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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6937 
End of Life 6937 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6937 
Shallow ambitions 6937 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6937 
Acronym 6937 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6925 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6925 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6925 
It is comming along.... 6744 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6744 
The perfect corrector. 6744 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6744 
The perfect corrector - II 6743 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6742 
Wrong values shown 6741 
The deliberate mistakes? 6741 
330R anode resistors 6741 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6741 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6741 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6739 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6739 
Going on from "There" 6739 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6739 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6738 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6737 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6737 
Good for them. 6737 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6737 
A few more 6737 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6737 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6736 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6736 
Hybridizing 6736 
I love it! 6736 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6734 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6734 
SSG 6733 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6733 
USSR SSG 6733 
USSR SSG 6733 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6733 
Fixed bias 6733 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6733 
More on this, please 6732 
Interesting development! 6732 
One-Story Jack 6732 
Nature's Bias 6732 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6732 
Apologies! 6731 
Tunable Y-factor? 6731 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6731 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6726 
The sound of one hand clapping 6726 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6725 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6717 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6717 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6716 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6716 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6716 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6631 
Specific air cap changes 6631 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6631 
One tube, two channels? 6631 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6631 
"Crosstalk" 6630 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6589 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6568 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6142 
Sucks! 6070 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6069 
Um, what? 6069 
Alternative Transformer 6069 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6069 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6069 
Hmmm,I suspect 6069 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6061 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6049 
The 100Hz hum? 6049 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6049 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6049 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6048 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6048 
DIY Air-Caps? 6048 
Capacitors 6045 
Hum again. 6024 
Hm, again.... 6024 
Tribute MC iron 5739 
Changing loads 5735 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5735 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5734 
Loading on primary? 5734 
Anticipating the needs 5734 
CCS heating? 5697 
2nd stage bias mystery 5580 
It is true but it negligible. 5580 
V2 biasing continued 5579 
Works +/- properly 5578 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5578 
My assault 5551 
What, No Breadboard? 5551 
Don't laugh too loud... 5551 
So far it is good. 5551 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5551 
The assembly and the buzz 5550 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5550 
Caps and chokes 5550 
The price of fame 5550 
Tribute 5550 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5550 
Schematics 5550 
Traces 5550 
Moving Magnet 5550 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5550 
Cat smells fish? 5549 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5549 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5549 
In the box 5549 
Schematics II 5549 
A few comments. 5549 
Miscelanea 5549 
I am surprised. 5549 
Don't be 5548 
It is not about power supply. 5548 
EMI/RFI madness 5548 
Drinking in Modulation 5548 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5548 
Finito 5547 
It is only partially outside the context. 5547 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5546 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5546 
Corresponding to ? 5546 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5519 
Qualitat 5518 
The baby is sick 5474 
Last Cleaning? 5474 
Mine too... 5474 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5474 
What the hell is going on!!! 5474 
...air-caps dirty.... 5473 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5473 
Hum points 5473 
Beats and pieces. 5473 
What else? 5473 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5473 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5473 
Veggie ham 5473 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5472 
Holly idiocy! 5471 
Yes sir 5469 
I think your game is not over. 5469 
More ham 5469 
Route(s) to Ground 5469 
Grounding arrangement 5468 
Ground Thoughts 5467 
0A2 Question 5467 
Where is the Bolt? 5467 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5467 
"End of Live" tube set 5467 
GND plane 5467 
That crazy 7025. 5467 
Distributed bolt 5467 
Amperex ECC83 5467 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5467 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5467 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5467 
More findings 5466 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5466 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5465 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5465 
Grounding and trannies 5465 
Ignorance is bliss... 5463 
Shakey DIY Basics 5463 
Poor photographer 5463 
Spare the Oxen... 5463 
Is SiC sick? 5461 
Possible, so what? 5461 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5460 
Seek and you’ll find. 5460 
Filament 5460 
Filament considerations 5460 
Air caps?Buffer? 5460 
Exorcisms 5414 
Floating? 5413 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5406 
Toilet ham 5406 
The Shield 5405 
It is hard to say. 5405 
Fake bugle/teles 5405 
Never again. 5405 
Bingo! 5396 
Total current per channel 5389 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5389 
I like iron 5389 
Choke ringing 5389 
Ringing 5389 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5389 
Choke ringing again 5388 
What ringing? 5388 
Ring-ring 5388 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5388 
TT Rider 5388 
Snubbers and motors 5387 
Nice idea... 5387 
B+ 5387 
Shielded Interconnect 5387 
IC shields 5384 
The horrors of calibration 5232 
Floating Away 5232 
Ground is +/- understood 5231 
"Calibrate"??? 5231 
The self-serving calibrations. 5230 
Fighting with RIAA 5230 
The Usual 5230 
That's it! 5230 
Parts Location 5230 
Lush layout 5229 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5181 
It might be very impressive 5181 
To be clear 5181 
Shall I co? 5180 
Parts 5180 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5180 
What does it mean? 5180 
Come on! 5180 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5180 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5180 
EAR polite recess 5180 
Power sequencing? 5150 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5150 
3 Position switch 5149 
How true... 5149 
DIY Failsafe 5149 
Switch.. 5124 
Calibration problem 5099 
Resolved 5096 
Looks good 5095 
Fat LF 5095 
Loading Up 5095 
SUT's 5095 
Shunt regulation 5014 
Application dependent 5014 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4982 
It migh be an interesting company. 4982 
Amo/silver 4982 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4982 
Silver considerations 4982 
Again With the Amo 4982 
Silver path 4982 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4982 
The Path of Least Resistance 4981 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4981 
Foil 4981 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4981 
Audiopedophile's hell 4981 
In da house 4980 
Consistent anality 4979 
Right 4979 
A speculation 4977 
Mone on silver Trabants 4976 
Parts Ag 4976 
Trabant done in pure silver 4976 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4976 
Silver swamp 4976 
In the Long Run 4976 
2RM? 4971 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4971 
DIY 4970 
95%? 4970 
More on that 4970 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4970 
Fully shielded 4970 
Interesting 4970 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4166 
Creative people 4166 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4166 
It is what it is. 4165 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4165 
Gray market 4165 
Mix up 4164 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4164 
Sound beats engeneering 3571 
Engineering Crap 3571 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3571 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3068 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2483 
Snubbers 2431 
More on snubbers 2431 
Capacitors Question 2431 
Capacitors & updates 2431 
Z-foil 2431 
Loading resistors & sockets 2431 
Low noise tubes 2430 
What Works Where 2429 
What are the REAL goals? 2429 
Good engineering parctices 2429 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2429 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2429 
It was 13 years back... 2429 
Thank you 2429 
Tube Selection 2418 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2315 
Big output capacitor question. 2076 
Context/Application/Circuit 2075 
EAR 2075 
Of Course... 2075 
834pT 2074 
Who knows.... 2074 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2073 
Where? 2073 
Big cap banks 2073 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 658 
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