Old electronics parts, advice needed

[Linflas]

I have a lot of old (1950s-1970s) electronics parts that my father basically kept over the years. I have vacuum tubes, transistors, resistors, rectifiers, tuning capacitors, transformers, ganged switches, potentiometers and who knows what else. I assume that people that restore old electronics from that time period would probably want this stuff so I don't want to just toss it all in the garbage. Would the best way to sell it be to just sell it by groups on Ebay or are there dealers that buy stuff like this?

 

[So]

If you have any Nixie tubes, I'd :heart: you if you'd ship em' my way (I'd pay the cost of shipping, of course)...

 

[Eeezee]

Ebay would be best, just start the bidding low and let the consumers come. Get an estimate on the cost of shipping just to make sure you don't undercharge and get screwed

 

[EvilYoda]

Depending on what they are, I'd also try communities like diyaudio.com...you probably won't get much money out of it, unless you have something of high quality or is very rare.

Good luck 😛

 

[Ika]

damn, you have all the parts I need for my amp.

🙁

you could check out head-fi.org's forums and try selling the parts in their FS/T forum (at least, i'm pretty sure they have one...)

do you happen to have an ALPS027 100Kohm dual-ganged potentiometer?

 

[DurocShark]

Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

 

[Q Q]

EBAY for the Win.😎

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

Yeah, because with the craptastic computer speakers most folks use, they could never hear the difference. And MSI or whoever it was couldn't sell enough to audiophiles. True audiophiles use their own gear with their computers. That would be like a gamer using onboard video. 😉

But the fact that the manufacturer put one on the market says a lot.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

Yeah, because with the craptastic computer speakers most folks use, they could never hear the difference. And MSI or whoever it was couldn't sell enough to audiophiles. True audiophiles use their own gear with their computers. That would be like a gamer using onboard video. 😉

But the fact that the manufacturer put one on the market says a lot.

it's not quite like a gamer using onboard video, it's more like a gamer buying dell with an unconfigurable video card 😉.

audiophiles like to pick their own parts - everyone has different hearing capabilities and tastes. I'm just getting into DIY portable amps and there's so many choices I could explode.

 

[Harvey]

YGPM. I design pro audio electronics, including some tube stuff. Depending on what you've got and the condition, I may be able to help you. 🙂

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

Yeah, because with the craptastic computer speakers most folks use, they could never hear the difference. And MSI or whoever it was couldn't sell enough to audiophiles. True audiophiles use their own gear with their computers. That would be like a gamer using onboard video. 😉

But the fact that the manufacturer put one on the market says a lot.

I've emailed Creative several times that they should make a tube amp card. They cater to musicians, but they never seemed to be interested. I'd use it daily for guitar use!

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

Yeah, because with the craptastic computer speakers most folks use, they could never hear the difference. And MSI or whoever it was couldn't sell enough to audiophiles. True audiophiles use their own gear with their computers. That would be like a gamer using onboard video. 😉

But the fact that the manufacturer put one on the market says a lot.

I've emailed Creative several times that they should make a tube amp card. They cater to musicians, but they never seemed to be interested. I'd use it daily for guitar use!

Creative also doesn't put any of their sound effects on their own MP3 players. EAX would be great on their players, but nooo! they don't include it!

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Harvey
YGPM. I design pro audio electronics, including some tube stuff. Depending on what you've got and the condition, I may be able to help you. 🙂

Thanks, YGPM back. The condition is pretty variable as I think most of the switches etc are used and removed from old radios and TV's. I'll take some pics when I get home and link them in the OP. My father was an incredible pack rat and my entire garage is now filled with junk from my parents house because my mother finally decided to move and we had to empty out the house and shed. After this experience I've decided I am going to try and not be quite as bad as he was. There are definite signs of it in me as I still have old boards and CPU's from the 486 days laying around and enough air cooled VW parts in my garage to almost build a VW. 😱

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Electronic components from that era are in high demand for audiophiles right now. Remember that motherboard that had a tube amp built onto it?

I noticed that it went nowhere.

Yeah, because with the craptastic computer speakers most folks use, they could never hear the difference. And MSI or whoever it was couldn't sell enough to audiophiles. True audiophiles use their own gear with their computers. That would be like a gamer using onboard video. 😉

But the fact that the manufacturer put one on the market says a lot.

yeah, that they don't know their target market.

 

[JonTheBaller]

Donate them all to LoKe. He'll feel like he's living in the year 3000 with all that new (to him) technology.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: Linflas
I have a lot of old (1950s-1970s) electronics parts that my father basically kept over the years. I have vacuum tubes, transistors, resistors, rectifiers, tuning capacitors, transformers, ganged switches, potentiometers and who knows what else. I assume that people that restore old electronics from that time period would probably want this stuff so I don't want to just toss it all in the garbage. Would the best way to sell it be to just sell it by groups on Ebay or are there dealers that buy stuff like this?

If you have any of these tubes:

EL34
6L6
kt66
6v6
12ax7
el84
ecc83

Run an auction in eBay's guitar section. They're very popular tubes for guitar amps and there's a good market for vintage ones. In fact I'm looking for a pair of el34s.

Also, you can probably throw away any electrolytic caps you've got - the ones that look like little beer cans - they usually go bad after 15-20 years.