Are these J201’s not desirable?
- Thread starter dlazzarini
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benny_profane
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Perfectly fine. Just very expensive. The SMD package is much cheaper.
dlazzarini
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Gotcha. Wasn’t sure. I haven’t done any builds yet that utilize these but I was kind of under the impression that it was near impossible to find the through hole versions. Just doing some studying. Thanks for the reply
benny_profane
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2n5457 and other through-hole JFETs are out of production. I think this may be the only current production TO-92 j201.
Barry
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Well you can narrow the gap if you buy 5000 at a time!
cooder
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If you do that I'll take 20 of your hands... LOL...
moonlightpedalbuilds
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just get the smd version with adapter.
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J201 JFET with TO-92 Adapter
The legendary J201 JFET in SMD format, pre-soldered to adapters for use in through-hole applications.
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dlazzarini
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They are expensive compared to most of the other components and if one were building pedals at a production level the smd versions would be a no brainer. For personal use I don’t mind forking over a few more bucks unless every pedal I was doing called for these.
benny_profane
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A lot of folks selling PCBs are including SMD pads no for JFETs. If that’s offered on a board you’re interested in, I’d recommend going that way. The conversion boards are a good workaround if TO-92 pads are the only footprint on the board.
