Are These Finds Good Deals?

[Pogre]

Honestly I personally think the best out of both series is the S-38’s in the one or two versions a true matched pair monitor.

I've seen those talked about before. Kind of an odd driver orientation right?

*PS, yup these are what I was thinking of.

 

[Mark E. Long]

Yea. The coppers were version 1.
Northridge is to studio, as prime is to ultra.

If you don’t have anything to do, you can find reviews of the 312 and 412 out there. Like most JBL speakers they perform well beyond their price class. Most all of Greg Timbers speakers were pretty damn good. I know my 312’s aren’t be all end all but imo upgrading them will cost a lot. It’s why I still have them I guess.

Agreed there excellent! I have herd of the amps going bad in the 412’s tho .

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I've seen those talked about before. Kind of an odd driver orientation right?

*PS, yup these are what I was thinking of.

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Yes. Here’s one of my old ones. Could be used vertically too. The little JBL logo was spring mounted so you could reorient it for how the speaker was set up.
I have to say the s38 has a crazy ability to image. Creepy actually. I miss them actually, but mr boat has been taking good care of them.

 

[Mark E. Long]

I've seen those talked about before. Kind of an odd driver orientation right?

*PS, yup these are what I was thinking of.

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Yes I use these as front heights . There odd because there built in a true monitor configuration you can switch them for a wide sound stage or put the tweeter’s on the outside for a wider sound stage . I have the copper colored in this setup . They sound unreal and take tons of power !

 

[Mark E. Long]

Yes. Here’s one of my old ones. Could be used vertically too. The little JBL logo was spring mounted so you could reorient it for how the speaker was set up.
I have to say the s38 has a crazy ability to image. Creepy actually. I miss them actually, but mr boat has been taking good care of them.

I thought it was you that had them lol !

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I thought it was you that had them lol !

Well. I did… lol.
It’s a long story, but they’re in a good home now.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

We're in luck! I found a yt sound demo for them!

Lmao! You KNOW I’m watching that.

 

[Pogre]

Yes. Here’s one of my old ones. Could be used vertically too. The little JBL logo was spring mounted so you could reorient it for how the speaker was set up.
I have to say the s38 has a crazy ability to image. Creepy actually. I miss them actually, but mr boat has been taking good care of them.

I thought you had those!

You guys sent me spiraling down a JBL rabbit hole and I stumbled across this crazy sumbitch. The 1957 D44000 Paragon all in one stereo speaker.

I read that collectors will pay in the neighborhood of $20k for one of those in good shape!

 

[Mark E. Long]

Well. I did… lol.
It’s a long story, but they’re in a good home now.

They hard to beat and really quality sound !

 

[Mark E. Long]

I thought you had those!

You guys sent me spiraling down a JBL rabbit hole and I stumbled across this crazy sumbitch. The 1957 D44000 Paragon all in one stereo speaker.

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I’ve never herd them but they are considered the Holy Grail !
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I read that collectors will pay in the neighborhood of $20k for one of those in good shape!

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I thought you had those!

You guys sent me spiraling down a JBL rabbit hole and I stumbled across this crazy sumbitch. The 1957 D44000 Paragon all in one stereo speaker.

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I read that collectors will pay in the neighborhood of $20k for one of those in good shape!

It’s like a bose wave radio! Those losers!!!! Stole the idea from JBL.

That thing is pretty cool.

 

[Replicant 7]

@Pogre ( this crazy sumbitch) Lolo. Made my day with that post. Still Lolo.

 

[Mark E. Long]

They are the Holy Grail lol !

 

[Replicant 7]

It’s like a bose wave radio! Those losers!!!! Stole the idea from JBL.

That thing is pretty cool.

Thats the first thing I thought of looking at the diagram of the design.

 

[Replicant 7]

One giant sound bar. I could see that working.

 

[Pogre]

It was originally meant to be the center flanked by another stereo pair on each side but size and cost was too prohibitive so they streamlined it. Here's the article I found.

PARAGON

 

[Mark E. Long]

One giant sound bar. I could see that working.

These were built in a true furniture cabinet shop they had like fine furniture.

 

[Mark E. Long]

It was originally meant to be the center with another stereo pair on each side but size and cost was too prohibitive so they streamlined it. Here's the article I found.

PARAGON

I could go for a center that size lol !

 

[Replicant 7]

It was originally meant to be the center flanked by another stereo pair on each side but size and cost was too prohibitive so they streamlined it. Here's the article I found.

PARAGON

Site isn't secure, got this.

 

[zieglj01]

The copper colored were first then with the studio 2’s they went to silver .

Yes you are right ... I remember the copper colored at Best Buy when they came out