Bummer, every time I've seen a confirmed price for components, repairs, they are ~spot on with cumulative inflation over time to the few published price sheets I've seen on-line and/or from my surviving invoices, though ignoring AlNiCo components no clue if this is a fair comparison due to differing economies of scale.
For sure, any pricing higher than current JBL, Faital or similar components makes them strictly for the serious collector, especially since in an increasing number of cases the modern components are a better performance value overall.
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