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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6622 
End of Life 6622 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6622 
Shallow ambitions 6622 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6622 
Acronym 6622 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6610 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6610 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6610 
It is comming along.... 6429 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6429 
The perfect corrector. 6429 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6429 
The perfect corrector - II 6428 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6427 
Wrong values shown 6426 
The deliberate mistakes? 6426 
330R anode resistors 6426 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6426 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6426 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6424 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6424 
Going on from "There" 6424 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6424 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6423 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6422 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6422 
Good for them. 6422 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6422 
A few more 6422 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6422 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6421 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6421 
Hybridizing 6421 
I love it! 6421 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6419 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6419 
SSG 6418 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6418 
USSR SSG 6418 
USSR SSG 6418 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6418 
Fixed bias 6418 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6418 
More on this, please 6417 
Interesting development! 6417 
One-Story Jack 6417 
Nature's Bias 6417 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6417 
Apologies! 6416 
Tunable Y-factor? 6416 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6416 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6411 
The sound of one hand clapping 6411 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6410 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6402 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6402 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6401 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6401 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6401 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6316 
Specific air cap changes 6316 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6316 
One tube, two channels? 6316 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6316 
"Crosstalk" 6315 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6274 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6253 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5827 
Sucks! 5755 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5754 
Um, what? 5754 
Alternative Transformer 5754 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5754 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5754 
Hmmm,I suspect 5754 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5746 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5734 
The 100Hz hum? 5734 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5734 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5734 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5733 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5733 
DIY Air-Caps? 5733 
Capacitors 5730 
Hum again. 5709 
Hm, again.... 5709 
Tribute MC iron 5424 
Changing loads 5420 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5420 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5419 
Loading on primary? 5419 
Anticipating the needs 5419 
CCS heating? 5382 
2nd stage bias mystery 5265 
It is true but it negligible. 5265 
V2 biasing continued 5264 
Works +/- properly 5263 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5263 
My assault 5236 
What, No Breadboard? 5236 
Don't laugh too loud... 5236 
So far it is good. 5236 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5236 
The assembly and the buzz 5235 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5235 
Caps and chokes 5235 
The price of fame 5235 
Tribute 5235 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5235 
Schematics 5235 
Traces 5235 
Moving Magnet 5235 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5235 
Cat smells fish? 5234 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5234 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5234 
In the box 5234 
Schematics II 5234 
A few comments. 5234 
Miscelanea 5234 
I am surprised. 5234 
Don't be 5233 
It is not about power supply. 5233 
EMI/RFI madness 5233 
Drinking in Modulation 5233 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5233 
Finito 5232 
It is only partially outside the context. 5232 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5231 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5231 
Corresponding to ? 5231 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5204 
Qualitat 5203 
The baby is sick 5159 
Last Cleaning? 5159 
Mine too... 5159 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5159 
What the hell is going on!!! 5159 
...air-caps dirty.... 5158 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5158 
Hum points 5158 
Beats and pieces. 5158 
What else? 5158 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5158 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5158 
Veggie ham 5158 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5157 
Holly idiocy! 5156 
Yes sir 5154 
I think your game is not over. 5154 
More ham 5154 
Route(s) to Ground 5154 
Grounding arrangement 5153 
Ground Thoughts 5152 
0A2 Question 5152 
Where is the Bolt? 5152 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5152 
"End of Live" tube set 5152 
GND plane 5152 
That crazy 7025. 5152 
Distributed bolt 5152 
Amperex ECC83 5152 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5152 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5152 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5152 
More findings 5151 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5151 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5150 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5150 
Grounding and trannies 5150 
Ignorance is bliss... 5148 
Shakey DIY Basics 5148 
Poor photographer 5148 
Spare the Oxen... 5148 
Is SiC sick? 5146 
Possible, so what? 5146 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5145 
Seek and you’ll find. 5145 
Filament 5145 
Filament considerations 5145 
Air caps?Buffer? 5145 
Exorcisms 5099 
Floating? 5098 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5091 
Toilet ham 5091 
The Shield 5090 
It is hard to say. 5090 
Fake bugle/teles 5090 
Never again. 5090 
Bingo! 5081 
Total current per channel 5074 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5074 
I like iron 5074 
Choke ringing 5074 
Ringing 5074 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5074 
Choke ringing again 5073 
What ringing? 5073 
Ring-ring 5073 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5073 
TT Rider 5073 
Snubbers and motors 5072 
Nice idea... 5072 
B+ 5072 
Shielded Interconnect 5072 
IC shields 5069 
The horrors of calibration 4917 
Floating Away 4917 
Ground is +/- understood 4916 
"Calibrate"??? 4916 
The self-serving calibrations. 4915 
Fighting with RIAA 4915 
The Usual 4915 
That's it! 4915 
Parts Location 4915 
Lush layout 4914 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4866 
It might be very impressive 4866 
To be clear 4866 
Shall I co? 4865 
Parts 4865 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4865 
What does it mean? 4865 
Come on! 4865 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4865 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4865 
EAR polite recess 4865 
Power sequencing? 4835 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4835 
3 Position switch 4834 
How true... 4834 
DIY Failsafe 4834 
Switch.. 4809 
Calibration problem 4784 
Resolved 4781 
Looks good 4780 
Fat LF 4780 
Loading Up 4780 
SUT's 4780 
Shunt regulation 4699 
Application dependent 4699 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4667 
It migh be an interesting company. 4667 
Amo/silver 4667 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4667 
Silver considerations 4667 
Again With the Amo 4667 
Silver path 4667 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4667 
The Path of Least Resistance 4666 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4666 
Foil 4666 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4666 
Audiopedophile's hell 4666 
In da house 4665 
Consistent anality 4664 
Right 4664 
A speculation 4662 
Mone on silver Trabants 4661 
Parts Ag 4661 
Trabant done in pure silver 4661 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4661 
Silver swamp 4661 
In the Long Run 4661 
2RM? 4656 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4656 
DIY 4655 
95%? 4655 
More on that 4655 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4655 
Fully shielded 4655 
Interesting 4655 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3851 
Creative people 3851 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3851 
It is what it is. 3850 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3850 
Gray market 3850 
Mix up 3849 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3849 
Sound beats engeneering 3256 
Engineering Crap 3256 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3256 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2753 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2168 
Snubbers 2116 
More on snubbers 2116 
Capacitors Question 2116 
Capacitors & updates 2116 
Z-foil 2116 
Loading resistors & sockets 2116 
Low noise tubes 2115 
What Works Where 2114 
What are the REAL goals? 2114 
Good engineering parctices 2114 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2114 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2114 
It was 13 years back... 2114 
Thank you 2114 
Tube Selection 2103 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2000 
Big output capacitor question. 1761 
Context/Application/Circuit 1760 
EAR 1760 
Of Course... 1760 
834pT 1759 
Who knows.... 1759 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1758 
Where? 1758 
Big cap banks 1758 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 343 
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