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

IC between amp and pre-amp will affect all sources, not just CD.   You need to try both and decide which option works best for all the sources you care about.   If just CD, it may not matter much but no way to know for sure with out trying both listening and deciding yourself.  

Thanks mapman, but I will have to wait on the IC comparison as I recently blew out the 30 year old surrounds on my Walsh 2s. This explains why I was losing the bass. The Parasound power amp did the deed.
I sent an email to John Strobeen to see what route I should take (repair or upgrade).
In the meantime, I plan to install a set of Walsh 1s as a stop gap measure until the issue is resolved.
Any comments on the repair vs, upgrade question?

Do the upgrade if you can squeeze it.  The drivers have improved greatly since original Walsh 2s.  I know in that I had Walsh 2s for years (1981 to ~2008) and kept them to compare a/b to my current 100s3s before keeping the 100s.   

After talking to John Strohbeen today, I bit the bullet and ordered the 2.2000 driver upgrade. I will be sending my Walsh 2 speakers back to John for a partial trade toward the 2.2000s that will end up going into the Walsh 1 cabinets. He mentioned that it is an easier install into the Walsh 1 because you don't have to dig out the cross-overs like on the Walsh 2s.

Sounds good to me!

In a couple of weeks, I will have everything back together so I can work on comparing the IC cables. They can start their break-in in the meantime.

The Walsh 1s actually sound pretty good now that they are installed in the new system, but John said to not turn them up too loud! I really didn't think I was playing them beyond reason, but...

Nice. Trade in is the way to go and installing drivers oneself with instruction from ohm saves money as well.   Should not be hard especially if no current bottom mounted crossover board to rip out.