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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6612 
End of Life 6612 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6612 
Shallow ambitions 6612 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6612 
Acronym 6612 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 6600 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 6600 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 6600 
It is comming along.... 6419 
Now, that's a phono stage! 6419 
The perfect corrector. 6419 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 6419 
The perfect corrector - II 6418 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 6417 
Wrong values shown 6416 
The deliberate mistakes? 6416 
330R anode resistors 6416 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 6416 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 6416 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 6414 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 6414 
Going on from "There" 6414 
Ok, it is already almost there. 6414 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 6413 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 6412 
MFA Systems Phonostage 6412 
Good for them. 6412 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 6412 
A few more 6412 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 6412 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 6411 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 6411 
Hybridizing 6411 
I love it! 6411 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 6409 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 6409 
SSG 6408 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 6408 
USSR SSG 6408 
USSR SSG 6408 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 6408 
Fixed bias 6408 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 6408 
More on this, please 6407 
Interesting development! 6407 
One-Story Jack 6407 
Nature's Bias 6407 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 6407 
Apologies! 6406 
Tunable Y-factor? 6406 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 6406 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 6401 
The sound of one hand clapping 6401 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 6400 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 6392 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 6392 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 6391 
Phonostage vs. VTA 6391 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 6391 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 6306 
Specific air cap changes 6306 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 6306 
One tube, two channels? 6306 
The halves of the twin-triodes 6306 
"Crosstalk" 6305 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 6264 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 6243 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5817 
Sucks! 5745 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5744 
Um, what? 5744 
Alternative Transformer 5744 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5744 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5744 
Hmmm,I suspect 5744 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5736 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5724 
The 100Hz hum? 5724 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5724 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5724 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5723 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5723 
DIY Air-Caps? 5723 
Capacitors 5720 
Hum again. 5699 
Hm, again.... 5699 
Tribute MC iron 5414 
Changing loads 5410 
I do not do adjustable loading. 5410 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 5409 
Loading on primary? 5409 
Anticipating the needs 5409 
CCS heating? 5372 
2nd stage bias mystery 5255 
It is true but it negligible. 5255 
V2 biasing continued 5254 
Works +/- properly 5253 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 5253 
My assault 5226 
What, No Breadboard? 5226 
Don't laugh too loud... 5226 
So far it is good. 5226 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 5226 
The assembly and the buzz 5225 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 5225 
Caps and chokes 5225 
The price of fame 5225 
Tribute 5225 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 5225 
Schematics 5225 
Traces 5225 
Moving Magnet 5225 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 5225 
Cat smells fish? 5224 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 5224 
How my phonostage shall sound. 5224 
In the box 5224 
Schematics II 5224 
A few comments. 5224 
Miscelanea 5224 
I am surprised. 5224 
Don't be 5223 
It is not about power supply. 5223 
EMI/RFI madness 5223 
Drinking in Modulation 5223 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 5223 
Finito 5222 
It is only partially outside the context. 5222 
A corrector with an EQ controll 5221 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 5221 
Corresponding to ? 5221 
A German guy take on 834PT. 5194 
Qualitat 5193 
The baby is sick 5149 
Last Cleaning? 5149 
Mine too... 5149 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 5149 
What the hell is going on!!! 5149 
...air-caps dirty.... 5148 
Too obvious perhaps ... 5148 
Hum points 5148 
Beats and pieces. 5148 
What else? 5148 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 5148 
I do not think that it is electrical. 5148 
Veggie ham 5148 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 5147 
Holly idiocy! 5146 
Yes sir 5144 
I think your game is not over. 5144 
More ham 5144 
Route(s) to Ground 5144 
Grounding arrangement 5143 
Ground Thoughts 5142 
0A2 Question 5142 
Where is the Bolt? 5142 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 5142 
"End of Live" tube set 5142 
GND plane 5142 
That crazy 7025. 5142 
Distributed bolt 5142 
Amperex ECC83 5142 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 5142 
ECC83 Amperex picture 5142 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 5142 
More findings 5141 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 5141 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 5140 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 5140 
Grounding and trannies 5140 
Ignorance is bliss... 5138 
Shakey DIY Basics 5138 
Poor photographer 5138 
Spare the Oxen... 5138 
Is SiC sick? 5136 
Possible, so what? 5136 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 5135 
Seek and you’ll find. 5135 
Filament 5135 
Filament considerations 5135 
Air caps?Buffer? 5135 
Exorcisms 5089 
Floating? 5088 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 5081 
Toilet ham 5081 
The Shield 5080 
It is hard to say. 5080 
Fake bugle/teles 5080 
Never again. 5080 
Bingo! 5071 
Total current per channel 5064 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 5064 
I like iron 5064 
Choke ringing 5064 
Ringing 5064 
Ringing is a BS reason. 5064 
Choke ringing again 5063 
What ringing? 5063 
Ring-ring 5063 
Fight Fire with Fire? 5063 
TT Rider 5063 
Snubbers and motors 5062 
Nice idea... 5062 
B+ 5062 
Shielded Interconnect 5062 
IC shields 5059 
The horrors of calibration 4907 
Floating Away 4907 
Ground is +/- understood 4906 
"Calibrate"??? 4906 
The self-serving calibrations. 4905 
Fighting with RIAA 4905 
The Usual 4905 
That's it! 4905 
Parts Location 4905 
Lush layout 4904 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4856 
It might be very impressive 4856 
To be clear 4856 
Shall I co? 4855 
Parts 4855 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4855 
What does it mean? 4855 
Come on! 4855 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4855 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4855 
EAR polite recess 4855 
Power sequencing? 4825 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4825 
3 Position switch 4824 
How true... 4824 
DIY Failsafe 4824 
Switch.. 4799 
Calibration problem 4774 
Resolved 4771 
Looks good 4770 
Fat LF 4770 
Loading Up 4770 
SUT's 4770 
Shunt regulation 4689 
Application dependent 4689 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4657 
It migh be an interesting company. 4657 
Amo/silver 4657 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4657 
Silver considerations 4657 
Again With the Amo 4657 
Silver path 4657 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4657 
The Path of Least Resistance 4656 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4656 
Foil 4656 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4656 
Audiopedophile's hell 4656 
In da house 4655 
Consistent anality 4654 
Right 4654 
A speculation 4652 
Mone on silver Trabants 4651 
Parts Ag 4651 
Trabant done in pure silver 4651 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4651 
Silver swamp 4651 
In the Long Run 4651 
2RM? 4646 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4646 
DIY 4645 
95%? 4645 
More on that 4645 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4645 
Fully shielded 4645 
Interesting 4645 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3841 
Creative people 3841 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3841 
It is what it is. 3840 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3840 
Gray market 3840 
Mix up 3839 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3839 
Sound beats engeneering 3246 
Engineering Crap 3246 
Its not that it sounds "better" 3246 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2743 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 2158 
Snubbers 2106 
More on snubbers 2106 
Capacitors Question 2106 
Capacitors & updates 2106 
Z-foil 2106 
Loading resistors & sockets 2106 
Low noise tubes 2105 
What Works Where 2104 
What are the REAL goals? 2104 
Good engineering parctices 2104 
Physical attributes of devices matter 2104 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 2104 
It was 13 years back... 2104 
Thank you 2104 
Tube Selection 2093 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1990 
Big output capacitor question. 1751 
Context/Application/Circuit 1750 
EAR 1750 
Of Course... 1750 
834pT 1749 
Who knows.... 1749 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1748 
Where? 1748 
Big cap banks 1748 
My "End of Life" phonostage. 333 
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