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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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accurus
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Sorry to not get back to the thread quicker on the changes with the updates. Things have been hectic, but I will say that the height is better the speakers speakers on the Subdudes. Bass is definitely different as it is far more dipole and airy and not as cone like of a sound.

I did get the new drivers for my speakers yesterday as one arrived dented. I took apart the left speaker and I will take pictures of the driver and the inside of the cabinet tonight for the sake of sharing knowledge of this speakers.
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mapman
22,333 posts
 

Sounds like the Subdudes are doing their thing.

The resulting sound is more ES or planar like in my case as well though I tend to think of it as more refined and articulate bass or absence of muddy obscuring bass.

Results are similar using similar function isolating stands with my conventional dynamic monitor speakers so the benefits of isolation when called for are not unique to OHMs.

Would like to see those internal pics.

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blueranger
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I have a question about Walsh speakers and acoustic treatments. I have a 5000 and have
2 panels right behind them and on ceiling  5 feet out from them. Are Walshes better with no acoustic treatments behind them? My room is 20x12 with 8 foot ceiling. I have them on the long wall Thanks for any help. I have researched Internet and not found any answer . Thanks. Mike
accurus
40 posts
 
Here are some shots I took of the new Walsh driver before I installed it in my Ohm 2000s:
Driver:
http://imgur.com/ZifshlN

Cabinet Minus Acoustic Filling:
http://imgur.com/ynVYcEm

In terms of sound quality it is all back to square one again. Since I have new drivers to break in. It will be a few days before I really give them a critical listen.
bondmanp
1,818 posts
 

blueranger:  I had put up quite a few foam panels on the back-wall, and at the first reflection points on the ceiling and side-walls.  I felt things sounded too dead, so I removed some, and noticed an improvement in dynamic impact and a wider soundstage.  Also, I tried covering my 60" plasma set with a thick comforter, and didn't feel there was any improvement.


In short, I guess there is not much point to an omni-style speaker if you're room is treated so that all the indirect-radiating sound is absorbed and not reflected.  And remember; these speakers are voiced with the reflected, indirect-radiating sound taken into account.


I want very badly to try some diffusers instead of absorbers to the sides and behind the speakers.  Sadly, diffusers are a bit pricier than absorbers.  But I may try some ebay specials if they aren't too heavy (I suck at things like mounting heavy objects on my drywall-over-stud walls).

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