In article tGS5h.2707$_Z2.2344@edtnps89,
Homer J Simpson wrote:
I'm not sure what all 8 transistors do. Two are in the output stage,
and another is used as a audio driver that drives the audio input
transformer.

Usually two for output, two for audio amps = 4.

Perfectly easy to manage with three - one driver only.

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