronym 6862 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6850 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6850 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6850 
It is comming along.... 6669 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6669 
The perfect corrector. 6669 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6669 
The perfect corrector - II 6668 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6667 
Wrong values shown 6666 
The deliberate mistakes? 6666 
330R anode resistors 6666 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6666 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6666 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6664 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6664 
Going on from "There" 6664 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6664 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6663 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6662 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6662 
Good for them. 6662 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6662 
A few more 6662 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6662 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6661 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6661 
Hybridizing 6661 
I love it! 6661 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6659 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6659 
SSG 6658 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6658 
USSR SSG 6658 
USSR SSG 6658 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6658 
Fixed bias 6658 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6658 
More on this, please 6657 
Interesting development! 6657 
One-Story Jack 6657 
Nature's Bias 6657 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6657 
Apologies! 6656 
Tunable Y-factor? 6656 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6656 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6651 
The sound of one hand clapping 6651 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6650 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6642 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6642 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6641 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6641 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6641 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6556 
Specific air cap changes 6556 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6556 
One tube, two channels? 6556 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6556 
"Crosstalk" 6555 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6514 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6493 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6067 
Sucks! 5995 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5994 
Um, what? 5994 
Alternative Transformer 5994 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5994 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5994 
Hmmm,I suspect 5994 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5986 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5974 
The 100Hz hum? 5974 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5974 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5974 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5973 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5973 
DIY Air-Caps? 5973 
Capacitors 5970 
Hum again. 5949 
Hm, again.... 5949 
Tribute MC iron 5664 
Changing loads 5660 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5660 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5659 
Loading on primary? 5659 
Anticipating the needs 5659 
CCS heating? 5622 
2nd stage bias mystery 5505 
It is true but it negligible. 5505 
V2 biasing continued 5504 
Works +/- properly 5503 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5503 
My assault 5476 
What, No Breadboard? 5476 
Don't laugh too loud... 5476 
So far it is good. 5476 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5476 
The assembly and the buzz 5475 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5475 
Caps and chokes 5475 
The price of fame 5475 
Tribute 5475 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5475 
Schematics 5475 
Traces 5475 
Moving Magnet 5475 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5475 
Cat smells fish? 5474 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5474 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5474 
In the box 5474 
Schematics II 5474 
A few comments. 5474 
Miscelanea 5474 
I am surprised. 5474 
Don't be 5473 
It is not about power supply. 5473 
EMI/RFI madness 5473 
Drinking in Modulation 5473 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5473 
Finito 5472 
It is only partially outside the context. 5472 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5471 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5471 
Corresponding to ? 5471 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5444 
Qualitat 5443 
The baby is sick 5399 
Last Cleaning? 5399 
Mine too... 5399 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5399 
What the hell is going on!!! 5399 
...air-caps dirty.... 5398 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5398 
Hum points 5398 
Beats and pieces. 5398 
What else? 5398 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5398 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5398 
Veggie ham 5398 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5397 
Holly idiocy! 5396 
Yes sir 5394 
I think your game is not over. 5394 
More ham 5394 
Route(s) to Ground 5394 
Grounding arrangement 5393 
Ground Thoughts 5392 
0A2 Question 5392 
Where is the Bolt? 5392 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5392 
"End of Live" tube set 5392 
GND plane 5392 
That crazy 7025. 5392 
Distributed bolt 5392 
Amperex ECC83 5392 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5392 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5392 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5392 
More findings 5391 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5391 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5390 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5390 
Grounding and trannies 5390 
Ignorance is bliss... 5388 
Shakey DIY Basics 5388 
Poor photographer 5388 
Spare the Oxen... 5388 
Is SiC sick? 5386 
Possible, so what? 5386 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5385 
Seek and you’ll find. 5385 
Filament 5385 
Filament considerations 5385 
Air caps?Buffer? 5385 
Exorcisms 5339 
Floating? 5338 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5331 
Toilet ham 5331 
The Shield 5330 
It is hard to say. 5330 
Fake bugle/teles 5330 
Never again. 5330 
Bingo! 5321 
Total current per channel 5314 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5314 
I like iron 5314 
Choke ringing 5314 
Ringing 5314 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5314 
Choke ringing again 5313 
What ringing? 5313 
Ring-ring 5313 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5313 
TT Rider 5313 
Snubbers and motors 5312 
Nice idea... 5312 
B+ 5312 
Shielded Interconnect 5312 
IC shields 5309 
The horrors of calibration 5157 
Floating Away 5157 
Ground is +/- understood 5156 
"Calibrate"??? 5156 
The self-serving calibrations. 5155 
Fighting with RIAA 5155 
The Usual 5155 
That's it! 5155 
Parts Location 5155 
Lush layout 5154 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5106 
It might be very impressive 5106 
To be clear 5106 
Shall I co? 5105 
Parts 5105 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5105 
What does it mean? 5105 
Come on! 5105 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5105 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5105 
EAR polite recess 5105 
Power sequencing? 5075 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5075 
3 Position switch 5074 
How true... 5074 
DIY Failsafe 5074 
Switch.. 5049 
Calibration problem 5024 
Resolved 5021 
Looks good 5020 
Fat LF 5020 
Loading Up 5020 
SUT's 5020 
Shunt regulation 4939 
Application dependent 4939 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4907 
It migh be an interesting company. 4907 
Amo/silver 4907 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4907 
Silver considerations 4907 
Again With the Amo 4907 
Silver path 4907 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4907 
The Path of Least Resistance 4906 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4906 
Foil 4906 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4906 
Audiopedophile's hell 4906 
In da house 4905 
Consistent anality 4904 
Right 4904 
A speculation 4902 
Mone on silver Trabants 4901 
Parts Ag 4901 
Trabant done in pure silver 4901 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4901 
Silver swamp 4901 
In the Long Run 4901 
2RM? 4896 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4896 
DIY 4895 
95%? 4895 
More on that 4895 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4895 
Fully shielded 4895 
Interesting 4895 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4091 
Creative people 4091 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4091 
It is what it is. 4090 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4090 
Gray market 4090 
Mix up 4089 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4089 
Sound beats engeneering 3496 
Engineering Crap 3496 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3496 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2993 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2408 
Snubbers 2356 
More on snubbers 2356 
Capacitors Question 2356 
Capacitors & updates 2356 
Z-foil 2356 
Loading resistors & sockets 2356 
Low noise tubes 2355 
What Works Where 2354 
What are the REAL goals? 2354 
Good engineering parctices 2354 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2354 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2354 
It was 13 years back... 2354 
Thank you 2354 
Tube Selection 2343 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2240 
Big output capacitor question. 2001 
Context/Application/Circuit 2000 
EAR 2000 
Of Course... 2000 
834pT 1999 
Who knows.... 1999 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1998 
Where? 1998 
Big cap banks 1998 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 583 
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