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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6776 
End of Life 6776 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6776 
Shallow ambitions 6776 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6776 
Acronym 6776 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6764 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6764 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6764 
It is comming along.... 6583 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6583 
The perfect corrector. 6583 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6583 
The perfect corrector - II 6582 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6581 
Wrong values shown 6580 
The deliberate mistakes? 6580 
330R anode resistors 6580 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6580 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6580 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6578 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6578 
Going on from "There" 6578 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6578 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6577 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6576 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6576 
Good for them. 6576 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6576 
A few more 6576 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6576 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6575 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6575 
Hybridizing 6575 
I love it! 6575 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6573 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6573 
SSG 6572 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6572 
USSR SSG 6572 
USSR SSG 6572 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6572 
Fixed bias 6572 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6572 
More on this, please 6571 
Interesting development! 6571 
One-Story Jack 6571 
Nature's Bias 6571 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6571 
Apologies! 6570 
Tunable Y-factor? 6570 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6570 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6565 
The sound of one hand clapping 6565 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6564 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6556 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6556 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6555 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6555 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6555 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6470 
Specific air cap changes 6470 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6470 
One tube, two channels? 6470 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6470 
"Crosstalk" 6469 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6428 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6407 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5981 
Sucks! 5909 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5908 
Um, what? 5908 
Alternative Transformer 5908 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5908 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5908 
Hmmm,I suspect 5908 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5900 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5888 
The 100Hz hum? 5888 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5888 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5888 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5887 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5887 
DIY Air-Caps? 5887 
Capacitors 5884 
Hum again. 5863 
Hm, again.... 5863 
Tribute MC iron 5578 
Changing loads 5574 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5574 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5573 
Loading on primary? 5573 
Anticipating the needs 5573 
CCS heating? 5536 
2nd stage bias mystery 5419 
It is true but it negligible. 5419 
V2 biasing continued 5418 
Works +/- properly 5417 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5417 
My assault 5390 
What, No Breadboard? 5390 
Don't laugh too loud... 5390 
So far it is good. 5390 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5390 
The assembly and the buzz 5389 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5389 
Caps and chokes 5389 
The price of fame 5389 
Tribute 5389 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5389 
Schematics 5389 
Traces 5389 
Moving Magnet 5389 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5389 
Cat smells fish? 5388 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5388 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5388 
In the box 5388 
Schematics II 5388 
A few comments. 5388 
Miscelanea 5388 
I am surprised. 5388 
Don't be 5387 
It is not about power supply. 5387 
EMI/RFI madness 5387 
Drinking in Modulation 5387 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5387 
Finito 5386 
It is only partially outside the context. 5386 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5385 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5385 
Corresponding to ? 5385 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5358 
Qualitat 5357 
The baby is sick 5313 
Last Cleaning? 5313 
Mine too... 5313 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5313 
What the hell is going on!!! 5313 
...air-caps dirty.... 5312 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5312 
Hum points 5312 
Beats and pieces. 5312 
What else? 5312 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5312 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5312 
Veggie ham 5312 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5311 
Holly idiocy! 5310 
Yes sir 5308 
I think your game is not over. 5308 
More ham 5308 
Route(s) to Ground 5308 
Grounding arrangement 5307 
Ground Thoughts 5306 
0A2 Question 5306 
Where is the Bolt? 5306 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5306 
"End of Live" tube set 5306 
GND plane 5306 
That crazy 7025. 5306 
Distributed bolt 5306 
Amperex ECC83 5306 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5306 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5306 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5306 
More findings 5305 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5305 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5304 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5304 
Grounding and trannies 5304 
Ignorance is bliss... 5302 
Shakey DIY Basics 5302 
Poor photographer 5302 
Spare the Oxen... 5302 
Is SiC sick? 5300 
Possible, so what? 5300 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5299 
Seek and you’ll find. 5299 
Filament 5299 
Filament considerations 5299 
Air caps?Buffer? 5299 
Exorcisms 5253 
Floating? 5252 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5245 
Toilet ham 5245 
The Shield 5244 
It is hard to say. 5244 
Fake bugle/teles 5244 
Never again. 5244 
Bingo! 5235 
Total current per channel 5228 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5228 
I like iron 5228 
Choke ringing 5228 
Ringing 5228 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5228 
Choke ringing again 5227 
What ringing? 5227 
Ring-ring 5227 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5227 
TT Rider 5227 
Snubbers and motors 5226 
Nice idea... 5226 
B+ 5226 
Shielded Interconnect 5226 
IC shields 5223 
The horrors of calibration 5071 
Floating Away 5071 
Ground is +/- understood 5070 
"Calibrate"??? 5070 
The self-serving calibrations. 5069 
Fighting with RIAA 5069 
The Usual 5069 
That's it! 5069 
Parts Location 5069 
Lush layout 5068 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5020 
It might be very impressive 5020 
To be clear 5020 
Shall I co? 5019 
Parts 5019 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5019 
What does it mean? 5019 
Come on! 5019 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5019 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5019 
EAR polite recess 5019 
Power sequencing? 4989 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4989 
3 Position switch 4988 
How true... 4988 
DIY Failsafe 4988 
Switch.. 4963 
Calibration problem 4938 
Resolved 4935 
Looks good 4934 
Fat LF 4934 
Loading Up 4934 
SUT's 4934 
Shunt regulation 4853 
Application dependent 4853 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4821 
It migh be an interesting company. 4821 
Amo/silver 4821 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4821 
Silver considerations 4821 
Again With the Amo 4821 
Silver path 4821 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4821 
The Path of Least Resistance 4820 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4820 
Foil 4820 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4820 
Audiopedophile's hell 4820 
In da house 4819 
Consistent anality 4818 
Right 4818 
A speculation 4816 
Mone on silver Trabants 4815 
Parts Ag 4815 
Trabant done in pure silver 4815 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4815 
Silver swamp 4815 
In the Long Run 4815 
2RM? 4810 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4810 
DIY 4809 
95%? 4809 
More on that 4809 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4809 
Fully shielded 4809 
Interesting 4809 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4005 
Creative people 4005 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4005 
It is what it is. 4004 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4004 
Gray market 4004 
Mix up 4003 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4003 
Sound beats engeneering 3410 
Engineering Crap 3410 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3410 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2907 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2322 
Snubbers 2270 
More on snubbers 2270 
Capacitors Question 2270 
Capacitors & updates 2270 
Z-foil 2270 
Loading resistors & sockets 2270 
Low noise tubes 2269 
What Works Where 2268 
What are the REAL goals? 2268 
Good engineering parctices 2268 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2268 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2268 
It was 13 years back... 2268 
Thank you 2268 
Tube Selection 2257 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2154 
Big output capacitor question. 1915 
Context/Application/Circuit 1914 
EAR 1914 
Of Course... 1914 
834pT 1913 
Who knows.... 1913 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1912 
Where? 1912 
Big cap banks 1912 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 497 
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