They should be fine.I think I will go with the Sanken 2SA1294 / 2SC3263 pair
Don't believe this doubtful assertion that stuffing a rectangular transistor lead into a socket intended to take a round pin is an OK thing to do. If you take a look at the method I devised (for TO-3P conversion), using round gold plated pins I think you will see the sense of doing it this way. (see link in post #16 of this thread).