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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6748 
End of Life 6748 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6748 
Shallow ambitions 6748 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6748 
Acronym 6748 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6736 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6736 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6736 
It is comming along.... 6555 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6555 
The perfect corrector. 6555 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6555 
The perfect corrector - II 6554 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6553 
Wrong values shown 6552 
The deliberate mistakes? 6552 
330R anode resistors 6552 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6552 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6552 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6550 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6550 
Going on from "There" 6550 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6550 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6549 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6548 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6548 
Good for them. 6548 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6548 
A few more 6548 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6548 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6547 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6547 
Hybridizing 6547 
I love it! 6547 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6545 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6545 
SSG 6544 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6544 
USSR SSG 6544 
USSR SSG 6544 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6544 
Fixed bias 6544 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6544 
More on this, please 6543 
Interesting development! 6543 
One-Story Jack 6543 
Nature's Bias 6543 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6543 
Apologies! 6542 
Tunable Y-factor? 6542 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6542 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6537 
The sound of one hand clapping 6537 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6536 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6528 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6528 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6527 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6527 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6527 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6442 
Specific air cap changes 6442 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6442 
One tube, two channels? 6442 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6442 
"Crosstalk" 6441 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6400 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6379 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5953 
Sucks! 5881 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5880 
Um, what? 5880 
Alternative Transformer 5880 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5880 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5880 
Hmmm,I suspect 5880 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5872 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5860 
The 100Hz hum? 5860 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5860 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5860 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5859 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5859 
DIY Air-Caps? 5859 
Capacitors 5856 
Hum again. 5835 
Hm, again.... 5835 
Tribute MC iron 5550 
Changing loads 5546 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5546 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5545 
Loading on primary? 5545 
Anticipating the needs 5545 
CCS heating? 5508 
2nd stage bias mystery 5391 
It is true but it negligible. 5391 
V2 biasing continued 5390 
Works +/- properly 5389 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5389 
My assault 5362 
What, No Breadboard? 5362 
Don't laugh too loud... 5362 
So far it is good. 5362 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5362 
The assembly and the buzz 5361 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5361 
Caps and chokes 5361 
The price of fame 5361 
Tribute 5361 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5361 
Schematics 5361 
Traces 5361 
Moving Magnet 5361 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5361 
Cat smells fish? 5360 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5360 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5360 
In the box 5360 
Schematics II 5360 
A few comments. 5360 
Miscelanea 5360 
I am surprised. 5360 
Don't be 5359 
It is not about power supply. 5359 
EMI/RFI madness 5359 
Drinking in Modulation 5359 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5359 
Finito 5358 
It is only partially outside the context. 5358 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5357 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5357 
Corresponding to ? 5357 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5330 
Qualitat 5329 
The baby is sick 5285 
Last Cleaning? 5285 
Mine too... 5285 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5285 
What the hell is going on!!! 5285 
...air-caps dirty.... 5284 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5284 
Hum points 5284 
Beats and pieces. 5284 
What else? 5284 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5284 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5284 
Veggie ham 5284 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5283 
Holly idiocy! 5282 
Yes sir 5280 
I think your game is not over. 5280 
More ham 5280 
Route(s) to Ground 5280 
Grounding arrangement 5279 
Ground Thoughts 5278 
0A2 Question 5278 
Where is the Bolt? 5278 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5278 
"End of Live" tube set 5278 
GND plane 5278 
That crazy 7025. 5278 
Distributed bolt 5278 
Amperex ECC83 5278 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5278 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5278 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5278 
More findings 5277 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5277 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5276 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5276 
Grounding and trannies 5276 
Ignorance is bliss... 5274 
Shakey DIY Basics 5274 
Poor photographer 5274 
Spare the Oxen... 5274 
Is SiC sick? 5272 
Possible, so what? 5272 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5271 
Seek and you’ll find. 5271 
Filament 5271 
Filament considerations 5271 
Air caps?Buffer? 5271 
Exorcisms 5225 
Floating? 5224 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5217 
Toilet ham 5217 
The Shield 5216 
It is hard to say. 5216 
Fake bugle/teles 5216 
Never again. 5216 
Bingo! 5207 
Total current per channel 5200 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5200 
I like iron 5200 
Choke ringing 5200 
Ringing 5200 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5200 
Choke ringing again 5199 
What ringing? 5199 
Ring-ring 5199 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5199 
TT Rider 5199 
Snubbers and motors 5198 
Nice idea... 5198 
B+ 5198 
Shielded Interconnect 5198 
IC shields 5195 
The horrors of calibration 5043 
Floating Away 5043 
Ground is +/- understood 5042 
"Calibrate"??? 5042 
The self-serving calibrations. 5041 
Fighting with RIAA 5041 
The Usual 5041 
That's it! 5041 
Parts Location 5041 
Lush layout 5040 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4992 
It might be very impressive 4992 
To be clear 4992 
Shall I co? 4991 
Parts 4991 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4991 
What does it mean? 4991 
Come on! 4991 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4991 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4991 
EAR polite recess 4991 
Power sequencing? 4961 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4961 
3 Position switch 4960 
How true... 4960 
DIY Failsafe 4960 
Switch.. 4935 
Calibration problem 4910 
Resolved 4907 
Looks good 4906 
Fat LF 4906 
Loading Up 4906 
SUT's 4906 
Shunt regulation 4825 
Application dependent 4825 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4793 
It migh be an interesting company. 4793 
Amo/silver 4793 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4793 
Silver considerations 4793 
Again With the Amo 4793 
Silver path 4793 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4793 
The Path of Least Resistance 4792 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4792 
Foil 4792 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4792 
Audiopedophile's hell 4792 
In da house 4791 
Consistent anality 4790 
Right 4790 
A speculation 4788 
Mone on silver Trabants 4787 
Parts Ag 4787 
Trabant done in pure silver 4787 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4787 
Silver swamp 4787 
In the Long Run 4787 
2RM? 4782 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4782 
DIY 4781 
95%? 4781 
More on that 4781 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4781 
Fully shielded 4781 
Interesting 4781 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3977 
Creative people 3977 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3977 
It is what it is. 3976 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3976 
Gray market 3976 
Mix up 3975 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3975 
Sound beats engeneering 3382 
Engineering Crap 3382 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3382 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2879 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2294 
Snubbers 2242 
More on snubbers 2242 
Capacitors Question 2242 
Capacitors & updates 2242 
Z-foil 2242 
Loading resistors & sockets 2242 
Low noise tubes 2241 
What Works Where 2240 
What are the REAL goals? 2240 
Good engineering parctices 2240 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2240 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2240 
It was 13 years back... 2240 
Thank you 2240 
Tube Selection 2229 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2126 
Big output capacitor question. 1887 
Context/Application/Circuit 1886 
EAR 1886 
Of Course... 1886 
834pT 1885 
Who knows.... 1885 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1884 
Where? 1884 
Big cap banks 1884 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 469 
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