2N1304/1305 germanium subs?

Repairing a 1960's vintage magnetic recorder that uses about 10 of these germanium complimentary pairs. Wondering if anyone knows of a "modern" silicon pair I can sub for them or should I just use the NTE102/103 germanium replacement version.

Also, do germaniums leak by sitting on the shelf or must they have seen usage (power) for this to occur?

Thanks for the help on this!

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scooterspal
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They're probably easy enough to sub but you'd likely need to re-bias them slightly. I've done this sort of thing but you need to know what you're doing.

Graham

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Eeyore

Yes, Vbe for germanium is about 0.3V and for silicon its about 0.6V

Al

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Al

I MAY HAVE SOME OF THESE. HOW MANY DO YOU NEED?

mARC

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LVMarc

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