My High Quality Audio Grade Components
I’ve just bought few parts for my stock yesterday. Now, I gather all of my stock components list them here. I found some unique, vintage “well known” good components, and expensive one (some old, some new). If you need assistance how to get these components, feel free to drop me an e-mail.
Elna Cerafine. Cerafine is well known as a premium quality capacitor. I’ve stocked some of popular values like 47uF, 100uF, and 220uF (25-100 Volt).
Dale resistor. It is quite famous as a good sounding resistor. Not too bright, and not too dull. Available in 2 or 3 Watts and various resistance.
Silver Mica. Excellent capacitor for high frequency bypass.
Nichicon Fine Gold. Quite hard to find. Available in 22uF/100V value. I can’t find Cerafine for this value, so I choose Nichicon.
Nippon Chemicon KMH. This “Big monster” has the value of 470uF/450Volt. NOS condition and very affordable.
Sanyo Oscon. Very popular for D/A application. Available in one value only, 10uF/25Volt.
Elna RBP2. I can’t find Cerafine for such high capacitance, so I choose the RBP2. Cheaper than Cerafine, but should sound good near Cerafine. One value only, 330uF/25Volt.
Female RCA from Taiwan. Good quality, solid design, and quite heavy. Some people say that this is “WBT from Taiwan” (price around 1/5-1/8 of original WBT).
Vishay Ultra Fast Avalanche Sintergrass Diode. I believe this is an excellent diode for any of your application. Available up to 1000V (SF5408), 800V (SF5407), etc. All are capable up to 3A.
Siemens Paper-In-Oil Capacitor. I got some in used stock here. Two shown on the photo are 2uF/250Volt. One was built on month 5 year 1972 (05.72), and the other on month 12 year 1963 (12.63). Some other values available are 2.1uF, 4uF, 10uF, and much more. Outstanding capacitor, affordable price (less than your Auricaps, but remember this is used capacitor). The sound is not as dull as other PIO. Uniquely, this capacitor sounds quite bright (harsh) but of course the sense of oil cap is still there.
Alpha Core Inductor. Well known as one of the best inductor. This type of foil inductor is known to have low AC/DC resistance, very low power loss, minimal phase effect, skin effect resistance up to 100 kHz, and no hysterisis distortion! The most transparent inductor ever made for your crossover.
Wonder Capacitor. This is superbly transparent metallized polypropelene capacitor in a limited value and stock. Very ideal for bypassing application in your electronics or crossover circuit. Only three values available: 0.01uF/630V, 4 uF/425V, and 10 uF/310V.
Solen Capacitor. Very popular capacitor due to excellent price/performance ratio. It will cost you 1/5-1/8 of Auricap or Hovland, but it will not sound 1/5-1/8 than the Auricap or Hovland. So, that’s why this capacitor is very popular for upgrading your crappy capacitor on your stock crossover. For a better high end extension, add a better capacitor like Wonder Capacitor for bypassing and you are done.
Auricap Capacitor. Excellent performance especially in the mid tone. Superior audio grade metallized polypropelenes. Black lead is outer foil, while red is inner foil. Please read the instruction manual how to connect the red and black lead to get optimum result (it will not damage your Auricap if you connect it reversely, but it will not perform at its full potential). Excellent quality capacitor at quite affordable price.
Hovland Capacitor. This film and foil polypropelene capacitor is for a speaker builder who expect the best sound reproduction. This capacitor has the clarity, focus, and dynamics to allow exploration of your speaker’s fully potential. The price is quite high for some people (though it’s not the most expensive capacitor), but if you expect the finest quality sound, this capacitor is the one that you should consider.
WBT Silver Solder. This is one of the most popular and standard silver solder used in many application. It contains 4% silver and produces very transparants and dynamics sound. Some people even put this solder on the PCB line to get the best signal transfer.
Sanyo Gold Capacitor. Available in one value only, 1000uF/50V and short lead. This capacitor is excellent for power supply application. Use it in parallel to achieve higher capacitance and lower ESR. Very affordable price to.
RS Capacitor. Affordable radial electrolytic capacitor. Very good for application which low capacitance but high voltage are needed. If you can’t afford polypropelene capacitor or high class electrolytic (like Black Gate WKZ) for this purpose, this RS capacitor is simply your best choice.
Solen High Voltage Capacitor. This “dynamite” size capacitor has 630V voltage rating. Currently available is 22uF only (parallel it to get even better sound). Sounds best on your high voltage application. Surely this 1.50″x2.30″ capacitor will sound better than your electrolytic. Remember, the size of this capacitor is very big (1.50″x2.30″). Check your space before you buy it. Still considered affordable for its price and quality.
ALPS Motorized Potentiometer. I have nothing much to comments for this one. This is ALPS Motorized potentiometer with one value only, 100KOhm. Sounds good at affordable price. You can remove the motor if you don’t use it.
Nippon Chemicon KME Capacitor. Very cheap and very affordable for your power supply application. Use it in parallel to get higher capacitance and lower ESR. One value only, 470uF/50V.
Standard Big Potentiometer. This standard “big” potentiometer is very affordable and has good performance. It’s better than your standard Alpha potentiometer.
Analog Device AD825 and Brown Dog Converter. This AD825 op-amp has warm, musical, clean, and good separation sound. On most occasion, this op-amp simply will beat your standar OPA2134 or 2604 in terms of musicality. The bad things is, this is mono op-amp. So you will need two of them for your stereo application. Brown Dog converter should be used for this purpose. Shown on the picture is SMD version of AD825 and Brown Dog SMD->DIP converter.
Black Gate F Series Capacitor. Black Gate is the most popular electrolytic. This F Series offers excellent performance and quite affordable (though still expensive for some people). It has a long break-in time, around 200 hours. So never comments its performance before this capacitor passes its break-in time. You will be shocked to hear its sound after this capacitor passes the break-in time. Very-very limited stock and currently available in 100uF/100V only.
Holco Resistor. Holco stands for wHOLe COpper. This highly praised metal film resistor is quite hard to find later these days. Very transparant and detail in terms of musicality. Available in H4 (0.5 Watt) or H2 (1 Watt) version and very high tolerance (specified 0.5-1%, but most of the time it has 0.25% tolerance). Common values are available at very Reasonable price.
Vishay S102 Resistor. Absolutely the BEST resistor in the world. This is very expensive stuff (almost three times than Caddock), so imagine yourself 
The sound is very sweet, detail, and musical. Available in used and new conditions (shown on the photo is the used conditions, but this is a high class resistor, though it’s used, but the value and condition are superb!). Limited in terms of stocks and values.
Brown Dog Adapter. Used to convert mono op-amp to single stereo op-amp. Quite tall, so watch your space.
Elna LP5. General purpose and affordable electrolytic capacitor.
Texas Instruments NE5532AP. Another general purpose op-amp. Just for collections
Sfernice RLP10NI Resistor. Wirewound Non Inductive precision 10 Watt resistor. High power and excellent stability with electrical insulation and climatic protection. Expensive, but very recommended for your crossover application.
SK170GR. No comments for this. Vintage stuff, hard to find. Don’t ask for its complementary (2SJ74), because I don’t have any
Wonder Capacitor. This is superbly transparent metallized polypropelene capacitor in a limited value and stock. Very ideal for bypassing application in your electronics or crossover circuit. Only three values available: 0.01uF/630V, 4 uF/425V, and 10 uF/310V.
Madisound Eagle Resistor. Affordable resistor for your crossover. Made from Metal Oxide Film Non-Inductive. The sound is transparant and quite detail at its price range. Various value below 10 Ohm. All at 10 Wattage rating.
Op-Amp Gold Socket (8 pins). Delivers better quality than standard 8 pins socket. Absolutely cheap and affordable!
I have stocked all of this components on my drawer (not much, just few of them) 
Due to high shipment cost, so usually I order more than my own needs. So, some of them may be sold for you. Feel free to email me if you need assistance how to get this components. Due to limited stock, I don’t guarantee for matched pair, but I will provide the best matched value for each components.
Thank you.
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:59 am
pls give me the prices of the following item:
elna cerafine,rbp2,rubycon, sanyo (all value)
October 22nd, 2006 at 8:09 am
May I know your location?
Please send it to me@jimmyauw.com
Better to discuss it by email rather than using this comments function.
Thanks.
January 21st, 2007 at 2:08 am
Hi
I am interested in buying all of your 2sk170 MOSFETS
How many do you have and waht price including shipping to UK would you want
Many thanks
Paul
January 21st, 2007 at 11:19 am
Hi Paul, I have some, less than 100 pcs i think… price around US$ 1-1,2…
I’m at Asia/Indonesia.
But the shipping cost could be very expensive to UK
Have you look around (at borbelyaudio) to find similiar things? I think if you can have it around Europe, the shipping cost could be lowered…
February 21st, 2007 at 6:34 am
Hello
I’m interested in purchasing stock of the Alps 100K motorized pots. I am located in the US. Please let me know your price and availability. I am interested in 10 - 25 pieces.
Mark
February 21st, 2007 at 9:40 am
Hi Mark,
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I’m located far away from you, I’m at Indonesia. And the shipping cost should be very expesive (as I’ve ever ordered few parts from US and the shipping cost was crazy
Have you tried to check the item on Percy Audio? Perhaps they have some stock.
Thanks
February 21st, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Percy only has the 25mm 10K motorized pots. I need 16mm 100K volume pots, which I have been unable to locate in the states. Do you have stock, if so please quote, via email.
February 22nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
I will try to find out. I forget whether mine is 16 mm or not, but for sure it’s 100K.
Btw, the shipping cost from my country to your is gonna be very expensive…
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Thank you. We could ship via Fed EX using our account. Let me know and I will forward the info to you. Thanks so much.
Mark
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 am
Also, we need to move on this very quickly. The part you pictured is the correct part. Please email your price and qty.
Thanks
Mark
June 19th, 2007 at 8:46 am
bro, mau tanya nilai resistor vishay yang ada and berapa harganya untuk yang 1/2 w
thanks
September 14th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
bro, mo tau alamat atau no hpnya
mau tanya parts
September 25th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Halo Pak, mau tanya berapa harga WBT Silver Solder per-rollnya. Thx
October 9th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Hi Jimmy,
I am interesting a some of these fine stuff. Guess it’s time for a price list?!
Anyway, pls. send me one. Best regards from Thailand, Peter
January 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Halo Jimmy,
Madisound Eagle resistor-nya mungkin salah ketik. Tertulis “capacitor”.
Salam dari Cibubur,
Alex - http://www.langsungjadi.com
January 10th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Thanks Pak Alex… Jeli juga mata-nya…
Saya sendiri sudah tidak update lagi karena rata2 habis dipakai buat experimen sendiri hehehe…
January 18th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Pak kalo kapasitor utk suplay 10000uF 50V yg bagus n ngga terlalu mahal apa ya? serta kisaran harganya berapa. thx…
January 18th, 2008 at 9:04 am
10000uF/50V paling cari2 Elna Glodok deh hehehe… Agak susah sih yang segede gitu… Kalo mau bagus bisa dapat Nichicon… ga terlalu mahal, tapi susah dicari…
January 18th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Pak Jimmy wondercap itu toleransinya brp persen yah, trus harganya brp untuk yg 10uf ?
kl untuk x-over pengaruhnya kemana kl kita pake toleransi yg lbh besar dr yg ditetapkan, thx
January 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Wondercap yang pernah saya pake toleransi max 10%, rata-rata sih 3%…
Biasanya saya cari yang sama agar dapat match pair…
Wondercap saya sudah habis… terakhir stok lama paling tinggal 30-an pcs saja hehehe… sudah habis semua diborong orang
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Salam Pak Jimmy, AD825 2pcs dan brown dog adapter 1pc masih ada stok ? Kalo masih, berapa harganya termasuk shipping ke Medan ? Terima kasih
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
AD825 tinggal sisa stok pribadi saja Pak… sekitar 4 pcs… Tidak saya jual hehehe…
Btw dari Medan tinggal nyebrang ke Singapore aja… di Farnell SG setau saya ada banyak.
Thanks.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Can you give me some prices please on:
Blackgate 100uF/100V
Elna Cerafine 1000uF/50V
Sanyo Gold 1000uF/50v
and shipping to Ireland?
March 7th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I’m afraid the shipping cost to Ireland could be so expensive.
I suggest you try to visit http://www.percyaudio.com
Thank you.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
saya tertarik dengan wonder caps hargnya berapa yaa??selain yg 10mF
hargnya timah solder WBt brp? terima kasih
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
is Texas Instruments NE5532AP a ceramis op amp..? some body give me price 250000 include service.. is it cheap price..?
-best regard-
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
i have modified my player dvd toshiba sd-1850 with siltech silver solder and gets a real sound warm..
i agree with you, op amp BB 2604 is op amp run of the mill in compairing with ADA 825.. i’m plan will change my op amp 2604 with ADA 825, buys LTC glodok..
March 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
For 250.000Rp, you better pick LM4562 or AD825. Million times better.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
what if I already got LM 4562 n still want to get some improvement?
March 25th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Every opamp has its own characteristic. Pick based on your own taste.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Halo pak Jimmy, kemarin liat caps Nippon Chemicon SMH 10000uF 50V 85′C. ringan bgt, emang ringan ya bobotnya dibanding merk abal2? harga pasarannya brp sih? kalo dibuat mod bagian suplai speaker cocok ngga ya?
thanks…
March 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Harusnya sih gak ringan2 amat Boss…
March 28th, 2008 at 12:20 am
wah berarti palsu ya pak? kalo ringan nya sih ngga tau yg asli seberapa, tp dibanding caps yg merk marcon jauh lbh ringan. harga 30k blm ditawar.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Wah kalo itu sih saya gak tau Pak hehehe… mesti liat dan bandingkan dulu…
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Bos Jimmy,
Apa ada saran untuk kebutuhan saya, elco 470uf atau 680uf 63v untuk power amplifier?
Salam
JJ
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Kalo bisa dapet, coba cari Nichicon yang supply series (KG atau sejenisnya).
Bagus price performancenya…
April 13th, 2008 at 12:17 am
pak Jimmy minta info resistor Holco skalian pricenya ya, trims
May 5th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Id like to get a poteniometer, a big one for 12/24 volts Im testing things and need to regulate the amount of voltage to my units.
How much please for a few?
Thanks for your time
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Bro Jimmy, gw pingin tanya:
caps yg tiga kaki (nichicon 6800uF 40 volt, bawaan ampli bisa gk diganti dengan caps yg dua kaki saja. rencana saya mau ganti dengan nippon chemicon 10000uF SMH yg hanya dua kaki. thanx pencerahannya Bro Jimmy.
regard
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Bro Jim, di forum chip bro dah jawab.. thanx
tp masih ada yg saya belum ngerti..
di circuit/pcb-nya memang ada lubang tiga kaki & caps aslinya memang pake 3 kaki.. tp ada yg bilang boleh pake yg dua kaki saja.. tinggal cari pada lubang circuit tersebut mana yg min & plusnya..
tolong penjelasannya bro Jim, krn kalo sampai salah pasang bisa berpengaruh merusak komponen lain, perbaiki-nya buat saya susah karena harus di cari satu2..
thanx bangat bro..
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Makanya harus liat skemanya gimana bro. Biar tau apakah boleh pake 2 kaki atau tidak?
Thanks.
June 14th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Please give me a quote for the Nippon Chemicom KMH Capacitor. Value 450uf/450V for 6 pcs. Thank you
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
om jimmy,
saya sedang cari Cap BG std/Fk/ 330uf/50v dan 10uf/16-50v
resistor Riken Ohm RMG 2W 330R, 10K, 27K
0.5W 680R dan 390R,
kalo ada info kira2 saya bisa cari dimana tolong kabari yah om. thx..
June 27th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Riken coba cari di Lindeteves.
BG uda susah deh. Mesti beli dari luar.
Thanks.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 am
Bro Jim, Punya TKD tokyo koon potentiometer 2PCS65 Gold yang 25k ngga, sama ALPS potentiometer dengan 2 rotary(10k)? Kalo ada, harganya berapa? kalo ngga ada, ada info bisa dapet dimana?
Thanks
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Coba ke PercyAudio.
Thanks.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
pak jimmy, saya tertarik sama vishay s102nya, ada 20k atau 22k. saya perlu 2 saja, new atau used juga boleh, harganya berapa pak?
thx
July 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
pak, di lindeteves yg jual riken resistor di toko apa namanya, maklum saya baru di jakarta.Mungkin Bapak bisa kasih petunjuk. Terima kasih dan salam sejahtera.
July 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Nama tokonya lupa Pak… ada di Lantai 2…
Tanya aja di sana yang jual barang2 elektronik audio… rasanya pada tau deh…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
hi jimmy i wanna ask do u have any cap that 330uf 16v or 25v i prefer Elna or Nichicon thanks
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Where do you live?
Thanks.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
July 25th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Check here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/314410/+20
Thank you.
July 26th, 2008 at 1:07 am
now u dont have any Elna cap
bcoz i need few pcs only
July 27th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hi,
Even if I have the parts, shipping cost to your country is very expensive.
Thank you.
July 28th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
ohhh ok anywhere thanks
August 8th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Hi Jimmy,
I would like to mod MX5021 but i have no ideal to choose capacitor for the speaker unit and the large capacity cap.(10000uF) for the filter.
Would you please advice me where can get some Audio Cap. (like ELNA , Nichicon) in Hong Kong at reasonable price. Thanks alot.
August 9th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Hi,
There are a lot of place to buy audio at HongKong.
I suggest you to join hktubeaudio@yahoogroups.com to ask about audio shop at HK.
Thanks.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
yang di lindeteves itu maksudnya pasar lindeteves? atau lindeteves yang baru? atau harco glodok?
btw, sama dengan pak gunawan dan yusak ong, berapa harga timah solder WBt per rollnya? terima kasih
August 15th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Lindeteves Trade Center, yang baru dan gede itu…
WBT bisa 500 ribu lebih segulung-nya… tergantung diameter dan panjang… ada beberapa versi seingat saya.
Thanks.
August 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Dear Jim, I just check the store at LTC as you recommend…WBT solder (roll package) is out of stock…it only available per 2 m = 25rb. Nice store…many tubes available there…ecc82 ecc83 kt88…you name it. prp, dale resistors, black gate and cerafine capacitors are available too. Should check the values for sure though. You guys should definitely have a visit!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Pak Jim..numpang tanya punya wondercap atau hovland yang 2uF?
thx
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
sorry pak Jim…maksudnya yang 2.2uF
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Hi,
Setau saya WonderCap cuman ada 0.47uF, 4uF, dan 10uF.
Hovland mungkin bisa coba ke yang biasa main car audio…
Kebetulan saya sendiri tidak/jarang pake Hovland ini jadi tidak pernah stok barang lebih.
Thanks.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Dear Sir
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the company has decided to sale as the (non moving stock).
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September 9th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Pak Jimmy,
Saya di tertarik dengan ELNA-CERAFINE yang 220uF/100V..berapaan pak?
Saya cuma butuh beberapa (mgkn +/- 8 pcs).. thanks.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Oops.. ralat dikit..
maksud saya, saya butuh 4 pcs 220uF/100V dan 4 pcs 220uF/50V..hehehe..
thanks again.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Pak Jimmy,
Masih punya stok Soket 8 kaki & Adaptornya kah?
Berapa price masing2 diatas?
Kalo Auri 3.3mF/400v dan 4.7mF/400v brp price?
Thxs
September 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Saya stok barang sudah jarang cek lagi bos. Nanti deh kalo uda sempet saya list semua yang sudah tidak terpakai.
Untuk Cerafine dan yang lainnya kalo butuh cepat bisa main ke Lindeteves, cari toko di deket kantin yang jual komponen (namanya Ko Ricky)… harusnya masih ada dan cukup lengkap.
Thanks.
October 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Mr. Jimmy,
masih ada stock potensio alps B 100K? aku butuh 2 pc, mohon infonya, thanks
October 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Mr. Jimmy,
masih ada stock potensio alps B 100K? aku butuh 2 pc, mohon infonya, thanks
October 14th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Tinggal yang ALPS 100K Motorized itu aja Pak…
Thanks.