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Back in the day if you purchased JBL speakers new you could trade in the components for different/updated speakers.
These were my wife's other uncle's speakers. He said he traded in the D130...

Here are the C-38 speakers.

Here are some before and after pics of Paragon #2. We cleaned it with a light solution of oil soap and water then put the turpentine and mineral spirits on. What a difference! We thought it may need...

Those are C-38 speakers. We have a set that we were going to use for parts to rebuild a Paragon but decided to restore these speakers as well. On the back they have the original consumer info packs...

It looks like the old Phase Linear will be posted on e-bay. Thanks for the warnings on this amplifier. I wanted to use McIntosh power but the Phase Linear was free. Oh well, easy come - easy go.:(
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Titanium Dome,
I just picked-up this Paragon a month ago or so from my wife's Uncle. It my be the first one in Maumee. My Brother-in-law picked-up his other Paragon but may not use it due to room...

I went with the Gum Turpentine and Boiled Linseed Oil. Although there are still a couple of "dry spots", this thing looks 100% better. I'm going to let the first application set a day or two and then...

Thanks for the tip. I'll let you know if I find anything.

Back in the 80's I was in a garage band. Although everyone had decent amplifiers(Fender, Ampeg, Peavey) our monitors with the JBL speakers had the clearest sound at high volume. The best part about...

Nice score. I check my local Craigslist every week and I never see any old stereo equip. I'll keep checking just in case.

BMWCCA,
Please explain about the amps failure mode. My Brother-in-law that has the other Paragon also picked up the Phase Linear amp. We found some old JBL cabinets with the correct 15 inch...

I checked out the other Paragon yesterday and it is in a sorry state of repair. Plenty of scratches and the 15s are not even JBL speakers. I guess they blew a long time ago when he was powering it...

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On the back of the speaker the badge reads:
Type C-44 Paragon serial# 41731
I'll get the other numbers when I take it apart for inspection.

Thanks for the info on the Caprice speakers. They look just like the ones in the pictures. I have not hooked the Caprices up yet but the Paragon is up and running (sounds fantastic).

I finally talked my wife's uncle out of one of his JBL Paragon speakers. It is a 1969 model and it has been sitting for 20 years that I know of.
What product should I use on the wood (Walnut)...