m II wrote:
Anyone have any insights into speaker life? What is a reasonable life
span for a small paper cone speaker? It's a bad question, I know. It's a
variation on the 'How high is up?' theme, so it's pretty much unanswerable.

The reason for asking is the Sangean 909 is slowly losing it's voice.
It's been a slow deterioration, with the sound getting more garbled as
time goes on.

The short form answer...

Deteriorating speaker: less likely

Deteriorating electrolytic capacitor(s): waaaay more likely