Sean just informed me that RAD will no longer carry Rival’s
Caps and Resistors. RAD don’t move enough of these products to justify
inventory. There’s still Caps & Resistors in RAD inventory, but when they
are gone they will not be replenished. Also, RAD will not be carrying inductors
of any kind once inventory is gone. RAD will focus on drivers only.
The caps are very good. That market may be saturated. A guy in France contacted us last year and told us that they are far better than Solen's, but I can't tell you if that correct or not. I think Sean is going to offer some kind of sale on them.
RAD has the 'P' driver on sale now. We'll keep the cap packs on sale until they are gone. I'm not sure how many Sean has made. We want to keep some individual caps and resistors for those in need of some and don't have use for the full pack. RAD is negotiating for the release of a clearance driver very similar to the 'CP'. We should know next week.
The cap pack was a good enough deal to justify the purchase, since I have some upcoming builds that will need some crossovers, this probably saves me a fair bit in the long run. I also ordered some inductors as well, it's unfortunate that RAD won't be keeping them in stock, there's very few places to get iron core inductors in Canada that don't cost an arm and a leg to ship. There's Qcomponents, but their prices are a bit bonkers for inductors.
I'm not exactly sure what's up with Q Components. They've been around for quite some time (1980) but I've never purchased from them. I could never seem to get past their pricing.
I've purchased from them a few times, the pricing is okay for pro audio speakers such as Eminence, B&C, Celestion, as well I purchased my Duratex through them, and hardware such as speakon connectors, handles, rubber feet, etc.
I bought some grill fabric from them that was very nice, but the images on their site are really hard to determine what you're getting, and they have not responded to my email asking for samples. They have some nice vintage looking grill fabric which I'd rather use over boring black that you see everywhere, and the updated site does have better photos than previously.
I took a chance on some and found it to be a high quality product. It is fabric woven in with heavy poly strands, so it's quite rigid and will hold a flat shape on most any frame. As a downside it doesn't fold real well so you have to put a little more effort into wrapping around and stapling to your frame.
Given the slightly better photos on the redone site (qcomonents.ca), I'd take a chance again with it the next time i need grill fabric.
Went to order the designer pack of caps and resistors tonight - don't see it on the site anymore. Should of ordered the other night went I first saw it
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Just a quick product update.
Sean just informed me that RAD will no longer carry Rival’s Caps and Resistors. RAD don’t move enough of these products to justify inventory. There’s still Caps & Resistors in RAD inventory, but when they are gone they will not be replenished. Also, RAD will not be carrying inductors of any kind once inventory is gone. RAD will focus on drivers only.
I bought some grill fabric from them that was very nice, but the images on their site are really hard to determine what you're getting, and they have not responded to my email asking for samples. They have some nice vintage looking grill fabric which I'd rather use over boring black that you see everywhere, and the updated site does have better photos than previously.
Given the slightly better photos on the redone site (qcomonents.ca), I'd take a chance again with it the next time i need grill fabric.