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The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage 6003 
End of Life 6003 
Do I need to make a chassis in the shape of a coffin? 6003 
Shallow ambitions 6003 
I might unwillingly bring to my home… 6003 
Acronym 6003 
The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply 5991 
"...better and more sophistocated PS" (vs. bad AC) 5991 
The stupid, lousy AC is another subject. 5991 
It is comming along.... 5810 
Now, that's a phono stage! 5810 
The perfect corrector. 5810 
Still noisy but already semi-operational 5810 
The perfect corrector - II 5809 
Here it is: The perfect corrector – III 5808 
Wrong values shown 5807 
The deliberate mistakes? 5807 
330R anode resistors 5807 
The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? 5807 
Nope, it was not ‘keeping anybody on toes’... 5807 
The latest version of the corrector – not heard it yet. (corrected) 5805 
The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage 5805 
Going on from "There" 5805 
Ok, it is already almost there. 5805 
The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. 5804 
I am semi-ecstatic; my vinyl will be back soon… 5803 
MFA Systems Phonostage 5803 
Good for them. 5803 
Photos of the MFA Systems MC Reference 5803 
A few more 5803 
OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. 5803 
"Lack" of HF, etc. 5802 
“End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? 5802 
Hybridizing 5802 
I love it! 5802 
If I may be a litt;e suggestive..... 5800 
Mica, distortions, MOSFET and the Ocean State. 5800 
SSG 5799 
Of mosfets, caps and distortion. 5799 
USSR SSG 5799 
USSR SSG 5799 
Question for Dima re 2nd stage biasing. 5799 
Fixed bias 5799 
The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. 5799 
More on this, please 5798 
Interesting development! 5798 
One-Story Jack 5798 
Nature's Bias 5798 
The signal passing via the 834PTF-Air… 5798 
Apologies! 5797 
Tunable Y-factor? 5797 
Harmonically-proper vs. harmonically-flexible 5797 
Some comment on the characteristic of air-cap sound. 5792 
The sound of one hand clapping 5792 
The air-caps as an ultimate cap. 5791 
The tempted virtue of the phonostage’s prostitution. 5783 
Clarity vs. VTA vs. Character 5783 
What VTA has to do with phonostage? 5782 
Phonostage vs. VTA 5782 
The 834PTF’s cathode follower: tube vs. SS 5782 
The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. 5697 
Specific air cap changes 5697 
The air capacitors 'allegations'. 5697 
One tube, two channels? 5697 
The halves of the twin-triodes 5697 
"Crosstalk" 5696 
I just love sound of this phonocorrector. 5655 
To close the book on the correctors subject ... 5634 
"End of Life Phonostage" in Thai 5208 
Sucks! 5136 
Is God's phonostage better than Romy's? It is now! 5135 
Um, what? 5135 
Alternative Transformer 5135 
Sorry to have upset your sensitive self, Reggie. 5135 
A stimulation by Gog's fiction? 5135 
Hmmm,I suspect 5135 
The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. 5127 
My "End of Live" vesrion. 5115 
The 100Hz hum? 5115 
Hum “disconnecting trick” 5115 
Right grounding configuration for PS, corrector and transformer assembly. 5115 
The hum is drooped significantly! 5114 
Generally the phonocorrector has very low noise. 5114 
DIY Air-Caps? 5114 
Capacitors 5111 
Hum again. 5090 
Hm, again.... 5090 
Tribute MC iron 4805 
Changing loads 4801 
I do not do adjustable loading. 4801 
Sound degradation vs proper loading 4800 
Loading on primary? 4800 
Anticipating the needs 4800 
CCS heating? 4763 
2nd stage bias mystery 4646 
It is true but it negligible. 4646 
V2 biasing continued 4645 
Works +/- properly 4644 
To cheat or not to (ccs)heat 4644 
My assault 4617 
What, No Breadboard? 4617 
Don't laugh too loud... 4617 
So far it is good. 4617 
Your 50 is my 60 (buzz-kill) 4617 
The assembly and the buzz 4616 
Make sure that your LC filtration works properly. 4616 
Caps and chokes 4616 
The price of fame 4616 
Tribute 4616 
About the last distraction cap and transformers. 4616 
Schematics 4616 
Traces 4616 
Moving Magnet 4616 
Barcelona? 230V? Hm, ....matchmaking? 4616 
Cat smells fish? 4615 
I enjoyed soldering maybe when I was 15... 4615 
How my phonostage shall sound. 4615 
In the box 4615 
Schematics II 4615 
A few comments. 4615 
Miscelanea 4615 
I am surprised. 4615 
Don't be 4614 
It is not about power supply. 4614 
EMI/RFI madness 4614 
Drinking in Modulation 4614 
The stupid 5uF cap on AC side 4614 
Finito 4613 
It is only partially outside the context. 4613 
A corrector with an EQ controll 4612 
There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. 4612 
Corresponding to ? 4612 
A German guy take on 834PT. 4585 
Qualitat 4584 
The baby is sick 4540 
Last Cleaning? 4540 
Mine too... 4540 
To fight with hum in phonostages is fan. 4540 
What the hell is going on!!! 4540 
...air-caps dirty.... 4539 
Too obvious perhaps ... 4539 
Hum points 4539 
Beats and pieces. 4539 
What else? 4539 
Suggestion for the phonocorrector problem 4539 
I do not think that it is electrical. 4539 
Veggie ham 4539 
Do phonocorrector first then transformers. 4538 
Holly idiocy! 4537 
Yes sir 4535 
I think your game is not over. 4535 
More ham 4535 
Route(s) to Ground 4535 
Grounding arrangement 4534 
Ground Thoughts 4533 
0A2 Question 4533 
Where is the Bolt? 4533 
Gas tubes in the phonostage 4533 
"End of Live" tube set 4533 
GND plane 4533 
That crazy 7025. 4533 
Distributed bolt 4533 
Amperex ECC83 4533 
Amperex "Bugle Boy". 4533 
ECC83 Amperex picture 4533 
More "Ground" vs. "Neutral" 4533 
More findings 4532 
EMF and "Split" "Grounds" 4532 
Grounding, tarnnies and diodes 4531 
Again with the "Neutral" Explanation... 4531 
Grounding and trannies 4531 
Ignorance is bliss... 4529 
Shakey DIY Basics 4529 
Poor photographer 4529 
Spare the Oxen... 4529 
Is SiC sick? 4527 
Possible, so what? 4527 
If you dont want to hear the bell... 4526 
Seek and you’ll find. 4526 
Filament 4526 
Filament considerations 4526 
Air caps?Buffer? 4526 
Exorcisms 4480 
Floating? 4479 
Twitchy signal tube and amp interactions 4472 
Toilet ham 4472 
The Shield 4471 
It is hard to say. 4471 
Fake bugle/teles 4471 
Never again. 4471 
Bingo! 4462 
Total current per channel 4455 
Stay with capacitive filtration for B+ for this init. 4455 
I like iron 4455 
Choke ringing 4455 
Ringing 4455 
Ringing is a BS reason. 4455 
Choke ringing again 4454 
What ringing? 4454 
Ring-ring 4454 
Fight Fire with Fire? 4454 
TT Rider 4454 
Snubbers and motors 4453 
Nice idea... 4453 
B+ 4453 
Shielded Interconnect 4453 
IC shields 4450 
The horrors of calibration 4298 
Floating Away 4298 
Ground is +/- understood 4297 
"Calibrate"??? 4297 
The self-serving calibrations. 4296 
Fighting with RIAA 4296 
The Usual 4296 
That's it! 4296 
Parts Location 4296 
Lush layout 4295 
Pinging Stitch/Syntax 4247 
It might be very impressive 4247 
To be clear 4247 
Shall I co? 4246 
Parts 4246 
I do not, it sounds interesting but… 4246 
What does it mean? 4246 
Come on! 4246 
Is it because secrecy gains females loud applause? 4246 
It's A Big'un, All Right 4246 
EAR polite recess 4246 
Power sequencing? 4216 
Some Sort of Off-Only HV Shunt? 4216 
3 Position switch 4215 
How true... 4215 
DIY Failsafe 4215 
Switch.. 4190 
Calibration problem 4165 
Resolved 4162 
Looks good 4161 
Fat LF 4161 
Loading Up 4161 
SUT's 4161 
Shunt regulation 4080 
Application dependent 4080 
Silvercore SUT's ? 4048 
It migh be an interesting company. 4048 
Amo/silver 4048 
From a Satisfied User of a Ready-made Item 4048 
Silver considerations 4048 
Again With the Amo 4048 
Silver path 4048 
The “secret” will be never revealed... 4048 
The Path of Least Resistance 4047 
(Not so) silver path con'ed 4047 
Foil 4047 
Amalgamated Phono Stage 4047 
Audiopedophile's hell 4047 
In da house 4046 
Consistent anality 4045 
Right 4045 
A speculation 4043 
Mone on silver Trabants 4042 
Parts Ag 4042 
Trabant done in pure silver 4042 
Too Soft and Brittle? 4042 
Silver swamp 4042 
In the Long Run 4042 
2RM? 4037 
Where's the Effing Cable Thread When We Need It? 4037 
DIY 4036 
95%? 4036 
More on that 4036 
"Partly Unshielded" Arm Wire 4036 
Fully shielded 4036 
Interesting 4036 
End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. 3232 
Creative people 3232 
Copyright air-cap RIAA... 3232 
It is what it is. 3231 
I Guess We Just Don't Understand Economics 3231 
Gray market 3231 
Mix up 3230 
The Thorsten’s mark. 3230 
Sound beats engeneering 2637 
Engineering Crap 2637 
Its not that it sounds "better" 2637 
Burn, motherf....r, burn! 2134 
Bypass Schottky by Snubber 1549 
Snubbers 1497 
More on snubbers 1497 
Capacitors Question 1497 
Capacitors & updates 1497 
Z-foil 1497 
Loading resistors & sockets 1497 
Low noise tubes 1496 
What Works Where 1495 
What are the REAL goals? 1495 
Good engineering parctices 1495 
Physical attributes of devices matter 1495 
The idea that the sum of the parts "quality&q... 1495 
It was 13 years back... 1495 
Thank you 1495 
Tube Selection 1484 
Valvo mesh 0A2 1381 
Big output capacitor question. 1142 
Context/Application/Circuit 1141 
EAR 1141 
Of Course... 1141 
834pT 1140 
Who knows.... 1140 
EAR834p how does RIAA feedback work? 1139 
Where? 1139 
Big cap banks 1139 
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