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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6706 
End of Life 6706 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6706 
Shallow ambitions 6706 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6706 
Acronym 6706 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6694 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6694 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6694 
It is comming along.... 6513 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6513 
The perfect corrector. 6513 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6513 
The perfect corrector - II 6512 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6511 
Wrong values shown 6510 
The deliberate mistakes? 6510 
330R anode resistors 6510 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6510 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6510 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6508 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6508 
Going on from "There" 6508 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6508 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6507 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6506 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6506 
Good for them. 6506 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6506 
A few more 6506 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6506 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6505 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6505 
Hybridizing 6505 
I love it! 6505 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6503 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6503 
SSG 6502 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6502 
USSR SSG 6502 
USSR SSG 6502 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6502 
Fixed bias 6502 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6502 
More on this, please 6501 
Interesting development! 6501 
One-Story Jack 6501 
Nature's Bias 6501 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6501 
Apologies! 6500 
Tunable Y-factor? 6500 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6500 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6495 
The sound of one hand clapping 6495 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6494 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6486 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6486 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6485 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6485 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6485 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6400 
Specific air cap changes 6400 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6400 
One tube, two channels? 6400 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6400 
"Crosstalk" 6399 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6358 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6337 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5911 
Sucks! 5839 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5838 
Um, what? 5838 
Alternative Transformer 5838 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5838 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5838 
Hmmm,I suspect 5838 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5830 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5818 
The 100Hz hum? 5818 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5818 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5818 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5817 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5817 
DIY Air-Caps? 5817 
Capacitors 5814 
Hum again. 5793 
Hm, again.... 5793 
Tribute MC iron 5508 
Changing loads 5504 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5504 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5503 
Loading on primary? 5503 
Anticipating the needs 5503 
CCS heating? 5466 
2nd stage bias mystery 5349 
It is true but it negligible. 5349 
V2 biasing continued 5348 
Works +/- properly 5347 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5347 
My assault 5320 
What, No Breadboard? 5320 
Don't laugh too loud... 5320 
So far it is good. 5320 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5320 
The assembly and the buzz 5319 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5319 
Caps and chokes 5319 
The price of fame 5319 
Tribute 5319 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5319 
Schematics 5319 
Traces 5319 
Moving Magnet 5319 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5319 
Cat smells fish? 5318 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5318 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5318 
In the box 5318 
Schematics II 5318 
A few comments. 5318 
Miscelanea 5318 
I am surprised. 5318 
Don't be 5317 
It is not about power supply. 5317 
EMI/RFI madness 5317 
Drinking in Modulation 5317 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5317 
Finito 5316 
It is only partially outside the context. 5316 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5315 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5315 
Corresponding to ? 5315 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5288 
Qualitat 5287 
The baby is sick 5243 
Last Cleaning? 5243 
Mine too... 5243 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5243 
What the hell is going on!!! 5243 
...air-caps dirty.... 5242 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5242 
Hum points 5242 
Beats and pieces. 5242 
What else? 5242 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5242 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5242 
Veggie ham 5242 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5241 
Holly idiocy! 5240 
Yes sir 5238 
I think your game is not over. 5238 
More ham 5238 
Route(s) to Ground 5238 
Grounding arrangement 5237 
Ground Thoughts 5236 
0A2 Question 5236 
Where is the Bolt? 5236 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5236 
"End of Live" tube set 5236 
GND plane 5236 
That crazy 7025. 5236 
Distributed bolt 5236 
Amperex ECC83 5236 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5236 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5236 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5236 
More findings 5235 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5235 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5234 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5234 
Grounding and trannies 5234 
Ignorance is bliss... 5232 
Shakey DIY Basics 5232 
Poor photographer 5232 
Spare the Oxen... 5232 
Is SiC sick? 5230 
Possible, so what? 5230 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5229 
Seek and you’ll find. 5229 
Filament 5229 
Filament considerations 5229 
Air caps?Buffer? 5229 
Exorcisms 5183 
Floating? 5182 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5175 
Toilet ham 5175 
The Shield 5174 
It is hard to say. 5174 
Fake bugle/teles 5174 
Never again. 5174 
Bingo! 5165 
Total current per channel 5158 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5158 
I like iron 5158 
Choke ringing 5158 
Ringing 5158 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5158 
Choke ringing again 5157 
What ringing? 5157 
Ring-ring 5157 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5157 
TT Rider 5157 
Snubbers and motors 5156 
Nice idea... 5156 
B+ 5156 
Shielded Interconnect 5156 
IC shields 5153 
The horrors of calibration 5001 
Floating Away 5001 
Ground is +/- understood 5000 
"Calibrate"??? 5000 
The self-serving calibrations. 4999 
Fighting with RIAA 4999 
The Usual 4999 
That's it! 4999 
Parts Location 4999 
Lush layout 4998 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4950 
It might be very impressive 4950 
To be clear 4950 
Shall I co? 4949 
Parts 4949 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4949 
What does it mean? 4949 
Come on! 4949 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4949 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4949 
EAR polite recess 4949 
Power sequencing? 4919 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4919 
3 Position switch 4918 
How true... 4918 
DIY Failsafe 4918 
Switch.. 4893 
Calibration problem 4868 
Resolved 4865 
Looks good 4864 
Fat LF 4864 
Loading Up 4864 
SUT's 4864 
Shunt regulation 4783 
Application dependent 4783 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4751 
It migh be an interesting company. 4751 
Amo/silver 4751 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4751 
Silver considerations 4751 
Again With the Amo 4751 
Silver path 4751 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4751 
The Path of Least Resistance 4750 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4750 
Foil 4750 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4750 
Audiopedophile's hell 4750 
In da house 4749 
Consistent anality 4748 
Right 4748 
A speculation 4746 
Mone on silver Trabants 4745 
Parts Ag 4745 
Trabant done in pure silver 4745 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4745 
Silver swamp 4745 
In the Long Run 4745 
2RM? 4740 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4740 
DIY 4739 
95%? 4739 
More on that 4739 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4739 
Fully shielded 4739 
Interesting 4739 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3935 
Creative people 3935 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3935 
It is what it is. 3934 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3934 
Gray market 3934 
Mix up 3933 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3933 
Sound beats engeneering 3340 
Engineering Crap 3340 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3340 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2837 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2252 
Snubbers 2200 
More on snubbers 2200 
Capacitors Question 2200 
Capacitors & updates 2200 
Z-foil 2200 
Loading resistors & sockets 2200 
Low noise tubes 2199 
What Works Where 2198 
What are the REAL goals? 2198 
Good engineering parctices 2198 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2198 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2198 
It was 13 years back... 2198 
Thank you 2198 
Tube Selection 2187 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2084 
Big output capacitor question. 1845 
Context/Application/Circuit 1844 
EAR 1844 
Of Course... 1844 
834pT 1843 
Who knows.... 1843 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1842 
Where? 1842 
Big cap banks 1842 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 427 
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