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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6918 
End of Life 6918 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6918 
Shallow ambitions 6918 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6918 
Acronym 6918 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6906 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6906 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6906 
It is comming along.... 6725 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6725 
The perfect corrector. 6725 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6725 
The perfect corrector - II 6724 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6723 
Wrong values shown 6722 
The deliberate mistakes? 6722 
330R anode resistors 6722 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6722 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6722 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6720 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6720 
Going on from "There" 6720 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6720 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6719 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6718 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6718 
Good for them. 6718 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6718 
A few more 6718 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6718 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6717 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6717 
Hybridizing 6717 
I love it! 6717 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6715 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6715 
SSG 6714 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6714 
USSR SSG 6714 
USSR SSG 6714 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6714 
Fixed bias 6714 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6714 
More on this, please 6713 
Interesting development! 6713 
One-Story Jack 6713 
Nature's Bias 6713 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6713 
Apologies! 6712 
Tunable Y-factor? 6712 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6712 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6707 
The sound of one hand clapping 6707 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6706 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6698 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6698 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6697 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6697 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6697 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6612 
Specific air cap changes 6612 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6612 
One tube, two channels? 6612 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6612 
"Crosstalk" 6611 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6570 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6549 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6123 
Sucks! 6051 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6050 
Um, what? 6050 
Alternative Transformer 6050 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6050 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6050 
Hmmm,I suspect 6050 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6042 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6030 
The 100Hz hum? 6030 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6030 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6030 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6029 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6029 
DIY Air-Caps? 6029 
Capacitors 6026 
Hum again. 6005 
Hm, again.... 6005 
Tribute MC iron 5720 
Changing loads 5716 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5716 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5715 
Loading on primary? 5715 
Anticipating the needs 5715 
CCS heating? 5678 
2nd stage bias mystery 5561 
It is true but it negligible. 5561 
V2 biasing continued 5560 
Works +/- properly 5559 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5559 
My assault 5532 
What, No Breadboard? 5532 
Don't laugh too loud... 5532 
So far it is good. 5532 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5532 
The assembly and the buzz 5531 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5531 
Caps and chokes 5531 
The price of fame 5531 
Tribute 5531 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5531 
Schematics 5531 
Traces 5531 
Moving Magnet 5531 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5531 
Cat smells fish? 5530 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5530 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5530 
In the box 5530 
Schematics II 5530 
A few comments. 5530 
Miscelanea 5530 
I am surprised. 5530 
Don't be 5529 
It is not about power supply. 5529 
EMI/RFI madness 5529 
Drinking in Modulation 5529 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5529 
Finito 5528 
It is only partially outside the context. 5528 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5527 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5527 
Corresponding to ? 5527 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5500 
Qualitat 5499 
The baby is sick 5455 
Last Cleaning? 5455 
Mine too... 5455 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5455 
What the hell is going on!!! 5455 
...air-caps dirty.... 5454 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5454 
Hum points 5454 
Beats and pieces. 5454 
What else? 5454 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5454 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5454 
Veggie ham 5454 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5453 
Holly idiocy! 5452 
Yes sir 5450 
I think your game is not over. 5450 
More ham 5450 
Route(s) to Ground 5450 
Grounding arrangement 5449 
Ground Thoughts 5448 
0A2 Question 5448 
Where is the Bolt? 5448 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5448 
"End of Live" tube set 5448 
GND plane 5448 
That crazy 7025. 5448 
Distributed bolt 5448 
Amperex ECC83 5448 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5448 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5448 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5448 
More findings 5447 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5447 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5446 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5446 
Grounding and trannies 5446 
Ignorance is bliss... 5444 
Shakey DIY Basics 5444 
Poor photographer 5444 
Spare the Oxen... 5444 
Is SiC sick? 5442 
Possible, so what? 5442 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5441 
Seek and you’ll find. 5441 
Filament 5441 
Filament considerations 5441 
Air caps?Buffer? 5441 
Exorcisms 5395 
Floating? 5394 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5387 
Toilet ham 5387 
The Shield 5386 
It is hard to say. 5386 
Fake bugle/teles 5386 
Never again. 5386 
Bingo! 5377 
Total current per channel 5370 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5370 
I like iron 5370 
Choke ringing 5370 
Ringing 5370 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5370 
Choke ringing again 5369 
What ringing? 5369 
Ring-ring 5369 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5369 
TT Rider 5369 
Snubbers and motors 5368 
Nice idea... 5368 
B+ 5368 
Shielded Interconnect 5368 
IC shields 5365 
The horrors of calibration 5213 
Floating Away 5213 
Ground is +/- understood 5212 
"Calibrate"??? 5212 
The self-serving calibrations. 5211 
Fighting with RIAA 5211 
The Usual 5211 
That's it! 5211 
Parts Location 5211 
Lush layout 5210 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5162 
It might be very impressive 5162 
To be clear 5162 
Shall I co? 5161 
Parts 5161 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5161 
What does it mean? 5161 
Come on! 5161 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5161 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5161 
EAR polite recess 5161 
Power sequencing? 5131 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5131 
3 Position switch 5130 
How true... 5130 
DIY Failsafe 5130 
Switch.. 5105 
Calibration problem 5080 
Resolved 5077 
Looks good 5076 
Fat LF 5076 
Loading Up 5076 
SUT's 5076 
Shunt regulation 4995 
Application dependent 4995 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4963 
It migh be an interesting company. 4963 
Amo/silver 4963 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4963 
Silver considerations 4963 
Again With the Amo 4963 
Silver path 4963 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4963 
The Path of Least Resistance 4962 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4962 
Foil 4962 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4962 
Audiopedophile's hell 4962 
In da house 4961 
Consistent anality 4960 
Right 4960 
A speculation 4958 
Mone on silver Trabants 4957 
Parts Ag 4957 
Trabant done in pure silver 4957 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4957 
Silver swamp 4957 
In the Long Run 4957 
2RM? 4952 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4952 
DIY 4951 
95%? 4951 
More on that 4951 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4951 
Fully shielded 4951 
Interesting 4951 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4147 
Creative people 4147 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4147 
It is what it is. 4146 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4146 
Gray market 4146 
Mix up 4145 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4145 
Sound beats engeneering 3552 
Engineering Crap 3552 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3552 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3049 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2464 
Snubbers 2412 
More on snubbers 2412 
Capacitors Question 2412 
Capacitors & updates 2412 
Z-foil 2412 
Loading resistors & sockets 2412 
Low noise tubes 2411 
What Works Where 2410 
What are the REAL goals? 2410 
Good engineering parctices 2410 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2410 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2410 
It was 13 years back... 2410 
Thank you 2410 
Tube Selection 2399 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2296 
Big output capacitor question. 2057 
Context/Application/Circuit 2056 
EAR 2056 
Of Course... 2056 
834pT 2055 
Who knows.... 2055 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2054 
Where? 2054 
Big cap banks 2054 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 639 
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