Hi Gordito,
I find Active good for emergencies only on ICs they have small quantities but good choice. I also go to Active to spend a few hours once in a while but that is not a place to go if you are in a hurry. There is also Maddison in Laval, thye are smaller than Addison but more organized. If you are close to the west island there are **broken link removed** in DDO and **broken link removed** in St-Laurent. So to make it simple in my opinion:
1 - Newark The best
2 - Digikey shipping used to be more expensive than Newark but it just be become the best
3 - Maddison in Laval, very organized, good choice of ICs regulators, connectors, etc...
4 - Access in DDO, I usually check them out before I go to Maddison since it is closer and on my way.
5 - Active, expensive but good choice of products in an emergency.
6 - Addison, great place to kill some time, I thought I was getting to know the place pretty well until they changed everything around. oh well (more time to kill)
7 - Accessotronik, Expensive, similar to Active.
Prototypes for PCB if it is single layer I do them myself and if 2 layers I send it to
Dorkbot because they are the cheapest (small quantity and small surface) and quick if you can adjust with their monthly shipment.
Hope this helps
Mike