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Building Melquiades: questions and answers. 6553 
Bias help 6553 
RE: Bias help 6553 
Bias help 6553 
It looks like you problem with bias are over. 6553 
More biasing notes 6550 
The Melquiades’ loading resistor. 6549 
Pics 6537 
The Melqs are breeding... 6537 
Any follow up, Charles? 6441 
Melquiades and preamplification. 6208 
Separate power supply configuration 6072 
The location of last cap and about the Milq6 cables 6072 
Redundancy 6072 
Melquiades is breading…. 6035 
Thai Milq 6034 
Milq impressions 6034 
Melquiades amp 5961 
...since he is your friend and he knows your objectives. 5961 
I will try to do it by myself... 5959 
Tribute & co 5958 
I decided... 5958 
The loading quandary 5958 
Reply from promitheus 5957 
I choose tribute 5941 
Sounds too good to be true 5941 
The OPT’s gap and the choke inductance 5940 
Power transformers 5939 
Maybe it is true... 5935 
The crash-guidance about the transformer ordering. 5935 
Tribute Transformer specifications 5934 
The 10H at 250mA is a good size transformer. 5934 
Power transformers and chokes. 5929 
Transformers, chokes, etc… 5929 
The 6C33C OPT, is it done? 5865 
Still waiting. 5864 
Any further developments? 5676 
Tribute still in business? 5592 
Tribute never was “in business”. 5592 
The Disappearing Act Business 5592 
Will Mel. drive Gryphon 5456 
I have no idea Gryphon Trident are but… 5456 
Melquiades for Trident 5455 
OPT from TRIBUTE 5321 
The AMCC-160 core. 5321 
Tribute transformers and chokes 5297 
Baby caps 5297 
Toroids from Poland 5296 
Toroids 5296 
Think about ergonomics and esthetics of your design. 5296 
The geometry 5296 
The magnetics taking considerations. 5295 
Magnetics and such 5295 
I was taling about purely mechanical noises... 5295 
Vibration controll... 5295 
Use non-ferromagnetic materials to mount magnetics 5295 
Enclousure project 5295 
Alu +Cu sandwich 5295 
Melquiades Schematic Version 4.4 ...where is R7 and R8? 5265 
Melquiades resistor question 4527 
Kind of irelevent. 4527 
No 6E5PI 4526 
A fuse. 4526 
12v-5v service power supply 4502 
Minimalism 4501 
Service power supply 4501 
The right service power supply 4501 
Juts put is one extra transformer for now. 4500 
Hello and Fullrange Melquiades schematics question 4499 
Answers. 4499 
Practical advise for full range Milq 4487 
Answers 4487 
Test jacks 4487 
Melquiades debugging 4412 
Melquiades debugging. 4412 
Bais and filament voltages 4412 
Bais and filament voltage 4412 
Go after transformers maker. 4412 
Update , bais and high pass 4244 
Correction 4243 
Milq high pass 4243 
Coupling capacitor 4243 
Bias 2724 
God, it was so long time ago!!!! 2724 
Further troubleshooting 2722 
Until next week.... 2722 
You are OK. 2715 
Great! 2714 
The R5 is the key. 2714 
25-30mA or 15-17mA 2714 
Ok, you got me here. 2713 
Burnt fingers 2711 
Grounding 2702 
Yes, something like this. 2702 
Buzz off 2666 
Thanks. 2666 
PeaceMAT XS™ 2665 
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