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

[Bob Young]

Don't feel bad, did you read about my 390 episode last year? I forgot how I 
did it (time heals all wounds) but I screwed the tuning mechanism disengage 
clutch so far in I almost ruined it, I'm just lucky it works well now.

Bob
KB1OKL


>From: Julian Bunn <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
>To: Bob Young <youngbob53 at msn.com>
>CC: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Why is the R-42 speaker so expensive?
>Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:43:10 -0700
>
>ROTFLMAO!
>
>Actually I am doubly embarrassed since I got the wrong end of the stick and
>was thinking I had an R-42, whereas in fact I have an R-46.
>
>Julian
>
>Bob Young wrote:
>>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
>>
>>
>>Message: 2
>>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?
>>To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>>Message-ID: <001d01c8036a$b6bd5fe0$6400a8c0 at BEDROOM>
>>Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>>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
>>
>>
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