If anyone has gone from 15# to 14#, did you suffer and loss of carry, decrease in average, or other ill effects, or, did you find the drop help you with accuracy or ball speed?   Thanks for sharing your experience.

I currently throw 15lbs but I also have some 14lbs that I have thrown on occasion.  I would like to drop down to 14 since I get more ball speed and can put more on it when thrown correctly.  Sometimes I do tend to pull the 14lber early in my backswing leading to a timing problem, but I'm sure that would be fixed if I went to 14 on a regular basis. 

When thrown correctly, I don't notice any difference between a 14lber and a 15lber especially from outside lines.  However, if I miss it at the bottom (which I do on a regular basis) the 15lb tends to carry better. 

At my skill level, I tend to score better overall with 15lbs.  If my ball speed drops to the point where I lose carry, then I would switch to 14.

As someone who made both the progression from 16 to 15 and then eventually 15 to 14 when I came back to the sport, I did not see a significant drop-off in carry.  Physics wasn't my thing in school, but I am sure if you get into the formulae related to force, there would be something that bore out that the increase in speed you likely would see from dropping weight will come close to, if not completely offsetting the lighter weight (all other things being equal). 

There are some racks where you have to 'pure' the shot a little better, but leaving a five-pin or a 7-9 split is not the product (generally) of a lighter weight except for the excuse that a heavier ball may have allowed for a greater margin of error on poorly executed shots. 

One of the events in the PWBA SE regionals more than a decade ago actually had the PBA Gold Pins in a few of the racks during our practice block since they were considering using them for the event.  I actually carried THOSE better with the 14lb stuff than I did the 15lb on each of the patterns they had put out for us in practice.   

I am in the process of dropping from 15 to 14.  Not sure whether it's because of increased speed or whatever, but I'm finding that I'm carrying corner pins better (actually, a lot better) with 14 lb. equipment.  However, I'm also finding that I stone more 8s and 9s using 14 lb. equipment.

Sounds like you are maybe getting some more revs on it and having a greater entry angle to the pocket. My old pro shop guy has experimented with all 3 weights 14-16 and he noticed that the 14's would go a little longer and be more angular for him

A friend just dropped to 14 this season and with the drop, he gain speed and revs. Though, as Bob had mentioned, my buddy does leave more 8 and 9's. So far he's liking it, I'll be sending more of my rarely used ball his way.