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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6657 
End of Life 6657 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6657 
Shallow ambitions 6657 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6657 
Acronym 6657 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6645 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6645 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6645 
It is comming along.... 6464 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6464 
The perfect corrector. 6464 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6464 
The perfect corrector - II 6463 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6462 
Wrong values shown 6461 
The deliberate mistakes? 6461 
330R anode resistors 6461 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6461 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6461 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6459 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6459 
Going on from "There" 6459 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6459 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6458 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6457 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6457 
Good for them. 6457 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6457 
A few more 6457 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6457 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6456 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6456 
Hybridizing 6456 
I love it! 6456 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6454 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6454 
SSG 6453 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6453 
USSR SSG 6453 
USSR SSG 6453 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6453 
Fixed bias 6453 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6453 
More on this, please 6452 
Interesting development! 6452 
One-Story Jack 6452 
Nature's Bias 6452 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6452 
Apologies! 6451 
Tunable Y-factor? 6451 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6451 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6446 
The sound of one hand clapping 6446 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6445 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6437 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6437 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6436 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6436 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6436 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6351 
Specific air cap changes 6351 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6351 
One tube, two channels? 6351 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6351 
"Crosstalk" 6350 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6309 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6288 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5862 
Sucks! 5790 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5789 
Um, what? 5789 
Alternative Transformer 5789 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5789 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5789 
Hmmm,I suspect 5789 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5781 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5769 
The 100Hz hum? 5769 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5769 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5769 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5768 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5768 
DIY Air-Caps? 5768 
Capacitors 5765 
Hum again. 5744 
Hm, again.... 5744 
Tribute MC iron 5459 
Changing loads 5455 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5455 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5454 
Loading on primary? 5454 
Anticipating the needs 5454 
CCS heating? 5417 
2nd stage bias mystery 5300 
It is true but it negligible. 5300 
V2 biasing continued 5299 
Works +/- properly 5298 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5298 
My assault 5271 
What, No Breadboard? 5271 
Don't laugh too loud... 5271 
So far it is good. 5271 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5271 
The assembly and the buzz 5270 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5270 
Caps and chokes 5270 
The price of fame 5270 
Tribute 5270 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5270 
Schematics 5270 
Traces 5270 
Moving Magnet 5270 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5270 
Cat smells fish? 5269 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5269 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5269 
In the box 5269 
Schematics II 5269 
A few comments. 5269 
Miscelanea 5269 
I am surprised. 5269 
Don't be 5268 
It is not about power supply. 5268 
EMI/RFI madness 5268 
Drinking in Modulation 5268 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5268 
Finito 5267 
It is only partially outside the context. 5267 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5266 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5266 
Corresponding to ? 5266 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5239 
Qualitat 5238 
The baby is sick 5194 
Last Cleaning? 5194 
Mine too... 5194 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5194 
What the hell is going on!!! 5194 
...air-caps dirty.... 5193 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5193 
Hum points 5193 
Beats and pieces. 5193 
What else? 5193 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5193 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5193 
Veggie ham 5193 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5192 
Holly idiocy! 5191 
Yes sir 5189 
I think your game is not over. 5189 
More ham 5189 
Route(s) to Ground 5189 
Grounding arrangement 5188 
Ground Thoughts 5187 
0A2 Question 5187 
Where is the Bolt? 5187 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5187 
"End of Live" tube set 5187 
GND plane 5187 
That crazy 7025. 5187 
Distributed bolt 5187 
Amperex ECC83 5187 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5187 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5187 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5187 
More findings 5186 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5186 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5185 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5185 
Grounding and trannies 5185 
Ignorance is bliss... 5183 
Shakey DIY Basics 5183 
Poor photographer 5183 
Spare the Oxen... 5183 
Is SiC sick? 5181 
Possible, so what? 5181 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5180 
Seek and you’ll find. 5180 
Filament 5180 
Filament considerations 5180 
Air caps?Buffer? 5180 
Exorcisms 5134 
Floating? 5133 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5126 
Toilet ham 5126 
The Shield 5125 
It is hard to say. 5125 
Fake bugle/teles 5125 
Never again. 5125 
Bingo! 5116 
Total current per channel 5109 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5109 
I like iron 5109 
Choke ringing 5109 
Ringing 5109 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5109 
Choke ringing again 5108 
What ringing? 5108 
Ring-ring 5108 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5108 
TT Rider 5108 
Snubbers and motors 5107 
Nice idea... 5107 
B+ 5107 
Shielded Interconnect 5107 
IC shields 5104 
The horrors of calibration 4952 
Floating Away 4952 
Ground is +/- understood 4951 
"Calibrate"??? 4951 
The self-serving calibrations. 4950 
Fighting with RIAA 4950 
The Usual 4950 
That's it! 4950 
Parts Location 4950 
Lush layout 4949 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4901 
It might be very impressive 4901 
To be clear 4901 
Shall I co? 4900 
Parts 4900 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4900 
What does it mean? 4900 
Come on! 4900 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4900 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4900 
EAR polite recess 4900 
Power sequencing? 4870 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4870 
3 Position switch 4869 
How true... 4869 
DIY Failsafe 4869 
Switch.. 4844 
Calibration problem 4819 
Resolved 4816 
Looks good 4815 
Fat LF 4815 
Loading Up 4815 
SUT's 4815 
Shunt regulation 4734 
Application dependent 4734 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4702 
It migh be an interesting company. 4702 
Amo/silver 4702 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4702 
Silver considerations 4702 
Again With the Amo 4702 
Silver path 4702 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4702 
The Path of Least Resistance 4701 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4701 
Foil 4701 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4701 
Audiopedophile's hell 4701 
In da house 4700 
Consistent anality 4699 
Right 4699 
A speculation 4697 
Mone on silver Trabants 4696 
Parts Ag 4696 
Trabant done in pure silver 4696 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4696 
Silver swamp 4696 
In the Long Run 4696 
2RM? 4691 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4691 
DIY 4690 
95%? 4690 
More on that 4690 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4690 
Fully shielded 4690 
Interesting 4690 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3886 
Creative people 3886 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3886 
It is what it is. 3885 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3885 
Gray market 3885 
Mix up 3884 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3884 
Sound beats engeneering 3291 
Engineering Crap 3291 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3291 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2788 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2203 
Snubbers 2151 
More on snubbers 2151 
Capacitors Question 2151 
Capacitors & updates 2151 
Z-foil 2151 
Loading resistors & sockets 2151 
Low noise tubes 2150 
What Works Where 2149 
What are the REAL goals? 2149 
Good engineering parctices 2149 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2149 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2149 
It was 13 years back... 2149 
Thank you 2149 
Tube Selection 2138 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2035 
Big output capacitor question. 1796 
Context/Application/Circuit 1795 
EAR 1795 
Of Course... 1795 
834pT 1794 
Who knows.... 1794 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1793 
Where? 1793 
Big cap banks 1793 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 378 
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