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Rick James, post: 22708331, member: 88785 said "...The closest you'll get to a D140 or 421-A in 4 ohms is the Eminence EP-15C. It's marketed as a steel guitar speaker but the response is as close as you'll get to old JBLs and Altecs, right down to the aluminum dust cover." I wrote to Eminence...

I was always told the D-140 w/ the ribbed perimeter moves in and out a greater distance and is therefore better suited for bass. The D-130 without the ribs moves less and is therefore brighter and better suited for steel guitar, vocals, etc. Or so we all believed back in the 70s.

So the consensus seems to be "go ahead an put an 8 ohm speaker in that a solid state amp designed to power a 4 ohm speaker"? (Note that the amp also has a 4 ohm out for an extension cab.) And there will be no noticeable volume drop or damage to the amp head? Because, if all the above is true...

I had one of those Sunn 2X15 with D-140s! Awesome box. The head was even better. Wish I had that head today.... I was thinking "What speaker will thrive in the existing cab w/ existing porting?" so I wrote Acoustic and asked for their recommendation. They just said "Eminence" so that didn't...

Awesome news! Thank you.

Yes, all the great old speakers are/were 8 ohm. *sigh* Thanks for the info.

I am an old school (and old now, I guess) bass player for whom the 15" JBL D-140 was the gold standard back in the day. In 2nd place was the Altec Lansing 421-A. In today’s 4 ohm solid state world I need a 4 ohm replacement 15” bass speaker that is equivalent to a JBL D-140 for my lightweight...