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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6940 
End of Life 6940 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6940 
Shallow ambitions 6940 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6940 
Acronym 6940 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6928 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6928 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6928 
It is comming along.... 6747 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6747 
The perfect corrector. 6747 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6747 
The perfect corrector - II 6746 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6745 
Wrong values shown 6744 
The deliberate mistakes? 6744 
330R anode resistors 6744 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6744 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6744 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6742 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6742 
Going on from "There" 6742 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6742 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6741 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6740 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6740 
Good for them. 6740 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6740 
A few more 6740 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6740 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6739 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6739 
Hybridizing 6739 
I love it! 6739 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6737 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6737 
SSG 6736 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6736 
USSR SSG 6736 
USSR SSG 6736 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6736 
Fixed bias 6736 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6736 
More on this, please 6735 
Interesting development! 6735 
One-Story Jack 6735 
Nature's Bias 6735 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6735 
Apologies! 6734 
Tunable Y-factor? 6734 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6734 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6729 
The sound of one hand clapping 6729 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6728 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6720 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6720 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6719 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6719 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6719 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6634 
Specific air cap changes 6634 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6634 
One tube, two channels? 6634 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6634 
"Crosstalk" 6633 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6592 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6571 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6145 
Sucks! 6073 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6072 
Um, what? 6072 
Alternative Transformer 6072 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6072 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6072 
Hmmm,I suspect 6072 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6064 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6052 
The 100Hz hum? 6052 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6052 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6052 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6051 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6051 
DIY Air-Caps? 6051 
Capacitors 6048 
Hum again. 6027 
Hm, again.... 6027 
Tribute MC iron 5742 
Changing loads 5738 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5738 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5737 
Loading on primary? 5737 
Anticipating the needs 5737 
CCS heating? 5700 
2nd stage bias mystery 5583 
It is true but it negligible. 5583 
V2 biasing continued 5582 
Works +/- properly 5581 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5581 
My assault 5554 
What, No Breadboard? 5554 
Don't laugh too loud... 5554 
So far it is good. 5554 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5554 
The assembly and the buzz 5553 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5553 
Caps and chokes 5553 
The price of fame 5553 
Tribute 5553 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5553 
Schematics 5553 
Traces 5553 
Moving Magnet 5553 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5553 
Cat smells fish? 5552 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5552 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5552 
In the box 5552 
Schematics II 5552 
A few comments. 5552 
Miscelanea 5552 
I am surprised. 5552 
Don't be 5551 
It is not about power supply. 5551 
EMI/RFI madness 5551 
Drinking in Modulation 5551 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5551 
Finito 5550 
It is only partially outside the context. 5550 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5549 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5549 
Corresponding to ? 5549 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5522 
Qualitat 5521 
The baby is sick 5477 
Last Cleaning? 5477 
Mine too... 5477 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5477 
What the hell is going on!!! 5477 
...air-caps dirty.... 5476 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5476 
Hum points 5476 
Beats and pieces. 5476 
What else? 5476 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5476 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5476 
Veggie ham 5476 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5475 
Holly idiocy! 5474 
Yes sir 5472 
I think your game is not over. 5472 
More ham 5472 
Route(s) to Ground 5472 
Grounding arrangement 5471 
Ground Thoughts 5470 
0A2 Question 5470 
Where is the Bolt? 5470 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5470 
"End of Live" tube set 5470 
GND plane 5470 
That crazy 7025. 5470 
Distributed bolt 5470 
Amperex ECC83 5470 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5470 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5470 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5470 
More findings 5469 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5469 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5468 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5468 
Grounding and trannies 5468 
Ignorance is bliss... 5466 
Shakey DIY Basics 5466 
Poor photographer 5466 
Spare the Oxen... 5466 
Is SiC sick? 5464 
Possible, so what? 5464 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5463 
Seek and you’ll find. 5463 
Filament 5463 
Filament considerations 5463 
Air caps?Buffer? 5463 
Exorcisms 5417 
Floating? 5416 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5409 
Toilet ham 5409 
The Shield 5408 
It is hard to say. 5408 
Fake bugle/teles 5408 
Never again. 5408 
Bingo! 5399 
Total current per channel 5392 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5392 
I like iron 5392 
Choke ringing 5392 
Ringing 5392 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5392 
Choke ringing again 5391 
What ringing? 5391 
Ring-ring 5391 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5391 
TT Rider 5391 
Snubbers and motors 5390 
Nice idea... 5390 
B+ 5390 
Shielded Interconnect 5390 
IC shields 5387 
The horrors of calibration 5235 
Floating Away 5235 
Ground is +/- understood 5234 
"Calibrate"??? 5234 
The self-serving calibrations. 5233 
Fighting with RIAA 5233 
The Usual 5233 
That's it! 5233 
Parts Location 5233 
Lush layout 5232 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5184 
It might be very impressive 5184 
To be clear 5184 
Shall I co? 5183 
Parts 5183 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5183 
What does it mean? 5183 
Come on! 5183 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5183 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5183 
EAR polite recess 5183 
Power sequencing? 5153 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5153 
3 Position switch 5152 
How true... 5152 
DIY Failsafe 5152 
Switch.. 5127 
Calibration problem 5102 
Resolved 5099 
Looks good 5098 
Fat LF 5098 
Loading Up 5098 
SUT's 5098 
Shunt regulation 5017 
Application dependent 5017 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4985 
It migh be an interesting company. 4985 
Amo/silver 4985 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4985 
Silver considerations 4985 
Again With the Amo 4985 
Silver path 4985 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4985 
The Path of Least Resistance 4984 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4984 
Foil 4984 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4984 
Audiopedophile's hell 4984 
In da house 4983 
Consistent anality 4982 
Right 4982 
A speculation 4980 
Mone on silver Trabants 4979 
Parts Ag 4979 
Trabant done in pure silver 4979 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4979 
Silver swamp 4979 
In the Long Run 4979 
2RM? 4974 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4974 
DIY 4973 
95%? 4973 
More on that 4973 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4973 
Fully shielded 4973 
Interesting 4973 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4169 
Creative people 4169 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4169 
It is what it is. 4168 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4168 
Gray market 4168 
Mix up 4167 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4167 
Sound beats engeneering 3574 
Engineering Crap 3574 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3574 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3071 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2486 
Snubbers 2434 
More on snubbers 2434 
Capacitors Question 2434 
Capacitors & updates 2434 
Z-foil 2434 
Loading resistors & sockets 2434 
Low noise tubes 2433 
What Works Where 2432 
What are the REAL goals? 2432 
Good engineering parctices 2432 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2432 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2432 
It was 13 years back... 2432 
Thank you 2432 
Tube Selection 2421 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2318 
Big output capacitor question. 2079 
Context/Application/Circuit 2078 
EAR 2078 
Of Course... 2078 
834pT 2077 
Who knows.... 2077 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2076 
Where? 2076 
Big cap banks 2076 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 661 
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