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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6668 
End of Life 6668 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6668 
Shallow ambitions 6668 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6668 
Acronym 6668 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6656 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6656 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6656 
It is comming along.... 6475 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6475 
The perfect corrector. 6475 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6475 
The perfect corrector - II 6474 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6473 
Wrong values shown 6472 
The deliberate mistakes? 6472 
330R anode resistors 6472 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6472 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6472 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6470 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6470 
Going on from "There" 6470 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6470 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6469 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6468 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6468 
Good for them. 6468 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6468 
A few more 6468 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6468 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6467 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6467 
Hybridizing 6467 
I love it! 6467 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6465 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6465 
SSG 6464 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6464 
USSR SSG 6464 
USSR SSG 6464 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6464 
Fixed bias 6464 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6464 
More on this, please 6463 
Interesting development! 6463 
One-Story Jack 6463 
Nature's Bias 6463 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6463 
Apologies! 6462 
Tunable Y-factor? 6462 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6462 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6457 
The sound of one hand clapping 6457 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6456 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6448 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6448 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6447 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6447 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6447 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6362 
Specific air cap changes 6362 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6362 
One tube, two channels? 6362 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6362 
"Crosstalk" 6361 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6320 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6299 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5873 
Sucks! 5801 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5800 
Um, what? 5800 
Alternative Transformer 5800 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5800 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5800 
Hmmm,I suspect 5800 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5792 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5780 
The 100Hz hum? 5780 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5780 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5780 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5779 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5779 
DIY Air-Caps? 5779 
Capacitors 5776 
Hum again. 5755 
Hm, again.... 5755 
Tribute MC iron 5470 
Changing loads 5466 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5466 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5465 
Loading on primary? 5465 
Anticipating the needs 5465 
CCS heating? 5428 
2nd stage bias mystery 5311 
It is true but it negligible. 5311 
V2 biasing continued 5310 
Works +/- properly 5309 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5309 
My assault 5282 
What, No Breadboard? 5282 
Don't laugh too loud... 5282 
So far it is good. 5282 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5282 
The assembly and the buzz 5281 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5281 
Caps and chokes 5281 
The price of fame 5281 
Tribute 5281 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5281 
Schematics 5281 
Traces 5281 
Moving Magnet 5281 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5281 
Cat smells fish? 5280 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5280 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5280 
In the box 5280 
Schematics II 5280 
A few comments. 5280 
Miscelanea 5280 
I am surprised. 5280 
Don't be 5279 
It is not about power supply. 5279 
EMI/RFI madness 5279 
Drinking in Modulation 5279 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5279 
Finito 5278 
It is only partially outside the context. 5278 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5277 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5277 
Corresponding to ? 5277 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5250 
Qualitat 5249 
The baby is sick 5205 
Last Cleaning? 5205 
Mine too... 5205 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5205 
What the hell is going on!!! 5205 
...air-caps dirty.... 5204 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5204 
Hum points 5204 
Beats and pieces. 5204 
What else? 5204 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5204 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5204 
Veggie ham 5204 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5203 
Holly idiocy! 5202 
Yes sir 5200 
I think your game is not over. 5200 
More ham 5200 
Route(s) to Ground 5200 
Grounding arrangement 5199 
Ground Thoughts 5198 
0A2 Question 5198 
Where is the Bolt? 5198 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5198 
"End of Live" tube set 5198 
GND plane 5198 
That crazy 7025. 5198 
Distributed bolt 5198 
Amperex ECC83 5198 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5198 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5198 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5198 
More findings 5197 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5197 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5196 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5196 
Grounding and trannies 5196 
Ignorance is bliss... 5194 
Shakey DIY Basics 5194 
Poor photographer 5194 
Spare the Oxen... 5194 
Is SiC sick? 5192 
Possible, so what? 5192 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5191 
Seek and you’ll find. 5191 
Filament 5191 
Filament considerations 5191 
Air caps?Buffer? 5191 
Exorcisms 5145 
Floating? 5144 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5137 
Toilet ham 5137 
The Shield 5136 
It is hard to say. 5136 
Fake bugle/teles 5136 
Never again. 5136 
Bingo! 5127 
Total current per channel 5120 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5120 
I like iron 5120 
Choke ringing 5120 
Ringing 5120 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5120 
Choke ringing again 5119 
What ringing? 5119 
Ring-ring 5119 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5119 
TT Rider 5119 
Snubbers and motors 5118 
Nice idea... 5118 
B+ 5118 
Shielded Interconnect 5118 
IC shields 5115 
The horrors of calibration 4963 
Floating Away 4963 
Ground is +/- understood 4962 
"Calibrate"??? 4962 
The self-serving calibrations. 4961 
Fighting with RIAA 4961 
The Usual 4961 
That's it! 4961 
Parts Location 4961 
Lush layout 4960 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4912 
It might be very impressive 4912 
To be clear 4912 
Shall I co? 4911 
Parts 4911 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4911 
What does it mean? 4911 
Come on! 4911 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4911 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4911 
EAR polite recess 4911 
Power sequencing? 4881 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4881 
3 Position switch 4880 
How true... 4880 
DIY Failsafe 4880 
Switch.. 4855 
Calibration problem 4830 
Resolved 4827 
Looks good 4826 
Fat LF 4826 
Loading Up 4826 
SUT's 4826 
Shunt regulation 4745 
Application dependent 4745 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4713 
It migh be an interesting company. 4713 
Amo/silver 4713 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4713 
Silver considerations 4713 
Again With the Amo 4713 
Silver path 4713 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4713 
The Path of Least Resistance 4712 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4712 
Foil 4712 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4712 
Audiopedophile's hell 4712 
In da house 4711 
Consistent anality 4710 
Right 4710 
A speculation 4708 
Mone on silver Trabants 4707 
Parts Ag 4707 
Trabant done in pure silver 4707 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4707 
Silver swamp 4707 
In the Long Run 4707 
2RM? 4702 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4702 
DIY 4701 
95%? 4701 
More on that 4701 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4701 
Fully shielded 4701 
Interesting 4701 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3897 
Creative people 3897 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3897 
It is what it is. 3896 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3896 
Gray market 3896 
Mix up 3895 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3895 
Sound beats engeneering 3302 
Engineering Crap 3302 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3302 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2799 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2214 
Snubbers 2162 
More on snubbers 2162 
Capacitors Question 2162 
Capacitors & updates 2162 
Z-foil 2162 
Loading resistors & sockets 2162 
Low noise tubes 2161 
What Works Where 2160 
What are the REAL goals? 2160 
Good engineering parctices 2160 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2160 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2160 
It was 13 years back... 2160 
Thank you 2160 
Tube Selection 2149 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2046 
Big output capacitor question. 1807 
Context/Application/Circuit 1806 
EAR 1806 
Of Course... 1806 
834pT 1805 
Who knows.... 1805 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1804 
Where? 1804 
Big cap banks 1804 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 389 
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