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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6580 
End of Life 6580 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6580 
Shallow ambitions 6580 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6580 
Acronym 6580 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6568 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6568 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6568 
It is comming along.... 6387 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6387 
The perfect corrector. 6387 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6387 
The perfect corrector - II 6386 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6385 
Wrong values shown 6384 
The deliberate mistakes? 6384 
330R anode resistors 6384 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6384 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6384 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6382 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6382 
Going on from "There" 6382 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6382 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6381 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6380 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6380 
Good for them. 6380 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6380 
A few more 6380 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6380 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6379 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6379 
Hybridizing 6379 
I love it! 6379 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6377 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6377 
SSG 6376 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6376 
USSR SSG 6376 
USSR SSG 6376 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6376 
Fixed bias 6376 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6376 
More on this, please 6375 
Interesting development! 6375 
One-Story Jack 6375 
Nature's Bias 6375 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6375 
Apologies! 6374 
Tunable Y-factor? 6374 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6374 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6369 
The sound of one hand clapping 6369 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6368 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6360 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6360 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6359 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6359 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6359 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6274 
Specific air cap changes 6274 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6274 
One tube, two channels? 6274 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6274 
"Crosstalk" 6273 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6232 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6211 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5785 
Sucks! 5713 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5712 
Um, what? 5712 
Alternative Transformer 5712 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5712 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5712 
Hmmm,I suspect 5712 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5704 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5692 
The 100Hz hum? 5692 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5692 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5692 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5691 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5691 
DIY Air-Caps? 5691 
Capacitors 5688 
Hum again. 5667 
Hm, again.... 5667 
Tribute MC iron 5382 
Changing loads 5378 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5378 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5377 
Loading on primary? 5377 
Anticipating the needs 5377 
CCS heating? 5340 
2nd stage bias mystery 5223 
It is true but it negligible. 5223 
V2 biasing continued 5222 
Works +/- properly 5221 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5221 
My assault 5194 
What, No Breadboard? 5194 
Don't laugh too loud... 5194 
So far it is good. 5194 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5194 
The assembly and the buzz 5193 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5193 
Caps and chokes 5193 
The price of fame 5193 
Tribute 5193 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5193 
Schematics 5193 
Traces 5193 
Moving Magnet 5193 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5193 
Cat smells fish? 5192 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5192 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5192 
In the box 5192 
Schematics II 5192 
A few comments. 5192 
Miscelanea 5192 
I am surprised. 5192 
Don't be 5191 
It is not about power supply. 5191 
EMI/RFI madness 5191 
Drinking in Modulation 5191 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5191 
Finito 5190 
It is only partially outside the context. 5190 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5189 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5189 
Corresponding to ? 5189 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5162 
Qualitat 5161 
The baby is sick 5117 
Last Cleaning? 5117 
Mine too... 5117 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5117 
What the hell is going on!!! 5117 
...air-caps dirty.... 5116 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5116 
Hum points 5116 
Beats and pieces. 5116 
What else? 5116 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5116 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5116 
Veggie ham 5116 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5115 
Holly idiocy! 5114 
Yes sir 5112 
I think your game is not over. 5112 
More ham 5112 
Route(s) to Ground 5112 
Grounding arrangement 5111 
Ground Thoughts 5110 
0A2 Question 5110 
Where is the Bolt? 5110 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5110 
"End of Live" tube set 5110 
GND plane 5110 
That crazy 7025. 5110 
Distributed bolt 5110 
Amperex ECC83 5110 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5110 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5110 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5110 
More findings 5109 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5109 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5108 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5108 
Grounding and trannies 5108 
Ignorance is bliss... 5106 
Shakey DIY Basics 5106 
Poor photographer 5106 
Spare the Oxen... 5106 
Is SiC sick? 5104 
Possible, so what? 5104 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5103 
Seek and you’ll find. 5103 
Filament 5103 
Filament considerations 5103 
Air caps?Buffer? 5103 
Exorcisms 5057 
Floating? 5056 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5049 
Toilet ham 5049 
The Shield 5048 
It is hard to say. 5048 
Fake bugle/teles 5048 
Never again. 5048 
Bingo! 5039 
Total current per channel 5032 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5032 
I like iron 5032 
Choke ringing 5032 
Ringing 5032 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5032 
Choke ringing again 5031 
What ringing? 5031 
Ring-ring 5031 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5031 
TT Rider 5031 
Snubbers and motors 5030 
Nice idea... 5030 
B+ 5030 
Shielded Interconnect 5030 
IC shields 5027 
The horrors of calibration 4875 
Floating Away 4875 
Ground is +/- understood 4874 
"Calibrate"??? 4874 
The self-serving calibrations. 4873 
Fighting with RIAA 4873 
The Usual 4873 
That's it! 4873 
Parts Location 4873 
Lush layout 4872 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4824 
It might be very impressive 4824 
To be clear 4824 
Shall I co? 4823 
Parts 4823 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4823 
What does it mean? 4823 
Come on! 4823 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4823 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4823 
EAR polite recess 4823 
Power sequencing? 4793 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4793 
3 Position switch 4792 
How true... 4792 
DIY Failsafe 4792 
Switch.. 4767 
Calibration problem 4742 
Resolved 4739 
Looks good 4738 
Fat LF 4738 
Loading Up 4738 
SUT's 4738 
Shunt regulation 4657 
Application dependent 4657 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4625 
It migh be an interesting company. 4625 
Amo/silver 4625 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4625 
Silver considerations 4625 
Again With the Amo 4625 
Silver path 4625 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4625 
The Path of Least Resistance 4624 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4624 
Foil 4624 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4624 
Audiopedophile's hell 4624 
In da house 4623 
Consistent anality 4622 
Right 4622 
A speculation 4620 
Mone on silver Trabants 4619 
Parts Ag 4619 
Trabant done in pure silver 4619 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4619 
Silver swamp 4619 
In the Long Run 4619 
2RM? 4614 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4614 
DIY 4613 
95%? 4613 
More on that 4613 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4613 
Fully shielded 4613 
Interesting 4613 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3809 
Creative people 3809 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3809 
It is what it is. 3808 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3808 
Gray market 3808 
Mix up 3807 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3807 
Sound beats engeneering 3214 
Engineering Crap 3214 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3214 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2711 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2126 
Snubbers 2074 
More on snubbers 2074 
Capacitors Question 2074 
Capacitors & updates 2074 
Z-foil 2074 
Loading resistors & sockets 2074 
Low noise tubes 2073 
What Works Where 2072 
What are the REAL goals? 2072 
Good engineering parctices 2072 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2072 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2072 
It was 13 years back... 2072 
Thank you 2072 
Tube Selection 2061 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1958 
Big output capacitor question. 1719 
Context/Application/Circuit 1718 
EAR 1718 
Of Course... 1718 
834pT 1717 
Who knows.... 1717 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1716 
Where? 1716 
Big cap banks 1716 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 301 
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