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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6691 
End of Life 6691 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6691 
Shallow ambitions 6691 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6691 
Acronym 6691 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6679 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6679 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6679 
It is comming along.... 6498 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6498 
The perfect corrector. 6498 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6498 
The perfect corrector - II 6497 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6496 
Wrong values shown 6495 
The deliberate mistakes? 6495 
330R anode resistors 6495 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6495 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6495 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6493 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6493 
Going on from "There" 6493 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6493 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6492 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6491 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6491 
Good for them. 6491 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6491 
A few more 6491 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6491 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6490 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6490 
Hybridizing 6490 
I love it! 6490 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6488 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6488 
SSG 6487 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6487 
USSR SSG 6487 
USSR SSG 6487 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6487 
Fixed bias 6487 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6487 
More on this, please 6486 
Interesting development! 6486 
One-Story Jack 6486 
Nature's Bias 6486 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6486 
Apologies! 6485 
Tunable Y-factor? 6485 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6485 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6480 
The sound of one hand clapping 6480 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6479 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6471 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6471 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6470 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6470 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6470 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6385 
Specific air cap changes 6385 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6385 
One tube, two channels? 6385 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6385 
"Crosstalk" 6384 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6343 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6322 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5896 
Sucks! 5824 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5823 
Um, what? 5823 
Alternative Transformer 5823 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5823 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5823 
Hmmm,I suspect 5823 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5815 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5803 
The 100Hz hum? 5803 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5803 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5803 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5802 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5802 
DIY Air-Caps? 5802 
Capacitors 5799 
Hum again. 5778 
Hm, again.... 5778 
Tribute MC iron 5493 
Changing loads 5489 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5489 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5488 
Loading on primary? 5488 
Anticipating the needs 5488 
CCS heating? 5451 
2nd stage bias mystery 5334 
It is true but it negligible. 5334 
V2 biasing continued 5333 
Works +/- properly 5332 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5332 
My assault 5305 
What, No Breadboard? 5305 
Don't laugh too loud... 5305 
So far it is good. 5305 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5305 
The assembly and the buzz 5304 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5304 
Caps and chokes 5304 
The price of fame 5304 
Tribute 5304 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5304 
Schematics 5304 
Traces 5304 
Moving Magnet 5304 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5304 
Cat smells fish? 5303 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5303 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5303 
In the box 5303 
Schematics II 5303 
A few comments. 5303 
Miscelanea 5303 
I am surprised. 5303 
Don't be 5302 
It is not about power supply. 5302 
EMI/RFI madness 5302 
Drinking in Modulation 5302 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5302 
Finito 5301 
It is only partially outside the context. 5301 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5300 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5300 
Corresponding to ? 5300 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5273 
Qualitat 5272 
The baby is sick 5228 
Last Cleaning? 5228 
Mine too... 5228 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5228 
What the hell is going on!!! 5228 
...air-caps dirty.... 5227 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5227 
Hum points 5227 
Beats and pieces. 5227 
What else? 5227 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5227 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5227 
Veggie ham 5227 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5226 
Holly idiocy! 5225 
Yes sir 5223 
I think your game is not over. 5223 
More ham 5223 
Route(s) to Ground 5223 
Grounding arrangement 5222 
Ground Thoughts 5221 
0A2 Question 5221 
Where is the Bolt? 5221 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5221 
"End of Live" tube set 5221 
GND plane 5221 
That crazy 7025. 5221 
Distributed bolt 5221 
Amperex ECC83 5221 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5221 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5221 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5221 
More findings 5220 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5220 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5219 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5219 
Grounding and trannies 5219 
Ignorance is bliss... 5217 
Shakey DIY Basics 5217 
Poor photographer 5217 
Spare the Oxen... 5217 
Is SiC sick? 5215 
Possible, so what? 5215 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5214 
Seek and you’ll find. 5214 
Filament 5214 
Filament considerations 5214 
Air caps?Buffer? 5214 
Exorcisms 5168 
Floating? 5167 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5160 
Toilet ham 5160 
The Shield 5159 
It is hard to say. 5159 
Fake bugle/teles 5159 
Never again. 5159 
Bingo! 5150 
Total current per channel 5143 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5143 
I like iron 5143 
Choke ringing 5143 
Ringing 5143 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5143 
Choke ringing again 5142 
What ringing? 5142 
Ring-ring 5142 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5142 
TT Rider 5142 
Snubbers and motors 5141 
Nice idea... 5141 
B+ 5141 
Shielded Interconnect 5141 
IC shields 5138 
The horrors of calibration 4986 
Floating Away 4986 
Ground is +/- understood 4985 
"Calibrate"??? 4985 
The self-serving calibrations. 4984 
Fighting with RIAA 4984 
The Usual 4984 
That's it! 4984 
Parts Location 4984 
Lush layout 4983 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4935 
It might be very impressive 4935 
To be clear 4935 
Shall I co? 4934 
Parts 4934 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4934 
What does it mean? 4934 
Come on! 4934 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4934 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4934 
EAR polite recess 4934 
Power sequencing? 4904 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4904 
3 Position switch 4903 
How true... 4903 
DIY Failsafe 4903 
Switch.. 4878 
Calibration problem 4853 
Resolved 4850 
Looks good 4849 
Fat LF 4849 
Loading Up 4849 
SUT's 4849 
Shunt regulation 4768 
Application dependent 4768 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4736 
It migh be an interesting company. 4736 
Amo/silver 4736 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4736 
Silver considerations 4736 
Again With the Amo 4736 
Silver path 4736 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4736 
The Path of Least Resistance 4735 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4735 
Foil 4735 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4735 
Audiopedophile's hell 4735 
In da house 4734 
Consistent anality 4733 
Right 4733 
A speculation 4731 
Mone on silver Trabants 4730 
Parts Ag 4730 
Trabant done in pure silver 4730 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4730 
Silver swamp 4730 
In the Long Run 4730 
2RM? 4725 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4725 
DIY 4724 
95%? 4724 
More on that 4724 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4724 
Fully shielded 4724 
Interesting 4724 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3920 
Creative people 3920 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3920 
It is what it is. 3919 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3919 
Gray market 3919 
Mix up 3918 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3918 
Sound beats engeneering 3325 
Engineering Crap 3325 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3325 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2822 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2237 
Snubbers 2185 
More on snubbers 2185 
Capacitors Question 2185 
Capacitors & updates 2185 
Z-foil 2185 
Loading resistors & sockets 2185 
Low noise tubes 2184 
What Works Where 2183 
What are the REAL goals? 2183 
Good engineering parctices 2183 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2183 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2183 
It was 13 years back... 2183 
Thank you 2183 
Tube Selection 2172 
Valvo mesh 0A2 2069 
Big output capacitor question. 1830 
Context/Application/Circuit 1829 
EAR 1829 
Of Course... 1829 
834pT 1828 
Who knows.... 1828 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1827 
Where? 1827 
Big cap banks 1827 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 412 
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