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
Thanks for the advice Mapman! I in fact do have the speakers on a suspended floor and I do feel it vibrate along with the walls and pretty much everything if I have music like Lorde and Interstellar playing! Even better though is I actually have some old sub dudes sitting around which would actually give me some more physical height out of the speakers and address the problem you are suggesting. Sounds like a fun evening of music is ahead with a couple of experiments and probably a remeasuring using Dirac when I am done.
I will also be posting on here a full review at some point and sending it off to Ohm to use as they want. I will say that I can't believe more people don't own these speakers. Once some time has been spent setting them up they offer a good hybrid of what dynamic cones due best with what planars can do. With the gear in my system I also don't feel like I am losing resolution compared to the 3.6s. I know I have lost some air or delicacy compared to the ribbon in the Magnepans, but I don't think I have lost resolution and I have gained musicality and dynamics. The music so far has been far more engaging.
Let us know how the subdudes work out. Should take things up a few levels still I suspect. They did for me. Exact same true with Isoacoustics brand isolating stands I use with small monitors in another similar room. I’ve used those with my Triangle monitors and just this week with an old Pair of Boston Acoustics A40 series ii speakers I bought 30 years ago and just refoamed this week. Wow! An audiophile could pick up a pair of those for $50 or less at a thrift store, fix them up with a $20 kit, and be nicely set in many smaller to medium size rooms. Not OHMS but they really sound good these days with modern high quality gear driving them. You definitely have to spend 10X as much or more to do better with new stuff.

I'd like to be able to hear the Isotar soft dome tweeters in my Dynaudios used in teh OHMs.   Would probably up the cost even more though.

Accurus - I am not sure how to email  you via this site, but the link is

soundanchors[dotcom]/products/2085/floor-bases

I am not associated in any way with Sound Anchors, other than as a satisfied customer.

Bondmap,
Thanks for the link. I too am a satisfied Sound Anchor customer. :)

Mapman,
I will definitely report back this evening. Really glad you mentioned the Subdudes because funny enough I have really been wanting to try experimenting with raising the Ohms up a big since I a tall guy and have a fairly high listening chair and oh jee I just happen to have two of them sitting in a closet within 5 ft of my listening room. So that will kill two birds with one stone.