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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6596 
End of Life 6596 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6596 
Shallow ambitions 6596 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6596 
Acronym 6596 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6584 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6584 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6584 
It is comming along.... 6403 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6403 
The perfect corrector. 6403 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6403 
The perfect corrector - II 6402 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6401 
Wrong values shown 6400 
The deliberate mistakes? 6400 
330R anode resistors 6400 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6400 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6400 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6398 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6398 
Going on from "There" 6398 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6398 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6397 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6396 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6396 
Good for them. 6396 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6396 
A few more 6396 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6396 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6395 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6395 
Hybridizing 6395 
I love it! 6395 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6393 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6393 
SSG 6392 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6392 
USSR SSG 6392 
USSR SSG 6392 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6392 
Fixed bias 6392 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6392 
More on this, please 6391 
Interesting development! 6391 
One-Story Jack 6391 
Nature's Bias 6391 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6391 
Apologies! 6390 
Tunable Y-factor? 6390 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6390 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6385 
The sound of one hand clapping 6385 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6384 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6376 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6376 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6375 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6375 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6375 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6290 
Specific air cap changes 6290 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6290 
One tube, two channels? 6290 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6290 
"Crosstalk" 6289 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6248 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6227 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5801 
Sucks! 5729 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5728 
Um, what? 5728 
Alternative Transformer 5728 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5728 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5728 
Hmmm,I suspect 5728 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5720 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5708 
The 100Hz hum? 5708 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5708 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5708 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5707 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5707 
DIY Air-Caps? 5707 
Capacitors 5704 
Hum again. 5683 
Hm, again.... 5683 
Tribute MC iron 5398 
Changing loads 5394 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5394 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5393 
Loading on primary? 5393 
Anticipating the needs 5393 
CCS heating? 5356 
2nd stage bias mystery 5239 
It is true but it negligible. 5239 
V2 biasing continued 5238 
Works +/- properly 5237 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5237 
My assault 5210 
What, No Breadboard? 5210 
Don't laugh too loud... 5210 
So far it is good. 5210 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5210 
The assembly and the buzz 5209 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5209 
Caps and chokes 5209 
The price of fame 5209 
Tribute 5209 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5209 
Schematics 5209 
Traces 5209 
Moving Magnet 5209 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5209 
Cat smells fish? 5208 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5208 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5208 
In the box 5208 
Schematics II 5208 
A few comments. 5208 
Miscelanea 5208 
I am surprised. 5208 
Don't be 5207 
It is not about power supply. 5207 
EMI/RFI madness 5207 
Drinking in Modulation 5207 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5207 
Finito 5206 
It is only partially outside the context. 5206 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5205 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5205 
Corresponding to ? 5205 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5178 
Qualitat 5177 
The baby is sick 5133 
Last Cleaning? 5133 
Mine too... 5133 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5133 
What the hell is going on!!! 5133 
...air-caps dirty.... 5132 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5132 
Hum points 5132 
Beats and pieces. 5132 
What else? 5132 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5132 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5132 
Veggie ham 5132 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5131 
Holly idiocy! 5130 
Yes sir 5128 
I think your game is not over. 5128 
More ham 5128 
Route(s) to Ground 5128 
Grounding arrangement 5127 
Ground Thoughts 5126 
0A2 Question 5126 
Where is the Bolt? 5126 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5126 
"End of Live" tube set 5126 
GND plane 5126 
That crazy 7025. 5126 
Distributed bolt 5126 
Amperex ECC83 5126 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5126 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5126 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5126 
More findings 5125 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5125 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5124 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5124 
Grounding and trannies 5124 
Ignorance is bliss... 5122 
Shakey DIY Basics 5122 
Poor photographer 5122 
Spare the Oxen... 5122 
Is SiC sick? 5120 
Possible, so what? 5120 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5119 
Seek and you’ll find. 5119 
Filament 5119 
Filament considerations 5119 
Air caps?Buffer? 5119 
Exorcisms 5073 
Floating? 5072 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5065 
Toilet ham 5065 
The Shield 5064 
It is hard to say. 5064 
Fake bugle/teles 5064 
Never again. 5064 
Bingo! 5055 
Total current per channel 5048 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5048 
I like iron 5048 
Choke ringing 5048 
Ringing 5048 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5048 
Choke ringing again 5047 
What ringing? 5047 
Ring-ring 5047 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5047 
TT Rider 5047 
Snubbers and motors 5046 
Nice idea... 5046 
B+ 5046 
Shielded Interconnect 5046 
IC shields 5043 
The horrors of calibration 4891 
Floating Away 4891 
Ground is +/- understood 4890 
"Calibrate"??? 4890 
The self-serving calibrations. 4889 
Fighting with RIAA 4889 
The Usual 4889 
That's it! 4889 
Parts Location 4889 
Lush layout 4888 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4840 
It might be very impressive 4840 
To be clear 4840 
Shall I co? 4839 
Parts 4839 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4839 
What does it mean? 4839 
Come on! 4839 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4839 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4839 
EAR polite recess 4839 
Power sequencing? 4809 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4809 
3 Position switch 4808 
How true... 4808 
DIY Failsafe 4808 
Switch.. 4783 
Calibration problem 4758 
Resolved 4755 
Looks good 4754 
Fat LF 4754 
Loading Up 4754 
SUT's 4754 
Shunt regulation 4673 
Application dependent 4673 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4641 
It migh be an interesting company. 4641 
Amo/silver 4641 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4641 
Silver considerations 4641 
Again With the Amo 4641 
Silver path 4641 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4641 
The Path of Least Resistance 4640 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4640 
Foil 4640 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4640 
Audiopedophile's hell 4640 
In da house 4639 
Consistent anality 4638 
Right 4638 
A speculation 4636 
Mone on silver Trabants 4635 
Parts Ag 4635 
Trabant done in pure silver 4635 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4635 
Silver swamp 4635 
In the Long Run 4635 
2RM? 4630 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4630 
DIY 4629 
95%? 4629 
More on that 4629 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4629 
Fully shielded 4629 
Interesting 4629 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3825 
Creative people 3825 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3825 
It is what it is. 3824 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3824 
Gray market 3824 
Mix up 3823 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3823 
Sound beats engeneering 3230 
Engineering Crap 3230 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3230 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2727 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2142 
Snubbers 2090 
More on snubbers 2090 
Capacitors Question 2090 
Capacitors & updates 2090 
Z-foil 2090 
Loading resistors & sockets 2090 
Low noise tubes 2089 
What Works Where 2088 
What are the REAL goals? 2088 
Good engineering parctices 2088 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2088 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2088 
It was 13 years back... 2088 
Thank you 2088 
Tube Selection 2077 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1974 
Big output capacitor question. 1735 
Context/Application/Circuit 1734 
EAR 1734 
Of Course... 1734 
834pT 1733 
Who knows.... 1733 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1732 
Where? 1732 
Big cap banks 1732 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 317 
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