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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6616 
End of Life 6616 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6616 
Shallow ambitions 6616 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6616 
Acronym 6616 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6604 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6604 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6604 
It is comming along.... 6423 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6423 
The perfect corrector. 6423 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6423 
The perfect corrector - II 6422 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6421 
Wrong values shown 6420 
The deliberate mistakes? 6420 
330R anode resistors 6420 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6420 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6420 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6418 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6418 
Going on from "There" 6418 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6418 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6417 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6416 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6416 
Good for them. 6416 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6416 
A few more 6416 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6416 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6415 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6415 
Hybridizing 6415 
I love it! 6415 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6413 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6413 
SSG 6412 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6412 
USSR SSG 6412 
USSR SSG 6412 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6412 
Fixed bias 6412 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6412 
More on this, please 6411 
Interesting development! 6411 
One-Story Jack 6411 
Nature's Bias 6411 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6411 
Apologies! 6410 
Tunable Y-factor? 6410 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6410 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6405 
The sound of one hand clapping 6405 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6404 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6396 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6396 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6395 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6395 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6395 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6310 
Specific air cap changes 6310 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6310 
One tube, two channels? 6310 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6310 
"Crosstalk" 6309 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6268 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6247 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5821 
Sucks! 5749 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5748 
Um, what? 5748 
Alternative Transformer 5748 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5748 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5748 
Hmmm,I suspect 5748 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5740 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5728 
The 100Hz hum? 5728 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5728 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5728 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5727 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5727 
DIY Air-Caps? 5727 
Capacitors 5724 
Hum again. 5703 
Hm, again.... 5703 
Tribute MC iron 5418 
Changing loads 5414 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5414 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5413 
Loading on primary? 5413 
Anticipating the needs 5413 
CCS heating? 5376 
2nd stage bias mystery 5259 
It is true but it negligible. 5259 
V2 biasing continued 5258 
Works +/- properly 5257 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5257 
My assault 5230 
What, No Breadboard? 5230 
Don't laugh too loud... 5230 
So far it is good. 5230 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5230 
The assembly and the buzz 5229 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5229 
Caps and chokes 5229 
The price of fame 5229 
Tribute 5229 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5229 
Schematics 5229 
Traces 5229 
Moving Magnet 5229 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5229 
Cat smells fish? 5228 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5228 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5228 
In the box 5228 
Schematics II 5228 
A few comments. 5228 
Miscelanea 5228 
I am surprised. 5228 
Don't be 5227 
It is not about power supply. 5227 
EMI/RFI madness 5227 
Drinking in Modulation 5227 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5227 
Finito 5226 
It is only partially outside the context. 5226 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5225 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5225 
Corresponding to ? 5225 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5198 
Qualitat 5197 
The baby is sick 5153 
Last Cleaning? 5153 
Mine too... 5153 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5153 
What the hell is going on!!! 5153 
...air-caps dirty.... 5152 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5152 
Hum points 5152 
Beats and pieces. 5152 
What else? 5152 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5152 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5152 
Veggie ham 5152 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5151 
Holly idiocy! 5150 
Yes sir 5148 
I think your game is not over. 5148 
More ham 5148 
Route(s) to Ground 5148 
Grounding arrangement 5147 
Ground Thoughts 5146 
0A2 Question 5146 
Where is the Bolt? 5146 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5146 
"End of Live" tube set 5146 
GND plane 5146 
That crazy 7025. 5146 
Distributed bolt 5146 
Amperex ECC83 5146 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5146 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5146 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5146 
More findings 5145 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5145 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5144 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5144 
Grounding and trannies 5144 
Ignorance is bliss... 5142 
Shakey DIY Basics 5142 
Poor photographer 5142 
Spare the Oxen... 5142 
Is SiC sick? 5140 
Possible, so what? 5140 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5139 
Seek and you’ll find. 5139 
Filament 5139 
Filament considerations 5139 
Air caps?Buffer? 5139 
Exorcisms 5093 
Floating? 5092 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5085 
Toilet ham 5085 
The Shield 5084 
It is hard to say. 5084 
Fake bugle/teles 5084 
Never again. 5084 
Bingo! 5075 
Total current per channel 5068 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5068 
I like iron 5068 
Choke ringing 5068 
Ringing 5068 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5068 
Choke ringing again 5067 
What ringing? 5067 
Ring-ring 5067 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5067 
TT Rider 5067 
Snubbers and motors 5066 
Nice idea... 5066 
B+ 5066 
Shielded Interconnect 5066 
IC shields 5063 
The horrors of calibration 4911 
Floating Away 4911 
Ground is +/- understood 4910 
"Calibrate"??? 4910 
The self-serving calibrations. 4909 
Fighting with RIAA 4909 
The Usual 4909 
That's it! 4909 
Parts Location 4909 
Lush layout 4908 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4860 
It might be very impressive 4860 
To be clear 4860 
Shall I co? 4859 
Parts 4859 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4859 
What does it mean? 4859 
Come on! 4859 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4859 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4859 
EAR polite recess 4859 
Power sequencing? 4829 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4829 
3 Position switch 4828 
How true... 4828 
DIY Failsafe 4828 
Switch.. 4803 
Calibration problem 4778 
Resolved 4775 
Looks good 4774 
Fat LF 4774 
Loading Up 4774 
SUT's 4774 
Shunt regulation 4693 
Application dependent 4693 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4661 
It migh be an interesting company. 4661 
Amo/silver 4661 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4661 
Silver considerations 4661 
Again With the Amo 4661 
Silver path 4661 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4661 
The Path of Least Resistance 4660 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4660 
Foil 4660 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4660 
Audiopedophile's hell 4660 
In da house 4659 
Consistent anality 4658 
Right 4658 
A speculation 4656 
Mone on silver Trabants 4655 
Parts Ag 4655 
Trabant done in pure silver 4655 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4655 
Silver swamp 4655 
In the Long Run 4655 
2RM? 4650 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4650 
DIY 4649 
95%? 4649 
More on that 4649 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4649 
Fully shielded 4649 
Interesting 4649 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3845 
Creative people 3845 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3845 
It is what it is. 3844 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3844 
Gray market 3844 
Mix up 3843 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3843 
Sound beats engeneering 3250 
Engineering Crap 3250 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3250 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2747 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2162 
Snubbers 2110 
More on snubbers 2110 
Capacitors Question 2110 
Capacitors & updates 2110 
Z-foil 2110 
Loading resistors & sockets 2110 
Low noise tubes 2109 
What Works Where 2108 
What are the REAL goals? 2108 
Good engineering parctices 2108 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2108 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2108 
It was 13 years back... 2108 
Thank you 2108 
Tube Selection 2097 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1994 
Big output capacitor question. 1755 
Context/Application/Circuit 1754 
EAR 1754 
Of Course... 1754 
834pT 1753 
Who knows.... 1753 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1752 
Where? 1752 
Big cap banks 1752 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 337 
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