Well, the Wailers is a band, and a very famous one, so that would make sense. I would say it's more the sound system culture as it has developed in the UK that has held on to scoops. Some reggae people see the colouring the scoops give the sound as something positive; Channel One, Jah Tubbys, Mungo's Hifi, King Earthquake, OBF and thousands of smaller sounds all over UK, Europe, and the US. (Jah Tubby's in England still make scoops with a custom produced drivers).
I'm personally not so sold on scoops, I've heard them side by side to a system that ran some "simple" 21" reflex boxes, and the 21' reflex boxes sounded way cleaner and warmer. The spl on the scoops were quite more though, but I think they had more boxes too.
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