Found in a second hand store

[Gnslinger]

I found a pair of Jennings Research Contrara Group Speakers in a Savers store paid 10.00 for the pair. Can anyone tell me about them? They work and seem to sound good

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Before anyone jumps and says "White Van" - No these aren't white van.
Some more info in these threads:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/jennings-research.263917/
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/jennings-research-anyone-heard-of

At the worst - you could always use them for garage sound.

 

[KEW]

Jennings Research was out of Pasadena, California.
I know they made the Contrara P tower speakers in the mid 70's. FWIW, the towers went for $225 in 1975. Not sure what your Contrara bookshelf speakers went for.
For reference, the better known AR #a went for $295 and the Advent Loudspeaker was $140.

Cool find!
You like the sound, so just enjoy!
Don't play them at extreme volumes (speakers of that era usually did not handle too much power that well - especially the tweeters) and, hopefully you'll get years of enjoyment out of them (supplemented by the cool antique factor).

 

[Gnslinger]

Jennings Research was out of Pasadena, California.
I know they made the Contrara P tower speakers in the mid 70's. FWIW, the towers went for $225 in 1975. Not sure what your Contrara bookshelf speakers went for.
For reference, the better known AR #a went for $295 and the Advent Loudspeaker was $140.

Cool find!
You like the sound, so just enjoy!
Don't play them at extreme volumes (speakers of that era usually did not handle too much power that well - especially the tweeters) and, hopefully you'll get years of enjoyment out of them (supplemented by the cool antique factor).

Thank you for the information. I figured I couldn't go wrong for 10 bucks. I know they are not great speakers.