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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6683 
End of Life 6683 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6683 
Shallow ambitions 6683 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6683 
Acronym 6683 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6671 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6671 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6671 
It is comming along.... 6490 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6490 
The perfect corrector. 6490 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6490 
The perfect corrector - II 6489 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6488 
Wrong values shown 6487 
The deliberate mistakes? 6487 
330R anode resistors 6487 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6487 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6487 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6485 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6485 
Going on from "There" 6485 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6485 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6484 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6483 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6483 
Good for them. 6483 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6483 
A few more 6483 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6483 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6482 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6482 
Hybridizing 6482 
I love it! 6482 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6480 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6480 
SSG 6479 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6479 
USSR SSG 6479 
USSR SSG 6479 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6479 
Fixed bias 6479 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6479 
More on this, please 6478 
Interesting development! 6478 
One-Story Jack 6478 
Nature's Bias 6478 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6478 
Apologies! 6477 
Tunable Y-factor? 6477 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6477 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6472 
The sound of one hand clapping 6472 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6471 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6463 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6463 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6462 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6462 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6462 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6377 
Specific air cap changes 6377 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6377 
One tube, two channels? 6377 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6377 
"Crosstalk" 6376 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6335 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6314 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5888 
Sucks! 5816 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5815 
Um, what? 5815 
Alternative Transformer 5815 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5815 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5815 
Hmmm,I suspect 5815 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5807 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5795 
The 100Hz hum? 5795 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5795 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5795 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5794 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5794 
DIY Air-Caps? 5794 
Capacitors 5791 
Hum again. 5770 
Hm, again.... 5770 
Tribute MC iron 5485 
Changing loads 5481 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5481 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5480 
Loading on primary? 5480 
Anticipating the needs 5480 
CCS heating? 5443 
2nd stage bias mystery 5326 
It is true but it negligible. 5326 
V2 biasing continued 5325 
Works +/- properly 5324 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5324 
My assault 5297 
What, No Breadboard? 5297 
Don't laugh too loud... 5297 
So far it is good. 5297 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5297 
The assembly and the buzz 5296 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5296 
Caps and chokes 5296 
The price of fame 5296 
Tribute 5296 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5296 
Schematics 5296 
Traces 5296 
Moving Magnet 5296 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5296 
Cat smells fish? 5295 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5295 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5295 
In the box 5295 
Schematics II 5295 
A few comments. 5295 
Miscelanea 5295 
I am surprised. 5295 
Don't be 5294 
It is not about power supply. 5294 
EMI/RFI madness 5294 
Drinking in Modulation 5294 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5294 
Finito 5293 
It is only partially outside the context. 5293 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5292 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5292 
Corresponding to ? 5292 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5265 
Qualitat 5264 
The baby is sick 5220 
Last Cleaning? 5220 
Mine too... 5220 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5220 
What the hell is going on!!! 5220 
...air-caps dirty.... 5219 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5219 
Hum points 5219 
Beats and pieces. 5219 
What else? 5219 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5219 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5219 
Veggie ham 5219 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5218 
Holly idiocy! 5217 
Yes sir 5215 
I think your game is not over. 5215 
More ham 5215 
Route(s) to Ground 5215 
Grounding arrangement 5214 
Ground Thoughts 5213 
0A2 Question 5213 
Where is the Bolt? 5213 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5213 
"End of Live" tube set 5213 
GND plane 5213 
That crazy 7025. 5213 
Distributed bolt 5213 
Amperex ECC83 5213 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5213 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5213 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5213 
More findings 5212 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5212 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5211 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5211 
Grounding and trannies 5211 
Ignorance is bliss... 5209 
Shakey DIY Basics 5209 
Poor photographer 5209 
Spare the Oxen... 5209 
Is SiC sick? 5207 
Possible, so what? 5207 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5206 
Seek and you’ll find. 5206 
Filament 5206 
Filament considerations 5206 
Air caps?Buffer? 5206 
Exorcisms 5160 
Floating? 5159 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5152 
Toilet ham 5152 
The Shield 5151 
It is hard to say. 5151 
Fake bugle/teles 5151 
Never again. 5151 
Bingo! 5142 
Total current per channel 5135 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5135 
I like iron 5135 
Choke ringing 5135 
Ringing 5135 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5135 
Choke ringing again 5134 
What ringing? 5134 
Ring-ring 5134 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5134 
TT Rider 5134 
Snubbers and motors 5133 
Nice idea... 5133 
B+ 5133 
Shielded Interconnect 5133 
IC shields 5130 
The horrors of calibration 4978 
Floating Away 4978 
Ground is +/- understood 4977 
"Calibrate"??? 4977 
The self-serving calibrations. 4976 
Fighting with RIAA 4976 
The Usual 4976 
That's it! 4976 
Parts Location 4976 
Lush layout 4975 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4927 
It might be very impressive 4927 
To be clear 4927 
Shall I co? 4926 
Parts 4926 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4926 
What does it mean? 4926 
Come on! 4926 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4926 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4926 
EAR polite recess 4926 
Power sequencing? 4896 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4896 
3 Position switch 4895 
How true... 4895 
DIY Failsafe 4895 
Switch.. 4870 
Calibration problem 4845 
Resolved 4842 
Looks good 4841 
Fat LF 4841 
Loading Up 4841 
SUT's 4841 
Shunt regulation 4760 
Application dependent 4760 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4728 
It migh be an interesting company. 4728 
Amo/silver 4728 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4728 
Silver considerations 4728 
Again With the Amo 4728 
Silver path 4728 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4728 
The Path of Least Resistance 4727 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4727 
Foil 4727 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4727 
Audiopedophile's hell 4727 
In da house 4726 
Consistent anality 4725 
Right 4725 
A speculation 4723 
Mone on silver Trabants 4722 
Parts Ag 4722 
Trabant done in pure silver 4722 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4722 
Silver swamp 4722 
In the Long Run 4722 
2RM? 4717 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4717 
DIY 4716 
95%? 4716 
More on that 4716 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4716 
Fully shielded 4716 
Interesting 4716 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3912 
Creative people 3912 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3912 
It is what it is. 3911 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3911 
Gray market 3911 
Mix up 3910 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3910 
Sound beats engeneering 3317 
Engineering Crap 3317 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3317 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2814 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2229 
Snubbers 2177 
More on snubbers 2177 
Capacitors Question 2177 
Capacitors & updates 2177 
Z-foil 2177 
Loading resistors & sockets 2177 
Low noise tubes 2176 
What Works Where 2175 
What are the REAL goals? 2175 
Good engineering parctices 2175 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2175 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2175 
It was 13 years back... 2175 
Thank you 2175 
Tube Selection 2164 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2061 
Big output capacitor question. 1822 
Context/Application/Circuit 1821 
EAR 1821 
Of Course... 1821 
834pT 1820 
Who knows.... 1820 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1819 
Where? 1819 
Big cap banks 1819 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 404 
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