[Hallicrafters] Why is the R-42 speaker so expensive?

[Bob Young]

Nicotine is an excellent damping material and audiophools have been known to 
pay as much if not more for nicotine drenched speakers as they do for black 
beauties.

Bob
KB1OKL


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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:03:44 -0700
From: "Ian" <ianwebb5 at comcast.net>
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] Why is the R-42 speaker so expensive?
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And then there's the fact that over all these years the wiring and speaker
itself has become "oxygen depleted" which makes the sound more mellow,
faithful, robust, and ...you supply the superlative... and therefore would
be something for which the audio nutz would pay a premium price    :)

Don't you think in addition the build up of nicotine on the grill and cone
would provide a additional item that would provide unmatched fidelity
(proven in quadruple blind studies) and make for a much higher price than
any mere mortal would pay for it????

Ian, K6SDE