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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6752 
End of Life 6752 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6752 
Shallow ambitions 6752 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6752 
Acronym 6752 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6740 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6740 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6740 
It is comming along.... 6559 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6559 
The perfect corrector. 6559 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6559 
The perfect corrector - II 6558 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6557 
Wrong values shown 6556 
The deliberate mistakes? 6556 
330R anode resistors 6556 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6556 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6556 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6554 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6554 
Going on from "There" 6554 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6554 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6553 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6552 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6552 
Good for them. 6552 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6552 
A few more 6552 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6552 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6551 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6551 
Hybridizing 6551 
I love it! 6551 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6549 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6549 
SSG 6548 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6548 
USSR SSG 6548 
USSR SSG 6548 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6548 
Fixed bias 6548 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6548 
More on this, please 6547 
Interesting development! 6547 
One-Story Jack 6547 
Nature's Bias 6547 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6547 
Apologies! 6546 
Tunable Y-factor? 6546 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6546 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6541 
The sound of one hand clapping 6541 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6540 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6532 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6532 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6531 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6531 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6531 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6446 
Specific air cap changes 6446 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6446 
One tube, two channels? 6446 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6446 
"Crosstalk" 6445 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6404 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6383 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5957 
Sucks! 5885 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5884 
Um, what? 5884 
Alternative Transformer 5884 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5884 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5884 
Hmmm,I suspect 5884 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5876 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5864 
The 100Hz hum? 5864 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5864 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5864 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5863 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5863 
DIY Air-Caps? 5863 
Capacitors 5860 
Hum again. 5839 
Hm, again.... 5839 
Tribute MC iron 5554 
Changing loads 5550 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5550 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5549 
Loading on primary? 5549 
Anticipating the needs 5549 
CCS heating? 5512 
2nd stage bias mystery 5395 
It is true but it negligible. 5395 
V2 biasing continued 5394 
Works +/- properly 5393 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5393 
My assault 5366 
What, No Breadboard? 5366 
Don't laugh too loud... 5366 
So far it is good. 5366 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5366 
The assembly and the buzz 5365 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5365 
Caps and chokes 5365 
The price of fame 5365 
Tribute 5365 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5365 
Schematics 5365 
Traces 5365 
Moving Magnet 5365 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5365 
Cat smells fish? 5364 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5364 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5364 
In the box 5364 
Schematics II 5364 
A few comments. 5364 
Miscelanea 5364 
I am surprised. 5364 
Don't be 5363 
It is not about power supply. 5363 
EMI/RFI madness 5363 
Drinking in Modulation 5363 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5363 
Finito 5362 
It is only partially outside the context. 5362 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5361 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5361 
Corresponding to ? 5361 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5334 
Qualitat 5333 
The baby is sick 5289 
Last Cleaning? 5289 
Mine too... 5289 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5289 
What the hell is going on!!! 5289 
...air-caps dirty.... 5288 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5288 
Hum points 5288 
Beats and pieces. 5288 
What else? 5288 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5288 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5288 
Veggie ham 5288 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5287 
Holly idiocy! 5286 
Yes sir 5284 
I think your game is not over. 5284 
More ham 5284 
Route(s) to Ground 5284 
Grounding arrangement 5283 
Ground Thoughts 5282 
0A2 Question 5282 
Where is the Bolt? 5282 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5282 
"End of Live" tube set 5282 
GND plane 5282 
That crazy 7025. 5282 
Distributed bolt 5282 
Amperex ECC83 5282 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5282 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5282 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5282 
More findings 5281 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5281 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5280 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5280 
Grounding and trannies 5280 
Ignorance is bliss... 5278 
Shakey DIY Basics 5278 
Poor photographer 5278 
Spare the Oxen... 5278 
Is SiC sick? 5276 
Possible, so what? 5276 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5275 
Seek and you’ll find. 5275 
Filament 5275 
Filament considerations 5275 
Air caps?Buffer? 5275 
Exorcisms 5229 
Floating? 5228 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5221 
Toilet ham 5221 
The Shield 5220 
It is hard to say. 5220 
Fake bugle/teles 5220 
Never again. 5220 
Bingo! 5211 
Total current per channel 5204 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5204 
I like iron 5204 
Choke ringing 5204 
Ringing 5204 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5204 
Choke ringing again 5203 
What ringing? 5203 
Ring-ring 5203 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5203 
TT Rider 5203 
Snubbers and motors 5202 
Nice idea... 5202 
B+ 5202 
Shielded Interconnect 5202 
IC shields 5199 
The horrors of calibration 5047 
Floating Away 5047 
Ground is +/- understood 5046 
"Calibrate"??? 5046 
The self-serving calibrations. 5045 
Fighting with RIAA 5045 
The Usual 5045 
That's it! 5045 
Parts Location 5045 
Lush layout 5044 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4996 
It might be very impressive 4996 
To be clear 4996 
Shall I co? 4995 
Parts 4995 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4995 
What does it mean? 4995 
Come on! 4995 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4995 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4995 
EAR polite recess 4995 
Power sequencing? 4965 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4965 
3 Position switch 4964 
How true... 4964 
DIY Failsafe 4964 
Switch.. 4939 
Calibration problem 4914 
Resolved 4911 
Looks good 4910 
Fat LF 4910 
Loading Up 4910 
SUT's 4910 
Shunt regulation 4829 
Application dependent 4829 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4797 
It migh be an interesting company. 4797 
Amo/silver 4797 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4797 
Silver considerations 4797 
Again With the Amo 4797 
Silver path 4797 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4797 
The Path of Least Resistance 4796 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4796 
Foil 4796 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4796 
Audiopedophile's hell 4796 
In da house 4795 
Consistent anality 4794 
Right 4794 
A speculation 4792 
Mone on silver Trabants 4791 
Parts Ag 4791 
Trabant done in pure silver 4791 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4791 
Silver swamp 4791 
In the Long Run 4791 
2RM? 4786 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4786 
DIY 4785 
95%? 4785 
More on that 4785 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4785 
Fully shielded 4785 
Interesting 4785 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3981 
Creative people 3981 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3981 
It is what it is. 3980 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3980 
Gray market 3980 
Mix up 3979 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3979 
Sound beats engeneering 3386 
Engineering Crap 3386 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3386 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2883 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2298 
Snubbers 2246 
More on snubbers 2246 
Capacitors Question 2246 
Capacitors & updates 2246 
Z-foil 2246 
Loading resistors & sockets 2246 
Low noise tubes 2245 
What Works Where 2244 
What are the REAL goals? 2244 
Good engineering parctices 2244 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2244 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2244 
It was 13 years back... 2244 
Thank you 2244 
Tube Selection 2233 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2130 
Big output capacitor question. 1891 
Context/Application/Circuit 1890 
EAR 1890 
Of Course... 1890 
834pT 1889 
Who knows.... 1889 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1888 
Where? 1888 
Big cap banks 1888 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 473 
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