Some of the transistors are just decorations, If you look under the board, You'll see that they are NC (not connected) LOL.
Multi layered boards!
Terry
yeah multiayer boards are good like that, its kinda the point that there are some layers that you cant see
I have heard about transistors just only for decorations in old ("first generation") japanese transistor radios, because "six-transistor" was better for marketing and newspaper advertisement than e. g. "four transistor".Some of the transistors are just decorations, If you look under the board, You'll see that they are NC (not connected) LOL.
Check out the URLs about the thread
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/parts/167680-vintage-transistors.html
An entire forum on fish and chips, but all this fuss when a guy from connecticut goes discrete opamp in a D/A converter.
(a guy who got OJ'd not so long ago, btw, after 30y in the audio bizz)
(a guy who got OJ'd not so long ago, btw, after 30y in the audio bizz)
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