Sold Lot 1 JBL C44 Paragon THE HOLY GRAIL Tested Sounds Wonderful! SPEAKER PICS ADDED This may be the BEST IN THE COUNTRY! Contact Brian B4 Bids

Serial Number 41403 I have a video of speakers that I can send you via text message. Yes this is as beautiful as it looks. BIDDERS MUST CONTACT BRIAN @ 314-278-9848. Payment Made Via Wire Transfer and/or "Local Bank" Cashiers Check Meet At Bank. We can hold this for shipment for up to 2 weeks with Immediate Venmo or Paypal ""Non Refundable"" Deposit of $900. Payment Due in 5 Business Days.

One Owner, Great Condition. NMINT Overall. One 1/2" scuff on front of one teak leg seen in image. One micro scratch on top of cabinet approx. 4" that should buff out with colored polish. Complete, Intact and Tremendous Earth Shaking Sound. I blow out the house at 40%. This is a very rare chance to own one of the nicest in the country. From one home No Pets, No Smoke in Creve Coure by owner who made his fortune starting a nutritional supplement business.

No other loudspeaker developed by JBL has the mystique or desirability of the D44000 Paragon. It was a landmark product, based on a unique design principle, that remained in production longer than any other speaker system from JBL. It was introduced in 1957 and continued in JBL's line-up until 1983. The Paragon is a stereo speaker system installed in a single cabinet. It is based on a diffusion principle developed by Richard Ranger as consultant to JBL. The midrange drivers fire towards a curved wood panel that reflect the sound waves to create a wide, spacious stereo image. How Richard Ranger came to JBL is somewhat of a mystery. He was renowned for technical work in the movie and theater industry. It is believed that he was independently developing the diffusion principal for professional applications. It has been speculated that he was using JBL drivers in his experiments and that this was the connection that brought him to JBL. It is known that in 1958, he installed the first amplified sound system used in a Broadway theater and that this installation was based on the same Paragon diffusion concept using JBL drivers.

A little known fact is that the Paragon was originally envisaged as a center channel speaker to be flanked by separate left and right speakers that would be similar in configuration to the Hartsfield. This was related to research conducted in the 1930's by Bell Labs that purported the most stable stereo image was achieved with a center channel speaker. However the cost and space requirements for such a system would be prohibitive and the concept was revised to be a standalone stereo system.

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