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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6750 
End of Life 6750 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6750 
Shallow ambitions 6750 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6750 
Acronym 6750 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6738 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6738 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6738 
It is comming along.... 6557 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6557 
The perfect corrector. 6557 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6557 
The perfect corrector - II 6556 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6555 
Wrong values shown 6554 
The deliberate mistakes? 6554 
330R anode resistors 6554 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6554 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6554 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6552 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6552 
Going on from "There" 6552 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6552 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6551 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6550 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6550 
Good for them. 6550 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6550 
A few more 6550 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6550 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6549 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6549 
Hybridizing 6549 
I love it! 6549 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6547 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6547 
SSG 6546 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6546 
USSR SSG 6546 
USSR SSG 6546 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6546 
Fixed bias 6546 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6546 
More on this, please 6545 
Interesting development! 6545 
One-Story Jack 6545 
Nature's Bias 6545 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6545 
Apologies! 6544 
Tunable Y-factor? 6544 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6544 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6539 
The sound of one hand clapping 6539 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6538 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6530 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6530 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6529 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6529 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6529 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6444 
Specific air cap changes 6444 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6444 
One tube, two channels? 6444 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6444 
"Crosstalk" 6443 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6402 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6381 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5955 
Sucks! 5883 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5882 
Um, what? 5882 
Alternative Transformer 5882 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5882 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5882 
Hmmm,I suspect 5882 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5874 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5862 
The 100Hz hum? 5862 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5862 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5862 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5861 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5861 
DIY Air-Caps? 5861 
Capacitors 5858 
Hum again. 5837 
Hm, again.... 5837 
Tribute MC iron 5552 
Changing loads 5548 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5548 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5547 
Loading on primary? 5547 
Anticipating the needs 5547 
CCS heating? 5510 
2nd stage bias mystery 5393 
It is true but it negligible. 5393 
V2 biasing continued 5392 
Works +/- properly 5391 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5391 
My assault 5364 
What, No Breadboard? 5364 
Don't laugh too loud... 5364 
So far it is good. 5364 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5364 
The assembly and the buzz 5363 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5363 
Caps and chokes 5363 
The price of fame 5363 
Tribute 5363 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5363 
Schematics 5363 
Traces 5363 
Moving Magnet 5363 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5363 
Cat smells fish? 5362 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5362 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5362 
In the box 5362 
Schematics II 5362 
A few comments. 5362 
Miscelanea 5362 
I am surprised. 5362 
Don't be 5361 
It is not about power supply. 5361 
EMI/RFI madness 5361 
Drinking in Modulation 5361 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5361 
Finito 5360 
It is only partially outside the context. 5360 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5359 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5359 
Corresponding to ? 5359 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5332 
Qualitat 5331 
The baby is sick 5287 
Last Cleaning? 5287 
Mine too... 5287 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5287 
What the hell is going on!!! 5287 
...air-caps dirty.... 5286 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5286 
Hum points 5286 
Beats and pieces. 5286 
What else? 5286 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5286 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5286 
Veggie ham 5286 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5285 
Holly idiocy! 5284 
Yes sir 5282 
I think your game is not over. 5282 
More ham 5282 
Route(s) to Ground 5282 
Grounding arrangement 5281 
Ground Thoughts 5280 
0A2 Question 5280 
Where is the Bolt? 5280 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5280 
"End of Live" tube set 5280 
GND plane 5280 
That crazy 7025. 5280 
Distributed bolt 5280 
Amperex ECC83 5280 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5280 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5280 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5280 
More findings 5279 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5279 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5278 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5278 
Grounding and trannies 5278 
Ignorance is bliss... 5276 
Shakey DIY Basics 5276 
Poor photographer 5276 
Spare the Oxen... 5276 
Is SiC sick? 5274 
Possible, so what? 5274 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5273 
Seek and you’ll find. 5273 
Filament 5273 
Filament considerations 5273 
Air caps?Buffer? 5273 
Exorcisms 5227 
Floating? 5226 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5219 
Toilet ham 5219 
The Shield 5218 
It is hard to say. 5218 
Fake bugle/teles 5218 
Never again. 5218 
Bingo! 5209 
Total current per channel 5202 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5202 
I like iron 5202 
Choke ringing 5202 
Ringing 5202 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5202 
Choke ringing again 5201 
What ringing? 5201 
Ring-ring 5201 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5201 
TT Rider 5201 
Snubbers and motors 5200 
Nice idea... 5200 
B+ 5200 
Shielded Interconnect 5200 
IC shields 5197 
The horrors of calibration 5045 
Floating Away 5045 
Ground is +/- understood 5044 
"Calibrate"??? 5044 
The self-serving calibrations. 5043 
Fighting with RIAA 5043 
The Usual 5043 
That's it! 5043 
Parts Location 5043 
Lush layout 5042 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4994 
It might be very impressive 4994 
To be clear 4994 
Shall I co? 4993 
Parts 4993 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4993 
What does it mean? 4993 
Come on! 4993 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4993 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4993 
EAR polite recess 4993 
Power sequencing? 4963 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4963 
3 Position switch 4962 
How true... 4962 
DIY Failsafe 4962 
Switch.. 4937 
Calibration problem 4912 
Resolved 4909 
Looks good 4908 
Fat LF 4908 
Loading Up 4908 
SUT's 4908 
Shunt regulation 4827 
Application dependent 4827 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4795 
It migh be an interesting company. 4795 
Amo/silver 4795 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4795 
Silver considerations 4795 
Again With the Amo 4795 
Silver path 4795 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4795 
The Path of Least Resistance 4794 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4794 
Foil 4794 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4794 
Audiopedophile's hell 4794 
In da house 4793 
Consistent anality 4792 
Right 4792 
A speculation 4790 
Mone on silver Trabants 4789 
Parts Ag 4789 
Trabant done in pure silver 4789 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4789 
Silver swamp 4789 
In the Long Run 4789 
2RM? 4784 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4784 
DIY 4783 
95%? 4783 
More on that 4783 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4783 
Fully shielded 4783 
Interesting 4783 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3979 
Creative people 3979 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3979 
It is what it is. 3978 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3978 
Gray market 3978 
Mix up 3977 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3977 
Sound beats engeneering 3384 
Engineering Crap 3384 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3384 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2881 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2296 
Snubbers 2244 
More on snubbers 2244 
Capacitors Question 2244 
Capacitors & updates 2244 
Z-foil 2244 
Loading resistors & sockets 2244 
Low noise tubes 2243 
What Works Where 2242 
What are the REAL goals? 2242 
Good engineering parctices 2242 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2242 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2242 
It was 13 years back... 2242 
Thank you 2242 
Tube Selection 2231 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2128 
Big output capacitor question. 1889 
Context/Application/Circuit 1888 
EAR 1888 
Of Course... 1888 
834pT 1887 
Who knows.... 1887 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1886 
Where? 1886 
Big cap banks 1886 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 471 
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