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

I had a great experience last night, and it's making me re-think my belief that there is no such thing as a break-in period.

I was listening to Porcupine Tree "The Start of Something Beautiful" off the 'Deadwing' cd. I actually had too much bass, and had to attenuate a little. This is a first, even though I've listened to it at least 3 times previously. The soundstage and detail also seemed greatly enhanced. I think I have about 60 hours on them now, and must admit that the sound is improving- and not just a little bit.

Later that night, I convinced my wife to listen to the same track, and she was greatly impressed. She told me that she kept expecting the speakers to distort during the synth breaks, and was impressed with how clear and pleasant the sound was.

After we were done with the PT, she actually requested to listen to The Catherine Wheel 'Wishville'

So- even if the speaker improvements are more psychological than physical, the elusive WAF is increasing measurably!

-P

Para,

Believe me, there is a break-in period, both for the speaker mechanism, and the first time listener, with these.

BTW PT Deadwing is a very challenging album for most systems. When the system overall is clicking though, IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD (kinda like Pink Floyd on Metallica's steroids)!!

No doubt about Deadwing. My old Deftech surrounds could not handle it in multi-channel. I actually hooked up my Pinnacle towers to handle surrounds at that point.

My experience with Definitive Technologies was not good. And Deadwing more than anything else brought out their defects.

The MWT's seem to handle anything and everything. But I (painfully) have to wait a few more days before I can hook up my main amp. Maybe this weekend...

Thanks for everything, Map. Seriously. I feel that I owe you one for all the help you've been.

-P

Para,

Glad to help spread musical enjoyment wherever possible.

I would not tune my system initially using Deadwing though(too much going on in general to be able to sort through things), but once you think it sounds right, Deadwing is as good an acid test as most anything. If it sounds good start to finish, I venture to say that almost anything else will also.

BTW, I saw Porcupine Tree live on their FOABP tour in a small local concert venue nearby a year or so back and it was absolutely awesome! Strongly recommended

It was as loud as it gets, but very well produced and everything sounded phenomenal. It had to be otherwise it could have been very unpleasant at those db levels.