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I don't have a CW but I have Bob's Cornscala with CW1526 and CW1526C woofs. I'm also dealer of many European brands in my area so I could check different woofers to see how they perform in a BR cabinet like CW. there are some driver I remember so far:

 

JBL 2226H: good punch, adequate bass but not in the face. not very linear in front of a mic

I preferred it over CW1526©: No

 

JBL M115A8: low efficiency, not much bass, nor a good upper bass

I preferred it over CW1526©: Hell no!

 

Selenium 15SW600: the painting of the basket give me the creeps but this thing performs well. deep bass and pretty linear. ugly "JBL Selenium" logo on the dome could be easily removed.

I preferred it over CW1526©: I don't know.

 

BD15: top notch quality, deep bass in right Q box, reference upper bass, high efficiency, fast and devastatingly linear!

I preferred it over CW1526©: absolutely

 

Beyma 15LX60V2: deep bass, high efficiency, fast, pretty linear

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

 

Faital Pro 15PR-400: deep bass with good punch, highly efficient, build quality is superb. looks humble

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

 

I also tried some BMS 15 inchers and I didn't like any of'em. Bob's CW1526C is a killer in it's price IMO. I would buy 5-6 more pairs if they would cost me 300USD/pr but they cost more than 600USD/pr for me so I prefer to use other products with higher price but they still cost me less due to easier shipping from Europe.

these are subjective comments from a probably biased listener and could be probably wrong.

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tx for the info - but are these available in 4 ohms as well or only 8 ohms -

BD15: top notch quality, deep bass in right Q box, reference upper bass, high efficiency, fast and devastatingly linear!

I preferred it over CW1526©: absolutely

 

Beyma 15LX60V2: deep bass, high efficiency, fast, pretty linear

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

 

Faital Pro 15PR-400: deep bass with good punch, highly efficient, build quality is superb. looks humble

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

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tx for the info - but are these available in 4 ohms as well or only 8 ohms -

BD15: top notch quality, deep bass in right Q box, reference upper bass, high efficiency, fast and devastatingly linear!

I preferred it over CW1526©: absolutely

 

Beyma 15LX60V2: deep bass, high efficiency, fast, pretty linear

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

 

Faital Pro 15PR-400: deep bass with good punch, highly efficient, build quality is superb. looks humble

I preferred it over CW1526©: Yes

 

BD16 I got from BD-design.nl is 16 Ohms If I'm not mistaken

15LX60V2s I got are 8 ohms and I have no idea there there is a 4 Ohms version of it

15PR-400 has both version 4 and 8 you can choose between

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thanks for the info - as the klipsch drivers are 4ohms if I am not mistaken -

 

 

The Klipsch woofers in Belle, LaScala and Klipschorn are definitely 4 Ohm because since they are being used as a compression driver, the amp sees way more than a 4 Ohm load. Not for sure if the K-33e, etc. used in Cornwall are still 4 Ohm or not, but using an 8 Ohm woofer should not be a problem if the cross over is properly set up for it since you are not loading the woofer up so much.

 

Roger

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The woofers in all the heritage series apart of the Heresy 1-2  are 4 ohms - the Cornwall -Scala -Belle-Khorn and Heresy 3 are 4ohms - 

 

Here below is a thread that dealt with the K33 - and is very detailed as Bob Crites had added some technical info -

 

 

https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/148475-k-33-e-vs-k-33-b-specs-anybody-have-factory-measured-ts-data/

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