[Hallicrafters]V13#1; NOS Caps, etc.

[Phil Barnes-Roberts]

At 04:00 AM 2/2/05 -0500, hallicrafters-request at mailman.qth.net juggled the 
keys to produce...
>Well, check this out, fellas: www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf . Go to the 
>bottom of page 7  and recoil in shock and awe.  While you're roaming 
>around Mr. Percy's offerings, see if you can find the $20-a-pair spade 
>lugs (perfect for hooking up your R-42 or SP-600 speaker to your 
>boatanchor). And how about that $2.95-a-foot hookup wire?  Imagine how 
>slickly the electrons would flow from pin 5 of V7 to lug 3 of terminal 
>strip E4 in that stuff!! Wow!!
>
>Seriously, we should be grateful to our fanatical audiophile buds for 
>creating and maintaining a market for new, old-timey bits. Remember how 
>hard it was to find even a fresh multi-section electrolytic a few years ago?

It's almost hilarious--

I was just over at < http://www.angela.com/ > looking at NOS Black Cats, 
Black Beauties, Bumblebees, Tiny Chiefs etc. for anywhere from $4 to $7 or 
so each.  Wow indeed.

I just wonder (idly); is anybody offering rebuilt BB's with mylar or poly 
etc. guts in the old tubular package, for those who must have the "original 
look"?  That's probably the pinnacle of this silliness.  Ah, well.


73 Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS  | Mailto:wa6dzs at arrl dot net
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