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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6926 
End of Life 6926 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6926 
Shallow ambitions 6926 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6926 
Acronym 6926 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6914 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6914 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6914 
It is comming along.... 6733 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6733 
The perfect corrector. 6733 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6733 
The perfect corrector - II 6732 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6731 
Wrong values shown 6730 
The deliberate mistakes? 6730 
330R anode resistors 6730 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6730 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6730 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6728 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6728 
Going on from "There" 6728 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6728 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6727 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6726 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6726 
Good for them. 6726 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6726 
A few more 6726 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6726 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6725 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6725 
Hybridizing 6725 
I love it! 6725 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6723 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6723 
SSG 6722 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6722 
USSR SSG 6722 
USSR SSG 6722 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6722 
Fixed bias 6722 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6722 
More on this, please 6721 
Interesting development! 6721 
One-Story Jack 6721 
Nature's Bias 6721 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6721 
Apologies! 6720 
Tunable Y-factor? 6720 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6720 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6715 
The sound of one hand clapping 6715 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6714 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6706 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6706 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6705 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6705 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6705 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6620 
Specific air cap changes 6620 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6620 
One tube, two channels? 6620 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6620 
"Crosstalk" 6619 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6578 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6557 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6131 
Sucks! 6059 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 6058 
Um, what? 6058 
Alternative Transformer 6058 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 6058 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 6058 
Hmmm,I suspect 6058 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 6050 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 6038 
The 100Hz hum? 6038 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 6038 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 6038 
The hum is drooped significantly! 6037 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 6037 
DIY Air-Caps? 6037 
Capacitors 6034 
Hum again. 6013 
Hm, again.... 6013 
Tribute MC iron 5728 
Changing loads 5724 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5724 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5723 
Loading on primary? 5723 
Anticipating the needs 5723 
CCS heating? 5686 
2nd stage bias mystery 5569 
It is true but it negligible. 5569 
V2 biasing continued 5568 
Works +/- properly 5567 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5567 
My assault 5540 
What, No Breadboard? 5540 
Don't laugh too loud... 5540 
So far it is good. 5540 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5540 
The assembly and the buzz 5539 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5539 
Caps and chokes 5539 
The price of fame 5539 
Tribute 5539 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5539 
Schematics 5539 
Traces 5539 
Moving Magnet 5539 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5539 
Cat smells fish? 5538 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5538 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5538 
In the box 5538 
Schematics II 5538 
A few comments. 5538 
Miscelanea 5538 
I am surprised. 5538 
Don't be 5537 
It is not about power supply. 5537 
EMI/RFI madness 5537 
Drinking in Modulation 5537 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5537 
Finito 5536 
It is only partially outside the context. 5536 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5535 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5535 
Corresponding to ? 5535 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5508 
Qualitat 5507 
The baby is sick 5463 
Last Cleaning? 5463 
Mine too... 5463 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5463 
What the hell is going on!!! 5463 
...air-caps dirty.... 5462 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5462 
Hum points 5462 
Beats and pieces. 5462 
What else? 5462 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5462 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5462 
Veggie ham 5462 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5461 
Holly idiocy! 5460 
Yes sir 5458 
I think your game is not over. 5458 
More ham 5458 
Route(s) to Ground 5458 
Grounding arrangement 5457 
Ground Thoughts 5456 
0A2 Question 5456 
Where is the Bolt? 5456 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5456 
"End of Live" tube set 5456 
GND plane 5456 
That crazy 7025. 5456 
Distributed bolt 5456 
Amperex ECC83 5456 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5456 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5456 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5456 
More findings 5455 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5455 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5454 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5454 
Grounding and trannies 5454 
Ignorance is bliss... 5452 
Shakey DIY Basics 5452 
Poor photographer 5452 
Spare the Oxen... 5452 
Is SiC sick? 5450 
Possible, so what? 5450 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5449 
Seek and you’ll find. 5449 
Filament 5449 
Filament considerations 5449 
Air caps?Buffer? 5449 
Exorcisms 5403 
Floating? 5402 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5395 
Toilet ham 5395 
The Shield 5394 
It is hard to say. 5394 
Fake bugle/teles 5394 
Never again. 5394 
Bingo! 5385 
Total current per channel 5378 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5378 
I like iron 5378 
Choke ringing 5378 
Ringing 5378 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5378 
Choke ringing again 5377 
What ringing? 5377 
Ring-ring 5377 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5377 
TT Rider 5377 
Snubbers and motors 5376 
Nice idea... 5376 
B+ 5376 
Shielded Interconnect 5376 
IC shields 5373 
The horrors of calibration 5221 
Floating Away 5221 
Ground is +/- understood 5220 
"Calibrate"??? 5220 
The self-serving calibrations. 5219 
Fighting with RIAA 5219 
The Usual 5219 
That's it! 5219 
Parts Location 5219 
Lush layout 5218 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5170 
It might be very impressive 5170 
To be clear 5170 
Shall I co? 5169 
Parts 5169 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5169 
What does it mean? 5169 
Come on! 5169 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5169 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5169 
EAR polite recess 5169 
Power sequencing? 5139 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5139 
3 Position switch 5138 
How true... 5138 
DIY Failsafe 5138 
Switch.. 5113 
Calibration problem 5088 
Resolved 5085 
Looks good 5084 
Fat LF 5084 
Loading Up 5084 
SUT's 5084 
Shunt regulation 5003 
Application dependent 5003 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4971 
It migh be an interesting company. 4971 
Amo/silver 4971 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4971 
Silver considerations 4971 
Again With the Amo 4971 
Silver path 4971 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4971 
The Path of Least Resistance 4970 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4970 
Foil 4970 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4970 
Audiopedophile's hell 4970 
In da house 4969 
Consistent anality 4968 
Right 4968 
A speculation 4966 
Mone on silver Trabants 4965 
Parts Ag 4965 
Trabant done in pure silver 4965 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4965 
Silver swamp 4965 
In the Long Run 4965 
2RM? 4960 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4960 
DIY 4959 
95%? 4959 
More on that 4959 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4959 
Fully shielded 4959 
Interesting 4959 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4155 
Creative people 4155 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4155 
It is what it is. 4154 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4154 
Gray market 4154 
Mix up 4153 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4153 
Sound beats engeneering 3560 
Engineering Crap 3560 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3560 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 3057 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2472 
Snubbers 2420 
More on snubbers 2420 
Capacitors Question 2420 
Capacitors & updates 2420 
Z-foil 2420 
Loading resistors & sockets 2420 
Low noise tubes 2419 
What Works Where 2418 
What are the REAL goals? 2418 
Good engineering parctices 2418 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2418 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2418 
It was 13 years back... 2418 
Thank you 2418 
Tube Selection 2407 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2304 
Big output capacitor question. 2065 
Context/Application/Circuit 2064 
EAR 2064 
Of Course... 2064 
834pT 2063 
Who knows.... 2063 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 2062 
Where? 2062 
Big cap banks 2062 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 647 
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