[sdiy] Joe Knows Electronics etc.

[Dave Manley]

On October 23, 2016 11:30:03 PM PDT, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>Yes, it is a bit shocking that even large American cities have no
>component
>shops to speak of.  Of course, we are spoiled here in Vancouver, with
>Lee's
>Electronic Components on Fraser Street, by far the best component shop
>I
>have ever seen anywhere in the world, and they do a crazy good
>business.
>They used to be on Main Street, but they closed the Main location a few
>weeks ago (much sadness, since Main St. is way cooler than Fraser St.
>with
>more to do and more places to eat).  Still on Main is Main Electronics,
>which is probably the second best components shop I've ever seen.  I go
>there when Lee's doesn't have what I want -- they were three doors down
>from
>Lee's.  There used to be two or three others in town, but they couldn't
>compete with Lee's and they've all closed down now I think.
>
>
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>From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf
>Of
>Pete Hartman
>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 2:38 PM
>To: Kylee Kennedy
>Cc: SDIY List
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Joe Knows Electronics etc.
>
>
>
>
>On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Kylee Kennedy <kmkennedy at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>Fry's used to have an electronics parts section, but it's not really
>stocked
>anymore just like Radio Shack.
>
>
>
>
>
>It's still better than Radio Shack in many ways, but anything that's
>actually silicon is NTE.  I've bought a few NTE devices that, when you
>look
>at them in a cross light, are obviously some other part with the NTE
>part
>number silkscreened over it.  I could take a picture of a couple of
>optoisolators (4N28 or similar) if anyone doesn't believe me.
>
>It's a shame there aren't more brick & mortar electronics shops even in
>large metros (only found one in all of Chicagoland, with a few cycles
>of
>looking, and they too carry almost exclusively NTE parts).
>
>Pete 
>
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