Replacement of Tosh 2SJ74
Niculian,
if you take the trouble of reading through the 34 pages of this thread you would have a taste of the sufferings others went through already when trying to find affordable alternatives to the discontinued Tosh's.
First advice is: DO NOT buy any "original Tosh devices" at prices of $3...5,-! It's all faikes even when offered by local dealers with seemingly good reputation.
A safe route used to be the diyaudio store but they are sold out and it sometimes takes ages before they get fresh stuff.
Remains the service of other diyaudio members who do have surplus stock of genuine Tosh's or LS. They offer these devices at fair prices. It is months ago I used such services myself so I am bit out of this scene and cannot recommend anyone without prechecking. In this thread you will find a no. of names who offered this in the past.
Actual drop in replacements do not exist so it will take probably elaborate try and error experimenting to find something half way working.
Good luck anyway
Niculian,
if you take the trouble of reading through the 34 pages of this thread you would have a taste of the sufferings others went through already when trying to find affordable alternatives to the discontinued Tosh's.
First advice is: DO NOT buy any "original Tosh devices" at prices of $3...5,-! It's all faikes even when offered by local dealers with seemingly good reputation.
A safe route used to be the diyaudio store but they are sold out and it sometimes takes ages before they get fresh stuff.
Remains the service of other diyaudio members who do have surplus stock of genuine Tosh's or LS. They offer these devices at fair prices. It is months ago I used such services myself so I am bit out of this scene and cannot recommend anyone without prechecking. In this thread you will find a no. of names who offered this in the past.
Actual drop in replacements do not exist so it will take probably elaborate try and error experimenting to find something half way working.
Good luck anyway
A part that may be easier to find is 2sj108; I used matched 2sj108V in my Aleph-J.
If the goal is an Aleph-J and you have trouble sourcing parts then I would suggest
ZM's Babelfish-J variation:
About possible Babelfish J interest
If the goal is an Aleph-J and you have trouble sourcing parts then I would suggest
ZM's Babelfish-J variation:
About possible Babelfish J interest
Just a heads up here, it looks like LSK170/LSJ74 matched pairs are back in stock at the store.
Modding and took these out from my Marantz CD 63SE HDAM unit. They are not match ...one is 12 ish the other 17 ish IDSS.
According to this post..
...Marantz used fakes with straight 7.
