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Used Prices US$ 7700
JBL Paragon Mid-term speaker LE15A / 37 5/07 5 16Ω
The product is the main body only. It will be a medium-term model closer to the initial stage. Sound output has been confirmed. It is ringing with a good sound.
Woofer: LE15A (16Ω, Lansat Roy Edge) S / N 7582/7583
Driver: 375 (16Ω, flat back) S / N 5446/5445
Tweeter: 075 (16Ω) S / N 45887/45893
Network: LX5 S / N 10285/10284
Network: N7000 S / N 3797/3793
Horn: H5038P S / N 10217/10236
Body serial: 41088
Leg serial: 449/449 (re-engraved from 479 on both sides)
Main unit left and right serial: 479/479
Panel serial: 479
It is in a relatively clean state without any other noticeable scratches or stains.
One of JBL’s most famous speaker systems.
The official name is “The JBL-Ranger Paragon Integrated Stereophonic Reproductor”.
The Paragon was originally developed by Richard Ranger, who was the owner of Rangertone Corporation at the time, with Arnold Wolf in charge of industrial design.
In Japan, Sansui Denki started importing JBL products in 1965 and they were distributed in full scale.
Paragon is roughly divided into 3 types of variations.
The early D44000 was equipped with a 35 cm cone woofer (150 ~ 4 c) in the low band, a driver 375 and H5038P horn in the middle band, a 075 in the high band, and N500H and N7000 in the network section. In the middle D44000 after 1964, the low band was changed from 150 ~ 4 c to LE15A and the enclosure material was changed from plywood to particleboard.
In the later D44000WXA, the woofer was changed from LE15A which used an alnico magnet to LE15H which used a ferrite magnet, and the driver unit in the middle range was changed from 375 to 376 which used a diamond pattern on the edge.
The enclosure consists of two sets of speaker systems, three way units on the left and right sides and a semi-circular reflective panel in the center to expand the listening area. This enclosure uses a front-loading horn for low frequencies.
In addition, the back of the original enclosure provided mounting space for the energizer SE 408 s.
It seems that there were several kinds of exterior finishes in the middle period.
The 1965 Sansui catalog listed four variations : “black mahogany, dark brown walnut, oil-finished walnut and ebony”, while the 1967 Sansui catalog listed “oiled walnut or Torny walnut”.
Approximately 1,000 Paragon were manufactured from 1957 to 1983 and were sold until 1988, when the last one in stock was sold.
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