Reply To: Beomaster 5000

[hcraig244]

This is true Soren….I received this from Frede some time ago:

Craigh,

 

It is actually a ”short list” 😊

BC 550B for npn

BC560B for pnp

 

When the Beolab was designed (before 1967) only a few transistors were available is really low noise versions – therefore B&O have chosen a number of different types of coarse also being able to be used and meeting the actual voltage level. But I have for many years used the above type in the pre-amplifiers.

And I am using the transistors type B because higher gain in classic electronics design is not a good idea (this is my opinion 😊)

B U T — for the power amplifier and the power supply – I only use the original RCA types !!!

For the output power transistors and psu transistors — I am only using the original Motorola or RCA (there are to many “fake” 2N3055 out there).

When I am writing the original it is actually the original because I re-use these transistors from Beolab 5000 which is scrapped.