“Cig smoke is hard on sound equipment Microphones and speakers especially.”
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Hummm, tell that to Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, The BeeGees, Rod Stewart, Janis Joplin et al. Those artists recorded without fear of ruining sound equipment and in fact, made new sounds that still sell. Your arguement is worthless.
Well I've been in the Music Business for 34 years which is longer than either Hank Williams, Janis Joplin or Patsy Cline lived. I've worked both sides of the mixing board in Live sound reproduction and Recording. Most of the professional Studios in my area haven't allowed Smoking in the control room for years due to the smoke's harsh effects on contacts and especially Microphone and Speaker cones.