B&W CDM2 - looking for replacement woofer alternative


I have a pair of B&W CDM-2 booksehlf speaker. One woofer might be beyond repair. ZZ09929 seem to be the part number but can't find (and might be cost prohibitive even if B&W would ever get them back in). 

I have zero details of the woofer. If someone has info, please post. 

Aside from keeping my eyes open for a cheap sinlge speaker or a totally busted (to part out) one: Is there a 'similar' woofer that I can swap in, at least at a temp fix? 

 

 

kraftwerkturbo

Brother, have you considered a speaker kit? :)

If you don't find a drop-in replacement, then you end up with a lot of adjustments and then you end up having to do a lot of measurements and crossover changes, and by that time you might be better off building a nice 2-way speaker kit from scratch.

Personally, you are better off selling the pair you have as is.

 

PS - DIYaudio is a great place to ask for help like this, lots of speaker builders with expert advice who may have a driver, or may know what drops in well.

erik: part out would be the alternative (selling the tweeters, the one good woofer, crossovers and housings). DIY forum already posted, great hands on guys there (a lot less pixeldust to deal with also :-)

 

IMO your best bet is to replace the defective woofer with an original if you can find one. I’d call around to a few speaker shops and see what they recommend. GR Research, Madisound, Meniscus, etc.

Being that those are a two way design, the woofer plays a huge role in vocals and the critical midrange. Replacing one woofer would function, but would not likely yield satisfactory results. Replacing both woofers would also function, and both speakers would at least be the same, but would also be sort of a crap shoot as to whether they would sound good. You might find some mods online that use replacement woofers for those speakers, where someone did some due diligence and worked out details that result in a nice sounding pair of speakers.

You might also find a whole DIY kit where you could salvage the cabinets, and replace all the drivers and crossover.

 

@kraftwerkturbo 

What exactly is pixeldust? As I see it no one has done anything here but try to help you.