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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6741 
End of Life 6741 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6741 
Shallow ambitions 6741 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6741 
Acronym 6741 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6729 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6729 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6729 
It is comming along.... 6548 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6548 
The perfect corrector. 6548 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6548 
The perfect corrector - II 6547 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6546 
Wrong values shown 6545 
The deliberate mistakes? 6545 
330R anode resistors 6545 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6545 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6545 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6543 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6543 
Going on from "There" 6543 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6543 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6542 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6541 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6541 
Good for them. 6541 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6541 
A few more 6541 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6541 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6540 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6540 
Hybridizing 6540 
I love it! 6540 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6538 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6538 
SSG 6537 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6537 
USSR SSG 6537 
USSR SSG 6537 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6537 
Fixed bias 6537 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6537 
More on this, please 6536 
Interesting development! 6536 
One-Story Jack 6536 
Nature's Bias 6536 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6536 
Apologies! 6535 
Tunable Y-factor? 6535 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6535 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6530 
The sound of one hand clapping 6530 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6529 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6521 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6521 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6520 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6520 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6520 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6435 
Specific air cap changes 6435 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6435 
One tube, two channels? 6435 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6435 
"Crosstalk" 6434 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6393 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6372 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5946 
Sucks! 5874 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5873 
Um, what? 5873 
Alternative Transformer 5873 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5873 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5873 
Hmmm,I suspect 5873 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5865 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5853 
The 100Hz hum? 5853 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5853 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5853 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5852 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5852 
DIY Air-Caps? 5852 
Capacitors 5849 
Hum again. 5828 
Hm, again.... 5828 
Tribute MC iron 5543 
Changing loads 5539 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5539 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5538 
Loading on primary? 5538 
Anticipating the needs 5538 
CCS heating? 5501 
2nd stage bias mystery 5384 
It is true but it negligible. 5384 
V2 biasing continued 5383 
Works +/- properly 5382 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5382 
My assault 5355 
What, No Breadboard? 5355 
Don't laugh too loud... 5355 
So far it is good. 5355 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5355 
The assembly and the buzz 5354 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5354 
Caps and chokes 5354 
The price of fame 5354 
Tribute 5354 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5354 
Schematics 5354 
Traces 5354 
Moving Magnet 5354 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5354 
Cat smells fish? 5353 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5353 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5353 
In the box 5353 
Schematics II 5353 
A few comments. 5353 
Miscelanea 5353 
I am surprised. 5353 
Don't be 5352 
It is not about power supply. 5352 
EMI/RFI madness 5352 
Drinking in Modulation 5352 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5352 
Finito 5351 
It is only partially outside the context. 5351 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5350 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5350 
Corresponding to ? 5350 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5323 
Qualitat 5322 
The baby is sick 5278 
Last Cleaning? 5278 
Mine too... 5278 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5278 
What the hell is going on!!! 5278 
...air-caps dirty.... 5277 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5277 
Hum points 5277 
Beats and pieces. 5277 
What else? 5277 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5277 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5277 
Veggie ham 5277 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5276 
Holly idiocy! 5275 
Yes sir 5273 
I think your game is not over. 5273 
More ham 5273 
Route(s) to Ground 5273 
Grounding arrangement 5272 
Ground Thoughts 5271 
0A2 Question 5271 
Where is the Bolt? 5271 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5271 
"End of Live" tube set 5271 
GND plane 5271 
That crazy 7025. 5271 
Distributed bolt 5271 
Amperex ECC83 5271 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5271 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5271 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5271 
More findings 5270 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5270 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5269 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5269 
Grounding and trannies 5269 
Ignorance is bliss... 5267 
Shakey DIY Basics 5267 
Poor photographer 5267 
Spare the Oxen... 5267 
Is SiC sick? 5265 
Possible, so what? 5265 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5264 
Seek and you’ll find. 5264 
Filament 5264 
Filament considerations 5264 
Air caps?Buffer? 5264 
Exorcisms 5218 
Floating? 5217 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5210 
Toilet ham 5210 
The Shield 5209 
It is hard to say. 5209 
Fake bugle/teles 5209 
Never again. 5209 
Bingo! 5200 
Total current per channel 5193 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5193 
I like iron 5193 
Choke ringing 5193 
Ringing 5193 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5193 
Choke ringing again 5192 
What ringing? 5192 
Ring-ring 5192 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5192 
TT Rider 5192 
Snubbers and motors 5191 
Nice idea... 5191 
B+ 5191 
Shielded Interconnect 5191 
IC shields 5188 
The horrors of calibration 5036 
Floating Away 5036 
Ground is +/- understood 5035 
"Calibrate"??? 5035 
The self-serving calibrations. 5034 
Fighting with RIAA 5034 
The Usual 5034 
That's it! 5034 
Parts Location 5034 
Lush layout 5033 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4985 
It might be very impressive 4985 
To be clear 4985 
Shall I co? 4984 
Parts 4984 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4984 
What does it mean? 4984 
Come on! 4984 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4984 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4984 
EAR polite recess 4984 
Power sequencing? 4954 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4954 
3 Position switch 4953 
How true... 4953 
DIY Failsafe 4953 
Switch.. 4928 
Calibration problem 4903 
Resolved 4900 
Looks good 4899 
Fat LF 4899 
Loading Up 4899 
SUT's 4899 
Shunt regulation 4818 
Application dependent 4818 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4786 
It migh be an interesting company. 4786 
Amo/silver 4786 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4786 
Silver considerations 4786 
Again With the Amo 4786 
Silver path 4786 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4786 
The Path of Least Resistance 4785 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4785 
Foil 4785 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4785 
Audiopedophile's hell 4785 
In da house 4784 
Consistent anality 4783 
Right 4783 
A speculation 4781 
Mone on silver Trabants 4780 
Parts Ag 4780 
Trabant done in pure silver 4780 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4780 
Silver swamp 4780 
In the Long Run 4780 
2RM? 4775 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4775 
DIY 4774 
95%? 4774 
More on that 4774 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4774 
Fully shielded 4774 
Interesting 4774 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3970 
Creative people 3970 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3970 
It is what it is. 3969 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3969 
Gray market 3969 
Mix up 3968 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3968 
Sound beats engeneering 3375 
Engineering Crap 3375 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3375 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2872 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2287 
Snubbers 2235 
More on snubbers 2235 
Capacitors Question 2235 
Capacitors & updates 2235 
Z-foil 2235 
Loading resistors & sockets 2235 
Low noise tubes 2234 
What Works Where 2233 
What are the REAL goals? 2233 
Good engineering parctices 2233 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2233 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2233 
It was 13 years back... 2233 
Thank you 2233 
Tube Selection 2222 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2119 
Big output capacitor question. 1880 
Context/Application/Circuit 1879 
EAR 1879 
Of Course... 1879 
834pT 1878 
Who knows.... 1878 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1877 
Where? 1877 
Big cap banks 1877 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 462 
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