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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6901 
End of Life 6901 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6901 
Shallow ambitions 6901 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6901 
Acronym 6901 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6889 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6889 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6889 
It is comming along.... 6708 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6708 
The perfect corrector. 6708 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6708 
The perfect corrector - II 6707 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6706 
Wrong values shown 6705 
The deliberate mistakes? 6705 
330R anode resistors 6705 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6705 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6705 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6703 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6703 
Going on from "There" 6703 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6703 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6702 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6701 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6701 
Good for them. 6701 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6701 
A few more 6701 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6701 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6700 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6700 
Hybridizing 6700 
I love it! 6700 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6698 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6698 
SSG 6697 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6697 
USSR SSG 6697 
USSR SSG 6697 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6697 
Fixed bias 6697 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6697 
More on this, please 6696 
Interesting development! 6696 
One-Story Jack 6696 
Nature's Bias 6696 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6696 
Apologies! 6695 
Tunable Y-factor? 6695 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6695 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6690 
The sound of one hand clapping 6690 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6689 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6681 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6681 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6680 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6680 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6680 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6595 
Specific air cap changes 6595 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6595 
One tube, two channels? 6595 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6595 
"Crosstalk" 6594 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6553 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6532 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6106 
Sucks! 6034 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6033 
Um, what? 6033 
Alternative Transformer 6033 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6033 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6033 
Hmmm,I suspect 6033 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6025 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6013 
The 100Hz hum? 6013 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6013 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6013 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6012 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6012 
DIY Air-Caps? 6012 
Capacitors 6009 
Hum again. 5988 
Hm, again.... 5988 
Tribute MC iron 5703 
Changing loads 5699 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5699 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5698 
Loading on primary? 5698 
Anticipating the needs 5698 
CCS heating? 5661 
2nd stage bias mystery 5544 
It is true but it negligible. 5544 
V2 biasing continued 5543 
Works +/- properly 5542 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5542 
My assault 5515 
What, No Breadboard? 5515 
Don't laugh too loud... 5515 
So far it is good. 5515 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5515 
The assembly and the buzz 5514 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5514 
Caps and chokes 5514 
The price of fame 5514 
Tribute 5514 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5514 
Schematics 5514 
Traces 5514 
Moving Magnet 5514 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5514 
Cat smells fish? 5513 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5513 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5513 
In the box 5513 
Schematics II 5513 
A few comments. 5513 
Miscelanea 5513 
I am surprised. 5513 
Don't be 5512 
It is not about power supply. 5512 
EMI/RFI madness 5512 
Drinking in Modulation 5512 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5512 
Finito 5511 
It is only partially outside the context. 5511 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5510 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5510 
Corresponding to ? 5510 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5483 
Qualitat 5482 
The baby is sick 5438 
Last Cleaning? 5438 
Mine too... 5438 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5438 
What the hell is going on!!! 5438 
...air-caps dirty.... 5437 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5437 
Hum points 5437 
Beats and pieces. 5437 
What else? 5437 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5437 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5437 
Veggie ham 5437 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5436 
Holly idiocy! 5435 
Yes sir 5433 
I think your game is not over. 5433 
More ham 5433 
Route(s) to Ground 5433 
Grounding arrangement 5432 
Ground Thoughts 5431 
0A2 Question 5431 
Where is the Bolt? 5431 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5431 
"End of Live" tube set 5431 
GND plane 5431 
That crazy 7025. 5431 
Distributed bolt 5431 
Amperex ECC83 5431 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5431 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5431 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5431 
More findings 5430 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5430 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5429 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5429 
Grounding and trannies 5429 
Ignorance is bliss... 5427 
Shakey DIY Basics 5427 
Poor photographer 5427 
Spare the Oxen... 5427 
Is SiC sick? 5425 
Possible, so what? 5425 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5424 
Seek and you’ll find. 5424 
Filament 5424 
Filament considerations 5424 
Air caps?Buffer? 5424 
Exorcisms 5378 
Floating? 5377 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5370 
Toilet ham 5370 
The Shield 5369 
It is hard to say. 5369 
Fake bugle/teles 5369 
Never again. 5369 
Bingo! 5360 
Total current per channel 5353 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5353 
I like iron 5353 
Choke ringing 5353 
Ringing 5353 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5353 
Choke ringing again 5352 
What ringing? 5352 
Ring-ring 5352 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5352 
TT Rider 5352 
Snubbers and motors 5351 
Nice idea... 5351 
B+ 5351 
Shielded Interconnect 5351 
IC shields 5348 
The horrors of calibration 5196 
Floating Away 5196 
Ground is +/- understood 5195 
"Calibrate"??? 5195 
The self-serving calibrations. 5194 
Fighting with RIAA 5194 
The Usual 5194 
That's it! 5194 
Parts Location 5194 
Lush layout 5193 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5145 
It might be very impressive 5145 
To be clear 5145 
Shall I co? 5144 
Parts 5144 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5144 
What does it mean? 5144 
Come on! 5144 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5144 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5144 
EAR polite recess 5144 
Power sequencing? 5114 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5114 
3 Position switch 5113 
How true... 5113 
DIY Failsafe 5113 
Switch.. 5088 
Calibration problem 5063 
Resolved 5060 
Looks good 5059 
Fat LF 5059 
Loading Up 5059 
SUT's 5059 
Shunt regulation 4978 
Application dependent 4978 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4946 
It migh be an interesting company. 4946 
Amo/silver 4946 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4946 
Silver considerations 4946 
Again With the Amo 4946 
Silver path 4946 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4946 
The Path of Least Resistance 4945 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4945 
Foil 4945 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4945 
Audiopedophile's hell 4945 
In da house 4944 
Consistent anality 4943 
Right 4943 
A speculation 4941 
Mone on silver Trabants 4940 
Parts Ag 4940 
Trabant done in pure silver 4940 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4940 
Silver swamp 4940 
In the Long Run 4940 
2RM? 4935 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4935 
DIY 4934 
95%? 4934 
More on that 4934 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4934 
Fully shielded 4934 
Interesting 4934 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4130 
Creative people 4130 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4130 
It is what it is. 4129 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4129 
Gray market 4129 
Mix up 4128 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4128 
Sound beats engeneering 3535 
Engineering Crap 3535 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3535 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3032 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2447 
Snubbers 2395 
More on snubbers 2395 
Capacitors Question 2395 
Capacitors & updates 2395 
Z-foil 2395 
Loading resistors & sockets 2395 
Low noise tubes 2394 
What Works Where 2393 
What are the REAL goals? 2393 
Good engineering parctices 2393 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2393 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2393 
It was 13 years back... 2393 
Thank you 2393 
Tube Selection 2382 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2279 
Big output capacitor question. 2040 
Context/Application/Circuit 2039 
EAR 2039 
Of Course... 2039 
834pT 2038 
Who knows.... 2038 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2037 
Where? 2037 
Big cap banks 2037 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 622 
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