Best capacitor resources??

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I know that there are plenty out there, but I am hoping that I can narrow the purchase of a compliment of caps for a given set down to one, maybe two suppliers. I know there is Allied, DigiKey, Mouser etc, to name some of the big boys that I have dealt with in the past when purchasing for a motor shop.

That's been quite a while ago and I seem to remember looking in catalogs (we used to use those) and the prices were based on buying a number of units say to stock a supply room. Seems like some wouldn't sell one of these and three of those. I want to say that the last personal order I did was with Allied and they just gave me what I wanted.

Then I know that some people go to restoration based companies which may be a good thing if they are timely and accurate with quality parts. The "quality parts" issue is a big thing for me as well. I have been reading a lot it seems about cheap Chinese caps or others that don't last long if they ever worked at all. I want to stay away from that. With that being said, perhaps a restoration based company like JustRadios would be the way to go.

Just a push in the right direction is what I need here folks. I am used to buying locally, but like so many others that place went out of business. I was getting robbed anyway. They had caps from the 70s still hanging on pegs for 3x what they go for anywhere else. They also had muli-section electrolytics that have been on a shelf longer than I have been alive, but they wanted a fortune for them. And to think, it all probably went for nothing at some auction or even to a dumpster along with a room full of Sam's folders!