Ohm Speakers Status Update
absolutely...and the very wide dispersion speakers are the only speakers that have resulted in this "phenomenon". Currently I have the LRS+ paired with a 15" sealed sub. Great combination but as you know, the listening position is on two people wide and seated...but in the listening position they sound really, really good. You can tell people love their Ohms as they almost never come up for resale.
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@snapsc This has never been an issue with my Ohm Walsh 2000s, and I have owned them since 2009. They do convey whatever soundstage width is in the recording. That can range from a near surround sound effect on recordings that use phase trickery to move sound about the room, to mono source material, in which there is some width to the sound, but it is all between the two speakers. Mono sound isn't artificially stereo sounding, but neither is it so narrow as to fit between one's ears. But put on a hi res track from Porcupine Tree, and you will just sink into the sound as it envelopes your entire room and beyond! |
I contacted Evan about the muted high end response and asked him about the adjustment hidden behind the connection terminals and he said it didnt exist. Since the pair I bought came from their refurb store, I may have an older model that does not offer the tweeter adjustment. That said I have a pre-processor that has parametric eq built in that can be adjusted manually and I have been playing with that to get the voicing right. I'm not there yet but its much better than they were as delivered. Due to these speakers having such a wide soundstage and sweet spot I will be keeping them. No way they go back after my trial period is over. I have to say they need very little help on the low end. Not quite extended enough for home theater or the extreme low end offered by pipe organs, but for most other music, its hard to find fault. I have been running the 2000s as the front pair in my temporary system until we can get moved back in the house and I find them wonderful in home theater duty, maybe the best I have ever had. Paired with a normal 2 way center channel speaker from JBL, dialogue is nice and clear and the rest of the soundtrack has this wonderful broad sweet spot that allows sitting way off axis and you miss nothing. Surely couldnt say that about the speakers I had before. |
To be honest, I really don't want to name the brand because they have a strong following and lots of people that love their speakers...and just because they weren't my cup of tea...so what....they don't deserve me saying anything negative. @livinon2wheels does that mean that the newer ohm speakers do have the adjustment...but you have to open them up to get to it?
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