Thought you guys might like to see this gem
Thought you guys might like to see this gem
Paragon
Olympus
L-100's
4311's
Anyone else ever see this early of a Hartsfield?
Paragon
Olympus
L-100's
4311's
That's really cool, but it looks nothing like a Hartsfield, more like C32.
The last one I saw on Ebay went for about $1,200, maybe 3yrs ago, if I remember correctly. At that time, there was also the guy on audiogon listing a mismatched pair of them, which he stated were in the process of being restored and matched.
That the internet contains a blog documenting your life does not constitute proof that your existence is valid. Sorry.
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Oldmics
This is an interesting piece to study. Jim Lansing had died in September 1949, the remaining JBL employees were keepin' on, keepin' on, and through dogged determination were beginning to make a mark in the industry by the time this speaker was produced. The serial number on the crossover indicates a production date of April 1952. This is roughly a year before the introduction of the cast pot woofer motors, so these woofers were still built using pipe-and-plate welded construction. This earliest version "Koustical" potato masher horn and D-175 driver had the early round mounting flange. This speaker predates the JBL Hartsfield by two years or so, though it held the position in the line of "best speaker" until replaced by William Hartsfield's creation, which was introduced in 1954 to do battle with Paul Klipsch's Klipschorn.
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