Since when have j201 TH been manufactured again?

[dcfvgb]

Was looking to buy some smd j201's at digikey and TH j201's popped up for 7.49 CDN each. Where have I been?

 

[jessenator]

TBH, at that price, I'm going to just pretend they don't exist.

 

[dcfvgb]

TBH, at that price, I'm going to just pretend they don't exist.

Ya me too. I can get 10 smd for less than the price of one TH. It surprised me that someone was making them again

 

[Aleph Null]

Do they carry $5 diodes too?!

Bur seriously, makes me wonder if it's NOS.

 

[jwin615]

Was looking to buy some smd j201's at digikey and TH j201's popped up for 7.49 CDN each. Where have I been?

Raytheon or Northrop probably needed some to restock from the 100 billion dollar bungle in Iran.
Then again, Linear Systems has a niche in fet fab. Looking at their site, looks like they just decided to spin up the fab and fill the void in the market. Maybe they'll be around for a while, but at a premium.

J/SST201 Series

SINGLE, LOW NOISE, HIGH GAIN, N-CHANNEL JFET AMPLIFIER

www.linearsystems.com

 

[tegendemuur]

Wow from the time I started this tread to now digikey has sold 4000 of them and the price dropped to $7.37 CDN

Good for pedal companies, as in the end, the pedal buyer pays for it! [insert fancy] grade quality or whatever.

 

[dcfvgb]

Do they carry $5 diodes too?!

Bur seriously, makes me wonder if it's NOS.

Could be. Either found a box buried in old stock or waiting for a good time to unload.

 

[Erik S]

I took a quick look at Ebay - Looks like the prices on the (fake?) NOS ones are way down.

Looks like I waited too long to cash in

 

[Robert]

InterFET has been manufacturing them for years, I'm not sure if they ever stopped?

I have them in the shop for $4, which is cheaper than Mouser but still too damned expensive for a transistor that used to cost pennies....

Then there's the other thing... I assure you these are genuine, but they sure look fake....

 

[jessenator]

"Well, DRAM prices being inflated by the cartels, so…"

 

[Cybercow]

I still have about 100 tested TH Fairchild J201s for sale at $2 (+ shipping) each.

 

[tegendemuur]

Banzai sells them for about a euro if you buy some stock. But they also have NOS. Curious where the cheap ones come from, as they're labelled house brand.

J201 :: Other Transistors :: Transistors :: Semiconductors :: Electronic Parts :: Banzai Music GmbH

 

[Aentons]

Banzai sells them for about a euro if you buy some stock. But they also have NOS. Curious where the cheap ones come from, as they're labelled house brand.

J201 :: Other Transistors :: Transistors :: Semiconductors :: Electronic Parts :: Banzai Music GmbH

Banzai sells re-labled fake shit. I wouldn't buy anything from them.

 

[DSV]

Banzai sells re-labled fake shit. I wouldn't buy anything from them.

Yup, a friend of mine had really bad luck with some OTAs he paid good money for.
Banzai is super slow, makes so many mistakes in orders and sells fake shit. I suppose the only reason they are still doing business is the huge variety of products they have.

 

[tegendemuur]

Digikey has some too. 2,- per piece if you buy 100. By Linear Integrated Systems.

https://www.digikey.nl/en/products/detail/linear-integrated-systems-inc/J201-TO-92-3L-ROHS/14312366

 

[tegendemuur]

Yup, a friend of mine had really bad luck with some OTAs he paid good money for.
Banzai is super slow, makes so many mistakes in orders and sells fake shit. I suppose the only reason they are still doing business is the huge variety of products they have.

CA3080 perhaps?

Took that one out of my Banzai basket and went for Ebay instead, after going through the rare-ish parts I had bookmarked from their site.

 

[HamishR]

A few years back Small Bear had a heap of NOS Fairchild J201s for under $1 a pop (Can't remember how much exactly but it must have been low for me to buy them) and I bought a couple of hundred. They have sat there for those years until Chuck's wisdom taught me how to use them. Since then I have made some of my favourite ODs ever. JFETs and J201s in particular are so frustrating to use but damn they can sound good.

And now I have some SMD J201s to try.