MyOwn Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 It use to be nice when I could walk in and find a fuse or a resistor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We still have one in my area but it doesn't carry much useful stuff any more. Seems to be catering to cell phone users. Fortunately Parts Express is 20 minutes up the road. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 We still have one in my area but it doesn't carry much useful stuff any more. Seems to be catering to cell phone users. Fortunately Parts Express is 20 minutes up the road. You are one lucky individual 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We still have one in my area but it doesn't carry much useful stuff any more. Seems to be catering to cell phone users. Fortunately Parts Express is 20 minutes up the road. So does Parts Express have a show room or like a store front??? They would be my friends MKP :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have learned to use Amazon.com and Mcmaster Carr mainly because the selection is light years ahead of brick stores. Sometimes I get one day delivery with standard shipping. JJK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I never knew there was a Miss Radio Shack. Now I miss her too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Sometime back i started this, and as before, if anyone has any input, feel free to post links. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/148096-parts-all-kinds-of-parts/?hl=%2Bparts+%2Bsupplys#entry1948217 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have learned to use Amazon.com and Mcmaster Carr mainly because the selection is light years ahead of brick stores. Sometimes I get one day delivery with standard shipping. JJK Ah, Mcmaster, now here is a man who knows his chit. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Maybe a bit further back in time..... The first 40 years 1995-2013 logo, still used in many locations. The company was started as "Radio Shack" in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, who wanted to provide equipment for the then-nascent field of amateur, or ham radio.[3] The brothers opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in the heart of downtown Boston at 46 Brattle Street, near the site of the Boston Massacre. They chose the name "Radio Shack", which was the term for a small, wooden structure that housed a ship's radio equipment. The Deutschmanns thought the name was appropriate for a store that would supply the needs of radio officers aboard ships, as well as "hams" (amateur radio operators). The term was already in use — and is to this day — by "hams" when referring to the location of their stations.[4] The company issued its first catalog in 1939[5] as it entered the high fidelity music market. In 1954, Radio Shack began selling its own private-label products under the brand name Realist, changing the brand name to Realistic after being sued by Stereo Realist. After expanding to nine stores plus an extensive mail-order business,[6] the company fell on hard times in the 1960s. Radio Shack was essentially bankrupt, but Charles D. Tandy saw the potential of Radio Shack and retail consumer electronics and bought the company for $300,000.[7] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Sometime back i started this, and as before, if anyone has any input, feel free to post links. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/148096-parts-all-kinds-of-parts/?hl=%2Bparts+%2Bsupplys#entry1948217 I'm so sorry I screwed your original post...I'm drunk and that is my excuse... :emotion-22: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 As an aside I knew the CEO of Tandy/Radio Shack from the late seventies. He didn't live too far from the university. Nice down to earth guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 As an aside I knew the CEO of Tandy/Radio Shack from the late seventies. He didn't live too far from the university. Nice down to earth guy. My first computer was a Tandy TX1000...Ohhh Man that brings back memories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) I never knew there was a Miss Radio Shack. Now I miss her too. i'm sure you couldn't resistor... We have a Radio Shack about ten minutes from us. The manager is pretty knowledgeable, too. Bruce Edited December 25, 2015 by Marvel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldred Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 My first computer was a Tandy TX1000...Ohhh Man that brings back memories Man....... I thought I was old...... Oh yeah I am... I remember mine was a Sinclair 1000. Man was it everything you ever needed. G.E.M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 We still have one in my area but it doesn't carry much useful stuff any more. Seems to be catering to cell phone users. Fortunately Parts Express is 20 minutes up the road.So does Parts Express have a show room or like a store front??? They would be my friends MKP :-) PE does have a retail store attached to the warehouse. A bit of a hole in the wall but still everything's available that is in the catalog. For bigger stuff you tell them what you want and they go get it out of the warehouse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) My first computer was a Tandy TX1000...Ohhh Man that brings back memories Man....... I thought I was old...... Oh yeah I am... I remember mine was a Sinclair 1000. Man was it everything you ever needed. G.E.M Yes at that Time.... I only had 2 3 1/2 inch floppy drives, I booted from these and ran programs...Do you remember the old dial up bulletin board systems? Edited December 25, 2015 by Steve_S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) Things seem to have come full circle. In my youth, during the 50s and 60s, I would drool over Allied Radio catalogs. Knight kits, raw speakers and associated bits could be ordered over the phone and delivered from Chicago in a few days. The catalogs contained items that did not appeal to enough people to justify retail stores in every town. Then in the 70s Realistic Radio Shack consumed Allied Radio, much to my dismay. But wait, this was not the end of the world. Now it was possible to pop into a Radio Shack on a weekend and get the switch, terminal, resistor, etc. needed to repair some bit of gear or complete some DIY project. Some of the raw drivers, such as the 40-1197, were quite good. Sadly, those days are all but gone. Now, it again makes no sense to have many retail outlets with substantial capital invested in a large inventory of small bits with limited appeal. What makes this so? The Internet of course. High quality items ordered from Amazon, Parts Express, Mouser, Madisound, etc. can be delivered to your door within a day, or days, at very reasonable prices. On the whole, it's a better model. Do I still sometimes bemoan the loss of the last minute fuse? Of course. But, I'm no longer in such a hurry that a few days will kill me. Edited December 25, 2015 by DizRotus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Things seem to have come full circle. In my youth, during the 50s and 60s, I would drool over Allied Radio catalogs. Knight kits, raw speakers and associated bits could be ordered over the phone and delivered from Chicago in a few days. The catalogs contained items that did not appeal to enough people to justify retail stores in every town. Then in the 70s Realistic Radio Shack consumed Allied Radio, much to my dismay. But wait, this was not the end of the world. Now it was possible to pop into a Radio Shack on a weekend and get the switch, terminal, resistor, etc. needed to repair some bit of gear or complete some DIY project. Some of the raw drivers, such as the 40-1197, were quite good. Sadly, those days are all but gone. Now, it again makes no sense to have many retail outlets with substantial capital invested in a large inventory of small bits with limited appeal. What makes this so? The Internet of course. High quality items ordered from Amazon, Parts Express, Mouser, Madisound, etc. can be delivered to your door within a day, or days, at very reasonable prices. On the whole, it's a better model. Do I still sometimes bemoan the loss of the last minute fuse? Of course. But, I'm no longer in such a hurry that a few days will kill me. Beautifully said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) I never knew there was a Miss Radio Shack. Now I miss her too. i'm sure you couldn't resistor... We have a Radio Shack about ten minutes from us. The manager is pretty knowledgeable, too. Bruce I never knew there was a Miss Radio Shack. Now I miss her too. i'm sure you couldn't resistor... We have a Radio Shack about ten minutes from us. The manager is pretty knowledgeable, too. Bruce Perhaps he meant Miss Philippines. Now you'll get ohm sick. Edited December 25, 2015 by DizRotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Yep, nothing like popping into the local Rat Shack and being told that they don't have what I'm looking for but I could probably find it online? Haven't been back since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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