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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 5051494" data-attributes="member: 549629">&quot;There is funny thing about all this hemp everyone is using in cones lately.... are you ready.... It&#039;s not even cannabis hemp. I met the guy who did all the research behind the material. They tried to find a way to use cannabis hemp, but found it was literally useless as a material for cones. The only way it could be used at all was to take a small percentage, maybe 10% and mix it in with standard paper fibers and that would actually decrease the strength and damping of the paper itself. What they are actually using is manilla hemp, which comes from a banana tree. It&#039;s a very long, strong fiber that has good damping properties for a cone material. Bet that&#039;s not in the manual.&nbsp; It should come with a picture of a banana on the cone instead. That would be interesting, although i don&#039;t think it would sell that well. &quot; - John E Janowitz - <a href="http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=280752&amp;amp;highlight=banana+hemp" target="_blank">http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=280752&amp;amp;highlight=banana+hemp</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 5051494, member: 549629"] [I]"There is funny thing about all this hemp everyone is using in cones lately.... are you ready.... It's not even cannabis hemp. I met the guy who did all the research behind the material. They tried to find a way to use cannabis hemp, but found it was literally useless as a material for cones. The only way it could be used at all was to take a small percentage, maybe 10% and mix it in with standard paper fibers and that would actually decrease the strength and damping of the paper itself. What they are actually using is manilla hemp, which comes from a banana tree. It's a very long, strong fiber that has good damping properties for a cone material. Bet that's not in the manual. It should come with a picture of a banana on the cone instead. That would be interesting, although i don't think it would sell that well. "[/I] - John E Janowitz - [URL="http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=280752&highlight=banana+hemp"]http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=280752&highlight=banana+hemp[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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