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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6659 
End of Life 6659 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6659 
Shallow ambitions 6659 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6659 
Acronym 6659 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6647 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6647 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6647 
It is comming along.... 6466 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6466 
The perfect corrector. 6466 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6466 
The perfect corrector - II 6465 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6464 
Wrong values shown 6463 
The deliberate mistakes? 6463 
330R anode resistors 6463 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6463 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6463 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6461 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6461 
Going on from "There" 6461 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6461 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6460 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6459 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6459 
Good for them. 6459 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6459 
A few more 6459 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6459 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6458 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6458 
Hybridizing 6458 
I love it! 6458 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6456 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6456 
SSG 6455 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6455 
USSR SSG 6455 
USSR SSG 6455 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6455 
Fixed bias 6455 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6455 
More on this, please 6454 
Interesting development! 6454 
One-Story Jack 6454 
Nature's Bias 6454 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6454 
Apologies! 6453 
Tunable Y-factor? 6453 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6453 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6448 
The sound of one hand clapping 6448 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6447 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6439 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6439 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6438 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6438 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6438 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6353 
Specific air cap changes 6353 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6353 
One tube, two channels? 6353 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6353 
"Crosstalk" 6352 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6311 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6290 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5864 
Sucks! 5792 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5791 
Um, what? 5791 
Alternative Transformer 5791 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5791 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5791 
Hmmm,I suspect 5791 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5783 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5771 
The 100Hz hum? 5771 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5771 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5771 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5770 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5770 
DIY Air-Caps? 5770 
Capacitors 5767 
Hum again. 5746 
Hm, again.... 5746 
Tribute MC iron 5461 
Changing loads 5457 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5457 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5456 
Loading on primary? 5456 
Anticipating the needs 5456 
CCS heating? 5419 
2nd stage bias mystery 5302 
It is true but it negligible. 5302 
V2 biasing continued 5301 
Works +/- properly 5300 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5300 
My assault 5273 
What, No Breadboard? 5273 
Don't laugh too loud... 5273 
So far it is good. 5273 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5273 
The assembly and the buzz 5272 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5272 
Caps and chokes 5272 
The price of fame 5272 
Tribute 5272 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5272 
Schematics 5272 
Traces 5272 
Moving Magnet 5272 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5272 
Cat smells fish? 5271 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5271 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5271 
In the box 5271 
Schematics II 5271 
A few comments. 5271 
Miscelanea 5271 
I am surprised. 5271 
Don't be 5270 
It is not about power supply. 5270 
EMI/RFI madness 5270 
Drinking in Modulation 5270 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5270 
Finito 5269 
It is only partially outside the context. 5269 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5268 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5268 
Corresponding to ? 5268 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5241 
Qualitat 5240 
The baby is sick 5196 
Last Cleaning? 5196 
Mine too... 5196 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5196 
What the hell is going on!!! 5196 
...air-caps dirty.... 5195 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5195 
Hum points 5195 
Beats and pieces. 5195 
What else? 5195 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5195 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5195 
Veggie ham 5195 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5194 
Holly idiocy! 5193 
Yes sir 5191 
I think your game is not over. 5191 
More ham 5191 
Route(s) to Ground 5191 
Grounding arrangement 5190 
Ground Thoughts 5189 
0A2 Question 5189 
Where is the Bolt? 5189 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5189 
"End of Live" tube set 5189 
GND plane 5189 
That crazy 7025. 5189 
Distributed bolt 5189 
Amperex ECC83 5189 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5189 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5189 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5189 
More findings 5188 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5188 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5187 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5187 
Grounding and trannies 5187 
Ignorance is bliss... 5185 
Shakey DIY Basics 5185 
Poor photographer 5185 
Spare the Oxen... 5185 
Is SiC sick? 5183 
Possible, so what? 5183 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5182 
Seek and you’ll find. 5182 
Filament 5182 
Filament considerations 5182 
Air caps?Buffer? 5182 
Exorcisms 5136 
Floating? 5135 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5128 
Toilet ham 5128 
The Shield 5127 
It is hard to say. 5127 
Fake bugle/teles 5127 
Never again. 5127 
Bingo! 5118 
Total current per channel 5111 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5111 
I like iron 5111 
Choke ringing 5111 
Ringing 5111 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5111 
Choke ringing again 5110 
What ringing? 5110 
Ring-ring 5110 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5110 
TT Rider 5110 
Snubbers and motors 5109 
Nice idea... 5109 
B+ 5109 
Shielded Interconnect 5109 
IC shields 5106 
The horrors of calibration 4954 
Floating Away 4954 
Ground is +/- understood 4953 
"Calibrate"??? 4953 
The self-serving calibrations. 4952 
Fighting with RIAA 4952 
The Usual 4952 
That's it! 4952 
Parts Location 4952 
Lush layout 4951 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4903 
It might be very impressive 4903 
To be clear 4903 
Shall I co? 4902 
Parts 4902 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4902 
What does it mean? 4902 
Come on! 4902 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4902 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4902 
EAR polite recess 4902 
Power sequencing? 4872 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4872 
3 Position switch 4871 
How true... 4871 
DIY Failsafe 4871 
Switch.. 4846 
Calibration problem 4821 
Resolved 4818 
Looks good 4817 
Fat LF 4817 
Loading Up 4817 
SUT's 4817 
Shunt regulation 4736 
Application dependent 4736 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4704 
It migh be an interesting company. 4704 
Amo/silver 4704 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4704 
Silver considerations 4704 
Again With the Amo 4704 
Silver path 4704 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4704 
The Path of Least Resistance 4703 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4703 
Foil 4703 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4703 
Audiopedophile's hell 4703 
In da house 4702 
Consistent anality 4701 
Right 4701 
A speculation 4699 
Mone on silver Trabants 4698 
Parts Ag 4698 
Trabant done in pure silver 4698 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4698 
Silver swamp 4698 
In the Long Run 4698 
2RM? 4693 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4693 
DIY 4692 
95%? 4692 
More on that 4692 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4692 
Fully shielded 4692 
Interesting 4692 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3888 
Creative people 3888 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3888 
It is what it is. 3887 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3887 
Gray market 3887 
Mix up 3886 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3886 
Sound beats engeneering 3293 
Engineering Crap 3293 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3293 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2790 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2205 
Snubbers 2153 
More on snubbers 2153 
Capacitors Question 2153 
Capacitors & updates 2153 
Z-foil 2153 
Loading resistors & sockets 2153 
Low noise tubes 2152 
What Works Where 2151 
What are the REAL goals? 2151 
Good engineering parctices 2151 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2151 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2151 
It was 13 years back... 2151 
Thank you 2151 
Tube Selection 2140 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2037 
Big output capacitor question. 1798 
Context/Application/Circuit 1797 
EAR 1797 
Of Course... 1797 
834pT 1796 
Who knows.... 1796 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1795 
Where? 1795 
Big cap banks 1795 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 380 
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