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Local Tubes and DIY Parts Sources

PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:30 pm
by arnoldc
Ok kids, (he he he he)

Here's where to get your parts:

Resistors/Standard Capacitors/General Electronics

a) Guadalupe row (there are about 4-5 electronics shop here) - right side, north bound before pedestrian overpass
b) DEECO - they're all over Metro Manila
c) Raon - there's a lot here - Deeco, Electromark, Avesco, etc.
d) Farnell - go to their site at www.Farnell.com - personally highly recommended although delivery takes up to three weeks
e) RS Components - go to their site at www.rsphilippines.com (be warned, you may experience problems such as parts replacement, denial of order, wrong quantity)

Hookup Wires

a) Audience @ Architectural Audio (Personal Recommendation)

Specialty Parts

a) Black Gate, Audio Professor, F&T, Jensen, MIT Capacitors @ Silver Strings
b) Auricaps @ Silver Strings and Architectural Audio
c) Riken Resistors @ Silver Strings
d) ALPS Volume Potentiometer @ Silver Strings
e) DACT (Danish Audio ConnecT) @ Silver Strings
f) Mundorf Capacitors @ Audio Amplified (Personal Recommendation)

Tubes/Tube Sockets

a) Various tubes @ Silver Strings - they have a forum here
b) Svetlana Tubes @ Architectural Audio - they have a forum here
c) Various tubes @ Rene Rivo - he has a forum here
d) Various tubes @ John Poscablo
e) Ceramic tube sockets @ Silver Strings
f) Various tubes @ Phasetron
g) Various tubes @ Jerik Chua (0919-327-1371)
h) Audiophile - Sovtek, Electro-Harmonix
i) Audio Den - Golden Dragon
j) Listening in Style - Sovtek
k) Sensible Audio - Assorted

Audio and Power Transformers

a) Tamura and Tango @ Silver Strings
b) Custom wound @ John Poscablo, Edrel Sison
c) James @ THLAudio (www.thlaudio.com) (Personal Recommendation)

Chassis for your Tube projects

a) Hammond Chassis @ Farnell and RS Components
b) Suzurando Chassis @ Silver Strings - these are Japan made, super pogi chassis for those with money to burn (Personal Recommendation)
c) Bare aluminum sheets @ Triple A - Makati, Quezon City

Chip Amps/OPAMPS/HEXFREDS

a) Farnell
b) RS Components

Fostex and Lowther Drivers

a) Silver Strings

Connectors

a) High quality binding posts, RCA (female) @ Silver Strings

- and a shameless plug (sic) -

b) Bullet Plugs (RCA male), PhonoPod (RCA female), CablePod (Binding posts), and Bayonet Plugs (4mm plugs) from yours truly.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:02 am
by red76
Black Gate, Audio Professor, F&T Capacitors @ Silver Strings


May Audio Professor polyprop radial caps na pala si Mickey. Nice.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... _en&tt=url

Re: Local DIY Parts Sources

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:42 pm
by Quiel
[quote="arnoldc"]Ok kids, (he he he he)


Audio and Power Transformers
b) Custom wound @ John Poscablo

Chassis for your Tube projects
c) Bare aluminum sheets @ Triple A - Makati, Quezon City

quote]

Can you share contact details for these, pls? Thanks

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:42 pm
by arnoldc
quiel, PM john poscablo in this board. his username is 'john', triple a is in the phone directory which i don't have right now.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:05 pm
by marty_e
Boss Arnold, what about nice 5-way speaker binding posts and gold-plated/teflon RCA's?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:39 am
by yukon
Good source of Threaded Rod (incl nuts and bolts) at

Tee To Suy Hardware Screw Master
1512 C.M. Recto Avenue corner Tomas Mapua Street
Sta. Cruz, Manila
Tel No. 736-0937/0950 ; 736-1984/2605

Be careful with some of the sales ladies, matataray, yong iba walang modo... mga laging nakasimangot - there around 8 of them when I tried the store one saturday.

I asked one of them girls for a business card... tinuro yong kamay at nguso nya sa kabilang kanto ng glass stand/showcase. I said "Ano?" ('cause I thought she was pointing to the item i was looking for). Sinigawan ba naman akong, "Dun!!!, nandun yong mga card!!! Bingi!!!" (Picture somebody like Gladys Reyes in her contrabida days - aheheh). Marami pang hindi kanais-nais na nagyari dun that day, but the heck, they have the ground bar/wire clip I have been looking for like 2 months now sa mga malls.

Well, there are exemptions to "some" rules, in fairness to its Proprietor and Manager, meron din namang mabait.

But the sales ladies really do need some customer relations / personality development seminar. heheh

PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:47 pm
by Hyperion
marty_e

Vampire direct gold plated OFC RCA terminals and binding posts.

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Vampire #CM2F/CB

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Vampire #BPHEX/CB

These are not cheap though. Prepare for sticker shock. Don't think they are available here though.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:48 am
by qguy
anyone knows the number the contact number of Mang Rod

thanks

PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:02 am
by arnoldc
rod teoge: 522-1696

marty, binding posts and RCA also available from silver strings

PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:19 pm
by Noel_14
is it teoge or teope? :?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:59 pm
by 7Even
Called mang rod and he is not doing the transformer which you can use for diy. He's doing it for his own use of assembling tube amp. Is there any that we can go to this and accept custom wound transformer?


Noel_14 wrote:is it teoge or teope? :?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:32 pm
by bridgebolt
how much is EL34 tube? any idea where can i get this? thnx :?: :?: :?:

PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:09 am
by Noel_14
:?: Anyone who can wind a torroidal power supply for pre-amp :?:

thanks :)

parts for multi-driver speaker projects

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:28 am
by XLR_silver
how about parts for multi-driver speaker projects?

are there distributors of top-rate brands like vifa, LPG, SEAS, scanspeak, focal here in Manila? May counterpart ba ang madisound dito?

thanks!!!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:12 am
by vintage_dog
Noel_14 wrote::?: Anyone who can wind a torroidal power supply for pre-amp :?:

thanks :)


john poscablo can

Re: parts for multi-driver speaker projects

PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:02 pm
by noctilux
XLR_silver wrote:how about parts for multi-driver speaker projects?

are there distributors of top-rate brands like vifa, LPG, SEAS, scanspeak, focal here in Manila? May counterpart ba ang madisound dito?

thanks!!!


Hi XLR_silver,
Sorry but I don't think there's a counter part of madisound here. I don't think it's a problem ordering from them though. I must have ordered from them 4 time already when they wre still selling dynaudio drivers, never had a problem. If you want anything from them, let me know, benn thinking of getting some stuff from them for the longest time.
rgds
noct

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:45 pm
by dogears
Prof ArnoldC, meron bang electronics shops na malapit sa area natin [i.e. makati cbd] maliban sa Phasetron [wala silang voltage regulators and transistors eh]? Thanks.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:52 pm
by arnoldc
sa guadalupe, malapit dun sa tindahan ng motorsiklo bago ka dumating ng Sogo Motel (northbound). may apat na store dun pero dun ako bumibili sa pinakamalaki yung may hagdanang bakal.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:54 pm
by dogears
Paano po pumunta dun via MRT or jeep lang?
Ang layo kasi ng Alexan/MegaMall eh :P

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:56 pm
by arnoldc
pag tapat nung LRT dun eh tamalon ka na lang.