Hard to find CS8420 in small qty

jwb · 5th April 2002, 06:25 PM

Man this CS8420 is hard to find. I have all the filters and DAC chips I need, and I am positively awash in discreets and other common component. But, this stupid 8420 is elusive.

Neither Digikey, nor Allied, nor AllElectronics stock it. Memec only wants to sell in quantities of trillions and NuHorizons has a minimum order of 47 pieces. www.elfa.se is offline and RS Components only carries the CS8414 and 8402. The web page at http://www.sc-elec.demon.co.uk/ claims to carry it but the website hasn't been updated in 15 months.

The only people who seem to carry it are Sequoia Technology, in the UK. They have a minimum order of only 100 UK pounds. That's fine and I'll order from them if that is the only choice, but I was hoping for someone in the USA or Canada to sell me an order of 5.

I looked through the forums here and other places but found no useful leads. Can someone please name a distributor where they have personally and recently acquired CS8420 Revision D chips?

Dave · 7th April 2002, 06:02 AM

Try www.nuhorizons.com they sell minimum orders of US$100.00

Dave · 7th April 2002, 06:04 AM

Well that was the last time I checked with them - they may have put it up to 47 parts recently.

ThingyNess · 7th April 2002, 07:42 AM

Newark has 81 of them in stock. They're $20usd each, but at least Newark has them.

They also only require a minimum order of 1.

Elso Kwak · 7th April 2002, 10:05 AM

Hi, Beware of Newark,
They charge you with extremely high unrealistic shipping costs. These costs do <B>NOT</B> show up on there website even after you have completed the order!
Newark looks cheap but in the end they are very expensive.
They are extremely UNhelpfull once you have a complaint.
They said I had to phone Farnell in my country but Farnell had nothing to do with my website order at the Newark website.
They never solved my problem!!!

Dave · 7th April 2002, 10:39 AM

Thanks for the warning Elso. I hate companies like that.

Elso Kwak · 7th April 2002, 12:38 PM

Hi JWB & Dave,
It just ocurred to me I got mines from Ric Schultz, Electronic Visionary Systems. Please see the link to the AudioAsylum post.
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/twe...ges/39982.html
Good luck,

jwb · 21st April 2002, 04:11 AM

Thanks for all the tips. I received my supply of 10 CS 8420s from nuhorizons yesterday.

promitheus · 15th July 2002, 11:56 AM

You can buy one piece here www.schuro.de
it costs around 20 Euro.

5th April 2002, 06:25 PM	#1
jwb diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, USA	Hard to find CS8420 in small qty Man this CS8420 is hard to find. I have all the filters and DAC chips I need, and I am positively awash in discreets and other common component. But, this stupid 8420 is elusive. Neither Digikey, nor Allied, nor AllElectronics stock it. Memec only wants to sell in quantities of trillions and NuHorizons has a minimum order of 47 pieces. www.elfa.se is offline and RS Components only carries the CS8414 and 8402. The web page at http://www.sc-elec.demon.co.uk/ claims to carry it but the website hasn't been updated in 15 months. The only people who seem to carry it are Sequoia Technology, in the UK. They have a minimum order of only 100 UK pounds. That's fine and I'll order from them if that is the only choice, but I was hoping for someone in the USA or Canada to sell me an order of 5. I looked through the forums here and other places but found no useful leads. Can someone please name a distributor where they have personally and recently acquired CS8420 Revision D chips?

7th April 2002, 10:05 AM	#5
Elso Kwak Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Zamboanga, City of Flowers, Mindanao	BEWARE of Newark!!! Hi, Beware of Newark, They charge you with extremely high unrealistic shipping costs. These costs do <B>NOT</B> show up on there website even after you have completed the order! Newark looks cheap but in the end they are very expensive. They are extremely UNhelpfull once you have a complaint. They said I had to phone Farnell in my country but Farnell had nothing to do with my website order at the Newark website. They never solved my problem!!!

7th April 2002, 12:38 PM	#7
Elso Kwak Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Zamboanga, City of Flowers, Mindanao	CS8420 from Ric Schultz Hi JWB & Dave, It just ocurred to me I got mines from Ric Schultz, Electronic Visionary Systems. Please see the link to the AudioAsylum post. http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/twe...ges/39982.html Good luck,

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7th April 2002, 06:02 AM	#2
Dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New Zealand	Try www.nuhorizons.com they sell minimum orders of US$100.00

7th April 2002, 06:04 AM	#3
Dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New Zealand	Well that was the last time I checked with them - they may have put it up to 47 parts recently.

7th April 2002, 07:42 AM	#4
ThingyNess diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada	Newark has 81 of them in stock. They're $20usd each, but at least Newark has them. They also only require a minimum order of 1.

7th April 2002, 10:39 AM	#6
Dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New Zealand	Thanks for the warning Elso. I hate companies like that.

21st April 2002, 04:11 AM	#8
jwb diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, USA	Thanks for all the tips. I received my supply of 10 CS 8420s from nuhorizons yesterday.

15th July 2002, 11:56 AM	#9
promitheus diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Germany	You can buy one piece here www.schuro.de it costs around 20 Euro.

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