"Stevie Boy" wrote in message
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Were these really *that* good? I remember buying a couple about
10
years ago and trying them in my Naka CR-3e

Those of about 10 years ago. Well that sounds like the metal alloy
frame and
plastic shells. Wonderful heavy duty design but let down by the
cheap
plastic frame.

There was certainly a lot of metal in them but I think you could be
right about the actual shell itself being plastic