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JBL D120F - Which speaker gets me a similar enough sound?

BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
edited June 2023 in Amps
Hi all, hope you're well.

I'm not interested in paying for an old one or reconing one for silly dough....

I understand they're Alnico too? So I guess it would have to be the same?

Just wondered if there was anything else out there that gets me reasonably near? Has to be 8ohm too.

Thanks all! 

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  • pluckbuddypluckbuddy Frets: 237
    Definitely after a D120F? I have a reconed D130F that I've thought about moving on. Obs it's a different size so probably no! It's a bit tatty so not looking for megabucks.

    For a 12, I've not tried anything else like it tbh probably because it's the only speaker I've tried with a metal dust cap. Maybe a speaker that was designed for pedal steel might work?  Eminence probably do one. 
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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    pluckbuddy said:
    Definitely after a D120F? I have a reconed D130F that I've thought about moving on. Obs it's a different size so probably no! It's a bit tatty so not looking for megabucks.

    For a 12, I've not tried anything else like it tbh probably because it's the only speaker I've tried with a metal dust cap. Maybe a speaker that was designed for pedal steel might work?  Eminence probably do one. 
    Yeah, unfortunately the cab won't fit a 13 I don't think..... I'll have a look like :)

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  • monkey42monkey42 Frets: 330
    No affiliation 

    great speakers


    https://reverb.com/uk/item/70456094-jbl-d120f-alnico-loudspeaker-8-ohm-2-of-2
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Try an Eminence Li’l Texas - it’s neodymium not alnico, but to me they sound somewhere between alnico and ceramic, smoother than ceramic if not quite as clear and ‘metallic’ as alnico (all other things being roughly equal). It’s 125W, available in 8 ohm, and best of all weighs about 10% of a JBL.

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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    monkey42 said:
    No affiliation 

    great speakers


    https://reverb.com/uk/item/70456094-jbl-d120f-alnico-loudspeaker-8-ohm-2-of-2
    Wowzers, crazy money :)

    Thanks though.

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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    ICBM said:
    Try an Eminence Li’l Texas - it’s neodymium not alnico, but to me they sound somewhere between alnico and ceramic, smoother than ceramic if not quite as clear and ‘metallic’ as alnico (all other things being roughly equal). It’s 125W, available in 8 ohm, and best of all weighs about 10% of a JBL.
    Cheers John, great info I'll have a look :)

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