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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6700 
End of Life 6700 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6700 
Shallow ambitions 6700 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6700 
Acronym 6700 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6688 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6688 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6688 
It is comming along.... 6507 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6507 
The perfect corrector. 6507 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6507 
The perfect corrector - II 6506 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6505 
Wrong values shown 6504 
The deliberate mistakes? 6504 
330R anode resistors 6504 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6504 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6504 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6502 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6502 
Going on from "There" 6502 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6502 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6501 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6500 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6500 
Good for them. 6500 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6500 
A few more 6500 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6500 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6499 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6499 
Hybridizing 6499 
I love it! 6499 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6497 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6497 
SSG 6496 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6496 
USSR SSG 6496 
USSR SSG 6496 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6496 
Fixed bias 6496 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6496 
More on this, please 6495 
Interesting development! 6495 
One-Story Jack 6495 
Nature's Bias 6495 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6495 
Apologies! 6494 
Tunable Y-factor? 6494 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6494 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6489 
The sound of one hand clapping 6489 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6488 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6480 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6480 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6479 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6479 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6479 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6394 
Specific air cap changes 6394 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6394 
One tube, two channels? 6394 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6394 
"Crosstalk" 6393 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6352 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6331 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5905 
Sucks! 5833 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5832 
Um, what? 5832 
Alternative Transformer 5832 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5832 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5832 
Hmmm,I suspect 5832 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5824 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5812 
The 100Hz hum? 5812 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5812 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5812 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5811 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5811 
DIY Air-Caps? 5811 
Capacitors 5808 
Hum again. 5787 
Hm, again.... 5787 
Tribute MC iron 5502 
Changing loads 5498 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5498 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5497 
Loading on primary? 5497 
Anticipating the needs 5497 
CCS heating? 5460 
2nd stage bias mystery 5343 
It is true but it negligible. 5343 
V2 biasing continued 5342 
Works +/- properly 5341 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5341 
My assault 5314 
What, No Breadboard? 5314 
Don't laugh too loud... 5314 
So far it is good. 5314 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5314 
The assembly and the buzz 5313 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5313 
Caps and chokes 5313 
The price of fame 5313 
Tribute 5313 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5313 
Schematics 5313 
Traces 5313 
Moving Magnet 5313 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5313 
Cat smells fish? 5312 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5312 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5312 
In the box 5312 
Schematics II 5312 
A few comments. 5312 
Miscelanea 5312 
I am surprised. 5312 
Don't be 5311 
It is not about power supply. 5311 
EMI/RFI madness 5311 
Drinking in Modulation 5311 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5311 
Finito 5310 
It is only partially outside the context. 5310 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5309 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5309 
Corresponding to ? 5309 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5282 
Qualitat 5281 
The baby is sick 5237 
Last Cleaning? 5237 
Mine too... 5237 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5237 
What the hell is going on!!! 5237 
...air-caps dirty.... 5236 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5236 
Hum points 5236 
Beats and pieces. 5236 
What else? 5236 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5236 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5236 
Veggie ham 5236 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5235 
Holly idiocy! 5234 
Yes sir 5232 
I think your game is not over. 5232 
More ham 5232 
Route(s) to Ground 5232 
Grounding arrangement 5231 
Ground Thoughts 5230 
0A2 Question 5230 
Where is the Bolt? 5230 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5230 
"End of Live" tube set 5230 
GND plane 5230 
That crazy 7025. 5230 
Distributed bolt 5230 
Amperex ECC83 5230 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5230 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5230 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5230 
More findings 5229 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5229 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5228 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5228 
Grounding and trannies 5228 
Ignorance is bliss... 5226 
Shakey DIY Basics 5226 
Poor photographer 5226 
Spare the Oxen... 5226 
Is SiC sick? 5224 
Possible, so what? 5224 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5223 
Seek and you’ll find. 5223 
Filament 5223 
Filament considerations 5223 
Air caps?Buffer? 5223 
Exorcisms 5177 
Floating? 5176 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5169 
Toilet ham 5169 
The Shield 5168 
It is hard to say. 5168 
Fake bugle/teles 5168 
Never again. 5168 
Bingo! 5159 
Total current per channel 5152 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5152 
I like iron 5152 
Choke ringing 5152 
Ringing 5152 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5152 
Choke ringing again 5151 
What ringing? 5151 
Ring-ring 5151 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5151 
TT Rider 5151 
Snubbers and motors 5150 
Nice idea... 5150 
B+ 5150 
Shielded Interconnect 5150 
IC shields 5147 
The horrors of calibration 4995 
Floating Away 4995 
Ground is +/- understood 4994 
"Calibrate"??? 4994 
The self-serving calibrations. 4993 
Fighting with RIAA 4993 
The Usual 4993 
That's it! 4993 
Parts Location 4993 
Lush layout 4992 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4944 
It might be very impressive 4944 
To be clear 4944 
Shall I co? 4943 
Parts 4943 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4943 
What does it mean? 4943 
Come on! 4943 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4943 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4943 
EAR polite recess 4943 
Power sequencing? 4913 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4913 
3 Position switch 4912 
How true... 4912 
DIY Failsafe 4912 
Switch.. 4887 
Calibration problem 4862 
Resolved 4859 
Looks good 4858 
Fat LF 4858 
Loading Up 4858 
SUT's 4858 
Shunt regulation 4777 
Application dependent 4777 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4745 
It migh be an interesting company. 4745 
Amo/silver 4745 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4745 
Silver considerations 4745 
Again With the Amo 4745 
Silver path 4745 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4745 
The Path of Least Resistance 4744 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4744 
Foil 4744 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4744 
Audiopedophile's hell 4744 
In da house 4743 
Consistent anality 4742 
Right 4742 
A speculation 4740 
Mone on silver Trabants 4739 
Parts Ag 4739 
Trabant done in pure silver 4739 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4739 
Silver swamp 4739 
In the Long Run 4739 
2RM? 4734 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4734 
DIY 4733 
95%? 4733 
More on that 4733 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4733 
Fully shielded 4733 
Interesting 4733 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3929 
Creative people 3929 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3929 
It is what it is. 3928 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3928 
Gray market 3928 
Mix up 3927 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3927 
Sound beats engeneering 3334 
Engineering Crap 3334 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3334 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2831 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2246 
Snubbers 2194 
More on snubbers 2194 
Capacitors Question 2194 
Capacitors & updates 2194 
Z-foil 2194 
Loading resistors & sockets 2194 
Low noise tubes 2193 
What Works Where 2192 
What are the REAL goals? 2192 
Good engineering parctices 2192 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2192 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2192 
It was 13 years back... 2192 
Thank you 2192 
Tube Selection 2181 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2078 
Big output capacitor question. 1839 
Context/Application/Circuit 1838 
EAR 1838 
Of Course... 1838 
834pT 1837 
Who knows.... 1837 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1836 
Where? 1836 
Big cap banks 1836 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 421 
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