Paramount Pictures speakers, electronics? When did paramount make products?

[jlindsey86]

Last spring I was in a pawn shop shifting through junking hoping to find a processor. Instead I ran across a pair of monstorous speakers that looked quite nice. I took the grill off and the drivers looked perfect, from what I remember it was a 3 way with at least a 10 or 12 inch sub. I then noticed a little plaque that read Home Theater by Paramount Pictures. That sparked my interest and I probably should have bought them but I had no space at the time.

Has anyone else seen or heard Paramount Speakers? I would assume they were from the early 90's and from my knowledge Paramount doesnt make them anymore. I cant find any info anywhere, although there maybe an article on them in an old sterophile or somthing. I did a search on ebay and I did find this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Paramount-Pictures-Theater-Surround-Sound-System-USED_W0QQitemZ5855545089QQcategoryZ1499QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Obviously this is at least 10 years old but still cool. Did paramount have a deal with a major electronics company at one time or did they make there stuff indepently?

Sorry for the long spill, I'm just curious.

 

[anamorphic96]

It's probably just some old studio gear used for a screening room. They might of had a deal with an electronics firm and they put Paramounts name on them.

The projection booth I work in has our companies name on all the amps due to the fact we used them exclusively. But the where just normal QSC amps. I have seen this on various other equiment as well such as lamphouses.

Just a guess though. Studios like there name on everything.

 

[MJSid]

Actually Paramount pictures used to sell all kind of Speakers back in the 80's and 90's. I used to live in Orange County, CA and back in 1993 or 1994 they decided that they don't want anything to do with them and liquidated their assets. I am not sure whether they built these speakers themselves or just had a branded plate attached to speakers made by someone else. However the speakers were decent. I bought a couple of tower speakers that were originally marked for $550 each and paid only $110 for the pair. My roommate bought a huge speaker set that had 12" Woofers and sounded awesome. They cost probably $180 or $200, I can't remember. We got them on the 2nd last day from their own store and the bigger speakers were originally marked for $800 each. I still have these speakers but I use them as rear surrounds for my home theater. They still sound great and the only thing that I had to change was one of the tweeters that was blown out.
They look great and I have looked inside at the crossovers and other bits and pieces and they are made of good quality components. I can easily compare them to Infinity towers. However they need a lot of power to be driven correctly and do not sound too good if you have an ordinary amplifier.
I hope this answers your question.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Better late than never, right? I highly doubt thou that OP still around after 8 years