[sdiy] Quality Capacitors

[James Patchell]

It might be a hassel, but mouser has polystyrenes at a good 
price.  However, I don't think you would gain anything in the way of 
savings by ordering just those parts and having them sent over the 
pond.  But, it might be worth investigating.

At 07:37 PM 8/25/2003 +0100, Geoffrey PRINCE wrote:

>Hello all, new to the list so forgive me if this has been discussed before.
>
>After a break of 18 years Im back into synth building again. So, I ask, 
>where have all the quality capacitors gone? Living in the UK I would 
>normally go to Maplin for my VCO 1nF polystyrenes but theyve now 
>discontinued these along with Silver Mica and Polycarbonate. Farnell still 
>do the Polys but theyre £1 each with a minimum order of 10 units. So where 
>do we shop?
>
>I have some old 1nF Silver Mica but Im reluctant to use these for VCO 
>timing without seeing the tempcoeffdata.
>
>~Geoff~

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