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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6670 
End of Life 6670 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6670 
Shallow ambitions 6670 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6670 
Acronym 6670 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6658 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6658 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6658 
It is comming along.... 6477 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6477 
The perfect corrector. 6477 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6477 
The perfect corrector - II 6476 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6475 
Wrong values shown 6474 
The deliberate mistakes? 6474 
330R anode resistors 6474 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6474 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6474 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6472 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6472 
Going on from "There" 6472 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6472 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6471 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6470 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6470 
Good for them. 6470 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6470 
A few more 6470 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6470 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6469 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6469 
Hybridizing 6469 
I love it! 6469 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6467 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6467 
SSG 6466 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6466 
USSR SSG 6466 
USSR SSG 6466 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6466 
Fixed bias 6466 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6466 
More on this, please 6465 
Interesting development! 6465 
One-Story Jack 6465 
Nature's Bias 6465 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6465 
Apologies! 6464 
Tunable Y-factor? 6464 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6464 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6459 
The sound of one hand clapping 6459 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6458 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6450 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6450 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6449 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6449 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6449 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6364 
Specific air cap changes 6364 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6364 
One tube, two channels? 6364 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6364 
"Crosstalk" 6363 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6322 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6301 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5875 
Sucks! 5803 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5802 
Um, what? 5802 
Alternative Transformer 5802 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5802 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5802 
Hmmm,I suspect 5802 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5794 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5782 
The 100Hz hum? 5782 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5782 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5782 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5781 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5781 
DIY Air-Caps? 5781 
Capacitors 5778 
Hum again. 5757 
Hm, again.... 5757 
Tribute MC iron 5472 
Changing loads 5468 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5468 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5467 
Loading on primary? 5467 
Anticipating the needs 5467 
CCS heating? 5430 
2nd stage bias mystery 5313 
It is true but it negligible. 5313 
V2 biasing continued 5312 
Works +/- properly 5311 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5311 
My assault 5284 
What, No Breadboard? 5284 
Don't laugh too loud... 5284 
So far it is good. 5284 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5284 
The assembly and the buzz 5283 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5283 
Caps and chokes 5283 
The price of fame 5283 
Tribute 5283 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5283 
Schematics 5283 
Traces 5283 
Moving Magnet 5283 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5283 
Cat smells fish? 5282 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5282 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5282 
In the box 5282 
Schematics II 5282 
A few comments. 5282 
Miscelanea 5282 
I am surprised. 5282 
Don't be 5281 
It is not about power supply. 5281 
EMI/RFI madness 5281 
Drinking in Modulation 5281 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5281 
Finito 5280 
It is only partially outside the context. 5280 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5279 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5279 
Corresponding to ? 5279 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5252 
Qualitat 5251 
The baby is sick 5207 
Last Cleaning? 5207 
Mine too... 5207 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5207 
What the hell is going on!!! 5207 
...air-caps dirty.... 5206 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5206 
Hum points 5206 
Beats and pieces. 5206 
What else? 5206 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5206 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5206 
Veggie ham 5206 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5205 
Holly idiocy! 5204 
Yes sir 5202 
I think your game is not over. 5202 
More ham 5202 
Route(s) to Ground 5202 
Grounding arrangement 5201 
Ground Thoughts 5200 
0A2 Question 5200 
Where is the Bolt? 5200 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5200 
"End of Live" tube set 5200 
GND plane 5200 
That crazy 7025. 5200 
Distributed bolt 5200 
Amperex ECC83 5200 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5200 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5200 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5200 
More findings 5199 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5199 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5198 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5198 
Grounding and trannies 5198 
Ignorance is bliss... 5196 
Shakey DIY Basics 5196 
Poor photographer 5196 
Spare the Oxen... 5196 
Is SiC sick? 5194 
Possible, so what? 5194 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5193 
Seek and you’ll find. 5193 
Filament 5193 
Filament considerations 5193 
Air caps?Buffer? 5193 
Exorcisms 5147 
Floating? 5146 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5139 
Toilet ham 5139 
The Shield 5138 
It is hard to say. 5138 
Fake bugle/teles 5138 
Never again. 5138 
Bingo! 5129 
Total current per channel 5122 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5122 
I like iron 5122 
Choke ringing 5122 
Ringing 5122 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5122 
Choke ringing again 5121 
What ringing? 5121 
Ring-ring 5121 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5121 
TT Rider 5121 
Snubbers and motors 5120 
Nice idea... 5120 
B+ 5120 
Shielded Interconnect 5120 
IC shields 5117 
The horrors of calibration 4965 
Floating Away 4965 
Ground is +/- understood 4964 
"Calibrate"??? 4964 
The self-serving calibrations. 4963 
Fighting with RIAA 4963 
The Usual 4963 
That's it! 4963 
Parts Location 4963 
Lush layout 4962 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4914 
It might be very impressive 4914 
To be clear 4914 
Shall I co? 4913 
Parts 4913 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4913 
What does it mean? 4913 
Come on! 4913 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4913 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4913 
EAR polite recess 4913 
Power sequencing? 4883 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4883 
3 Position switch 4882 
How true... 4882 
DIY Failsafe 4882 
Switch.. 4857 
Calibration problem 4832 
Resolved 4829 
Looks good 4828 
Fat LF 4828 
Loading Up 4828 
SUT's 4828 
Shunt regulation 4747 
Application dependent 4747 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4715 
It migh be an interesting company. 4715 
Amo/silver 4715 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4715 
Silver considerations 4715 
Again With the Amo 4715 
Silver path 4715 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4715 
The Path of Least Resistance 4714 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4714 
Foil 4714 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4714 
Audiopedophile's hell 4714 
In da house 4713 
Consistent anality 4712 
Right 4712 
A speculation 4710 
Mone on silver Trabants 4709 
Parts Ag 4709 
Trabant done in pure silver 4709 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4709 
Silver swamp 4709 
In the Long Run 4709 
2RM? 4704 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4704 
DIY 4703 
95%? 4703 
More on that 4703 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4703 
Fully shielded 4703 
Interesting 4703 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3899 
Creative people 3899 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3899 
It is what it is. 3898 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3898 
Gray market 3898 
Mix up 3897 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3897 
Sound beats engeneering 3304 
Engineering Crap 3304 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3304 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2801 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2216 
Snubbers 2164 
More on snubbers 2164 
Capacitors Question 2164 
Capacitors & updates 2164 
Z-foil 2164 
Loading resistors & sockets 2164 
Low noise tubes 2163 
What Works Where 2162 
What are the REAL goals? 2162 
Good engineering parctices 2162 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2162 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2162 
It was 13 years back... 2162 
Thank you 2162 
Tube Selection 2151 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2048 
Big output capacitor question. 1809 
Context/Application/Circuit 1808 
EAR 1808 
Of Course... 1808 
834pT 1807 
Who knows.... 1807 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1806 
Where? 1806 
Big cap banks 1806 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 391 
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