You can get better, but there's no reason to... the SE05 was "good enough" and the 1N4007 has higher current rating, much higher surge rating, and higher voltage rating.
You can get better, but there's no reason to... the SE05 was "good enough" and the 1N4007 has higher current rating, much higher surge rating, and higher voltage rating.
Reviving this one as I am just replacing rectifier diodes in a Pioneer SA400 integrated amp and came across a pair of SE-05 as well as a pair of SD-1A.
I was set to use 1N4007 but thought I might go for some fast recovery BA159
Any advantage in doing this? I am never quite sure how critical diode replcements are..