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
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How's that arrangement look? Should they be less toed? Closer to the wall? Closer together? I still love em, but I'm not sure I've heard their full potential with the perfect positioning yet...
Rbf-It would appear that with your toe-out that you have you are experiencing more of a direct radiated sound from the tweeters, which may be just fine if you like it that way. It can all depend on how far your listening position is and just how much of the treble energy you want.

How is the bass doing as far as you can tell? While the MWT does have the built-in plinth and bass port on the bottom, you probably would get a bit more bass moving them back towards the wall some.

It looks like you are a bit crowded there with your two racks, TV and gear. Sometimes you have to make do with the space you have, but if you could maybe move your gear rack over to the left, and spread the Ohm's out a bit more and back, you might do a bit better.

I find my Ohm's do very well with a good spread in between the speakers, but not so much you lose focus or get the hole-in-the-middle effect. Great thing about the MWT's is they are so easy to move around, only you will know what sounds best to your ears. Experiment, that is the best way to find the sweetspot, and with the Ohm's, the sweetspot is generally pretty wide.

Enjoy! Tim
Rbf1138 - I checked out your photo - from my experience, Ohms work best in slightly damped rooms. They throw a big image, and if the room is too live, things get muddled. Do you have rugs on the floor, etc? From what I can see in the photo it looks like wood floors and minimal window treatments.
Agree with Z that very lively room is a challenge with most any speakers, omni/OHMs included. If you hear a reverb effect/echo when speaking or clapping in general, that is usually something worth addressing with the room acoustics.

Rug under and/or in front of speakers, wall furnishings or treatments at primary rear wall reflection points for your main listening position, windows treatments, other wall adornments to break up flat surfaces, furniture and other decorative items, plants, can all help. Keep this in mind as the room decor evolves over time. Be creative and experiment along the way.
Theres a fairly large rug a few feet in front of the speakers that takes up a good portion of the room. We're gonna get around to curtains soon :) Those should help, but truthfully the room isn't too lively.