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  • petehall347
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jan 2015
    • 4426
    • United Kingdom
    #21
    Re: Found a transformer at a thrift store and am curious...

    Originally posted by eccerr0r
    However from a enduser repair point of view, you have to get the exact same IC instead of the possibility of substitutions and jury rig fixes...

    I guess my fix count of stereo amplifiers is now 2. One of them I had to buy the STK IC module to repair it, the other I just took a random (well not totally random) transistor and stuck it in... both now fixed. The first one I had to wait weeks before I got the part. The second one I had an acceptable substitute in my junk bin. Not a perfect substitute but it still works nevertheless.

    The IC solution probably is cheaper to produce as there's no need to tweak pots to align the amplifier - all done for you. So basically it's all a matter of assembly costs. But when it fails, time to locate a possibly unobtainium IC...
    it is possible to buy a kit to build stk packs .

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      • eccerr0r
        Solder Sloth
        • Nov 2012
        • 8696
        • USA
        #22
        Re: Found a transformer at a thrift store and am curious...

        If only radios came with the aftermarket STK packs and sell them at the same price of the hybrid...

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