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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
It's not an amplifier, it's a receiver.
And if I have to research the substitutes for the output transistors for this receiver myself then that basically just puts me back to square one, basically I might as well junk out the stereo because it's not worth my time and money to have to scour every dark corner of the internet just to try and find a NOS Russian Germanium output transistor substitute for my receiver that may or not even exist!.
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Hi-fi amplifiers are usually direct coupled - which means shorting out one transistor has a strong chance to short out every other transistor on the amplifier board.
You will need to check them all now. Actually, I suggest to join Audiokarma and post this question in the Pioneer sub-forum, you will get good suggestions for replacement parts. Most people use On-Semi transistors which you can get from Mouser or Digikey for 70s Japanese stuff.