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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6583 
End of Life 6583 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6583 
Shallow ambitions 6583 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6583 
Acronym 6583 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6571 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6571 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6571 
It is comming along.... 6390 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6390 
The perfect corrector. 6390 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6390 
The perfect corrector - II 6389 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6388 
Wrong values shown 6387 
The deliberate mistakes? 6387 
330R anode resistors 6387 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6387 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6387 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6385 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6385 
Going on from "There" 6385 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6385 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6384 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6383 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6383 
Good for them. 6383 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6383 
A few more 6383 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6383 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6382 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6382 
Hybridizing 6382 
I love it! 6382 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6380 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6380 
SSG 6379 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6379 
USSR SSG 6379 
USSR SSG 6379 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6379 
Fixed bias 6379 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6379 
More on this, please 6378 
Interesting development! 6378 
One-Story Jack 6378 
Nature's Bias 6378 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6378 
Apologies! 6377 
Tunable Y-factor? 6377 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6377 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6372 
The sound of one hand clapping 6372 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6371 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6363 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6363 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6362 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6362 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6362 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6277 
Specific air cap changes 6277 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6277 
One tube, two channels? 6277 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6277 
"Crosstalk" 6276 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6235 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6214 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5788 
Sucks! 5716 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5715 
Um, what? 5715 
Alternative Transformer 5715 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5715 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5715 
Hmmm,I suspect 5715 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5707 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5695 
The 100Hz hum? 5695 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5695 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5695 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5694 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5694 
DIY Air-Caps? 5694 
Capacitors 5691 
Hum again. 5670 
Hm, again.... 5670 
Tribute MC iron 5385 
Changing loads 5381 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5381 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5380 
Loading on primary? 5380 
Anticipating the needs 5380 
CCS heating? 5343 
2nd stage bias mystery 5226 
It is true but it negligible. 5226 
V2 biasing continued 5225 
Works +/- properly 5224 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5224 
My assault 5197 
What, No Breadboard? 5197 
Don't laugh too loud... 5197 
So far it is good. 5197 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5197 
The assembly and the buzz 5196 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5196 
Caps and chokes 5196 
The price of fame 5196 
Tribute 5196 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5196 
Schematics 5196 
Traces 5196 
Moving Magnet 5196 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5196 
Cat smells fish? 5195 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5195 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5195 
In the box 5195 
Schematics II 5195 
A few comments. 5195 
Miscelanea 5195 
I am surprised. 5195 
Don't be 5194 
It is not about power supply. 5194 
EMI/RFI madness 5194 
Drinking in Modulation 5194 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5194 
Finito 5193 
It is only partially outside the context. 5193 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5192 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5192 
Corresponding to ? 5192 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5165 
Qualitat 5164 
The baby is sick 5120 
Last Cleaning? 5120 
Mine too... 5120 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5120 
What the hell is going on!!! 5120 
...air-caps dirty.... 5119 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5119 
Hum points 5119 
Beats and pieces. 5119 
What else? 5119 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5119 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5119 
Veggie ham 5119 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5118 
Holly idiocy! 5117 
Yes sir 5115 
I think your game is not over. 5115 
More ham 5115 
Route(s) to Ground 5115 
Grounding arrangement 5114 
Ground Thoughts 5113 
0A2 Question 5113 
Where is the Bolt? 5113 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5113 
"End of Live" tube set 5113 
GND plane 5113 
That crazy 7025. 5113 
Distributed bolt 5113 
Amperex ECC83 5113 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5113 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5113 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5113 
More findings 5112 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5112 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5111 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5111 
Grounding and trannies 5111 
Ignorance is bliss... 5109 
Shakey DIY Basics 5109 
Poor photographer 5109 
Spare the Oxen... 5109 
Is SiC sick? 5107 
Possible, so what? 5107 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5106 
Seek and you’ll find. 5106 
Filament 5106 
Filament considerations 5106 
Air caps?Buffer? 5106 
Exorcisms 5060 
Floating? 5059 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5052 
Toilet ham 5052 
The Shield 5051 
It is hard to say. 5051 
Fake bugle/teles 5051 
Never again. 5051 
Bingo! 5042 
Total current per channel 5035 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5035 
I like iron 5035 
Choke ringing 5035 
Ringing 5035 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5035 
Choke ringing again 5034 
What ringing? 5034 
Ring-ring 5034 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5034 
TT Rider 5034 
Snubbers and motors 5033 
Nice idea... 5033 
B+ 5033 
Shielded Interconnect 5033 
IC shields 5030 
The horrors of calibration 4878 
Floating Away 4878 
Ground is +/- understood 4877 
"Calibrate"??? 4877 
The self-serving calibrations. 4876 
Fighting with RIAA 4876 
The Usual 4876 
That's it! 4876 
Parts Location 4876 
Lush layout 4875 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4827 
It might be very impressive 4827 
To be clear 4827 
Shall I co? 4826 
Parts 4826 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4826 
What does it mean? 4826 
Come on! 4826 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4826 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4826 
EAR polite recess 4826 
Power sequencing? 4796 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4796 
3 Position switch 4795 
How true... 4795 
DIY Failsafe 4795 
Switch.. 4770 
Calibration problem 4745 
Resolved 4742 
Looks good 4741 
Fat LF 4741 
Loading Up 4741 
SUT's 4741 
Shunt regulation 4660 
Application dependent 4660 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4628 
It migh be an interesting company. 4628 
Amo/silver 4628 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4628 
Silver considerations 4628 
Again With the Amo 4628 
Silver path 4628 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4628 
The Path of Least Resistance 4627 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4627 
Foil 4627 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4627 
Audiopedophile's hell 4627 
In da house 4626 
Consistent anality 4625 
Right 4625 
A speculation 4623 
Mone on silver Trabants 4622 
Parts Ag 4622 
Trabant done in pure silver 4622 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4622 
Silver swamp 4622 
In the Long Run 4622 
2RM? 4617 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4617 
DIY 4616 
95%? 4616 
More on that 4616 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4616 
Fully shielded 4616 
Interesting 4616 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3812 
Creative people 3812 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3812 
It is what it is. 3811 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3811 
Gray market 3811 
Mix up 3810 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3810 
Sound beats engeneering 3217 
Engineering Crap 3217 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3217 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2714 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2129 
Snubbers 2077 
More on snubbers 2077 
Capacitors Question 2077 
Capacitors & updates 2077 
Z-foil 2077 
Loading resistors & sockets 2077 
Low noise tubes 2076 
What Works Where 2075 
What are the REAL goals? 2075 
Good engineering parctices 2075 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2075 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2075 
It was 13 years back... 2075 
Thank you 2075 
Tube Selection 2064 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1961 
Big output capacitor question. 1722 
Context/Application/Circuit 1721 
EAR 1721 
Of Course... 1721 
834pT 1720 
Who knows.... 1720 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1719 
Where? 1719 
Big cap banks 1719 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 304 
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