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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: History of phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10? I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard. Is this another case where it's full of old caps? I would not be at all surprised if futzing with those caps might yield as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #280: Mix up by Wojtek on 2015-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  311 Replies 
I guess Thorsten is laughing since he should be the main receiver of TdP email. Popularity of a product is a double bladed sword.  I do hope that sales of EAR 834 phono stage increased notably after Romy decided to make that circuit into his "end of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Still the 834PT is OK. by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] It's polishing a turd though isn't it? I listened to the 834 quite a bit when it came out and thought it sounded poor, even for the price. imho, The circuit's just bad. If you do all that to it it isn't really an 834 anywa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Re: my take on the 103 by Thorsten on 2004-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi, [quote user="Chirag"]103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Re: Potential for Upgrade by guy sergeant on 2004-12-10 
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It's polishing a turd though isn't it? I listened to the 834 quite a bit when it came out and thought it sounded poor, even for the price. imho, The circuit's just bad. If you do all that to it it isn't really an 834 anyway. I used to work for a valv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Bidat with volume pot? by Antonio J. on 2005-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
I wonder if you're doing your listening with the Bidat using its volume pot or you're using only vinyl with your phono correctors or maybe the ET-T-834 EAR using its volume pot. Maybe the Melquiades has its own attenuators. I'll be glad to know how y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #256: A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? by Romy the Cat on 2017-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"]Dear Romy,Try EAR 312. it may help.[/quote]There is a very little info about the EAR 312 and I do not know if it is “stronger”. Wherever I looked I was not able to find the output impedance numbers.  It looks like the preamp us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Re: Potential for Upgrade by Brian Clark on 2004-12-10 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]I used to work for a valve amp making company and we had a little 2 stage phono amp that sounded far better than the 834 with passive eq, no feedback etc. It also cost less than the EAR.I can send you the schematic if you w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Non-phony phono two months on???? by Brian Clark on 2004-12-07 
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Romy, how are things progressing with this? Is it all done and dusted yet? Can you compare and contrast the sonic differences between this high Gm contrivance and your previous EAR 834 variant? All the World is waiting for the sunrise.... Bria...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: my take on the 103 by Chirag on 2004-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi All, 103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old Altec mic t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 by Antonio J. on 2004-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
I'm a phono moron, but having had several phono preamps, I think I can understand what finds Romy right in the EAR 834P, which I love. I'm not as skilled and crazy as to try to make all the Thorsten mods in it by myself, but I've tried some tube swap...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: 2nd stage bias mystery by N-set on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  311 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][/quote]This is a technical post.I've made some progress on my assault on the above version of EAR 834. After hard (mostly because of my idiocy) labouring through the soldering, I've creeped to the level where I can make so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #281: The Thorsten’s mark. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-17 
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Yes, Thorsten was the man that made the initial modification in the EAR 834 and I need to note that it was not redesign of any kind but juts basic modifications and admitting the unnecessary things. Even though Thorsten is the industry p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Your Own Tube Lore by Paul S on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10?  FWIW, it was one of the better all around phono stages I've heard, and - not that it matters - I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard.  Is this another case wher...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Component Feedback! by drdna on 2008-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Signal variation, noise, and effects on circuit topology in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
I am happy to have this here. I hope our members will take advantage of this and fill it up with information. I certainly will note any surprising observations I have with EAR 834 if I modify it. It seems more like a general catalog of elements,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: My assault by N-set on 2011-08-30 
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After going through the anal pains of the Image Gallery upload (it is sohuge now that my browser slows down 10000x times loading it and it ocasionally kicksmy router out of this world; can we do something about it?), here are some picsof my assault o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
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Here are some commentaries regarding my “End of Life" Phonostage. The name of this phonostage derives from many factors. I am forty, winch it more or less a half live and in the first half I was playing a lot with different audio toys. The last 10 y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: No. You are actually empty of it. by a.anagnost on 2024-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It's might be another project... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  50 Replies 
And you have proved it: I am reading (and studying) GSC for over 15y and, as I have worked in Physics research for some years, I am eligible to say that you are performing experimental Physics using scientific methodology. Even failed exper...
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