Andre Jute wrote:

I have boxes and boxes of sorted trays of heritage discrete transistors
given to me to start my junkbox when I came into DIY electronics about
1990. Every now and again I build a little amp with them to remind me
where the taste of Krueger, Pinkothicko and Poopie Stevenson was
formed. It sure as hell wasn't in an opera house or concert hall.

If you insist on using ancient junk what do you expect ?

I doubt you'd have the faintest idea how to design a circuit using semiconductors
that uses them to advantage.

Graham