On 2013-08-08, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Why would anyone use phony 1% resistors when they are dirt cheap
these days?

The Chinese are infamous for cheating on specifications. Whether these
are actually phony or not would obviously require measuring them with an
accurate meter.

Cheaped out on rectifiers? They likely paid more for that CT
transformer that they would save on two 30 cent diodes. The fact that
there are no ICs is significant in what way?

Some of the choices in the design do seem odd given that lowest possible
manufacturing cost was probably the primary constraint.

As far as the lack of ICs I was just describing the contents of the
board, though it does seem unusual these days to see a a circuit based on
discreet transistors.

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