Shane Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 After over a decade of great service, the KSW-15's amp finally died. Support said they don't carry them anymore. I'm looking at the R-115SW. I loved the sound and power of the KSW-15. I listen to more music than watching movies. I keep seeing a lot of talk about the R-115SW being too BOOMY. I never thought the KSW-15 was too BOOMY. Anyone with direct experience with both of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Why not just buy a new replacement amplifier for the KSW? Partsexpress sells BASH amps for reasonable prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 I saw people talking about that on another forum, but they said the woofer is 16 ohms, and they couldn't find an amp for that. If I have to get a new woofer, a new amp, and possibly mod the box, I'd just as soon go with something new. I'll take a look on parts express though. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 I went down to NFM and listened to the SVS PB-2000, 4000, and the R-115SW. The PB-2000 was no where close to filling the room like the R-115SW. The 4000 had more low end oomph for sure, but at $2K, it was way more than I wanted to spend. I went with the R-115SW, and it sounds great. It seems to crush the KSW-15 in every way I can hear. I can hear notes in bass lines with it that the KSW-15 muddled. So far so good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Have you checked on eBay for a plate amp for the KSW 15? Lots of speaker grave-robber stuff sold on there...already tested normally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 8:36 PM, Shane said: After over a decade of great service, the KSW-15's amp finally died. Support said they don't carry them anymore. I'm looking at the R-115SW. I loved the sound and power of the KSW-15. I listen to more music than watching movies. I keep seeing a lot of talk about the R-115SW being too BOOMY. I never thought the KSW-15 was too BOOMY. Anyone with direct experience with both of them? What mains were you running with the SW15? ALSO, if you DON'T opt to repair your SW-15 through repair or replacement of its plate amp, please PM me with how much you will sell it for and City, State you are in...thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronb Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 7:46 PM, Shane said: I went down to NFM and listened to the SVS PB-2000, 4000, and the R-115SW. The PB-2000 was no where close to filling the room like the R-115SW. The 4000 had more low end oomph for sure, but at $2K, it was way more than I wanted to spend. I went with the R-115SW, and it sounds great. It seems to crush the KSW-15 in every way I can hear. I can hear notes in bass lines with it that the KSW-15 muddled. So far so good! I don't know if the R-115SW Amps have been upgraded/fixed or not but there were lots failures in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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