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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6676 
End of Life 6676 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6676 
Shallow ambitions 6676 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6676 
Acronym 6676 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6664 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6664 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6664 
It is comming along.... 6483 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6483 
The perfect corrector. 6483 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6483 
The perfect corrector - II 6482 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6481 
Wrong values shown 6480 
The deliberate mistakes? 6480 
330R anode resistors 6480 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6480 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6480 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6478 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6478 
Going on from "There" 6478 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6478 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6477 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6476 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6476 
Good for them. 6476 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6476 
A few more 6476 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6476 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6475 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6475 
Hybridizing 6475 
I love it! 6475 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6473 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6473 
SSG 6472 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6472 
USSR SSG 6472 
USSR SSG 6472 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6472 
Fixed bias 6472 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6472 
More on this, please 6471 
Interesting development! 6471 
One-Story Jack 6471 
Nature's Bias 6471 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6471 
Apologies! 6470 
Tunable Y-factor? 6470 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6470 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6465 
The sound of one hand clapping 6465 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6464 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6456 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6456 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6455 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6455 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6455 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6370 
Specific air cap changes 6370 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6370 
One tube, two channels? 6370 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6370 
"Crosstalk" 6369 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6328 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6307 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5881 
Sucks! 5809 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5808 
Um, what? 5808 
Alternative Transformer 5808 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5808 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5808 
Hmmm,I suspect 5808 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5800 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5788 
The 100Hz hum? 5788 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5788 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5788 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5787 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5787 
DIY Air-Caps? 5787 
Capacitors 5784 
Hum again. 5763 
Hm, again.... 5763 
Tribute MC iron 5478 
Changing loads 5474 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5474 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5473 
Loading on primary? 5473 
Anticipating the needs 5473 
CCS heating? 5436 
2nd stage bias mystery 5319 
It is true but it negligible. 5319 
V2 biasing continued 5318 
Works +/- properly 5317 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5317 
My assault 5290 
What, No Breadboard? 5290 
Don't laugh too loud... 5290 
So far it is good. 5290 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5290 
The assembly and the buzz 5289 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5289 
Caps and chokes 5289 
The price of fame 5289 
Tribute 5289 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5289 
Schematics 5289 
Traces 5289 
Moving Magnet 5289 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5289 
Cat smells fish? 5288 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5288 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5288 
In the box 5288 
Schematics II 5288 
A few comments. 5288 
Miscelanea 5288 
I am surprised. 5288 
Don't be 5287 
It is not about power supply. 5287 
EMI/RFI madness 5287 
Drinking in Modulation 5287 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5287 
Finito 5286 
It is only partially outside the context. 5286 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5285 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5285 
Corresponding to ? 5285 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5258 
Qualitat 5257 
The baby is sick 5213 
Last Cleaning? 5213 
Mine too... 5213 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5213 
What the hell is going on!!! 5213 
...air-caps dirty.... 5212 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5212 
Hum points 5212 
Beats and pieces. 5212 
What else? 5212 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5212 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5212 
Veggie ham 5212 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5211 
Holly idiocy! 5210 
Yes sir 5208 
I think your game is not over. 5208 
More ham 5208 
Route(s) to Ground 5208 
Grounding arrangement 5207 
Ground Thoughts 5206 
0A2 Question 5206 
Where is the Bolt? 5206 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5206 
"End of Live" tube set 5206 
GND plane 5206 
That crazy 7025. 5206 
Distributed bolt 5206 
Amperex ECC83 5206 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5206 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5206 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5206 
More findings 5205 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5205 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5204 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5204 
Grounding and trannies 5204 
Ignorance is bliss... 5202 
Shakey DIY Basics 5202 
Poor photographer 5202 
Spare the Oxen... 5202 
Is SiC sick? 5200 
Possible, so what? 5200 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5199 
Seek and you’ll find. 5199 
Filament 5199 
Filament considerations 5199 
Air caps?Buffer? 5199 
Exorcisms 5153 
Floating? 5152 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5145 
Toilet ham 5145 
The Shield 5144 
It is hard to say. 5144 
Fake bugle/teles 5144 
Never again. 5144 
Bingo! 5135 
Total current per channel 5128 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5128 
I like iron 5128 
Choke ringing 5128 
Ringing 5128 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5128 
Choke ringing again 5127 
What ringing? 5127 
Ring-ring 5127 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5127 
TT Rider 5127 
Snubbers and motors 5126 
Nice idea... 5126 
B+ 5126 
Shielded Interconnect 5126 
IC shields 5123 
The horrors of calibration 4971 
Floating Away 4971 
Ground is +/- understood 4970 
"Calibrate"??? 4970 
The self-serving calibrations. 4969 
Fighting with RIAA 4969 
The Usual 4969 
That's it! 4969 
Parts Location 4969 
Lush layout 4968 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4920 
It might be very impressive 4920 
To be clear 4920 
Shall I co? 4919 
Parts 4919 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4919 
What does it mean? 4919 
Come on! 4919 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4919 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4919 
EAR polite recess 4919 
Power sequencing? 4889 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4889 
3 Position switch 4888 
How true... 4888 
DIY Failsafe 4888 
Switch.. 4863 
Calibration problem 4838 
Resolved 4835 
Looks good 4834 
Fat LF 4834 
Loading Up 4834 
SUT's 4834 
Shunt regulation 4753 
Application dependent 4753 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4721 
It migh be an interesting company. 4721 
Amo/silver 4721 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4721 
Silver considerations 4721 
Again With the Amo 4721 
Silver path 4721 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4721 
The Path of Least Resistance 4720 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4720 
Foil 4720 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4720 
Audiopedophile's hell 4720 
In da house 4719 
Consistent anality 4718 
Right 4718 
A speculation 4716 
Mone on silver Trabants 4715 
Parts Ag 4715 
Trabant done in pure silver 4715 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4715 
Silver swamp 4715 
In the Long Run 4715 
2RM? 4710 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4710 
DIY 4709 
95%? 4709 
More on that 4709 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4709 
Fully shielded 4709 
Interesting 4709 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3905 
Creative people 3905 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3905 
It is what it is. 3904 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3904 
Gray market 3904 
Mix up 3903 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3903 
Sound beats engeneering 3310 
Engineering Crap 3310 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3310 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2807 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2222 
Snubbers 2170 
More on snubbers 2170 
Capacitors Question 2170 
Capacitors & updates 2170 
Z-foil 2170 
Loading resistors & sockets 2170 
Low noise tubes 2169 
What Works Where 2168 
What are the REAL goals? 2168 
Good engineering parctices 2168 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2168 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2168 
It was 13 years back... 2168 
Thank you 2168 
Tube Selection 2157 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2054 
Big output capacitor question. 1815 
Context/Application/Circuit 1814 
EAR 1814 
Of Course... 1814 
834pT 1813 
Who knows.... 1813 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1812 
Where? 1812 
Big cap banks 1812 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 397 
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