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

t8kc:  You may need an in-line filter for the hum.  Whatever nexus your audio system has with the TV might need this.  If the hum is from the TV transformer itself, not much you can do except to try some of the plug-in devices designed to quiet noisy transformers.  Both my plasma TV buzz pretty loudly.  I just ignore it as I am not nearly into video and film as I am into audio.  When the TVs are off, there is no hum.  I also get a little buzz from my FiOS box.  If it bothered me a lot, I would get some of those line filters.

joefish:  I have had my 2000s about as long as you have had your MWTs.  I concur entirely with your thoughts.  The texture and palpable aspect of instruments (including the human instrument - voice) is one of the best aspects of the Walsh design.

Bondman,
The hum I'm getting is with the TV on or off. It only went away when I disconnected the audio cables from the TV to the preamp. I ordered a TII 220 Ground Loop Isolator for the cable box connection and hope this fixes the issue.

T8

disconnecting the cable wire should indicate if that is the problem. If the hum exists only with cable wire connected. 

I I had this problem with Comcast specifically. I switched to Verizon which uses optical ire feeds afterwards and no more hum.  But the transformer device I mentioned did solve that problem with Comcast. 

No no way to know if the cable line is the problem or not with testing by disconnecting the cable feed. 

Bondmanp,

Yes, the Ohm's still continue to amaze me.  I first noticed the string oscillations on the Yes song Roundabout.  The acoustic guitar intro clearly showed the string oscillations and textures that seem to be hidden with other speakers

The same goes for piano.  I thought the micro talls did an excellent presentation of piano.  Only when the 1000's were fully broken in did I realize that they were superior to the micro talls in fleshing out the tones and textures of piano strings.

I could go on and on.  If I ever get enough money, I may get a set of the 5's and better amplification and consider it my ultimate system.  John has won a customer for life, and at age 63, these speakers will probably outlast me, and the thought of that makes me very happy!

I've heard it all over the years.  Many speakers have their unique charms but I find none as satisfying musically overall as my big F5s.  The 100s also but only in a smaller room.   No tubes needed but one or two further upstream cannot hurt.