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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6806 
End of Life 6806 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6806 
Shallow ambitions 6806 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6806 
Acronym 6806 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6794 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6794 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6794 
It is comming along.... 6613 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6613 
The perfect corrector. 6613 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6613 
The perfect corrector - II 6612 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6611 
Wrong values shown 6610 
The deliberate mistakes? 6610 
330R anode resistors 6610 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6610 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6610 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6608 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6608 
Going on from "There" 6608 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6608 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6607 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6606 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6606 
Good for them. 6606 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6606 
A few more 6606 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6606 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6605 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6605 
Hybridizing 6605 
I love it! 6605 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6603 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6603 
SSG 6602 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6602 
USSR SSG 6602 
USSR SSG 6602 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6602 
Fixed bias 6602 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6602 
More on this, please 6601 
Interesting development! 6601 
One-Story Jack 6601 
Nature's Bias 6601 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6601 
Apologies! 6600 
Tunable Y-factor? 6600 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6600 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6595 
The sound of one hand clapping 6595 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6594 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6586 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6586 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6585 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6585 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6585 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6500 
Specific air cap changes 6500 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6500 
One tube, two channels? 6500 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6500 
"Crosstalk" 6499 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6458 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6437 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6011 
Sucks! 5939 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5938 
Um, what? 5938 
Alternative Transformer 5938 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5938 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5938 
Hmmm,I suspect 5938 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5930 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5918 
The 100Hz hum? 5918 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5918 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5918 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5917 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5917 
DIY Air-Caps? 5917 
Capacitors 5914 
Hum again. 5893 
Hm, again.... 5893 
Tribute MC iron 5608 
Changing loads 5604 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5604 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5603 
Loading on primary? 5603 
Anticipating the needs 5603 
CCS heating? 5566 
2nd stage bias mystery 5449 
It is true but it negligible. 5449 
V2 biasing continued 5448 
Works +/- properly 5447 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5447 
My assault 5420 
What, No Breadboard? 5420 
Don't laugh too loud... 5420 
So far it is good. 5420 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5420 
The assembly and the buzz 5419 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5419 
Caps and chokes 5419 
The price of fame 5419 
Tribute 5419 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5419 
Schematics 5419 
Traces 5419 
Moving Magnet 5419 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5419 
Cat smells fish? 5418 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5418 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5418 
In the box 5418 
Schematics II 5418 
A few comments. 5418 
Miscelanea 5418 
I am surprised. 5418 
Don't be 5417 
It is not about power supply. 5417 
EMI/RFI madness 5417 
Drinking in Modulation 5417 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5417 
Finito 5416 
It is only partially outside the context. 5416 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5415 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5415 
Corresponding to ? 5415 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5388 
Qualitat 5387 
The baby is sick 5343 
Last Cleaning? 5343 
Mine too... 5343 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5343 
What the hell is going on!!! 5343 
...air-caps dirty.... 5342 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5342 
Hum points 5342 
Beats and pieces. 5342 
What else? 5342 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5342 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5342 
Veggie ham 5342 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5341 
Holly idiocy! 5340 
Yes sir 5338 
I think your game is not over. 5338 
More ham 5338 
Route(s) to Ground 5338 
Grounding arrangement 5337 
Ground Thoughts 5336 
0A2 Question 5336 
Where is the Bolt? 5336 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5336 
"End of Live" tube set 5336 
GND plane 5336 
That crazy 7025. 5336 
Distributed bolt 5336 
Amperex ECC83 5336 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5336 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5336 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5336 
More findings 5335 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5335 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5334 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5334 
Grounding and trannies 5334 
Ignorance is bliss... 5332 
Shakey DIY Basics 5332 
Poor photographer 5332 
Spare the Oxen... 5332 
Is SiC sick? 5330 
Possible, so what? 5330 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5329 
Seek and you’ll find. 5329 
Filament 5329 
Filament considerations 5329 
Air caps?Buffer? 5329 
Exorcisms 5283 
Floating? 5282 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5275 
Toilet ham 5275 
The Shield 5274 
It is hard to say. 5274 
Fake bugle/teles 5274 
Never again. 5274 
Bingo! 5265 
Total current per channel 5258 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5258 
I like iron 5258 
Choke ringing 5258 
Ringing 5258 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5258 
Choke ringing again 5257 
What ringing? 5257 
Ring-ring 5257 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5257 
TT Rider 5257 
Snubbers and motors 5256 
Nice idea... 5256 
B+ 5256 
Shielded Interconnect 5256 
IC shields 5253 
The horrors of calibration 5101 
Floating Away 5101 
Ground is +/- understood 5100 
"Calibrate"??? 5100 
The self-serving calibrations. 5099 
Fighting with RIAA 5099 
The Usual 5099 
That's it! 5099 
Parts Location 5099 
Lush layout 5098 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5050 
It might be very impressive 5050 
To be clear 5050 
Shall I co? 5049 
Parts 5049 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5049 
What does it mean? 5049 
Come on! 5049 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5049 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5049 
EAR polite recess 5049 
Power sequencing? 5019 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5019 
3 Position switch 5018 
How true... 5018 
DIY Failsafe 5018 
Switch.. 4993 
Calibration problem 4968 
Resolved 4965 
Looks good 4964 
Fat LF 4964 
Loading Up 4964 
SUT's 4964 
Shunt regulation 4883 
Application dependent 4883 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4851 
It migh be an interesting company. 4851 
Amo/silver 4851 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4851 
Silver considerations 4851 
Again With the Amo 4851 
Silver path 4851 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4851 
The Path of Least Resistance 4850 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4850 
Foil 4850 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4850 
Audiopedophile's hell 4850 
In da house 4849 
Consistent anality 4848 
Right 4848 
A speculation 4846 
Mone on silver Trabants 4845 
Parts Ag 4845 
Trabant done in pure silver 4845 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4845 
Silver swamp 4845 
In the Long Run 4845 
2RM? 4840 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4840 
DIY 4839 
95%? 4839 
More on that 4839 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4839 
Fully shielded 4839 
Interesting 4839 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4035 
Creative people 4035 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4035 
It is what it is. 4034 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4034 
Gray market 4034 
Mix up 4033 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4033 
Sound beats engeneering 3440 
Engineering Crap 3440 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3440 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2937 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2352 
Snubbers 2300 
More on snubbers 2300 
Capacitors Question 2300 
Capacitors & updates 2300 
Z-foil 2300 
Loading resistors & sockets 2300 
Low noise tubes 2299 
What Works Where 2298 
What are the REAL goals? 2298 
Good engineering parctices 2298 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2298 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2298 
It was 13 years back... 2298 
Thank you 2298 
Tube Selection 2287 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2184 
Big output capacitor question. 1945 
Context/Application/Circuit 1944 
EAR 1944 
Of Course... 1944 
834pT 1943 
Who knows.... 1943 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1942 
Where? 1942 
Big cap banks 1942 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 527 
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