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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6922 
End of Life 6922 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6922 
Shallow ambitions 6922 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6922 
Acronym 6922 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6910 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6910 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6910 
It is comming along.... 6729 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6729 
The perfect corrector. 6729 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6729 
The perfect corrector - II 6728 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6727 
Wrong values shown 6726 
The deliberate mistakes? 6726 
330R anode resistors 6726 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6726 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6726 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6724 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6724 
Going on from "There" 6724 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6724 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6723 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6722 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6722 
Good for them. 6722 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6722 
A few more 6722 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6722 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6721 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6721 
Hybridizing 6721 
I love it! 6721 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6719 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6719 
SSG 6718 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6718 
USSR SSG 6718 
USSR SSG 6718 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6718 
Fixed bias 6718 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6718 
More on this, please 6717 
Interesting development! 6717 
One-Story Jack 6717 
Nature's Bias 6717 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6717 
Apologies! 6716 
Tunable Y-factor? 6716 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6716 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6711 
The sound of one hand clapping 6711 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6710 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6702 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6702 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6701 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6701 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6701 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6616 
Specific air cap changes 6616 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6616 
One tube, two channels? 6616 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6616 
"Crosstalk" 6615 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6574 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6553 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6127 
Sucks! 6055 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6054 
Um, what? 6054 
Alternative Transformer 6054 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6054 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6054 
Hmmm,I suspect 6054 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6046 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6034 
The 100Hz hum? 6034 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6034 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6034 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6033 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6033 
DIY Air-Caps? 6033 
Capacitors 6030 
Hum again. 6009 
Hm, again.... 6009 
Tribute MC iron 5724 
Changing loads 5720 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5720 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5719 
Loading on primary? 5719 
Anticipating the needs 5719 
CCS heating? 5682 
2nd stage bias mystery 5565 
It is true but it negligible. 5565 
V2 biasing continued 5564 
Works +/- properly 5563 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5563 
My assault 5536 
What, No Breadboard? 5536 
Don't laugh too loud... 5536 
So far it is good. 5536 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5536 
The assembly and the buzz 5535 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5535 
Caps and chokes 5535 
The price of fame 5535 
Tribute 5535 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5535 
Schematics 5535 
Traces 5535 
Moving Magnet 5535 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5535 
Cat smells fish? 5534 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5534 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5534 
In the box 5534 
Schematics II 5534 
A few comments. 5534 
Miscelanea 5534 
I am surprised. 5534 
Don't be 5533 
It is not about power supply. 5533 
EMI/RFI madness 5533 
Drinking in Modulation 5533 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5533 
Finito 5532 
It is only partially outside the context. 5532 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5531 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5531 
Corresponding to ? 5531 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5504 
Qualitat 5503 
The baby is sick 5459 
Last Cleaning? 5459 
Mine too... 5459 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5459 
What the hell is going on!!! 5459 
...air-caps dirty.... 5458 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5458 
Hum points 5458 
Beats and pieces. 5458 
What else? 5458 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5458 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5458 
Veggie ham 5458 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5457 
Holly idiocy! 5456 
Yes sir 5454 
I think your game is not over. 5454 
More ham 5454 
Route(s) to Ground 5454 
Grounding arrangement 5453 
Ground Thoughts 5452 
0A2 Question 5452 
Where is the Bolt? 5452 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5452 
"End of Live" tube set 5452 
GND plane 5452 
That crazy 7025. 5452 
Distributed bolt 5452 
Amperex ECC83 5452 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5452 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5452 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5452 
More findings 5451 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5451 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5450 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5450 
Grounding and trannies 5450 
Ignorance is bliss... 5448 
Shakey DIY Basics 5448 
Poor photographer 5448 
Spare the Oxen... 5448 
Is SiC sick? 5446 
Possible, so what? 5446 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5445 
Seek and you’ll find. 5445 
Filament 5445 
Filament considerations 5445 
Air caps?Buffer? 5445 
Exorcisms 5399 
Floating? 5398 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5391 
Toilet ham 5391 
The Shield 5390 
It is hard to say. 5390 
Fake bugle/teles 5390 
Never again. 5390 
Bingo! 5381 
Total current per channel 5374 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5374 
I like iron 5374 
Choke ringing 5374 
Ringing 5374 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5374 
Choke ringing again 5373 
What ringing? 5373 
Ring-ring 5373 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5373 
TT Rider 5373 
Snubbers and motors 5372 
Nice idea... 5372 
B+ 5372 
Shielded Interconnect 5372 
IC shields 5369 
The horrors of calibration 5217 
Floating Away 5217 
Ground is +/- understood 5216 
"Calibrate"??? 5216 
The self-serving calibrations. 5215 
Fighting with RIAA 5215 
The Usual 5215 
That's it! 5215 
Parts Location 5215 
Lush layout 5214 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5166 
It might be very impressive 5166 
To be clear 5166 
Shall I co? 5165 
Parts 5165 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5165 
What does it mean? 5165 
Come on! 5165 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5165 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5165 
EAR polite recess 5165 
Power sequencing? 5135 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5135 
3 Position switch 5134 
How true... 5134 
DIY Failsafe 5134 
Switch.. 5109 
Calibration problem 5084 
Resolved 5081 
Looks good 5080 
Fat LF 5080 
Loading Up 5080 
SUT's 5080 
Shunt regulation 4999 
Application dependent 4999 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4967 
It migh be an interesting company. 4967 
Amo/silver 4967 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4967 
Silver considerations 4967 
Again With the Amo 4967 
Silver path 4967 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4967 
The Path of Least Resistance 4966 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4966 
Foil 4966 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4966 
Audiopedophile's hell 4966 
In da house 4965 
Consistent anality 4964 
Right 4964 
A speculation 4962 
Mone on silver Trabants 4961 
Parts Ag 4961 
Trabant done in pure silver 4961 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4961 
Silver swamp 4961 
In the Long Run 4961 
2RM? 4956 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4956 
DIY 4955 
95%? 4955 
More on that 4955 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4955 
Fully shielded 4955 
Interesting 4955 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4151 
Creative people 4151 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4151 
It is what it is. 4150 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4150 
Gray market 4150 
Mix up 4149 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4149 
Sound beats engeneering 3556 
Engineering Crap 3556 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3556 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3053 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2468 
Snubbers 2416 
More on snubbers 2416 
Capacitors Question 2416 
Capacitors & updates 2416 
Z-foil 2416 
Loading resistors & sockets 2416 
Low noise tubes 2415 
What Works Where 2414 
What are the REAL goals? 2414 
Good engineering parctices 2414 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2414 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2414 
It was 13 years back... 2414 
Thank you 2414 
Tube Selection 2403 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2300 
Big output capacitor question. 2061 
Context/Application/Circuit 2060 
EAR 2060 
Of Course... 2060 
834pT 2059 
Who knows.... 2059 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2058 
Where? 2058 
Big cap banks 2058 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 643 
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