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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6859 
End of Life 6859 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6859 
Shallow ambitions 6859 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6859 
Acronym 6859 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6847 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6847 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6847 
It is comming along.... 6666 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6666 
The perfect corrector. 6666 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6666 
The perfect corrector - II 6665 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6664 
Wrong values shown 6663 
The deliberate mistakes? 6663 
330R anode resistors 6663 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6663 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6663 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6661 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6661 
Going on from "There" 6661 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6661 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6660 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6659 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6659 
Good for them. 6659 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6659 
A few more 6659 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6659 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6658 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6658 
Hybridizing 6658 
I love it! 6658 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6656 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6656 
SSG 6655 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6655 
USSR SSG 6655 
USSR SSG 6655 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6655 
Fixed bias 6655 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6655 
More on this, please 6654 
Interesting development! 6654 
One-Story Jack 6654 
Nature's Bias 6654 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6654 
Apologies! 6653 
Tunable Y-factor? 6653 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6653 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6648 
The sound of one hand clapping 6648 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6647 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6639 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6639 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6638 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6638 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6638 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6553 
Specific air cap changes 6553 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6553 
One tube, two channels? 6553 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6553 
"Crosstalk" 6552 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6511 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6490 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 6064 
Sucks! 5992 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5991 
Um, what? 5991 
Alternative Transformer 5991 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5991 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5991 
Hmmm,I suspect 5991 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5983 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5971 
The 100Hz hum? 5971 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5971 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5971 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5970 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5970 
DIY Air-Caps? 5970 
Capacitors 5967 
Hum again. 5946 
Hm, again.... 5946 
Tribute MC iron 5661 
Changing loads 5657 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5657 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5656 
Loading on primary? 5656 
Anticipating the needs 5656 
CCS heating? 5619 
2nd stage bias mystery 5502 
It is true but it negligible. 5502 
V2 biasing continued 5501 
Works +/- properly 5500 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5500 
My assault 5473 
What, No Breadboard? 5473 
Don't laugh too loud... 5473 
So far it is good. 5473 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5473 
The assembly and the buzz 5472 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5472 
Caps and chokes 5472 
The price of fame 5472 
Tribute 5472 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5472 
Schematics 5472 
Traces 5472 
Moving Magnet 5472 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5472 
Cat smells fish? 5471 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5471 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5471 
In the box 5471 
Schematics II 5471 
A few comments. 5471 
Miscelanea 5471 
I am surprised. 5471 
Don't be 5470 
It is not about power supply. 5470 
EMI/RFI madness 5470 
Drinking in Modulation 5470 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5470 
Finito 5469 
It is only partially outside the context. 5469 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5468 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5468 
Corresponding to ? 5468 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5441 
Qualitat 5440 
The baby is sick 5396 
Last Cleaning? 5396 
Mine too... 5396 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5396 
What the hell is going on!!! 5396 
...air-caps dirty.... 5395 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5395 
Hum points 5395 
Beats and pieces. 5395 
What else? 5395 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5395 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5395 
Veggie ham 5395 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5394 
Holly idiocy! 5393 
Yes sir 5391 
I think your game is not over. 5391 
More ham 5391 
Route(s) to Ground 5391 
Grounding arrangement 5390 
Ground Thoughts 5389 
0A2 Question 5389 
Where is the Bolt? 5389 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5389 
"End of Live" tube set 5389 
GND plane 5389 
That crazy 7025. 5389 
Distributed bolt 5389 
Amperex ECC83 5389 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5389 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5389 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5389 
More findings 5388 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5388 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5387 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5387 
Grounding and trannies 5387 
Ignorance is bliss... 5385 
Shakey DIY Basics 5385 
Poor photographer 5385 
Spare the Oxen... 5385 
Is SiC sick? 5383 
Possible, so what? 5383 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5382 
Seek and you’ll find. 5382 
Filament 5382 
Filament considerations 5382 
Air caps?Buffer? 5382 
Exorcisms 5336 
Floating? 5335 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5328 
Toilet ham 5328 
The Shield 5327 
It is hard to say. 5327 
Fake bugle/teles 5327 
Never again. 5327 
Bingo! 5318 
Total current per channel 5311 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5311 
I like iron 5311 
Choke ringing 5311 
Ringing 5311 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5311 
Choke ringing again 5310 
What ringing? 5310 
Ring-ring 5310 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5310 
TT Rider 5310 
Snubbers and motors 5309 
Nice idea... 5309 
B+ 5309 
Shielded Interconnect 5309 
IC shields 5306 
The horrors of calibration 5154 
Floating Away 5154 
Ground is +/- understood 5153 
"Calibrate"??? 5153 
The self-serving calibrations. 5152 
Fighting with RIAA 5152 
The Usual 5152 
That's it! 5152 
Parts Location 5152 
Lush layout 5151 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 5103 
It might be very impressive 5103 
To be clear 5103 
Shall I co? 5102 
Parts 5102 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 5102 
What does it mean? 5102 
Come on! 5102 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 5102 
It's A Big'un, All Right 5102 
EAR polite recess 5102 
Power sequencing? 5072 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 5072 
3 Position switch 5071 
How true... 5071 
DIY Failsafe 5071 
Switch.. 5046 
Calibration problem 5021 
Resolved 5018 
Looks good 5017 
Fat LF 5017 
Loading Up 5017 
SUT's 5017 
Shunt regulation 4936 
Application dependent 4936 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4904 
It migh be an interesting company. 4904 
Amo/silver 4904 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4904 
Silver considerations 4904 
Again With the Amo 4904 
Silver path 4904 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4904 
The Path of Least Resistance 4903 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4903 
Foil 4903 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4903 
Audiopedophile's hell 4903 
In da house 4902 
Consistent anality 4901 
Right 4901 
A speculation 4899 
Mone on silver Trabants 4898 
Parts Ag 4898 
Trabant done in pure silver 4898 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4898 
Silver swamp 4898 
In the Long Run 4898 
2RM? 4893 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4893 
DIY 4892 
95%? 4892 
More on that 4892 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4892 
Fully shielded 4892 
Interesting 4892 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 4088 
Creative people 4088 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 4088 
It is what it is. 4087 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 4087 
Gray market 4087 
Mix up 4086 
The Thorsten’s mark. 4086 
Sound beats engeneering 3493 
Engineering Crap 3493 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3493 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2990 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2405 
Snubbers 2353 
More on snubbers 2353 
Capacitors Question 2353 
Capacitors & updates 2353 
Z-foil 2353 
Loading resistors & sockets 2353 
Low noise tubes 2352 
What Works Where 2351 
What are the REAL goals? 2351 
Good engineering parctices 2351 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2351 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2351 
It was 13 years back... 2351 
Thank you 2351 
Tube Selection 2340 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2237 
Big output capacitor question. 1998 
Context/Application/Circuit 1997 
EAR 1997 
Of Course... 1997 
834pT 1996 
Who knows.... 1996 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1995 
Where? 1995 
Big cap banks 1995 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 580 
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