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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.
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frazeur1
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I would be interested in how the old board is removed and new one installed. Curious, but as I said in my above posts, John continues to work on things and tries to make the upgrades easier to install, all the while bringing added refinement to the sound.

As to suggestions, I would say leave well enough alone, listen and enjoy your music through the Ohms. Music isn't about being an audiophile! Have fun!

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t8kc
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Frazeur1, the old board was removed with a hammer and is destroyed in the process. The new board has the driver already mounted and fits into the existing space after all the old glue/board remains are removed. I used a file to help smooth things out.

The directions talked about using wood glue and no mention was made of "hot-glue" as some have talked about on this thread.

The new cross-over was screwed into the bottom of the cabinet and can be removed if necessary as it has a contour switch on it (low/medium/high) that, I believe, affects the bass response.

As I didn't have any grills before, I don't have a reference as to whether the new grills are different than the originals due to the new drivers. They fit equally as well on both.

It is too bad that this site doesn't allow photo posting on the threads as I could show you better what I'm talking about.
frazeur1
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I think I get what you are talking about. Some of the early versions just had a mounting board with new driver, you pulled off the old driver and just placed this new mounting board/driver directly over the existing hole and screwed it in place with four wood screws. This was my version anyway.

As to the crossovers, mine were all in the can itself and did not come with any controls. So the old crossover/controls were removed and a new plain terminal block/board was mounted in place-hence the hot glue.

So sounds as if some things have changed. The main thing is how they sound though, and hopefully you will enjoy them! Thanks for the response!

bondmanp
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FYI, as I understand it, there is no actual crossover in the x000 Walsh line.  Just a resister to protect the tweeter below about 7 kHz.  The Walsh driver rolls off naturally at around 7-8 kHz.
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mapman
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Glad to hear.  just enjoy!
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