Auditioning and choosing speakers

[J M Fahey]

Most old amps, whether Fender/Gibson/Ampeg/Magnatone/"mystery brand" (Silvertone, etc.) used *the* Guitar Speaker which was available: a 6/8/10/12/15" Jensen with an R/Q/N voice coil+magnet combination.

Latecomers such as Rola/Utah/University/Pyle just cloned one of the Jensens but at lower price.

JBL/Altec were wholly another league and impossible for a regular player and probably accounted for 0.0001% of total sales.

[Mark Hammer]

I bought an 8" JBL for my tweed Princeton in 1976, and it has served me well ever since.

Good speakers are not a "consummable".

[bob p]

they're only consumable when you blow them up.