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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6517 
End of Life 6517 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6517 
Shallow ambitions 6517 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6517 
Acronym 6517 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6505 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6505 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6505 
It is comming along.... 6324 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6324 
The perfect corrector. 6324 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6324 
The perfect corrector - II 6323 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6322 
Wrong values shown 6321 
The deliberate mistakes? 6321 
330R anode resistors 6321 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6321 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6321 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6319 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6319 
Going on from "There" 6319 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6319 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6318 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6317 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6317 
Good for them. 6317 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6317 
A few more 6317 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6317 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6316 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6316 
Hybridizing 6316 
I love it! 6316 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6314 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6314 
SSG 6313 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6313 
USSR SSG 6313 
USSR SSG 6313 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6313 
Fixed bias 6313 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6313 
More on this, please 6312 
Interesting development! 6312 
One-Story Jack 6312 
Nature's Bias 6312 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6312 
Apologies! 6311 
Tunable Y-factor? 6311 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6311 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6306 
The sound of one hand clapping 6306 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6305 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6297 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6297 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6296 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6296 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6296 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6211 
Specific air cap changes 6211 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6211 
One tube, two channels? 6211 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6211 
"Crosstalk" 6210 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6169 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6148 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5722 
Sucks! 5650 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5649 
Um, what? 5649 
Alternative Transformer 5649 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5649 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5649 
Hmmm,I suspect 5649 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5641 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5629 
The 100Hz hum? 5629 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5629 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5629 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5628 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5628 
DIY Air-Caps? 5628 
Capacitors 5625 
Hum again. 5604 
Hm, again.... 5604 
Tribute MC iron 5319 
Changing loads 5315 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5315 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5314 
Loading on primary? 5314 
Anticipating the needs 5314 
CCS heating? 5277 
2nd stage bias mystery 5160 
It is true but it negligible. 5160 
V2 biasing continued 5159 
Works +/- properly 5158 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5158 
My assault 5131 
What, No Breadboard? 5131 
Don't laugh too loud... 5131 
So far it is good. 5131 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5131 
The assembly and the buzz 5130 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5130 
Caps and chokes 5130 
The price of fame 5130 
Tribute 5130 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5130 
Schematics 5130 
Traces 5130 
Moving Magnet 5130 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5130 
Cat smells fish? 5129 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5129 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5129 
In the box 5129 
Schematics II 5129 
A few comments. 5129 
Miscelanea 5129 
I am surprised. 5129 
Don't be 5128 
It is not about power supply. 5128 
EMI/RFI madness 5128 
Drinking in Modulation 5128 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5128 
Finito 5127 
It is only partially outside the context. 5127 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5126 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5126 
Corresponding to ? 5126 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5099 
Qualitat 5098 
The baby is sick 5054 
Last Cleaning? 5054 
Mine too... 5054 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5054 
What the hell is going on!!! 5054 
...air-caps dirty.... 5053 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5053 
Hum points 5053 
Beats and pieces. 5053 
What else? 5053 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5053 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5053 
Veggie ham 5053 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5052 
Holly idiocy! 5051 
Yes sir 5049 
I think your game is not over. 5049 
More ham 5049 
Route(s) to Ground 5049 
Grounding arrangement 5048 
Ground Thoughts 5047 
0A2 Question 5047 
Where is the Bolt? 5047 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5047 
"End of Live" tube set 5047 
GND plane 5047 
That crazy 7025. 5047 
Distributed bolt 5047 
Amperex ECC83 5047 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5047 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5047 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5047 
More findings 5046 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5046 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5045 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5045 
Grounding and trannies 5045 
Ignorance is bliss... 5043 
Shakey DIY Basics 5043 
Poor photographer 5043 
Spare the Oxen... 5043 
Is SiC sick? 5041 
Possible, so what? 5041 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5040 
Seek and you’ll find. 5040 
Filament 5040 
Filament considerations 5040 
Air caps?Buffer? 5040 
Exorcisms 4994 
Floating? 4993 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 4986 
Toilet ham 4986 
The Shield 4985 
It is hard to say. 4985 
Fake bugle/teles 4985 
Never again. 4985 
Bingo! 4976 
Total current per channel 4969 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 4969 
I like iron 4969 
Choke ringing 4969 
Ringing 4969 
Ringing is a BS reason. 4969 
Choke ringing again 4968 
What ringing? 4968 
Ring-ring 4968 
Fight Fire with Fire? 4968 
TT Rider 4968 
Snubbers and motors 4967 
Nice idea... 4967 
B+ 4967 
Shielded Interconnect 4967 
IC shields 4964 
The horrors of calibration 4812 
Floating Away 4812 
Ground is +/- understood 4811 
"Calibrate"??? 4811 
The self-serving calibrations. 4810 
Fighting with RIAA 4810 
The Usual 4810 
That's it! 4810 
Parts Location 4810 
Lush layout 4809 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4761 
It might be very impressive 4761 
To be clear 4761 
Shall I co? 4760 
Parts 4760 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4760 
What does it mean? 4760 
Come on! 4760 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4760 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4760 
EAR polite recess 4760 
Power sequencing? 4730 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4730 
3 Position switch 4729 
How true... 4729 
DIY Failsafe 4729 
Switch.. 4704 
Calibration problem 4679 
Resolved 4676 
Looks good 4675 
Fat LF 4675 
Loading Up 4675 
SUT's 4675 
Shunt regulation 4594 
Application dependent 4594 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4562 
It migh be an interesting company. 4562 
Amo/silver 4562 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4562 
Silver considerations 4562 
Again With the Amo 4562 
Silver path 4562 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4562 
The Path of Least Resistance 4561 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4561 
Foil 4561 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4561 
Audiopedophile's hell 4561 
In da house 4560 
Consistent anality 4559 
Right 4559 
A speculation 4557 
Mone on silver Trabants 4556 
Parts Ag 4556 
Trabant done in pure silver 4556 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4556 
Silver swamp 4556 
In the Long Run 4556 
2RM? 4551 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4551 
DIY 4550 
95%? 4550 
More on that 4550 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4550 
Fully shielded 4550 
Interesting 4550 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3746 
Creative people 3746 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3746 
It is what it is. 3745 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3745 
Gray market 3745 
Mix up 3744 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3744 
Sound beats engeneering 3151 
Engineering Crap 3151 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3151 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2648 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2063 
Snubbers 2011 
More on snubbers 2011 
Capacitors Question 2011 
Capacitors & updates 2011 
Z-foil 2011 
Loading resistors & sockets 2011 
Low noise tubes 2010 
What Works Where 2009 
What are the REAL goals? 2009 
Good engineering parctices 2009 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2009 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2009 
It was 13 years back... 2009 
Thank you 2009 
Tube Selection 1998 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1895 
Big output capacitor question. 1656 
Context/Application/Circuit 1655 
EAR 1655 
Of Course... 1655 
834pT 1654 
Who knows.... 1654 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1653 
Where? 1653 
Big cap banks 1653 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 238 
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