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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6713 
End of Life 6713 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6713 
Shallow ambitions 6713 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6713 
Acronym 6713 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6701 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6701 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6701 
It is comming along.... 6520 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6520 
The perfect corrector. 6520 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6520 
The perfect corrector - II 6519 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6518 
Wrong values shown 6517 
The deliberate mistakes? 6517 
330R anode resistors 6517 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6517 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6517 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6515 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6515 
Going on from "There" 6515 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6515 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6514 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6513 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6513 
Good for them. 6513 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6513 
A few more 6513 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6513 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6512 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6512 
Hybridizing 6512 
I love it! 6512 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6510 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6510 
SSG 6509 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6509 
USSR SSG 6509 
USSR SSG 6509 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6509 
Fixed bias 6509 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6509 
More on this, please 6508 
Interesting development! 6508 
One-Story Jack 6508 
Nature's Bias 6508 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6508 
Apologies! 6507 
Tunable Y-factor? 6507 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6507 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6502 
The sound of one hand clapping 6502 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6501 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6493 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6493 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6492 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6492 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6492 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6407 
Specific air cap changes 6407 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6407 
One tube, two channels? 6407 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6407 
"Crosstalk" 6406 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6365 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6344 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5918 
Sucks! 5846 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5845 
Um, what? 5845 
Alternative Transformer 5845 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5845 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5845 
Hmmm,I suspect 5845 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5837 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5825 
The 100Hz hum? 5825 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5825 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5825 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5824 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5824 
DIY Air-Caps? 5824 
Capacitors 5821 
Hum again. 5800 
Hm, again.... 5800 
Tribute MC iron 5515 
Changing loads 5511 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5511 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5510 
Loading on primary? 5510 
Anticipating the needs 5510 
CCS heating? 5473 
2nd stage bias mystery 5356 
It is true but it negligible. 5356 
V2 biasing continued 5355 
Works +/- properly 5354 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5354 
My assault 5327 
What, No Breadboard? 5327 
Don't laugh too loud... 5327 
So far it is good. 5327 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5327 
The assembly and the buzz 5326 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5326 
Caps and chokes 5326 
The price of fame 5326 
Tribute 5326 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5326 
Schematics 5326 
Traces 5326 
Moving Magnet 5326 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5326 
Cat smells fish? 5325 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5325 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5325 
In the box 5325 
Schematics II 5325 
A few comments. 5325 
Miscelanea 5325 
I am surprised. 5325 
Don't be 5324 
It is not about power supply. 5324 
EMI/RFI madness 5324 
Drinking in Modulation 5324 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5324 
Finito 5323 
It is only partially outside the context. 5323 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5322 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5322 
Corresponding to ? 5322 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5295 
Qualitat 5294 
The baby is sick 5250 
Last Cleaning? 5250 
Mine too... 5250 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5250 
What the hell is going on!!! 5250 
...air-caps dirty.... 5249 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5249 
Hum points 5249 
Beats and pieces. 5249 
What else? 5249 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5249 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5249 
Veggie ham 5249 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5248 
Holly idiocy! 5247 
Yes sir 5245 
I think your game is not over. 5245 
More ham 5245 
Route(s) to Ground 5245 
Grounding arrangement 5244 
Ground Thoughts 5243 
0A2 Question 5243 
Where is the Bolt? 5243 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5243 
"End of Live" tube set 5243 
GND plane 5243 
That crazy 7025. 5243 
Distributed bolt 5243 
Amperex ECC83 5243 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5243 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5243 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5243 
More findings 5242 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5242 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5241 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5241 
Grounding and trannies 5241 
Ignorance is bliss... 5239 
Shakey DIY Basics 5239 
Poor photographer 5239 
Spare the Oxen... 5239 
Is SiC sick? 5237 
Possible, so what? 5237 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5236 
Seek and you’ll find. 5236 
Filament 5236 
Filament considerations 5236 
Air caps?Buffer? 5236 
Exorcisms 5190 
Floating? 5189 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5182 
Toilet ham 5182 
The Shield 5181 
It is hard to say. 5181 
Fake bugle/teles 5181 
Never again. 5181 
Bingo! 5172 
Total current per channel 5165 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5165 
I like iron 5165 
Choke ringing 5165 
Ringing 5165 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5165 
Choke ringing again 5164 
What ringing? 5164 
Ring-ring 5164 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5164 
TT Rider 5164 
Snubbers and motors 5163 
Nice idea... 5163 
B+ 5163 
Shielded Interconnect 5163 
IC shields 5160 
The horrors of calibration 5008 
Floating Away 5008 
Ground is +/- understood 5007 
"Calibrate"??? 5007 
The self-serving calibrations. 5006 
Fighting with RIAA 5006 
The Usual 5006 
That's it! 5006 
Parts Location 5006 
Lush layout 5005 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4957 
It might be very impressive 4957 
To be clear 4957 
Shall I co? 4956 
Parts 4956 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4956 
What does it mean? 4956 
Come on! 4956 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4956 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4956 
EAR polite recess 4956 
Power sequencing? 4926 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4926 
3 Position switch 4925 
How true... 4925 
DIY Failsafe 4925 
Switch.. 4900 
Calibration problem 4875 
Resolved 4872 
Looks good 4871 
Fat LF 4871 
Loading Up 4871 
SUT's 4871 
Shunt regulation 4790 
Application dependent 4790 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4758 
It migh be an interesting company. 4758 
Amo/silver 4758 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4758 
Silver considerations 4758 
Again With the Amo 4758 
Silver path 4758 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4758 
The Path of Least Resistance 4757 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4757 
Foil 4757 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4757 
Audiopedophile's hell 4757 
In da house 4756 
Consistent anality 4755 
Right 4755 
A speculation 4753 
Mone on silver Trabants 4752 
Parts Ag 4752 
Trabant done in pure silver 4752 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4752 
Silver swamp 4752 
In the Long Run 4752 
2RM? 4747 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4747 
DIY 4746 
95%? 4746 
More on that 4746 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4746 
Fully shielded 4746 
Interesting 4746 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3942 
Creative people 3942 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3942 
It is what it is. 3941 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3941 
Gray market 3941 
Mix up 3940 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3940 
Sound beats engeneering 3347 
Engineering Crap 3347 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3347 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2844 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2259 
Snubbers 2207 
More on snubbers 2207 
Capacitors Question 2207 
Capacitors & updates 2207 
Z-foil 2207 
Loading resistors & sockets 2207 
Low noise tubes 2206 
What Works Where 2205 
What are the REAL goals? 2205 
Good engineering parctices 2205 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2205 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2205 
It was 13 years back... 2205 
Thank you 2205 
Tube Selection 2194 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2091 
Big output capacitor question. 1852 
Context/Application/Circuit 1851 
EAR 1851 
Of Course... 1851 
834pT 1850 
Who knows.... 1850 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1849 
Where? 1849 
Big cap banks 1849 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 434 
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