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Interesting conversation about speakers and ohms

So i had the stock speakers in my ampeg 410he swapped out recently. I had a pretty in depth conversation with the repair guy who did the work for me (I didn't want to do it myself because the cab had to be rewired) anywho we started talking about speakers used in bass cabs.....

He claimed that when it comes to bass sleakers that 8 ohm 10 inch speakers seem to him at least based on the repairs he's done to hold up better than 4 ohm 10s. He claimed that he regularly sees 4 ohm 10s get cone creasing and so on and thinks because a 10" being smaller speaker is less flexible and lower resistance or something causes 4 ohm 10 inch speakers to move more than 8 ohm 10". He went on to say with 12" and 15" speakers it's less of an issue as the cones are bigger And absorb more energy without creasing.

Just curious to y'all's thoughts. I'm not agree or disagreeing with him. In fact to my knowledge I don't think I've owned a cab with 4 ohm 10" speakers. My SWR Goliath sr 610 was the only cab I had cone creasing issues with but I have no clue what speakers were in it. I swapped the speakers in the 410 because I wanted to experiment and try something different, the cab is in good shape with what imo is crappy resale value and the speakers where much cheaper than buying a new cab. so I figured what the heck and I am liking the new speakers so far.

Just curious what you guys think. I don't know this guy very well but the cab seems to be working fine. The company has a great guitar/bass guy that's done a lot of work for me over the years mainly pickup and on-board pre swaps, basic mods and stuff. The amp guy did fix my guitar players old 5150tube amp a few months back and it has worked flawlessly since. I just thought it was an interesting conversation. I don't really even know why he brought it up, because neither the original 10s or the new ones in my cab were 4 ohm speakers.
 
So i had the stock speakers in my ampeg 410he swapped out recently. I had a pretty in depth conversation with the repair guy who did the work for me (I didn't want to do it myself because the cab had to be rewired) anywho we started talking about speakers used in bass cabs.....

He claimed that when it comes to bass sleakers that 8 ohm 10 inch speakers seem to him at least based on the repairs he's done to hold up better than 4 ohm 10s. He claimed that he regularly sees 4 ohm 10s get cone creasing and so on and thinks because a 10" being smaller speaker is less flexible and lower resistance or something causes 4 ohm 10 inch speakers to move more than 8 ohm 10". He went on to say with 12" and 15" speakers it's less of an issue as the cones are bigger And absorb more energy without creasing.

Just curious to y'all's thoughts. I'm not agree or disagreeing with him. In fact to my knowledge I don't think I've owned a cab with 4 ohm 10" speakers. My SWR Goliath sr 610 was the only cab I had cone creasing issues with but I have no clue what speakers were in it. I swapped the speakers in the 410 because I wanted to experiment and try something different, the cab is in good shape with what imo is crappy resale value and the speakers where much cheaper than buying a new cab. so I figured what the heck and I am liking the new speakers so far.

Just curious what you guys think. I don't know this guy very well but the cab seems to be working fine. The company has a great guitar/bass guy that's done a lot of work for me over the years mainly pickup and on-board pre swaps, basic mods and stuff. The amp guy did fix my guitar players old 5150tube amp a few months back and it has worked flawlessly since. I just thought it was an interesting conversation. I don't really even know why he brought it up, because neither the original 10s or the new ones in my cab were 4 ohm speakers.
Have to agree with everyone else here - assuming everything else is the same (power handling and properly wired there should be no difference.
 
Why would the impedance matter? I don't pretend to know much about speaker design, but I've got 4 ohm 10"s in my 210av's, and in over 4 years I've never creased them.

No clue.... I'm definetly not agreeing or disagree with what he said. Speaker design isn't really something I know much about. If I did Id probably start building and selling cabs
 
4 ohm cabs need more repairs because people are feeding them more wattage to 'get all the watts out of my amp'. Rather than people who are using 8ohm cabs either singly or in pairs.
Thats sounds like a possibility if people are using small 4 ohm cabs with powerful amps

The smallest 4 ohm cab I've owned was a ampeg 410hlf and I wasnt a huge fan of its muddy lows to keep it for long. I also had a swr 610 and a peavey and an ampeg 810. All other 410s, 115s, and the one 212 I've had were 8ohm cabs. The only cab I've ever had issues with the speakers was the swr cab. All the ampeg cabs always worked great. The only issue I had with the peavey cabs was when the 1/4 jack got worn out on the 810 and the speaker cable would occasionally pop out. I did a few gigs taping the cable to the back of the cab and eventually had a speakon jack installed in it.