Making an other transistor tester - need advices for audio uses

[frank_p]

Would a more flexible transistor tester be useful for testing transistors for other projects ?

I had that big tester in head (but I am not sure if the resistors cominations-SW could be better tailored for stompbox -and perhaps audio power transistors- , ...but not sure).

http://sound.westhost.com/project31.htm

Perhaps a smaller version would be sufficient ?
Did you runned in projects where you had to test transistors at different current values ?

I am not even sure that if I have some adjustable power supplies already, it would be really usefull...

The first one I built (before the one for GEs at GEO was this one (at the bottom):

http://www.mikroe.com/en/books/keu/04.htm

However the currents were kind of high in some cases.
Does the idea of the 100K Ohm resistor in series with the rest is a good idea to lower the base current (and V) and the I_CE V_CE at the same time ?

I had this in my mind for a long while so...  I ask for some comments, if you have some.

Thanks

Franc.-Hugo