2. speakers
  3. 1223044851

Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi
bondmanp
1,808 posts
 

Thanks for your thoughts, Mapman.

BTW, interesting story behind the German Physiks: The designer of the Dicks Dipole Driver specifically set out to design a Walsh driver without the cost constraints that Ohm works under. IOW, a no-holds-barred Walsh bending wave design. The results speak for themselves. The entry level German Physiks lists for ~$14,000, so if you can find a demo or used pair, they might be affordable. On the GP web site, there is a DDD driver unit for sale without a bass driver or cabinet, that you pair with a woofer/subwoofer. Someone better at this stuff than I might be able to save a few bucks with that.


All that said, I remain thrilled with my Ohm Walsh 2000s. At least I will be when my amp gets back from the repair shop.

mapman's avatar
mapman
22,182 posts
 
My wife and I had dinner at the Hilton Friday night after arriving in Rockville. Afterwards we walked through the quiet Atrium checking things out (show had been over that day for a few hours) and a gentleman with The Audio Company greeted us and offered a private listen to the "Million Dollar" VAC Von Schweikert system in their feature room off the Atrium. We of course took him up on it and got the private screening. Needless to say it sounded great and my wife and I were very impressed. The rep was very gracious! My wife was ready to write the check!
bondmanp
1,808 posts
 
John Strohbeen and associates made a great showing at the New York Audio Show over this past weekend.  They had a pair of 2000s (the ones I have owned since 2009), powered by an Outlaw Audio 2160 receiver, fed by an older Oppo universal player and a Blue Sound Node 2.  The speakers were heavily toed-in due to the bright nature of the room.  The sound was excellent, rivalling many more expensive rooms at the show.  There were a lot of show-goers who sat quietly(!) for extended listening, and one guy who went through a whole bunch of CDs he'd brought along.  People were clearly impressed by the wall of sound, extention at both ends of the frequency range, and excellent detail retreival coming from the diminutive 2000s.  Just to compare, one system which I admit I did prefer to the Ohm system was the Electrocompaniet system (a brand I have always admired), which was easily north of $50,000, probably north of $75,000.  But the 2000s gave about 80% of what the Electrocompaniet system did, at a total cost (excluding wires) of about $4500.  Fantastic!  I hope Ohm gets some good press out of this.  I saw at least one audio journalist there, Steve Guttenberg, so, let's hope.
mapman's avatar
mapman
22,182 posts
 
I've read some similar positive comments on the OHM setup at the NY show  on some other recent threads here.

Yes I have always liked Electrocompaniet gear that I have heard.   My phono step up transformer is an older Electrocompaniet unit that my dealer sold me used for a good price to help mate my Denon DL103R cart to my ARC sp16 pre-amp when I bought that from him.
jwc2012's avatar
jwc2012
26 posts
 
Bondman,

I can't believe you're talking about an audiophile haven in River Vale, NJ!!  I grew up in River Vale, a little more than a stone's throw from the NY State border.  It's so small; it's almost never mentioned anywhere.  Even people from other towns nearby often didn't know about it.  Too bad I have no one left there now to visit.  I'd love to hear those German Physiks!  That's the closest I'd likely ever get to them.
More to discover