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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6618 
End of Life 6618 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6618 
Shallow ambitions 6618 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6618 
Acronym 6618 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6606 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6606 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6606 
It is comming along.... 6425 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6425 
The perfect corrector. 6425 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6425 
The perfect corrector - II 6424 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6423 
Wrong values shown 6422 
The deliberate mistakes? 6422 
330R anode resistors 6422 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6422 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6422 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6420 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6420 
Going on from "There" 6420 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6420 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6419 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6418 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6418 
Good for them. 6418 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6418 
A few more 6418 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6418 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6417 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6417 
Hybridizing 6417 
I love it! 6417 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6415 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6415 
SSG 6414 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6414 
USSR SSG 6414 
USSR SSG 6414 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6414 
Fixed bias 6414 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6414 
More on this, please 6413 
Interesting development! 6413 
One-Story Jack 6413 
Nature's Bias 6413 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6413 
Apologies! 6412 
Tunable Y-factor? 6412 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6412 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6407 
The sound of one hand clapping 6407 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6406 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6398 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6398 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6397 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6397 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6397 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6312 
Specific air cap changes 6312 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6312 
One tube, two channels? 6312 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6312 
"Crosstalk" 6311 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6270 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6249 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5823 
Sucks! 5751 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5750 
Um, what? 5750 
Alternative Transformer 5750 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5750 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5750 
Hmmm,I suspect 5750 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5742 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5730 
The 100Hz hum? 5730 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5730 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5730 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5729 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5729 
DIY Air-Caps? 5729 
Capacitors 5726 
Hum again. 5705 
Hm, again.... 5705 
Tribute MC iron 5420 
Changing loads 5416 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5416 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5415 
Loading on primary? 5415 
Anticipating the needs 5415 
CCS heating? 5378 
2nd stage bias mystery 5261 
It is true but it negligible. 5261 
V2 biasing continued 5260 
Works +/- properly 5259 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5259 
My assault 5232 
What, No Breadboard? 5232 
Don't laugh too loud... 5232 
So far it is good. 5232 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5232 
The assembly and the buzz 5231 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5231 
Caps and chokes 5231 
The price of fame 5231 
Tribute 5231 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5231 
Schematics 5231 
Traces 5231 
Moving Magnet 5231 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5231 
Cat smells fish? 5230 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5230 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5230 
In the box 5230 
Schematics II 5230 
A few comments. 5230 
Miscelanea 5230 
I am surprised. 5230 
Don't be 5229 
It is not about power supply. 5229 
EMI/RFI madness 5229 
Drinking in Modulation 5229 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5229 
Finito 5228 
It is only partially outside the context. 5228 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5227 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5227 
Corresponding to ? 5227 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5200 
Qualitat 5199 
The baby is sick 5155 
Last Cleaning? 5155 
Mine too... 5155 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5155 
What the hell is going on!!! 5155 
...air-caps dirty.... 5154 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5154 
Hum points 5154 
Beats and pieces. 5154 
What else? 5154 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5154 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5154 
Veggie ham 5154 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5153 
Holly idiocy! 5152 
Yes sir 5150 
I think your game is not over. 5150 
More ham 5150 
Route(s) to Ground 5150 
Grounding arrangement 5149 
Ground Thoughts 5148 
0A2 Question 5148 
Where is the Bolt? 5148 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5148 
"End of Live" tube set 5148 
GND plane 5148 
That crazy 7025. 5148 
Distributed bolt 5148 
Amperex ECC83 5148 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5148 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5148 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5148 
More findings 5147 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5147 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5146 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5146 
Grounding and trannies 5146 
Ignorance is bliss... 5144 
Shakey DIY Basics 5144 
Poor photographer 5144 
Spare the Oxen... 5144 
Is SiC sick? 5142 
Possible, so what? 5142 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5141 
Seek and you’ll find. 5141 
Filament 5141 
Filament considerations 5141 
Air caps?Buffer? 5141 
Exorcisms 5095 
Floating? 5094 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5087 
Toilet ham 5087 
The Shield 5086 
It is hard to say. 5086 
Fake bugle/teles 5086 
Never again. 5086 
Bingo! 5077 
Total current per channel 5070 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5070 
I like iron 5070 
Choke ringing 5070 
Ringing 5070 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5070 
Choke ringing again 5069 
What ringing? 5069 
Ring-ring 5069 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5069 
TT Rider 5069 
Snubbers and motors 5068 
Nice idea... 5068 
B+ 5068 
Shielded Interconnect 5068 
IC shields 5065 
The horrors of calibration 4913 
Floating Away 4913 
Ground is +/- understood 4912 
"Calibrate"??? 4912 
The self-serving calibrations. 4911 
Fighting with RIAA 4911 
The Usual 4911 
That's it! 4911 
Parts Location 4911 
Lush layout 4910 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4862 
It might be very impressive 4862 
To be clear 4862 
Shall I co? 4861 
Parts 4861 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4861 
What does it mean? 4861 
Come on! 4861 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4861 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4861 
EAR polite recess 4861 
Power sequencing? 4831 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4831 
3 Position switch 4830 
How true... 4830 
DIY Failsafe 4830 
Switch.. 4805 
Calibration problem 4780 
Resolved 4777 
Looks good 4776 
Fat LF 4776 
Loading Up 4776 
SUT's 4776 
Shunt regulation 4695 
Application dependent 4695 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4663 
It migh be an interesting company. 4663 
Amo/silver 4663 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4663 
Silver considerations 4663 
Again With the Amo 4663 
Silver path 4663 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4663 
The Path of Least Resistance 4662 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4662 
Foil 4662 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4662 
Audiopedophile's hell 4662 
In da house 4661 
Consistent anality 4660 
Right 4660 
A speculation 4658 
Mone on silver Trabants 4657 
Parts Ag 4657 
Trabant done in pure silver 4657 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4657 
Silver swamp 4657 
In the Long Run 4657 
2RM? 4652 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4652 
DIY 4651 
95%? 4651 
More on that 4651 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4651 
Fully shielded 4651 
Interesting 4651 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3847 
Creative people 3847 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3847 
It is what it is. 3846 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3846 
Gray market 3846 
Mix up 3845 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3845 
Sound beats engeneering 3252 
Engineering Crap 3252 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3252 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2749 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2164 
Snubbers 2112 
More on snubbers 2112 
Capacitors Question 2112 
Capacitors & updates 2112 
Z-foil 2112 
Loading resistors & sockets 2112 
Low noise tubes 2111 
What Works Where 2110 
What are the REAL goals? 2110 
Good engineering parctices 2110 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2110 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2110 
It was 13 years back... 2110 
Thank you 2110 
Tube Selection 2099 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1996 
Big output capacitor question. 1757 
Context/Application/Circuit 1756 
EAR 1756 
Of Course... 1756 
834pT 1755 
Who knows.... 1755 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1754 
Where? 1754 
Big cap banks 1754 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 339 
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