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AOShop
Ge semiconductors
Small-signal PNP transistors
NKT214F, OC57, OC59,
2N1377, 2N525
£1.00
Low-noise PNP transistors
GET106
£2.50
Small power PNP transistors
AC153, AC153K, AC188
£1.50
Small power NPN transistors
AC176, AC141K
£2.00
High-voltage PNP transistors
OC77, CV7001
£1.50
TO3 PNP power transistors
OC22, CV7054 (OC23), OC25,
OC35, OC36, AD143, AD149,
AD161, AD162
£2.00
AD140
£3.50
AD149, AD161/2 matched pair £5.00
RF PNP transistors
OC41, OC42, 2SA12, 2SA53,AF124,
AF178, GET872A
£1.50
NPN transistors
OC139, OC140, ASY73
£2.00
Diodes
CV7049 (OA10), CG92 (OA91) £0.50
Si semiconductors
Diodes
ZC5800 RF Schottky
£0.20
Low-noise silicon transistors
BFW16A, 2SC3071, 2SC3068,
2SA1016K, 2SC2362K,
2SA970BL
£1.50
2SC2204, 2SD655, BC550C
£0.50
ZTX651
£0.30
ZTX751
£0.50
RF transistors (suitable for Theremin)
BF199
£0.50
Audio power MOSFETs
Exicon 10N20, 10P20
£6.50
Hitachi 2SJ99, 2SK343
£3.50
Hitachi 2SJ56, 2SK176
£8.50
JFETs
BFW11, BFW10, TIS73L, J177, J113,
U1994, U1898, 2SJ176, J201 £1.00
J175, J176, J112, J111, 2N3820,
2N5457, BF244, 2N5460, J230 £0.60
Small power output/driver transistors
2SB649A, D669A, 2SA1208,
2SC2910, MJE253G, MJE243G,
2SA1725, 2SC4511
£1.20
BD139,BD140, BD135, BD136, BD435,
BD436, MPSA63, BCV46
£0.50
MOSFETs
ZVP2106A
£0.30
Dual-gate 3SK45, BFS28
£1.50
Metal-cased transistors
BCY71
£0.30
Amplifiers
LM318 high-speed op amp
£0.35
µA709 metal-cased op amp
£2.00
5534H metal-cased op amp
£3.00
LM384, TDA2030A, TDA2050V £1.50
TAA435 (Mullard power amp
driver for AD161/AD162)
£1.20
Synthesiser ICs
The home for specialist audio, analogue and historic
components – provided by Jake Rothman, PE’s
Audio Out columnist. The AOShop is your best bet for
classic analogue ‘NOS’ (new old stock) components,
including all parts for Audio Out projects and designs.
CA3280 VCA/VCF
£4.00
LM13600/ LM13700 VCA/VCF £2.00
CA3086 transistor array
£1.00
PT2399 echo/delay
£1.50
Dual transistors
2N2639, 2N2223, 2N2910 (NPN) £4.00
E401 (JFET Moog)
£4.00
2SK2145-Y dual JFET
£0.80
2N5564 JFET
£8.00
HN3C51F, HN3A51F
£1.00
DMMT3904/6, HN1A01F,
HN1C01F
£0.50
Loudspeakers
PE Mini-Monitor
Volt PE165 6.5-inch woofer (each) £85
Morel MDT29 tweeter (each)
£25
Kit pair of PE165/MDT29 plus
Volt crossover parts and PCBs £299
Monacor DT-28N tweeter (each) £35
Vifa 19mm BC20SC15-04
tweeter (each)
£15
Volt crossover inductors
1.2mH, 1.5mH, 2mH, 2.7mH, 0.5mH
(tapped at 0.3mH) (each)
£5.85
Fully assembled and tested high-quality
speaker prototypes – ask for details
LS3/5As and other similar speaker
systems (pair)
£200-£350
Fully tested reclaimed speakers
Vifa BC14 5-inch woofer (each) £10
Vifa TC26 1-inch tweeter (each) £10
Low-price speakers
Philips 4-inch 4070
£2.00
EMI 10x6-inch, 30Ω Alnico
£7
64mm 64Ω neodymium
£1.20
Capacitors
Note ‘10/63’ denotes ‘10µF 63V’.
Polyester
3.3/100, 4.7/250, 4.7/63
£1.00
5.6/63, 8.2/63, 10/63
£2.00
Mullard ‘Mustard’ C296 0.22/400 £2.00
Polycarbonate
Axial 2.2/63 1%, 4.7/160, 6.8/63 £1.00
Radial
6.8/160V, 10/63
£2.00
Reclaimed 22/63
£2.00
Polystyrene
Philips 1% 4.7nF/160, 6.2nF/500,
12nF/63, 22nF/63, 110nF/63,
24nF, 2nF
£1.00
RIFA 1% 100nF/100, Suflex
90.9nF 0.5%
£2.00
Suflex 2.5% 10nF/63 (rad. or ax.) £0.50
Radiation resistant
Siemens cellulose acetate MKL
2.2/25
£0.80
Electrolytic – Mullard blue 017 series
10/25, 22/25, 100/10
£0.50
150/40, 470/40, 1000/40
£1.00
Tantalum – axial metal cased
22/50, 47/35, 68/25, 100/20, 120/10,
150/16, 220/10, 330/6
£2.00
22/35, 33/35, 47/20, 68/15, 100/10,
150/6
£1.25
4.7/50, 6.8/35, 10/25, 10/35, 22/15 £1.00
That/dbx 2180 VCA/VCF
£6.00
CA3080 VCA/VCF (vocoder) £2.80
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Axial moulded-case tantalum
Kemet axial 6.8/10
£0.30
Kemet radial 33/10
£0.40
STC radial 100/20
£1.50
Tantalum bead
22/50
£1.00
470/3
£2.00
680/6.3
£3.00
Wet tantalum
220/25 axial
£3.20
Castanet button 140/30, 470/3 £3.20
Hughes 540/10
£3.20
Bipolar
Hermetic bipolar tantalum 16/35 £3.20
Elcap axial 10/50
£0.50
Generic radial 100/16, 470/35,
100/ 63, 22/35, 4.7/35, 220/16
£0.50
Philips solid-aluminium (axial) 121/123
47/16
£1.00
330/6.3
£2.00
100/35
£4.00
Philips Pearl 122 series (radial)
10/16
£0.30
Silvered mica (radial)
1nF/500 1%
£1.00
Trimmer capacitors
Vishay plastic-film 4-40pF
£0.80
Vishay plastic-film 5.5-45pF £1.00
Vishay plastic-film 5-80pF
£1.20
Vishay plastic-film 10-250pF £2.00
Mica 1-12pF, 2-40pF
£1.00
Audio transformers and
inductors
Eagle transformers
LT44, LT722 driver, LT700, LT723
500Ω output
£2.50
LT30 500mW output
£3.50
5:1 interstage (fuzz box)
£1.50
Repanco
T/T3 splitter transformer
£4.00
CH2 5mH RFC
£2.00
Balanced output transformer
Vigortronix 600Ω VTX-101-007 £10
Vigortronix 600Ω VTX-101-3001 £10
Vigortronix 600Ω VTX-101-3002 £15
Gardners 150Ω
£10
Reclaimed BBC LL74/MPC
nickel core 600Ω
£12
Low-level 1:1 600Ω (modem)
£2
Reclaimed mic input transformer £15
Inductors
82µH, 4.7mH, 100µH, 270µH,
10µH, 14µH (low Z)
£0.50
4-inch ferrite rod with MW
and LW windings
£3.00
Special resistors
Bourns wire-wound trimmer
5kΩ 3059 JM panel-mount
£2.00
Thermistor RA53, R13
£4.00
A13
£2.00
Thermistor CZ1, CZ6
£1.50
Holco H2 2.2MΩ 1W, 1%
£1.00
Welwyn 1GΩ 2W
£1.00
5k Bourns 3321H cermet trimmer £0.50
Potentiometers
Bourns 81
25kΩ lin cermet
£2.00
25kΩ lin, 5kΩ lin cond. plastic £3.00
Bourns 91
10k dual-gang lin or log
£10.00
Plessey moulded-track
5kΩ log with switch
£3.00
50kΩ A/log
£3.00
Mil 250kΩ lin dual
£5.00
Alpha
16mm 4.7kΩ A/log
£0.80
220kΩ A/log
£0.80
10kΩ lin centre-detent dual-gang £1.50
Allen Bradley J series/Honeywell
10kΩ lin 1 million cycles
£5.00
Blore Edwards AB 45 dual 5kΩ
A/log with switch
£3.50
Alps RK9 dual-gang 5kΩ RD law £4.00
Alps 50k log tapped motor. stereo £5.00
BI P260 500kΩ log conductive
plastic 1 million cycles
£2.00
Colvern wire-wound 100kΩ or
50kΩ dual-gang 3W
£5.00
Mil Spec hermetic 10Ω
£8.00
Miscellaneous
PCBs
All-pass Filter PCBs (three)
£4.00
.. Rotary Switch (AO0626ROT) £1.50
.. Pot Board (AO0626POT)
£1.50
Silent Stomp Switch (pair)
£4.00
Penta-fuzz Bender (PE, Feb26) £3.00
Pre-driver (PE, Jan26)
£3.00
Pre-driver jack bd (PE, Jan26) £1.50
Fuzz Box (PE, Nov25)
£3.00
Fuzz Box jack bd (PE, Dec25) £1.50
Dual JFET Buffer (PE, Oct25) £2.00
Mosfet Buffer (PE, Oct 2025) £2.00
Dual Mosfet Buffer (PE, Oct25) £2.00
Cascode Amp (PE, Sep 2025) £2.00
Cascode PS (PE, Sep 2025)
£2.00
Pocket Theremin (EPE, 1996) £2.00
Elysian Theremin (EPE, 1996) £6.00
Synth VCF, VCO (EPE, 2017) £3.00
48V PSU (EPE, 2019)
£3.00
SMT dual transistor adapter £0.40
Relays
STC hermetic 4190 24V DPDT £4.00
Switches Blore Edwards/Plessey
MH1 4-pole 3-way
£3.00
Elma 01 2-pole 6-way
£6.00
3PDT guitar pedal stomp switch £2.50
Valves
EC88, PCL84
£3.00
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