Please help identify this transistor, and a possible substitution. It's from a built-in phono/USB preamp from an Austrian manufactured turntable. Thanks!

J Pineda · ‎2023-05-07

Peter BENSCH · ‎2023-05-08

@Piranha was a bit faster than me, but we came to the same result. 😀

Yes, you are right, the typo you mentioned is definitely one, and should be read a LE50ABZ-AP instead of LE33ABZ-AP. Thanks for this tip!

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J Pineda · ‎2023-05-08

Thanks @Piranha & @Peter BENSCH,

Funny. I was going through that data sheet and was momentarily confused by the same typo. But...I put the LE33 on a 9v led tester and voilá, 3.3v! Out of circuit, the le33 outputs 3.36vdc. In circuit, 0.01V.

Thank you both for helping me resolve this.

Cheers,

James