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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6582 
End of Life 6582 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6582 
Shallow ambitions 6582 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6582 
Acronym 6582 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6570 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6570 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6570 
It is comming along.... 6389 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6389 
The perfect corrector. 6389 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6389 
The perfect corrector - II 6388 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6387 
Wrong values shown 6386 
The deliberate mistakes? 6386 
330R anode resistors 6386 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6386 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6386 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6384 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6384 
Going on from "There" 6384 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6384 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6383 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6382 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6382 
Good for them. 6382 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6382 
A few more 6382 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6382 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6381 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6381 
Hybridizing 6381 
I love it! 6381 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6379 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6379 
SSG 6378 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6378 
USSR SSG 6378 
USSR SSG 6378 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6378 
Fixed bias 6378 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6378 
More on this, please 6377 
Interesting development! 6377 
One-Story Jack 6377 
Nature's Bias 6377 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6377 
Apologies! 6376 
Tunable Y-factor? 6376 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6376 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6371 
The sound of one hand clapping 6371 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6370 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6362 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6362 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6361 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6361 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6361 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6276 
Specific air cap changes 6276 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6276 
One tube, two channels? 6276 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6276 
"Crosstalk" 6275 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6234 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6213 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5787 
Sucks! 5715 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5714 
Um, what? 5714 
Alternative Transformer 5714 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5714 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5714 
Hmmm,I suspect 5714 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5706 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5694 
The 100Hz hum? 5694 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5694 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5694 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5693 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5693 
DIY Air-Caps? 5693 
Capacitors 5690 
Hum again. 5669 
Hm, again.... 5669 
Tribute MC iron 5384 
Changing loads 5380 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5380 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5379 
Loading on primary? 5379 
Anticipating the needs 5379 
CCS heating? 5342 
2nd stage bias mystery 5225 
It is true but it negligible. 5225 
V2 biasing continued 5224 
Works +/- properly 5223 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5223 
My assault 5196 
What, No Breadboard? 5196 
Don't laugh too loud... 5196 
So far it is good. 5196 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5196 
The assembly and the buzz 5195 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5195 
Caps and chokes 5195 
The price of fame 5195 
Tribute 5195 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5195 
Schematics 5195 
Traces 5195 
Moving Magnet 5195 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5195 
Cat smells fish? 5194 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5194 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5194 
In the box 5194 
Schematics II 5194 
A few comments. 5194 
Miscelanea 5194 
I am surprised. 5194 
Don't be 5193 
It is not about power supply. 5193 
EMI/RFI madness 5193 
Drinking in Modulation 5193 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5193 
Finito 5192 
It is only partially outside the context. 5192 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5191 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5191 
Corresponding to ? 5191 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5164 
Qualitat 5163 
The baby is sick 5119 
Last Cleaning? 5119 
Mine too... 5119 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5119 
What the hell is going on!!! 5119 
...air-caps dirty.... 5118 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5118 
Hum points 5118 
Beats and pieces. 5118 
What else? 5118 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5118 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5118 
Veggie ham 5118 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5117 
Holly idiocy! 5116 
Yes sir 5114 
I think your game is not over. 5114 
More ham 5114 
Route(s) to Ground 5114 
Grounding arrangement 5113 
Ground Thoughts 5112 
0A2 Question 5112 
Where is the Bolt? 5112 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5112 
"End of Live" tube set 5112 
GND plane 5112 
That crazy 7025. 5112 
Distributed bolt 5112 
Amperex ECC83 5112 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5112 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5112 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5112 
More findings 5111 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5111 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5110 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5110 
Grounding and trannies 5110 
Ignorance is bliss... 5108 
Shakey DIY Basics 5108 
Poor photographer 5108 
Spare the Oxen... 5108 
Is SiC sick? 5106 
Possible, so what? 5106 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5105 
Seek and you’ll find. 5105 
Filament 5105 
Filament considerations 5105 
Air caps?Buffer? 5105 
Exorcisms 5059 
Floating? 5058 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5051 
Toilet ham 5051 
The Shield 5050 
It is hard to say. 5050 
Fake bugle/teles 5050 
Never again. 5050 
Bingo! 5041 
Total current per channel 5034 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5034 
I like iron 5034 
Choke ringing 5034 
Ringing 5034 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5034 
Choke ringing again 5033 
What ringing? 5033 
Ring-ring 5033 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5033 
TT Rider 5033 
Snubbers and motors 5032 
Nice idea... 5032 
B+ 5032 
Shielded Interconnect 5032 
IC shields 5029 
The horrors of calibration 4877 
Floating Away 4877 
Ground is +/- understood 4876 
"Calibrate"??? 4876 
The self-serving calibrations. 4875 
Fighting with RIAA 4875 
The Usual 4875 
That's it! 4875 
Parts Location 4875 
Lush layout 4874 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4826 
It might be very impressive 4826 
To be clear 4826 
Shall I co? 4825 
Parts 4825 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4825 
What does it mean? 4825 
Come on! 4825 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4825 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4825 
EAR polite recess 4825 
Power sequencing? 4795 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4795 
3 Position switch 4794 
How true... 4794 
DIY Failsafe 4794 
Switch.. 4769 
Calibration problem 4744 
Resolved 4741 
Looks good 4740 
Fat LF 4740 
Loading Up 4740 
SUT's 4740 
Shunt regulation 4659 
Application dependent 4659 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4627 
It migh be an interesting company. 4627 
Amo/silver 4627 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4627 
Silver considerations 4627 
Again With the Amo 4627 
Silver path 4627 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4627 
The Path of Least Resistance 4626 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4626 
Foil 4626 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4626 
Audiopedophile's hell 4626 
In da house 4625 
Consistent anality 4624 
Right 4624 
A speculation 4622 
Mone on silver Trabants 4621 
Parts Ag 4621 
Trabant done in pure silver 4621 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4621 
Silver swamp 4621 
In the Long Run 4621 
2RM? 4616 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4616 
DIY 4615 
95%? 4615 
More on that 4615 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4615 
Fully shielded 4615 
Interesting 4615 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3811 
Creative people 3811 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3811 
It is what it is. 3810 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3810 
Gray market 3810 
Mix up 3809 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3809 
Sound beats engeneering 3216 
Engineering Crap 3216 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3216 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2713 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2128 
Snubbers 2076 
More on snubbers 2076 
Capacitors Question 2076 
Capacitors & updates 2076 
Z-foil 2076 
Loading resistors & sockets 2076 
Low noise tubes 2075 
What Works Where 2074 
What are the REAL goals? 2074 
Good engineering parctices 2074 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2074 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2074 
It was 13 years back... 2074 
Thank you 2074 
Tube Selection 2063 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1960 
Big output capacitor question. 1721 
Context/Application/Circuit 1720 
EAR 1720 
Of Course... 1720 
834pT 1719 
Who knows.... 1719 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1718 
Where? 1718 
Big cap banks 1718 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 303 
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