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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6673 
End of Life 6673 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6673 
Shallow ambitions 6673 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6673 
Acronym 6673 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6661 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6661 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6661 
It is comming along.... 6480 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6480 
The perfect corrector. 6480 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6480 
The perfect corrector - II 6479 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6478 
Wrong values shown 6477 
The deliberate mistakes? 6477 
330R anode resistors 6477 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6477 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6477 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6475 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6475 
Going on from "There" 6475 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6475 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6474 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6473 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6473 
Good for them. 6473 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6473 
A few more 6473 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6473 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6472 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6472 
Hybridizing 6472 
I love it! 6472 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6470 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6470 
SSG 6469 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6469 
USSR SSG 6469 
USSR SSG 6469 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6469 
Fixed bias 6469 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6469 
More on this, please 6468 
Interesting development! 6468 
One-Story Jack 6468 
Nature's Bias 6468 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6468 
Apologies! 6467 
Tunable Y-factor? 6467 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6467 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6462 
The sound of one hand clapping 6462 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6461 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6453 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6453 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6452 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6452 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6452 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6367 
Specific air cap changes 6367 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6367 
One tube, two channels? 6367 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6367 
"Crosstalk" 6366 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6325 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6304 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5878 
Sucks! 5806 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5805 
Um, what? 5805 
Alternative Transformer 5805 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5805 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5805 
Hmmm,I suspect 5805 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5797 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5785 
The 100Hz hum? 5785 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5785 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5785 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5784 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5784 
DIY Air-Caps? 5784 
Capacitors 5781 
Hum again. 5760 
Hm, again.... 5760 
Tribute MC iron 5475 
Changing loads 5471 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5471 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5470 
Loading on primary? 5470 
Anticipating the needs 5470 
CCS heating? 5433 
2nd stage bias mystery 5316 
It is true but it negligible. 5316 
V2 biasing continued 5315 
Works +/- properly 5314 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5314 
My assault 5287 
What, No Breadboard? 5287 
Don't laugh too loud... 5287 
So far it is good. 5287 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5287 
The assembly and the buzz 5286 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5286 
Caps and chokes 5286 
The price of fame 5286 
Tribute 5286 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5286 
Schematics 5286 
Traces 5286 
Moving Magnet 5286 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5286 
Cat smells fish? 5285 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5285 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5285 
In the box 5285 
Schematics II 5285 
A few comments. 5285 
Miscelanea 5285 
I am surprised. 5285 
Don't be 5284 
It is not about power supply. 5284 
EMI/RFI madness 5284 
Drinking in Modulation 5284 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5284 
Finito 5283 
It is only partially outside the context. 5283 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5282 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5282 
Corresponding to ? 5282 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5255 
Qualitat 5254 
The baby is sick 5210 
Last Cleaning? 5210 
Mine too... 5210 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5210 
What the hell is going on!!! 5210 
...air-caps dirty.... 5209 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5209 
Hum points 5209 
Beats and pieces. 5209 
What else? 5209 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5209 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5209 
Veggie ham 5209 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5208 
Holly idiocy! 5207 
Yes sir 5205 
I think your game is not over. 5205 
More ham 5205 
Route(s) to Ground 5205 
Grounding arrangement 5204 
Ground Thoughts 5203 
0A2 Question 5203 
Where is the Bolt? 5203 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5203 
"End of Live" tube set 5203 
GND plane 5203 
That crazy 7025. 5203 
Distributed bolt 5203 
Amperex ECC83 5203 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5203 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5203 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5203 
More findings 5202 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5202 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5201 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5201 
Grounding and trannies 5201 
Ignorance is bliss... 5199 
Shakey DIY Basics 5199 
Poor photographer 5199 
Spare the Oxen... 5199 
Is SiC sick? 5197 
Possible, so what? 5197 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5196 
Seek and you’ll find. 5196 
Filament 5196 
Filament considerations 5196 
Air caps?Buffer? 5196 
Exorcisms 5150 
Floating? 5149 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5142 
Toilet ham 5142 
The Shield 5141 
It is hard to say. 5141 
Fake bugle/teles 5141 
Never again. 5141 
Bingo! 5132 
Total current per channel 5125 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5125 
I like iron 5125 
Choke ringing 5125 
Ringing 5125 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5125 
Choke ringing again 5124 
What ringing? 5124 
Ring-ring 5124 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5124 
TT Rider 5124 
Snubbers and motors 5123 
Nice idea... 5123 
B+ 5123 
Shielded Interconnect 5123 
IC shields 5120 
The horrors of calibration 4968 
Floating Away 4968 
Ground is +/- understood 4967 
"Calibrate"??? 4967 
The self-serving calibrations. 4966 
Fighting with RIAA 4966 
The Usual 4966 
That's it! 4966 
Parts Location 4966 
Lush layout 4965 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4917 
It might be very impressive 4917 
To be clear 4917 
Shall I co? 4916 
Parts 4916 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4916 
What does it mean? 4916 
Come on! 4916 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4916 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4916 
EAR polite recess 4916 
Power sequencing? 4886 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4886 
3 Position switch 4885 
How true... 4885 
DIY Failsafe 4885 
Switch.. 4860 
Calibration problem 4835 
Resolved 4832 
Looks good 4831 
Fat LF 4831 
Loading Up 4831 
SUT's 4831 
Shunt regulation 4750 
Application dependent 4750 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4718 
It migh be an interesting company. 4718 
Amo/silver 4718 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4718 
Silver considerations 4718 
Again With the Amo 4718 
Silver path 4718 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4718 
The Path of Least Resistance 4717 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4717 
Foil 4717 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4717 
Audiopedophile's hell 4717 
In da house 4716 
Consistent anality 4715 
Right 4715 
A speculation 4713 
Mone on silver Trabants 4712 
Parts Ag 4712 
Trabant done in pure silver 4712 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4712 
Silver swamp 4712 
In the Long Run 4712 
2RM? 4707 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4707 
DIY 4706 
95%? 4706 
More on that 4706 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4706 
Fully shielded 4706 
Interesting 4706 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3902 
Creative people 3902 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3902 
It is what it is. 3901 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3901 
Gray market 3901 
Mix up 3900 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3900 
Sound beats engeneering 3307 
Engineering Crap 3307 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3307 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2804 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2219 
Snubbers 2167 
More on snubbers 2167 
Capacitors Question 2167 
Capacitors & updates 2167 
Z-foil 2167 
Loading resistors & sockets 2167 
Low noise tubes 2166 
What Works Where 2165 
What are the REAL goals? 2165 
Good engineering parctices 2165 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2165 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2165 
It was 13 years back... 2165 
Thank you 2165 
Tube Selection 2154 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2051 
Big output capacitor question. 1812 
Context/Application/Circuit 1811 
EAR 1811 
Of Course... 1811 
834pT 1810 
Who knows.... 1810 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1809 
Where? 1809 
Big cap banks 1809 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 394 
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