Looking for a good part web store

[dontellpapa]

Hi,

As I am more curious about tube amplifier, I searched through internet and try to find a good and convenient web store for all parts I need to buy.

Maybe I am a newbie in this area and may not know how to search for a part efficiently, it takes forever to find a part I need!!!
A typical tube amp webstore shows a list of parts but you have search one item at a time and click on "Put it into cart". This way takes a long time.

Is there any web part store where I can send my list of parts and I can get itemized and final price quote at later time?

Is there better way to search for parts than what I described above?

Thanks for your kind answer and advice.

Dontellpapa.

[Geek]

If you want the best price, you'll have to shop at three or more stores.

If you want one-stop convenience, check out tubesandmore.com or apexjr.com (Steve doesn't list everything on his site, just shoot him an email with your needs)

Cheers!

[Enzo]

Having to look up each part is too hard?

You could send a parts list to each supplier and ask for a quote, but consider that a $10 order is not much to a company that routinely sends out thousand dollar orders. Imagine sending a shopping list to your local grocery store.

May I suggest ordering the paper catalog from the suppliers you want to use. You can flip through the pages and write down what you want on a pad, then simply submit the collected notes to the online order page. You won;t have to search out each part online, you will already have the part number.

[defect9]

if you order parts often enough, you perfect the practice into an artform. It only gets faster and faster.

then again, i don't shop typical tube amp webstores. except for the tubes and sockets (and the occasional bit of iron), almost everything I get comes from newark, mouser, and digikey. Easier for me to search (which is a funny thing to say when they literally have hundreds of times or so the inventory of a typical tubeshop).

+1 for the paper catalog method. Or buy a kit, chuck the PCB if you're inclined and wire it up.

[peranders]

www.tubeampdoctor.com

[dontellpapa]

Thanks for your kind comments.

All your comments were helpful!

Dontellpapa

[tomchr]

General electronic parts:
DigiKey Corp. | Electronic Components Distributor | United States Home Page
Mouser Electronics - Electronic Component Distributor
US - Electronic Components Distributor | Newark.com

Specific tube stuff:
Triode Electronics Inc. Online Tube Amp Kits Transformers Tubes Capacitors Dynaco Upgrades and Parts
Antique Electronic Supply
Vacuum Tubes Radio Tubes - 5,000 different tubes in stock - Over 10 million tubes!

OPT's
EDCOR Electronics Corporation

Power transformers:
https://www.antekinc.com/

And as always: That Auction Site

~Tom