About RetroSweetlo

Our Story

We are family-run business located in the heart of Ukraine — Kyiv.

In our name, retro is for "vintage" and "sweetlo" is English pronunciation for the Ukrainian word "світло", which means "light".

We specialize in vintage electronics, including Western and Soviet nixie indicator tubes, VFD indicators, vacuum tubes, capacitors, old HiFi and much more.

With more than 10 years of experience in vintage electronics market and extensive stock, we always have something interesting for each buyer and know how to provide the best service.

This website is owned and operated directly by us. Thanks to this, we are able to provide here the best prices possible, while keeping terms of service comparable to those offered by eBay or Etsy.

What We Offer

At RetroSweetlo, we specialize in a vide range of vintage and retro tech including:

• Nixie tubes: IN-1, IN-2, IN-12, IN-14, IN-16, Magic Eye tubes and more, including Western analogs
• Vacuum tubes for amplifiers, with big variety of Soviet and Western models
• Audio capacitors of different voltages and capacities, mainly K40U-9, as well as other ones
• Vintage woofers from Yamaha, ALTEC, JBL and others
• Uniqie items such as scintillation crystals, nixie tube chips, radiation detectors, audio drivers and more

Our collection is constantly growing, and we also accept specific search requests for items that are not present on this site yet.