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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6787 
End of Life 6787 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6787 
Shallow ambitions 6787 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6787 
Acronym 6787 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6775 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6775 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6775 
It is comming along.... 6594 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6594 
The perfect corrector. 6594 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6594 
The perfect corrector - II 6593 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6592 
Wrong values shown 6591 
The deliberate mistakes? 6591 
330R anode resistors 6591 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6591 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6591 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6589 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6589 
Going on from "There" 6589 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6589 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6588 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6587 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6587 
Good for them. 6587 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6587 
A few more 6587 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6587 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6586 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6586 
Hybridizing 6586 
I love it! 6586 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6584 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6584 
SSG 6583 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6583 
USSR SSG 6583 
USSR SSG 6583 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6583 
Fixed bias 6583 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6583 
More on this, please 6582 
Interesting development! 6582 
One-Story Jack 6582 
Nature's Bias 6582 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6582 
Apologies! 6581 
Tunable Y-factor? 6581 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6581 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6576 
The sound of one hand clapping 6576 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6575 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6567 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6567 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6566 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6566 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6566 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6481 
Specific air cap changes 6481 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6481 
One tube, two channels? 6481 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6481 
"Crosstalk" 6480 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6439 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6418 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5992 
Sucks! 5920 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5919 
Um, what? 5919 
Alternative Transformer 5919 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5919 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5919 
Hmmm,I suspect 5919 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5911 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5899 
The 100Hz hum? 5899 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5899 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5899 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5898 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5898 
DIY Air-Caps? 5898 
Capacitors 5895 
Hum again. 5874 
Hm, again.... 5874 
Tribute MC iron 5589 
Changing loads 5585 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5585 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5584 
Loading on primary? 5584 
Anticipating the needs 5584 
CCS heating? 5547 
2nd stage bias mystery 5430 
It is true but it negligible. 5430 
V2 biasing continued 5429 
Works +/- properly 5428 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5428 
My assault 5401 
What, No Breadboard? 5401 
Don't laugh too loud... 5401 
So far it is good. 5401 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5401 
The assembly and the buzz 5400 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5400 
Caps and chokes 5400 
The price of fame 5400 
Tribute 5400 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5400 
Schematics 5400 
Traces 5400 
Moving Magnet 5400 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5400 
Cat smells fish? 5399 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5399 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5399 
In the box 5399 
Schematics II 5399 
A few comments. 5399 
Miscelanea 5399 
I am surprised. 5399 
Don't be 5398 
It is not about power supply. 5398 
EMI/RFI madness 5398 
Drinking in Modulation 5398 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5398 
Finito 5397 
It is only partially outside the context. 5397 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5396 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5396 
Corresponding to ? 5396 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5369 
Qualitat 5368 
The baby is sick 5324 
Last Cleaning? 5324 
Mine too... 5324 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5324 
What the hell is going on!!! 5324 
...air-caps dirty.... 5323 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5323 
Hum points 5323 
Beats and pieces. 5323 
What else? 5323 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5323 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5323 
Veggie ham 5323 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5322 
Holly idiocy! 5321 
Yes sir 5319 
I think your game is not over. 5319 
More ham 5319 
Route(s) to Ground 5319 
Grounding arrangement 5318 
Ground Thoughts 5317 
0A2 Question 5317 
Where is the Bolt? 5317 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5317 
"End of Live" tube set 5317 
GND plane 5317 
That crazy 7025. 5317 
Distributed bolt 5317 
Amperex ECC83 5317 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5317 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5317 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5317 
More findings 5316 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5316 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5315 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5315 
Grounding and trannies 5315 
Ignorance is bliss... 5313 
Shakey DIY Basics 5313 
Poor photographer 5313 
Spare the Oxen... 5313 
Is SiC sick? 5311 
Possible, so what? 5311 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5310 
Seek and you’ll find. 5310 
Filament 5310 
Filament considerations 5310 
Air caps?Buffer? 5310 
Exorcisms 5264 
Floating? 5263 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5256 
Toilet ham 5256 
The Shield 5255 
It is hard to say. 5255 
Fake bugle/teles 5255 
Never again. 5255 
Bingo! 5246 
Total current per channel 5239 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5239 
I like iron 5239 
Choke ringing 5239 
Ringing 5239 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5239 
Choke ringing again 5238 
What ringing? 5238 
Ring-ring 5238 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5238 
TT Rider 5238 
Snubbers and motors 5237 
Nice idea... 5237 
B+ 5237 
Shielded Interconnect 5237 
IC shields 5234 
The horrors of calibration 5082 
Floating Away 5082 
Ground is +/- understood 5081 
"Calibrate"??? 5081 
The self-serving calibrations. 5080 
Fighting with RIAA 5080 
The Usual 5080 
That's it! 5080 
Parts Location 5080 
Lush layout 5079 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5031 
It might be very impressive 5031 
To be clear 5031 
Shall I co? 5030 
Parts 5030 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5030 
What does it mean? 5030 
Come on! 5030 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5030 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5030 
EAR polite recess 5030 
Power sequencing? 5000 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5000 
3 Position switch 4999 
How true... 4999 
DIY Failsafe 4999 
Switch.. 4974 
Calibration problem 4949 
Resolved 4946 
Looks good 4945 
Fat LF 4945 
Loading Up 4945 
SUT's 4945 
Shunt regulation 4864 
Application dependent 4864 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4832 
It migh be an interesting company. 4832 
Amo/silver 4832 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4832 
Silver considerations 4832 
Again With the Amo 4832 
Silver path 4832 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4832 
The Path of Least Resistance 4831 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4831 
Foil 4831 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4831 
Audiopedophile's hell 4831 
In da house 4830 
Consistent anality 4829 
Right 4829 
A speculation 4827 
Mone on silver Trabants 4826 
Parts Ag 4826 
Trabant done in pure silver 4826 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4826 
Silver swamp 4826 
In the Long Run 4826 
2RM? 4821 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4821 
DIY 4820 
95%? 4820 
More on that 4820 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4820 
Fully shielded 4820 
Interesting 4820 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4016 
Creative people 4016 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4016 
It is what it is. 4015 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4015 
Gray market 4015 
Mix up 4014 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4014 
Sound beats engeneering 3421 
Engineering Crap 3421 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3421 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2918 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2333 
Snubbers 2281 
More on snubbers 2281 
Capacitors Question 2281 
Capacitors & updates 2281 
Z-foil 2281 
Loading resistors & sockets 2281 
Low noise tubes 2280 
What Works Where 2279 
What are the REAL goals? 2279 
Good engineering parctices 2279 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2279 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2279 
It was 13 years back... 2279 
Thank you 2279 
Tube Selection 2268 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2165 
Big output capacitor question. 1926 
Context/Application/Circuit 1925 
EAR 1925 
Of Course... 1925 
834pT 1924 
Who knows.... 1924 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1923 
Where? 1923 
Big cap banks 1923 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 508 
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