Sourcing pots

[CodeMonk]

These guys: http://www.alpha-products.com/
And: http://www.alpha-products.com/Potentiometers/potentiometers.html

Any relation to the Alpha pots we are all so familiar with?

[Seljer]

The Taiwanese company seems to be the one thats stocked on Mouser http://www.taiwanalpha.com/en/product.htm and appears to be a completely unrelated company

[DavenPaget]

The Taiwanese company seems to be the one thats stocked on Mouser http://www.taiwanalpha.com/en/product.htm and appears to be a completely unrelated company

The cheap ones come from Taiwan Alpha , and the good ones from Smallbear come from http://www.alphapotentiometers.net/ USA .

[CodeMonk]

Thanks.
Wondering mainly because they are about an hour drive away.
Thought about requesting a tour.

(Geez, how geeky is that?   )

Edit:

The Taiwanese company seems to be the one thats stocked on Mouser http://www.taiwanalpha.com/en/product.htm and appears to be a completely unrelated company

The cheap ones come from Taiwan Alpha , and the good ones from Smallbear come from http://www.alphapotentiometers.net/ USA .

That's the same company that I posted.
Cool.