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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6881 
End of Life 6881 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6881 
Shallow ambitions 6881 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6881 
Acronym 6881 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6869 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6869 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6869 
It is comming along.... 6688 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6688 
The perfect corrector. 6688 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6688 
The perfect corrector - II 6687 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6686 
Wrong values shown 6685 
The deliberate mistakes? 6685 
330R anode resistors 6685 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6685 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6685 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6683 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6683 
Going on from "There" 6683 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6683 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6682 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6681 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6681 
Good for them. 6681 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6681 
A few more 6681 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6681 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6680 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6680 
Hybridizing 6680 
I love it! 6680 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6678 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6678 
SSG 6677 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6677 
USSR SSG 6677 
USSR SSG 6677 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6677 
Fixed bias 6677 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6677 
More on this, please 6676 
Interesting development! 6676 
One-Story Jack 6676 
Nature's Bias 6676 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6676 
Apologies! 6675 
Tunable Y-factor? 6675 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6675 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6670 
The sound of one hand clapping 6670 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6669 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6661 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6661 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6660 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6660 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6660 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6575 
Specific air cap changes 6575 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6575 
One tube, two channels? 6575 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6575 
"Crosstalk" 6574 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6533 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6512 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6086 
Sucks! 6014 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6013 
Um, what? 6013 
Alternative Transformer 6013 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6013 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6013 
Hmmm,I suspect 6013 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6005 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5993 
The 100Hz hum? 5993 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5993 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5993 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5992 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5992 
DIY Air-Caps? 5992 
Capacitors 5989 
Hum again. 5968 
Hm, again.... 5968 
Tribute MC iron 5683 
Changing loads 5679 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5679 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5678 
Loading on primary? 5678 
Anticipating the needs 5678 
CCS heating? 5641 
2nd stage bias mystery 5524 
It is true but it negligible. 5524 
V2 biasing continued 5523 
Works +/- properly 5522 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5522 
My assault 5495 
What, No Breadboard? 5495 
Don't laugh too loud... 5495 
So far it is good. 5495 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5495 
The assembly and the buzz 5494 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5494 
Caps and chokes 5494 
The price of fame 5494 
Tribute 5494 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5494 
Schematics 5494 
Traces 5494 
Moving Magnet 5494 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5494 
Cat smells fish? 5493 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5493 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5493 
In the box 5493 
Schematics II 5493 
A few comments. 5493 
Miscelanea 5493 
I am surprised. 5493 
Don't be 5492 
It is not about power supply. 5492 
EMI/RFI madness 5492 
Drinking in Modulation 5492 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5492 
Finito 5491 
It is only partially outside the context. 5491 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5490 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5490 
Corresponding to ? 5490 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5463 
Qualitat 5462 
The baby is sick 5418 
Last Cleaning? 5418 
Mine too... 5418 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5418 
What the hell is going on!!! 5418 
...air-caps dirty.... 5417 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5417 
Hum points 5417 
Beats and pieces. 5417 
What else? 5417 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5417 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5417 
Veggie ham 5417 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5416 
Holly idiocy! 5415 
Yes sir 5413 
I think your game is not over. 5413 
More ham 5413 
Route(s) to Ground 5413 
Grounding arrangement 5412 
Ground Thoughts 5411 
0A2 Question 5411 
Where is the Bolt? 5411 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5411 
"End of Live" tube set 5411 
GND plane 5411 
That crazy 7025. 5411 
Distributed bolt 5411 
Amperex ECC83 5411 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5411 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5411 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5411 
More findings 5410 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5410 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5409 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5409 
Grounding and trannies 5409 
Ignorance is bliss... 5407 
Shakey DIY Basics 5407 
Poor photographer 5407 
Spare the Oxen... 5407 
Is SiC sick? 5405 
Possible, so what? 5405 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5404 
Seek and you’ll find. 5404 
Filament 5404 
Filament considerations 5404 
Air caps?Buffer? 5404 
Exorcisms 5358 
Floating? 5357 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5350 
Toilet ham 5350 
The Shield 5349 
It is hard to say. 5349 
Fake bugle/teles 5349 
Never again. 5349 
Bingo! 5340 
Total current per channel 5333 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5333 
I like iron 5333 
Choke ringing 5333 
Ringing 5333 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5333 
Choke ringing again 5332 
What ringing? 5332 
Ring-ring 5332 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5332 
TT Rider 5332 
Snubbers and motors 5331 
Nice idea... 5331 
B+ 5331 
Shielded Interconnect 5331 
IC shields 5328 
The horrors of calibration 5176 
Floating Away 5176 
Ground is +/- understood 5175 
"Calibrate"??? 5175 
The self-serving calibrations. 5174 
Fighting with RIAA 5174 
The Usual 5174 
That's it! 5174 
Parts Location 5174 
Lush layout 5173 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5125 
It might be very impressive 5125 
To be clear 5125 
Shall I co? 5124 
Parts 5124 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5124 
What does it mean? 5124 
Come on! 5124 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5124 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5124 
EAR polite recess 5124 
Power sequencing? 5094 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5094 
3 Position switch 5093 
How true... 5093 
DIY Failsafe 5093 
Switch.. 5068 
Calibration problem 5043 
Resolved 5040 
Looks good 5039 
Fat LF 5039 
Loading Up 5039 
SUT's 5039 
Shunt regulation 4958 
Application dependent 4958 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4926 
It migh be an interesting company. 4926 
Amo/silver 4926 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4926 
Silver considerations 4926 
Again With the Amo 4926 
Silver path 4926 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4926 
The Path of Least Resistance 4925 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4925 
Foil 4925 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4925 
Audiopedophile's hell 4925 
In da house 4924 
Consistent anality 4923 
Right 4923 
A speculation 4921 
Mone on silver Trabants 4920 
Parts Ag 4920 
Trabant done in pure silver 4920 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4920 
Silver swamp 4920 
In the Long Run 4920 
2RM? 4915 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4915 
DIY 4914 
95%? 4914 
More on that 4914 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4914 
Fully shielded 4914 
Interesting 4914 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4110 
Creative people 4110 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4110 
It is what it is. 4109 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4109 
Gray market 4109 
Mix up 4108 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4108 
Sound beats engeneering 3515 
Engineering Crap 3515 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3515 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3012 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2427 
Snubbers 2375 
More on snubbers 2375 
Capacitors Question 2375 
Capacitors & updates 2375 
Z-foil 2375 
Loading resistors & sockets 2375 
Low noise tubes 2374 
What Works Where 2373 
What are the REAL goals? 2373 
Good engineering parctices 2373 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2373 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2373 
It was 13 years back... 2373 
Thank you 2373 
Tube Selection 2362 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2259 
Big output capacitor question. 2020 
Context/Application/Circuit 2019 
EAR 2019 
Of Course... 2019 
834pT 2018 
Who knows.... 2018 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2017 
Where? 2017 
Big cap banks 2017 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 602 
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