Jbl C44 Paragons Info Please Please

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #1

I went to my local friday night auction and the is a pair, set, ,speaker that is JBL and what I could read is Type C44 Paragons, does anybody know what this is and what kind of price should i be bidding ? I have about an hour before i need to leave ? seemed to be in fair shape but has a lot of stuff stacked around then thanks englissa

 

bolly

Lunatic Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #2

englissa, theres a busted one being offered for $5000, it was listed today on somebodys craigslist.

 

bolly

Lunatic Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #3

look like this? http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/mac_special_used/imgs/a/8/a801788d.jpg

 

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #4

Bolly It is taken apart but yes it looks just like that, I dont think im gonna have enough money ???????????????????? englissa

 

Zilch

Curve Junkie

Subscriber

• Jul 13, 2007

• #5

Paragon goes between $8K and $12K on the open market, depending on vintage, condition and driver complement.

An icon of modern design, but not up to contemporary sonic performance standards, alas, even after full refurbishing.

Three pieces: left, right, and the curved center panel....

 

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #6

Wonder if i can hock the house ? englissa

 

bolly

Lunatic Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #7

best of luck englissa, hopefully you're the only one there that knows what it is!! :thmbsp:

 

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #8

Afraid not their is anouther and he has deep pockets , deeper than me most times englissa

 

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #9

OK THANK GUYS for the info, this may be my biggest purchase of equipment to date englissa

 

bolly

Lunatic Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #10

fingers X'ed for ya!! :yes:

 

ferninando

Lunatic Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #11

essentially two S8 systems of le15a, 375 mid driver/lens, 075 ring radiator. Like the Olympus minus the le15pr passive radiator.
Mostly a hi price piece of furniture that sounded very nice. I never heard one tho. I have the Olympus systems myself.

 

simplynuts

Super Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #12

Good luck. They are impressive looking. There is an article on the internet about their design. Do a google on it. They go for big bucks.

 

Fisherdude

Regular Dude

Subscriber

• Jul 13, 2007

• #13

If you don't get it, at least let us know what it went for.

Good luck!

 

englissa

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #14

Jbl Paragons

OK guys First off I'm single and don't have to answer to nobody like a girlfriend and live alone and YES I got them, If it wasnt for the outher bidder the one with deep pockets they would have gone for a couple hundred maybe but since we were bidding things up he stopped and I became the new owner, just looking them over quickly there is some corner brusing and some of the verener had come off the top of the curved piece, didnt know it at the time but a pair of amps or something came with them also, their in the truck for the night,
Next problem I have no place to store them in my house(sure I'll get some offers) and how to hook them up at the moment. Is their a book on them ?Its late and I a'm tired In the morning night englissa

 

dnewma04

The Healer

• Jul 13, 2007

• #15

Congrats! What a deal!

 

Zilch

Curve Junkie

Subscriber

• Jul 13, 2007

• #16

I THINK that's a big-time SCORE!!! :thmbsp:

Step 1: Get the models and serial numbers from all of the drivers, crossovers, and the cabinet, and register them at the Lansing Heritage website. Some pics there would be good, too:

http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8792&page=27

Here's the story:

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/paragon.htm

 

dnewma04

The Healer

• Jul 13, 2007

• #17

Sell that bastard immediately and buy some good sounding speakers.

 

gonzomeep

Super Member

• Jul 13, 2007

• #18

Extremely good deal!! The most valuable model will have the 150-4C woofers. The last version had LE15H woofers and 376 drivers in it, which is the best sounding version. It's all about condition. The better, the better. Congrats!

 

wank

Moks by popular demand

• Jul 14, 2007

• #19

Holy crap.

 

mech986

AK Subscriber

Subscriber

• Jul 14, 2007

• #20

:thmbsp::yes::ntwrthy::ntwrthy::zoom: :jawdrop::worthless



Great job of jumping on something and trusting your AK brothers and your own JBL sense. With this investment, you'll be doing better than 90% of the stock market for the next 10 years!

Whatever you do, get some friends to come over to help move furniture around and get them inside. You don't want that enclosure wood to start overheating inside of a truck, car, or garage. Besides, they always start to look nicer once they're inside.

The amp question will also be intriguing. If the previous owner had these, one wonders what amps were used to drive them. Since you didn't mention any tube amps, we could start to speculate on what SS amps these might be.

Hope you had a good rest while we've been enviously posting, hope to see your pix and story in the AM. All the best and Congrats!!!! :tresbon:

Regards,

Bart