Is ONS the worth the mark up compared to ISC?

[Snow_]

Looking at MJ15024/25 TO-3 Transistors and ONS (Onsemi) cost three times more than the same ones from ISC (Inchange Semiconductor
Company), are the they worth the extra?
What have your experiences been?
Shouldn't they be the same, if the specs are?

 

[painttoad]

Brand of TO-3 transistors?

Anyone have any options on Audio Power transistors! I know they are an off brand! But are substantially cheaper! I am retired and on a budget! The Toshiba claim to be original, genuine, but they look different from my original ones! At least the printing on them! Maybe a later production?? The...

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[Snow_]

Brand of TO-3 transistors?

Anyone have any options on Audio Power transistors! I know they are an off brand! But are substantially cheaper! I am retired and on a budget! The Toshiba claim to be original, genuine, but they look different from my original ones! At least the printing on them! Maybe a later production?? The...

audiokarma.org

Thanks, so the issue would be considered reliability and not difference in sound?

 

[painttoad]

i would have no way of knowing that. technically , it should not be different.

personally, i'd rather have altered sound and reliable than the reverse.