JBL D140F vs D130F cone and usage questions

[warchol]

I recently acquired a cab with a JBL D140F in it.
The dust cap is unusual in that it is copper colored instead of
aluminum. There is a number printed on the back of the cone "29675". I
suspect it is a recone because of the fine condition of the cone, but
would like to find out if the paper is the correct one for the speaker.
Also I would like to find out what the differences are between the
D140F and the D130F. Is the D140F considered usable for guitar
amplification?

Thanks for any insights.

Andy W

[Claude V. Lucas]

In article <1163618428.3...@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,

I once had a pair of D120Fs with the copper dustcap that were
from a Fender Capricorn, which had 3 12"s(?) so yours is
possibly originally from whichever member of the short
lived Fender astrologically named amp family that used 15"s...

Most folks like D140s for bass, but you might like the
sound for guitar. Give it a go...

[Mr Soul]

Hey - you & I actually agree on something. I still own 2 D120F's &
they're great!

Mr Soul

[Bruce Morgen]

Meat Plow <me...@meatplow.local> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:20:28 -0800, warchol Has Frothed:

>The 130F and 140F were bass speakers IIRC.

The D-140F was a bass
variant of the D-130F.
Both had edge-wound
ribbon wire voice coils.
The D-130F had aluminum
wire to minimize weight
and optimize transient
response; the D-140F had
copper wire, heavier but
better at disappating
the higher temperatures
encountered when
reproducing lower
frequency content at
rock & roll stage
volumes. I'm pretty
sure the frames and
magnet structures are
identical, and lots of
bass players used cabs
with D-130Fs for low-
to-medium volume
gigging with no
problem.

That said, imo the
D-130F is *the* 15"
guitar speaker -- the
D-140F has plenty of
competition for bass
applications, but the
D-130F stands alone.

[RD Jones]

> >On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:20:28 -0800, warchol Has Frothed:
> >
> >> I recently acquired a cab with a JBL D140F in it.
> >> The dust cap is unusual in that it is copper colored instead of
> >> aluminum. There is a number printed on the back of the cone "29675". I
> >> suspect it is a recone because of the fine condition of the cone, but
> >> would like to find out if the paper is the correct one for the speaker.
> >> Also I would like to find out what the differences are between the
> >> D140F and the D130F. Is the D140F considered usable for guitar
> >> amplification?

Bruce Morgen wrote:

The cone was heavier and ribbed on the '140. Better for bass.
The shorter windings on the VC and the lighter cone of the 130
made for a slightly more efficient speaker and (IMO) better for
guitar.

rd

[Ether]

Mr Soul wrote:

> Hey - you & I actually agree on something. I still own 2 D120F's &
> they're great!
>
> Mr Soul

Yeah, but you don't molest young boys.

--E

[Claude V. Lucas]

In article <1164071338.1...@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Some drive-by asshole posing as Ether <et...@x-mail.net> minced:

And his mommies didn't make him wear pink lace panties and
follow him into the bathroom to make sure he sat down to pee
like a good little girl.

What's your point?

>Sign of the Moron...

> --E

Ether sees ankle.

See Ether hump ankle.

Hump, Ether, hump.

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[Ether]

Nattering Fuckwit Claude V. "Vagina" Lucas wrote:
> In article <1164071338.1...@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,

My, my. We learn more and more about your childhood every day, don't
we, Claudette?

> What's your point?

I believe you just made it abundantly clear!

--E

[Claude V. Lucas]

In article <1164085432.5...@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
The choadsmoker posing as Ether <et...@x-mail.net> snivelled:

It definitely *is* abundantly clear that your mommies did a
*fabulous* job of raising a prissy little ankle humping k00k.

Too bad they couldn't break you of that solder chewing habit.