[sdiy] What happened to Mylar (Polyester) Capacitors

[James Patchell]

Still working on the BOM for my new synth project.  I used to use these 
Polyester (Mylar) Caps that you could get through Mouser that were made 
by Xicon.  They just don't seem to be there any more.  What happened?  I 
also used to use the Xicon Polystyrene capacitors.  I was relieved to 
see that those are still available,  but they are not ROHS (which just 
doesn't matter to me).  The main attraction was they were dirt cheap.

This really sucks.  Don't do SDIY for a few years and BAM, all the parts 
just disappear.

I did find some Polypropylene parts at mouser, but they were a lot 
pricer than I remember the Xicon parts (Although, I bet these are much 
higher quality).

Oh, well, I will keep looking.

-Jim