Parts express is the only catalog I still get. Are their any other electronics/ audio parts catalogs still available? Online catalogs are not nearly as enjoyable to me.
I used to get Madisound & Mouser, and others. But they are no longer printing I guess?
I know quite a few folks who have no interest in the internet. I think companies are loosing at least a small amount of buisiness by going online only.
Any leads are appreciated!
Brad
I used to get Madisound & Mouser, and others. But they are no longer printing I guess?
I know quite a few folks who have no interest in the internet. I think companies are loosing at least a small amount of buisiness by going online only.
Any leads are appreciated!
Brad
The last time I saw a DigiKey dead-tree, it nearly killed the mailman.
Mouser's PDF catalog now runs 245 MegaBytes, a hefty download for my neck of the woods.
Mouser's PDF catalog now runs 245 MegaBytes, a hefty download for my neck of the woods.
At work we have Allied, Mouser, Digi-Key, Newark, Mill-Max, Molex, Samtec, Weidmuller, Spectrum Controls and Omega. (and probably a few more)
Easier to find something if you don't know what they call it.
Easier to find something if you don't know what they call it.
I still kept out of date catalogs, just for browsing. Yes, those situations where you don;t know what to call it or just looking for say a relay with the proper shape. So much easier to leaf through pages than to download endless data sheets. The part numbers rarely changed so a five year old book was good enough usually.
Mouser has a browsable online copy of their book. I can find where relays start, and flip page to page as I would the book, almost as fast.
No one is begging for you to order a book, but you can contact sales at each parts house and ASK if they will provide a paper book. If they want $10 for it, so be it, worth it at twice that. They make a living supplying parts to volume users, not hobbyists wanting something to read.
Mouser has a browsable online copy of their book. I can find where relays start, and flip page to page as I would the book, almost as fast.
No one is begging for you to order a book, but you can contact sales at each parts house and ASK if they will provide a paper book. If they want $10 for it, so be it, worth it at twice that. They make a living supplying parts to volume users, not hobbyists wanting something to read.
Mouser no longer print as i asked for one recently. I can only imagine how much it cost them to print and post internationally, the thing was the size of a telephone directory.
Well ; I'm still looking at the 2008 Madisound catalog & like said, it's nice to see the variety on a page or section. I get MSC catalogs and they are five or six inches thick. Great door stops. But I see way more things to buy while thumbing to my page than I do on most net sites.
Oh well; I'm just an old dinosaur..................
Oh well; I'm just an old dinosaur..................
I think Newark and Digikey still have printed catalogs on request. McMaster-Carr
sends a catalog only if you qualify (which is difficult). I haven't seen one from
Mouser for a long time.
Not audio related at all, but there's some pretty egregious waste in the commercial cabinetry/ millwork trades. CR Laurence for example - we get at least 4" thick, full colour, hard cover catalog updates annually from these folks, and can't spend more than $2000 with them on a good year.
Kinda makes you ponder their profit margins
Kinda makes you ponder their profit margins
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