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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6669 
End of Life 6669 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6669 
Shallow ambitions 6669 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6669 
Acronym 6669 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6657 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6657 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6657 
It is comming along.... 6476 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6476 
The perfect corrector. 6476 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6476 
The perfect corrector - II 6475 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6474 
Wrong values shown 6473 
The deliberate mistakes? 6473 
330R anode resistors 6473 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6473 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6473 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6471 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6471 
Going on from "There" 6471 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6471 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6470 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6469 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6469 
Good for them. 6469 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6469 
A few more 6469 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6469 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6468 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6468 
Hybridizing 6468 
I love it! 6468 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6466 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6466 
SSG 6465 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6465 
USSR SSG 6465 
USSR SSG 6465 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6465 
Fixed bias 6465 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6465 
More on this, please 6464 
Interesting development! 6464 
One-Story Jack 6464 
Nature's Bias 6464 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6464 
Apologies! 6463 
Tunable Y-factor? 6463 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6463 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6458 
The sound of one hand clapping 6458 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6457 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6449 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6449 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6448 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6448 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6448 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6363 
Specific air cap changes 6363 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6363 
One tube, two channels? 6363 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6363 
"Crosstalk" 6362 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6321 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6300 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5874 
Sucks! 5802 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5801 
Um, what? 5801 
Alternative Transformer 5801 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5801 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5801 
Hmmm,I suspect 5801 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5793 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5781 
The 100Hz hum? 5781 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5781 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5781 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5780 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5780 
DIY Air-Caps? 5780 
Capacitors 5777 
Hum again. 5756 
Hm, again.... 5756 
Tribute MC iron 5471 
Changing loads 5467 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5467 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5466 
Loading on primary? 5466 
Anticipating the needs 5466 
CCS heating? 5429 
2nd stage bias mystery 5312 
It is true but it negligible. 5312 
V2 biasing continued 5311 
Works +/- properly 5310 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5310 
My assault 5283 
What, No Breadboard? 5283 
Don't laugh too loud... 5283 
So far it is good. 5283 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5283 
The assembly and the buzz 5282 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5282 
Caps and chokes 5282 
The price of fame 5282 
Tribute 5282 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5282 
Schematics 5282 
Traces 5282 
Moving Magnet 5282 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5282 
Cat smells fish? 5281 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5281 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5281 
In the box 5281 
Schematics II 5281 
A few comments. 5281 
Miscelanea 5281 
I am surprised. 5281 
Don't be 5280 
It is not about power supply. 5280 
EMI/RFI madness 5280 
Drinking in Modulation 5280 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5280 
Finito 5279 
It is only partially outside the context. 5279 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5278 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5278 
Corresponding to ? 5278 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5251 
Qualitat 5250 
The baby is sick 5206 
Last Cleaning? 5206 
Mine too... 5206 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5206 
What the hell is going on!!! 5206 
...air-caps dirty.... 5205 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5205 
Hum points 5205 
Beats and pieces. 5205 
What else? 5205 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5205 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5205 
Veggie ham 5205 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5204 
Holly idiocy! 5203 
Yes sir 5201 
I think your game is not over. 5201 
More ham 5201 
Route(s) to Ground 5201 
Grounding arrangement 5200 
Ground Thoughts 5199 
0A2 Question 5199 
Where is the Bolt? 5199 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5199 
"End of Live" tube set 5199 
GND plane 5199 
That crazy 7025. 5199 
Distributed bolt 5199 
Amperex ECC83 5199 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5199 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5199 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5199 
More findings 5198 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5198 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5197 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5197 
Grounding and trannies 5197 
Ignorance is bliss... 5195 
Shakey DIY Basics 5195 
Poor photographer 5195 
Spare the Oxen... 5195 
Is SiC sick? 5193 
Possible, so what? 5193 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5192 
Seek and you’ll find. 5192 
Filament 5192 
Filament considerations 5192 
Air caps?Buffer? 5192 
Exorcisms 5146 
Floating? 5145 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5138 
Toilet ham 5138 
The Shield 5137 
It is hard to say. 5137 
Fake bugle/teles 5137 
Never again. 5137 
Bingo! 5128 
Total current per channel 5121 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5121 
I like iron 5121 
Choke ringing 5121 
Ringing 5121 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5121 
Choke ringing again 5120 
What ringing? 5120 
Ring-ring 5120 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5120 
TT Rider 5120 
Snubbers and motors 5119 
Nice idea... 5119 
B+ 5119 
Shielded Interconnect 5119 
IC shields 5116 
The horrors of calibration 4964 
Floating Away 4964 
Ground is +/- understood 4963 
"Calibrate"??? 4963 
The self-serving calibrations. 4962 
Fighting with RIAA 4962 
The Usual 4962 
That's it! 4962 
Parts Location 4962 
Lush layout 4961 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4913 
It might be very impressive 4913 
To be clear 4913 
Shall I co? 4912 
Parts 4912 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4912 
What does it mean? 4912 
Come on! 4912 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4912 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4912 
EAR polite recess 4912 
Power sequencing? 4882 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4882 
3 Position switch 4881 
How true... 4881 
DIY Failsafe 4881 
Switch.. 4856 
Calibration problem 4831 
Resolved 4828 
Looks good 4827 
Fat LF 4827 
Loading Up 4827 
SUT's 4827 
Shunt regulation 4746 
Application dependent 4746 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4714 
It migh be an interesting company. 4714 
Amo/silver 4714 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4714 
Silver considerations 4714 
Again With the Amo 4714 
Silver path 4714 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4714 
The Path of Least Resistance 4713 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4713 
Foil 4713 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4713 
Audiopedophile's hell 4713 
In da house 4712 
Consistent anality 4711 
Right 4711 
A speculation 4709 
Mone on silver Trabants 4708 
Parts Ag 4708 
Trabant done in pure silver 4708 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4708 
Silver swamp 4708 
In the Long Run 4708 
2RM? 4703 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4703 
DIY 4702 
95%? 4702 
More on that 4702 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4702 
Fully shielded 4702 
Interesting 4702 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3898 
Creative people 3898 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3898 
It is what it is. 3897 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3897 
Gray market 3897 
Mix up 3896 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3896 
Sound beats engeneering 3303 
Engineering Crap 3303 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3303 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2800 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2215 
Snubbers 2163 
More on snubbers 2163 
Capacitors Question 2163 
Capacitors & updates 2163 
Z-foil 2163 
Loading resistors & sockets 2163 
Low noise tubes 2162 
What Works Where 2161 
What are the REAL goals? 2161 
Good engineering parctices 2161 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2161 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2161 
It was 13 years back... 2161 
Thank you 2161 
Tube Selection 2150 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2047 
Big output capacitor question. 1808 
Context/Application/Circuit 1807 
EAR 1807 
Of Course... 1807 
834pT 1806 
Who knows.... 1806 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1805 
Where? 1805 
Big cap banks 1805 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 390 
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