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

Thanks, Parasound and Zkzpb8!

Parasound - I am a firm believer in burn-in of speakers, most electronics, phono pickups and, to much lesser extent, ICs, speaker cables and power cords. Although I want to let them run in while I am not around, I get nervouse with my preamp being on too long when I am out of the room (tubes, smoke, fire, yadda, yadda), so I will keep them running as long as I am awake and at home.

Zkzpb8 - I also have a pair of Vandy W2q subs that will remain in place with the Ohms (the W2q is an amazing subwoofer, if you value musicality and seemless integration over brute force). Were you able to directly compare the Ohms with any Vandersteens? If so, which models? Indeed, if $2800 will take me off the upgrade path, it will be money very well spent - then I can upgrade the rest of my system
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Thanks.

Hey Bond - I never had the ability to compare the vandys and Ohms in the same room - but I demoed the vandys quite a bit, when I was interested in a pair of Meadowlark Kestrels, a few years ago. Those two speakers where in the same room, and it was that demo period that hooked me on time-coherent type speakers.

The Ohms have that same, open, effortless, natural sound (IMO). I've never seen the step response test of a pair of Ohms (would be interesting to see) - but I emailed John and he said that the drivers are mounted to be in time from the listener and the supertweeter has a simple low pass filter to keep the two drivers "in phase".

If I ever need subs, I'd most-likely go for the vandy subs in stereo.

Question for the Ohm-o-philes: One possibility for my foray into Ohm Walsh speakers is the Walsh 4.3, which is a 3000 driver in recycled Ohm Walsh 4 cabinets. Ohm's web site does not have the dimensions of this speaker posted. Can anyone supply them for me here? I like the 9" footprint of the 100/2000 cabinets, but I must admit, getting a Walsh 3000 driver for the price of a Walsh 2000 is appealing. However, space is limited. FYI, room is ~2800 cubic feet, which is in the overlap zone between the new Walsh 2000 and Walsh 3000. Thanks in advance.

Here ya go Bondmanp,

My Ohm Walsh 4.5 S3, the originals with the new S3 drivers measure 3' 4 3/4" tall with the grills, from the floor. At their base they are 15 1/2 inches square and taper to 13 1/4" at the base just below the grill. Hope that helps!

Thanks, Aurelius, it is a big help. Simply put, the 4.3, which I think is the same cabinet as the 4.5, is too large for the tight space I must use for speaker placement. In the meantime, John Strohbeen has reviewed a diagram of my floorplan, and told me that the new Walsh 2000 (which is only a 9" x 9" footprint) should work fine in my situation. Ordering will probably be next month, so I will post my experiences going forward as they happen.