and I thought the klipschorn was the ugliest speaker

JimBRICK

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1193162244


WOW is all I can say

engtaz

I thought the nut sack was uglier.

janmike

Big time!

mhardy6647

That's a Paragon!!

You think it's ugly?

RuSsMaN

I actually like the Paragon and Khorn.

Now those Gallo's you linked the other day......

dorokusai

Legendary JBL.

JimBRICK

Now I'd love to hear that thing for sure

Yashu

Do you need one or two for stereo?!?

hehe... I love JBL and I'll bet they sound sweet.

Shizelbs

Thats pretty sweet looking.

avguytx

You'd be amazed how good it sounds and just how well it's built. It was definitely a statement piece back in its day for JBL and the speaker industry and was designed for the decor of that era. That's quite a high price but they will bring quite a bit.

JimBRICK

It looks like furniture for sure, a nice BAR that plays music.

just not in my house

mhardy6647

You don't need two for stereo.

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

JimBRICK

I've been looking for those chairs everywhere

Yashu

Awsome speakers... Part of what makes these so interesting is their design forces you to forget about putting anything between, like say, a TV... These are about as serious of a 2 channel speaker as you can get. (I am aware that with the advent of LCD and Plasma, you can easily hang a TV on the wall, but those did not exist then, nor for a long time after)

It looks pretty nice, although the veneer does not look very real.

snow

mhardy6647 wrote: »

You don't need two for stereo.

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

True they didndt sell them in pairs.:p
Heres a drawing of where the drivers are located in reference to the cabinent.

Jim I dare you to go to lansing heritage forum and tell Mr.Widget. Zilch.and the rest of the oldtimers there that the paragon is the ugliest speaker you have ever seen.:D

REGARDS SNOW

disneyjoe7

Fugly for sure, but I would love to hear it.

Yashu

What is an "overtone reproducer"? Would that be its midrange?

mhardy6647

That would be the tweeter. That's a ****' of a tweeter in there, too.

Yashu

Ahh, I would have thought the tweeters were the horns in the front. Those horns are pointed sideways enough that I figured it would be only the HF that would reflect properly.

JBL must have put a lot of engineering into this thing! It's way ahead of it's time.

mhardy6647

The big horns are the MR. Look at the diagram on LansingHeritage (also reproduced in a post above).

Yashu

I did. That is why I had my questions.

SKsolutions

Pioneering design and much ripped-off. Can you say "direct reflecting, and waveguide"?

michael_w

That'd be a cool diy project to try and replicate something similar. I can see that taking a LOT of work to get it sounding right...


Does it come with the suit?

285exp

Tip O'Neill was the ugliest speaker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill

amulford

I bet it would sound great with my HH Scott gear. Talk about a vintage rig...

wingnut4772

285exp wrote: »

Tip O'Neill was the ugliest speaker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill

LOL!!!:D

schwarcw

I'll bet that system makes a great sound image that fills the room. Power it up with some vintage tube Marantz, kickass!

That photo looks like a set from a 70's John Holmes movie.

dougy

me thinks the mighty klipschorn is one of the best looking speakers ever! sure, they're big, but once you get a pair snuggled back tight in their corners, they don't seem nearly so big. 'course, I also think the belle klipsch is mighty purdy too. the JBL paragon looks like the fabled "three-handled family credenza" of Dr. Seuss fame.