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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6801 
End of Life 6801 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6801 
Shallow ambitions 6801 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6801 
Acronym 6801 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6789 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6789 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6789 
It is comming along.... 6608 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6608 
The perfect corrector. 6608 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6608 
The perfect corrector - II 6607 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6606 
Wrong values shown 6605 
The deliberate mistakes? 6605 
330R anode resistors 6605 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6605 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6605 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6603 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6603 
Going on from "There" 6603 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6603 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6602 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6601 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6601 
Good for them. 6601 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6601 
A few more 6601 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6601 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6600 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6600 
Hybridizing 6600 
I love it! 6600 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6598 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6598 
SSG 6597 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6597 
USSR SSG 6597 
USSR SSG 6597 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6597 
Fixed bias 6597 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6597 
More on this, please 6596 
Interesting development! 6596 
One-Story Jack 6596 
Nature's Bias 6596 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6596 
Apologies! 6595 
Tunable Y-factor? 6595 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6595 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6590 
The sound of one hand clapping 6590 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6589 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6581 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6581 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6580 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6580 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6580 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6495 
Specific air cap changes 6495 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6495 
One tube, two channels? 6495 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6495 
"Crosstalk" 6494 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6453 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6432 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6006 
Sucks! 5934 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5933 
Um, what? 5933 
Alternative Transformer 5933 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5933 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5933 
Hmmm,I suspect 5933 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5925 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5913 
The 100Hz hum? 5913 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5913 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5913 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5912 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5912 
DIY Air-Caps? 5912 
Capacitors 5909 
Hum again. 5888 
Hm, again.... 5888 
Tribute MC iron 5603 
Changing loads 5599 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5599 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5598 
Loading on primary? 5598 
Anticipating the needs 5598 
CCS heating? 5561 
2nd stage bias mystery 5444 
It is true but it negligible. 5444 
V2 biasing continued 5443 
Works +/- properly 5442 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5442 
My assault 5415 
What, No Breadboard? 5415 
Don't laugh too loud... 5415 
So far it is good. 5415 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5415 
The assembly and the buzz 5414 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5414 
Caps and chokes 5414 
The price of fame 5414 
Tribute 5414 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5414 
Schematics 5414 
Traces 5414 
Moving Magnet 5414 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5414 
Cat smells fish? 5413 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5413 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5413 
In the box 5413 
Schematics II 5413 
A few comments. 5413 
Miscelanea 5413 
I am surprised. 5413 
Don't be 5412 
It is not about power supply. 5412 
EMI/RFI madness 5412 
Drinking in Modulation 5412 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5412 
Finito 5411 
It is only partially outside the context. 5411 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5410 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5410 
Corresponding to ? 5410 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5383 
Qualitat 5382 
The baby is sick 5338 
Last Cleaning? 5338 
Mine too... 5338 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5338 
What the hell is going on!!! 5338 
...air-caps dirty.... 5337 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5337 
Hum points 5337 
Beats and pieces. 5337 
What else? 5337 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5337 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5337 
Veggie ham 5337 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5336 
Holly idiocy! 5335 
Yes sir 5333 
I think your game is not over. 5333 
More ham 5333 
Route(s) to Ground 5333 
Grounding arrangement 5332 
Ground Thoughts 5331 
0A2 Question 5331 
Where is the Bolt? 5331 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5331 
"End of Live" tube set 5331 
GND plane 5331 
That crazy 7025. 5331 
Distributed bolt 5331 
Amperex ECC83 5331 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5331 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5331 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5331 
More findings 5330 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5330 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5329 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5329 
Grounding and trannies 5329 
Ignorance is bliss... 5327 
Shakey DIY Basics 5327 
Poor photographer 5327 
Spare the Oxen... 5327 
Is SiC sick? 5325 
Possible, so what? 5325 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5324 
Seek and you’ll find. 5324 
Filament 5324 
Filament considerations 5324 
Air caps?Buffer? 5324 
Exorcisms 5278 
Floating? 5277 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5270 
Toilet ham 5270 
The Shield 5269 
It is hard to say. 5269 
Fake bugle/teles 5269 
Never again. 5269 
Bingo! 5260 
Total current per channel 5253 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5253 
I like iron 5253 
Choke ringing 5253 
Ringing 5253 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5253 
Choke ringing again 5252 
What ringing? 5252 
Ring-ring 5252 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5252 
TT Rider 5252 
Snubbers and motors 5251 
Nice idea... 5251 
B+ 5251 
Shielded Interconnect 5251 
IC shields 5248 
The horrors of calibration 5096 
Floating Away 5096 
Ground is +/- understood 5095 
"Calibrate"??? 5095 
The self-serving calibrations. 5094 
Fighting with RIAA 5094 
The Usual 5094 
That's it! 5094 
Parts Location 5094 
Lush layout 5093 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5045 
It might be very impressive 5045 
To be clear 5045 
Shall I co? 5044 
Parts 5044 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5044 
What does it mean? 5044 
Come on! 5044 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5044 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5044 
EAR polite recess 5044 
Power sequencing? 5014 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5014 
3 Position switch 5013 
How true... 5013 
DIY Failsafe 5013 
Switch.. 4988 
Calibration problem 4963 
Resolved 4960 
Looks good 4959 
Fat LF 4959 
Loading Up 4959 
SUT's 4959 
Shunt regulation 4878 
Application dependent 4878 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4846 
It migh be an interesting company. 4846 
Amo/silver 4846 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4846 
Silver considerations 4846 
Again With the Amo 4846 
Silver path 4846 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4846 
The Path of Least Resistance 4845 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4845 
Foil 4845 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4845 
Audiopedophile's hell 4845 
In da house 4844 
Consistent anality 4843 
Right 4843 
A speculation 4841 
Mone on silver Trabants 4840 
Parts Ag 4840 
Trabant done in pure silver 4840 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4840 
Silver swamp 4840 
In the Long Run 4840 
2RM? 4835 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4835 
DIY 4834 
95%? 4834 
More on that 4834 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4834 
Fully shielded 4834 
Interesting 4834 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4030 
Creative people 4030 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4030 
It is what it is. 4029 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4029 
Gray market 4029 
Mix up 4028 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4028 
Sound beats engeneering 3435 
Engineering Crap 3435 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3435 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2932 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2347 
Snubbers 2295 
More on snubbers 2295 
Capacitors Question 2295 
Capacitors & updates 2295 
Z-foil 2295 
Loading resistors & sockets 2295 
Low noise tubes 2294 
What Works Where 2293 
What are the REAL goals? 2293 
Good engineering parctices 2293 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2293 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2293 
It was 13 years back... 2293 
Thank you 2293 
Tube Selection 2282 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2179 
Big output capacitor question. 1940 
Context/Application/Circuit 1939 
EAR 1939 
Of Course... 1939 
834pT 1938 
Who knows.... 1938 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1937 
Where? 1937 
Big cap banks 1937 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 522 
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