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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6654 
End of Life 6654 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6654 
Shallow ambitions 6654 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6654 
Acronym 6654 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6642 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6642 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6642 
It is comming along.... 6461 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6461 
The perfect corrector. 6461 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6461 
The perfect corrector - II 6460 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6459 
Wrong values shown 6458 
The deliberate mistakes? 6458 
330R anode resistors 6458 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6458 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6458 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6456 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6456 
Going on from "There" 6456 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6456 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6455 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6454 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6454 
Good for them. 6454 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6454 
A few more 6454 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6454 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6453 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6453 
Hybridizing 6453 
I love it! 6453 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6451 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6451 
SSG 6450 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6450 
USSR SSG 6450 
USSR SSG 6450 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6450 
Fixed bias 6450 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6450 
More on this, please 6449 
Interesting development! 6449 
One-Story Jack 6449 
Nature's Bias 6449 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6449 
Apologies! 6448 
Tunable Y-factor? 6448 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6448 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6443 
The sound of one hand clapping 6443 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6442 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6434 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6434 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6433 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6433 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6433 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6348 
Specific air cap changes 6348 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6348 
One tube, two channels? 6348 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6348 
"Crosstalk" 6347 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6306 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6285 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5859 
Sucks! 5787 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5786 
Um, what? 5786 
Alternative Transformer 5786 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5786 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5786 
Hmmm,I suspect 5786 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5778 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5766 
The 100Hz hum? 5766 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5766 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5766 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5765 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5765 
DIY Air-Caps? 5765 
Capacitors 5762 
Hum again. 5741 
Hm, again.... 5741 
Tribute MC iron 5456 
Changing loads 5452 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5452 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5451 
Loading on primary? 5451 
Anticipating the needs 5451 
CCS heating? 5414 
2nd stage bias mystery 5297 
It is true but it negligible. 5297 
V2 biasing continued 5296 
Works +/- properly 5295 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5295 
My assault 5268 
What, No Breadboard? 5268 
Don't laugh too loud... 5268 
So far it is good. 5268 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5268 
The assembly and the buzz 5267 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5267 
Caps and chokes 5267 
The price of fame 5267 
Tribute 5267 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5267 
Schematics 5267 
Traces 5267 
Moving Magnet 5267 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5267 
Cat smells fish? 5266 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5266 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5266 
In the box 5266 
Schematics II 5266 
A few comments. 5266 
Miscelanea 5266 
I am surprised. 5266 
Don't be 5265 
It is not about power supply. 5265 
EMI/RFI madness 5265 
Drinking in Modulation 5265 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5265 
Finito 5264 
It is only partially outside the context. 5264 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5263 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5263 
Corresponding to ? 5263 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5236 
Qualitat 5235 
The baby is sick 5191 
Last Cleaning? 5191 
Mine too... 5191 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5191 
What the hell is going on!!! 5191 
...air-caps dirty.... 5190 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5190 
Hum points 5190 
Beats and pieces. 5190 
What else? 5190 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5190 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5190 
Veggie ham 5190 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5189 
Holly idiocy! 5188 
Yes sir 5186 
I think your game is not over. 5186 
More ham 5186 
Route(s) to Ground 5186 
Grounding arrangement 5185 
Ground Thoughts 5184 
0A2 Question 5184 
Where is the Bolt? 5184 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5184 
"End of Live" tube set 5184 
GND plane 5184 
That crazy 7025. 5184 
Distributed bolt 5184 
Amperex ECC83 5184 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5184 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5184 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5184 
More findings 5183 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5183 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5182 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5182 
Grounding and trannies 5182 
Ignorance is bliss... 5180 
Shakey DIY Basics 5180 
Poor photographer 5180 
Spare the Oxen... 5180 
Is SiC sick? 5178 
Possible, so what? 5178 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5177 
Seek and you’ll find. 5177 
Filament 5177 
Filament considerations 5177 
Air caps?Buffer? 5177 
Exorcisms 5131 
Floating? 5130 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5123 
Toilet ham 5123 
The Shield 5122 
It is hard to say. 5122 
Fake bugle/teles 5122 
Never again. 5122 
Bingo! 5113 
Total current per channel 5106 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5106 
I like iron 5106 
Choke ringing 5106 
Ringing 5106 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5106 
Choke ringing again 5105 
What ringing? 5105 
Ring-ring 5105 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5105 
TT Rider 5105 
Snubbers and motors 5104 
Nice idea... 5104 
B+ 5104 
Shielded Interconnect 5104 
IC shields 5101 
The horrors of calibration 4949 
Floating Away 4949 
Ground is +/- understood 4948 
"Calibrate"??? 4948 
The self-serving calibrations. 4947 
Fighting with RIAA 4947 
The Usual 4947 
That's it! 4947 
Parts Location 4947 
Lush layout 4946 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4898 
It might be very impressive 4898 
To be clear 4898 
Shall I co? 4897 
Parts 4897 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4897 
What does it mean? 4897 
Come on! 4897 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4897 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4897 
EAR polite recess 4897 
Power sequencing? 4867 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4867 
3 Position switch 4866 
How true... 4866 
DIY Failsafe 4866 
Switch.. 4841 
Calibration problem 4816 
Resolved 4813 
Looks good 4812 
Fat LF 4812 
Loading Up 4812 
SUT's 4812 
Shunt regulation 4731 
Application dependent 4731 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4699 
It migh be an interesting company. 4699 
Amo/silver 4699 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4699 
Silver considerations 4699 
Again With the Amo 4699 
Silver path 4699 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4699 
The Path of Least Resistance 4698 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4698 
Foil 4698 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4698 
Audiopedophile's hell 4698 
In da house 4697 
Consistent anality 4696 
Right 4696 
A speculation 4694 
Mone on silver Trabants 4693 
Parts Ag 4693 
Trabant done in pure silver 4693 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4693 
Silver swamp 4693 
In the Long Run 4693 
2RM? 4688 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4688 
DIY 4687 
95%? 4687 
More on that 4687 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4687 
Fully shielded 4687 
Interesting 4687 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3883 
Creative people 3883 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3883 
It is what it is. 3882 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3882 
Gray market 3882 
Mix up 3881 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3881 
Sound beats engeneering 3288 
Engineering Crap 3288 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3288 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2785 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2200 
Snubbers 2148 
More on snubbers 2148 
Capacitors Question 2148 
Capacitors & updates 2148 
Z-foil 2148 
Loading resistors & sockets 2148 
Low noise tubes 2147 
What Works Where 2146 
What are the REAL goals? 2146 
Good engineering parctices 2146 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2146 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2146 
It was 13 years back... 2146 
Thank you 2146 
Tube Selection 2135 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2032 
Big output capacitor question. 1793 
Context/Application/Circuit 1792 
EAR 1792 
Of Course... 1792 
834pT 1791 
Who knows.... 1791 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1790 
Where? 1790 
Big cap banks 1790 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 375 
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