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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6884 
End of Life 6884 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6884 
Shallow ambitions 6884 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6884 
Acronym 6884 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6872 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6872 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6872 
It is comming along.... 6691 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6691 
The perfect corrector. 6691 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6691 
The perfect corrector - II 6690 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6689 
Wrong values shown 6688 
The deliberate mistakes? 6688 
330R anode resistors 6688 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6688 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6688 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6686 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6686 
Going on from "There" 6686 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6686 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6685 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6684 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6684 
Good for them. 6684 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6684 
A few more 6684 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6684 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6683 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6683 
Hybridizing 6683 
I love it! 6683 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6681 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6681 
SSG 6680 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6680 
USSR SSG 6680 
USSR SSG 6680 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6680 
Fixed bias 6680 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6680 
More on this, please 6679 
Interesting development! 6679 
One-Story Jack 6679 
Nature's Bias 6679 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6679 
Apologies! 6678 
Tunable Y-factor? 6678 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6678 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6673 
The sound of one hand clapping 6673 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6672 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6664 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6664 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6663 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6663 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6663 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6578 
Specific air cap changes 6578 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6578 
One tube, two channels? 6578 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6578 
"Crosstalk" 6577 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6536 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6515 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6089 
Sucks! 6017 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6016 
Um, what? 6016 
Alternative Transformer 6016 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6016 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6016 
Hmmm,I suspect 6016 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6008 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5996 
The 100Hz hum? 5996 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5996 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5996 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5995 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5995 
DIY Air-Caps? 5995 
Capacitors 5992 
Hum again. 5971 
Hm, again.... 5971 
Tribute MC iron 5686 
Changing loads 5682 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5682 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5681 
Loading on primary? 5681 
Anticipating the needs 5681 
CCS heating? 5644 
2nd stage bias mystery 5527 
It is true but it negligible. 5527 
V2 biasing continued 5526 
Works +/- properly 5525 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5525 
My assault 5498 
What, No Breadboard? 5498 
Don't laugh too loud... 5498 
So far it is good. 5498 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5498 
The assembly and the buzz 5497 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5497 
Caps and chokes 5497 
The price of fame 5497 
Tribute 5497 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5497 
Schematics 5497 
Traces 5497 
Moving Magnet 5497 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5497 
Cat smells fish? 5496 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5496 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5496 
In the box 5496 
Schematics II 5496 
A few comments. 5496 
Miscelanea 5496 
I am surprised. 5496 
Don't be 5495 
It is not about power supply. 5495 
EMI/RFI madness 5495 
Drinking in Modulation 5495 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5495 
Finito 5494 
It is only partially outside the context. 5494 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5493 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5493 
Corresponding to ? 5493 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5466 
Qualitat 5465 
The baby is sick 5421 
Last Cleaning? 5421 
Mine too... 5421 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5421 
What the hell is going on!!! 5421 
...air-caps dirty.... 5420 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5420 
Hum points 5420 
Beats and pieces. 5420 
What else? 5420 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5420 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5420 
Veggie ham 5420 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5419 
Holly idiocy! 5418 
Yes sir 5416 
I think your game is not over. 5416 
More ham 5416 
Route(s) to Ground 5416 
Grounding arrangement 5415 
Ground Thoughts 5414 
0A2 Question 5414 
Where is the Bolt? 5414 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5414 
"End of Live" tube set 5414 
GND plane 5414 
That crazy 7025. 5414 
Distributed bolt 5414 
Amperex ECC83 5414 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5414 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5414 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5414 
More findings 5413 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5413 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5412 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5412 
Grounding and trannies 5412 
Ignorance is bliss... 5410 
Shakey DIY Basics 5410 
Poor photographer 5410 
Spare the Oxen... 5410 
Is SiC sick? 5408 
Possible, so what? 5408 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5407 
Seek and you’ll find. 5407 
Filament 5407 
Filament considerations 5407 
Air caps?Buffer? 5407 
Exorcisms 5361 
Floating? 5360 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5353 
Toilet ham 5353 
The Shield 5352 
It is hard to say. 5352 
Fake bugle/teles 5352 
Never again. 5352 
Bingo! 5343 
Total current per channel 5336 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5336 
I like iron 5336 
Choke ringing 5336 
Ringing 5336 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5336 
Choke ringing again 5335 
What ringing? 5335 
Ring-ring 5335 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5335 
TT Rider 5335 
Snubbers and motors 5334 
Nice idea... 5334 
B+ 5334 
Shielded Interconnect 5334 
IC shields 5331 
The horrors of calibration 5179 
Floating Away 5179 
Ground is +/- understood 5178 
"Calibrate"??? 5178 
The self-serving calibrations. 5177 
Fighting with RIAA 5177 
The Usual 5177 
That's it! 5177 
Parts Location 5177 
Lush layout 5176 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5128 
It might be very impressive 5128 
To be clear 5128 
Shall I co? 5127 
Parts 5127 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5127 
What does it mean? 5127 
Come on! 5127 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5127 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5127 
EAR polite recess 5127 
Power sequencing? 5097 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5097 
3 Position switch 5096 
How true... 5096 
DIY Failsafe 5096 
Switch.. 5071 
Calibration problem 5046 
Resolved 5043 
Looks good 5042 
Fat LF 5042 
Loading Up 5042 
SUT's 5042 
Shunt regulation 4961 
Application dependent 4961 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4929 
It migh be an interesting company. 4929 
Amo/silver 4929 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4929 
Silver considerations 4929 
Again With the Amo 4929 
Silver path 4929 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4929 
The Path of Least Resistance 4928 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4928 
Foil 4928 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4928 
Audiopedophile's hell 4928 
In da house 4927 
Consistent anality 4926 
Right 4926 
A speculation 4924 
Mone on silver Trabants 4923 
Parts Ag 4923 
Trabant done in pure silver 4923 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4923 
Silver swamp 4923 
In the Long Run 4923 
2RM? 4918 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4918 
DIY 4917 
95%? 4917 
More on that 4917 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4917 
Fully shielded 4917 
Interesting 4917 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4113 
Creative people 4113 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4113 
It is what it is. 4112 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4112 
Gray market 4112 
Mix up 4111 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4111 
Sound beats engeneering 3518 
Engineering Crap 3518 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3518 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3015 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2430 
Snubbers 2378 
More on snubbers 2378 
Capacitors Question 2378 
Capacitors & updates 2378 
Z-foil 2378 
Loading resistors & sockets 2378 
Low noise tubes 2377 
What Works Where 2376 
What are the REAL goals? 2376 
Good engineering parctices 2376 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2376 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2376 
It was 13 years back... 2376 
Thank you 2376 
Tube Selection 2365 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2262 
Big output capacitor question. 2023 
Context/Application/Circuit 2022 
EAR 2022 
Of Course... 2022 
834pT 2021 
Who knows.... 2021 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2020 
Where? 2020 
Big cap banks 2020 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 605 
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