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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6835 
End of Life 6835 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6835 
Shallow ambitions 6835 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6835 
Acronym 6835 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6823 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6823 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6823 
It is comming along.... 6642 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6642 
The perfect corrector. 6642 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6642 
The perfect corrector - II 6641 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6640 
Wrong values shown 6639 
The deliberate mistakes? 6639 
330R anode resistors 6639 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6639 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6639 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6637 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6637 
Going on from "There" 6637 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6637 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6636 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6635 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6635 
Good for them. 6635 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6635 
A few more 6635 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6635 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6634 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6634 
Hybridizing 6634 
I love it! 6634 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6632 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6632 
SSG 6631 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6631 
USSR SSG 6631 
USSR SSG 6631 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6631 
Fixed bias 6631 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6631 
More on this, please 6630 
Interesting development! 6630 
One-Story Jack 6630 
Nature's Bias 6630 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6630 
Apologies! 6629 
Tunable Y-factor? 6629 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6629 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6624 
The sound of one hand clapping 6624 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6623 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6615 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6615 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6614 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6614 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6614 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6529 
Specific air cap changes 6529 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6529 
One tube, two channels? 6529 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6529 
"Crosstalk" 6528 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6487 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6466 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6040 
Sucks! 5968 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5967 
Um, what? 5967 
Alternative Transformer 5967 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5967 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5967 
Hmmm,I suspect 5967 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5959 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5947 
The 100Hz hum? 5947 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5947 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5947 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5946 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5946 
DIY Air-Caps? 5946 
Capacitors 5943 
Hum again. 5922 
Hm, again.... 5922 
Tribute MC iron 5637 
Changing loads 5633 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5633 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5632 
Loading on primary? 5632 
Anticipating the needs 5632 
CCS heating? 5595 
2nd stage bias mystery 5478 
It is true but it negligible. 5478 
V2 biasing continued 5477 
Works +/- properly 5476 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5476 
My assault 5449 
What, No Breadboard? 5449 
Don't laugh too loud... 5449 
So far it is good. 5449 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5449 
The assembly and the buzz 5448 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5448 
Caps and chokes 5448 
The price of fame 5448 
Tribute 5448 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5448 
Schematics 5448 
Traces 5448 
Moving Magnet 5448 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5448 
Cat smells fish? 5447 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5447 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5447 
In the box 5447 
Schematics II 5447 
A few comments. 5447 
Miscelanea 5447 
I am surprised. 5447 
Don't be 5446 
It is not about power supply. 5446 
EMI/RFI madness 5446 
Drinking in Modulation 5446 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5446 
Finito 5445 
It is only partially outside the context. 5445 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5444 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5444 
Corresponding to ? 5444 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5417 
Qualitat 5416 
The baby is sick 5372 
Last Cleaning? 5372 
Mine too... 5372 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5372 
What the hell is going on!!! 5372 
...air-caps dirty.... 5371 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5371 
Hum points 5371 
Beats and pieces. 5371 
What else? 5371 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5371 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5371 
Veggie ham 5371 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5370 
Holly idiocy! 5369 
Yes sir 5367 
I think your game is not over. 5367 
More ham 5367 
Route(s) to Ground 5367 
Grounding arrangement 5366 
Ground Thoughts 5365 
0A2 Question 5365 
Where is the Bolt? 5365 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5365 
"End of Live" tube set 5365 
GND plane 5365 
That crazy 7025. 5365 
Distributed bolt 5365 
Amperex ECC83 5365 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5365 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5365 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5365 
More findings 5364 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5364 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5363 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5363 
Grounding and trannies 5363 
Ignorance is bliss... 5361 
Shakey DIY Basics 5361 
Poor photographer 5361 
Spare the Oxen... 5361 
Is SiC sick? 5359 
Possible, so what? 5359 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5358 
Seek and you’ll find. 5358 
Filament 5358 
Filament considerations 5358 
Air caps?Buffer? 5358 
Exorcisms 5312 
Floating? 5311 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5304 
Toilet ham 5304 
The Shield 5303 
It is hard to say. 5303 
Fake bugle/teles 5303 
Never again. 5303 
Bingo! 5294 
Total current per channel 5287 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5287 
I like iron 5287 
Choke ringing 5287 
Ringing 5287 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5287 
Choke ringing again 5286 
What ringing? 5286 
Ring-ring 5286 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5286 
TT Rider 5286 
Snubbers and motors 5285 
Nice idea... 5285 
B+ 5285 
Shielded Interconnect 5285 
IC shields 5282 
The horrors of calibration 5130 
Floating Away 5130 
Ground is +/- understood 5129 
"Calibrate"??? 5129 
The self-serving calibrations. 5128 
Fighting with RIAA 5128 
The Usual 5128 
That's it! 5128 
Parts Location 5128 
Lush layout 5127 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5079 
It might be very impressive 5079 
To be clear 5079 
Shall I co? 5078 
Parts 5078 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5078 
What does it mean? 5078 
Come on! 5078 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5078 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5078 
EAR polite recess 5078 
Power sequencing? 5048 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5048 
3 Position switch 5047 
How true... 5047 
DIY Failsafe 5047 
Switch.. 5022 
Calibration problem 4997 
Resolved 4994 
Looks good 4993 
Fat LF 4993 
Loading Up 4993 
SUT's 4993 
Shunt regulation 4912 
Application dependent 4912 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4880 
It migh be an interesting company. 4880 
Amo/silver 4880 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4880 
Silver considerations 4880 
Again With the Amo 4880 
Silver path 4880 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4880 
The Path of Least Resistance 4879 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4879 
Foil 4879 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4879 
Audiopedophile's hell 4879 
In da house 4878 
Consistent anality 4877 
Right 4877 
A speculation 4875 
Mone on silver Trabants 4874 
Parts Ag 4874 
Trabant done in pure silver 4874 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4874 
Silver swamp 4874 
In the Long Run 4874 
2RM? 4869 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4869 
DIY 4868 
95%? 4868 
More on that 4868 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4868 
Fully shielded 4868 
Interesting 4868 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4064 
Creative people 4064 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4064 
It is what it is. 4063 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4063 
Gray market 4063 
Mix up 4062 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4062 
Sound beats engeneering 3469 
Engineering Crap 3469 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3469 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2966 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2381 
Snubbers 2329 
More on snubbers 2329 
Capacitors Question 2329 
Capacitors & updates 2329 
Z-foil 2329 
Loading resistors & sockets 2329 
Low noise tubes 2328 
What Works Where 2327 
What are the REAL goals? 2327 
Good engineering parctices 2327 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2327 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2327 
It was 13 years back... 2327 
Thank you 2327 
Tube Selection 2316 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2213 
Big output capacitor question. 1974 
Context/Application/Circuit 1973 
EAR 1973 
Of Course... 1973 
834pT 1972 
Who knows.... 1972 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1971 
Where? 1971 
Big cap banks 1971 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 556 
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