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In Reply to: RE: RadioShack files for bankruptcy - again posted by AbeCollins on March 09, 2017 at 07:43:45
Sure you could buy generic parts like resistors and capacitors, but never the good stuff.
Decades ago when I lived in Atlanta, I spent my time at Ack Electronics where I could get Dale precision resistors, Mallory electrolytic caps, Belden cable, Telefunken and Philips tubes and the like.
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It was maybe the biggest gateway for non-audiophiles to become audiophiles..... It certainly played a major role for me becoming an audiophile.
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Closest thing to the Edmund's Scientific Catalog, but local. Remember that?
and all fairness my introduction to electronic stores was with a company called Lafayette Radio which is now long gone.
At age 13, I upgraded my system using an Electrophonic T600 receiver with a pair of Utah MK17s. :)
It has been a good place to get a starter system , at least it used to be. I got my first set-up from them when I was a teen. Of course it grew from there.
enjoy,
mark
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