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

[Peter May]

And I thought that Yaesu was using Hallicrafters brand knobs on their
FT-101s, until I turned the knob the right way up!



Regards

Peter
VK6PMY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
To: <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Why is the R-42 speaker so expensive?


> 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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