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

"It dips a little below 20hz by 2-3 db but no signifigant deviation. Not bad for a speaker rated to only 30hz. "

That's pretty exceptional for most any speaker of modest size to be able to deliver below 20hz  I would think and frankly didn't know the smaller OHMs had it in  them.

I do know they are champs at going loud and clear with whatever amount of clean power thrown their way though.    They nor my 500 w/ch Class D amps never break a sweat.

I use only my ears to measure, so you are way ahead of me.... :^)

My sound is totally detached from the speakers.   That includes drivers as well as cabinets.   

John does use some higher end veneers by request I have read.   Anything might be possible for a price.  But he seeks to keep prices down and sound quality high.   My guess is he feels the standard cabs are all that is needed to do the job right.  Only one way to know:  ask him.

It would not be hard to add acoustic damping material inside as an experiment if desired once one is comfortable with removing the driver boards.  

My 5s have the 4 3 way level adjustments on each which provides a lot of flexibility fitting speakers to room as needed.   Similar to current 5000s.   Other models do not have those so more like most speakers there.
 

Mapman,
    I used to be a big believer in listening with my ears only, however there are things that Dirac does that no golden ear can including time alignment, etc. Typically I tend to place the speakers by ear first so that I get the soundstaging and imaging that I think is optimal and then let Dirac clean things up from there. My experience with Dirac is that he just cleans up the sound of the speakers where they are placed rather than transform things. So knowing how to listen and placing the speakers in the best position by ear is still critically important even in the world of digital correction.

Acurus - I am sure I am not the only one who would love to see response graphs of your Ohms before and after Dirac Live.  Pretty please?

Bondmap,
Assuming my listening session tonight doesn't drive me to want to reposition the speakers I will remeasure everything for the position they are currently in and take screenshots to post.

Please note though that I do not use a +3 db bass to -3db treble line. I do use a custom curve that bumps up the bass a bit as I like the bass that way a bit better. You will will see how tight of a response Dirac can get out of the speakers.

accurus,

How does Dirac work? I assume there are measuring activities to determine current state, ability to select or define corrections, and then apply the corrections during playback.

What devices does Dirac run on for various tasks? Which do you use?

Thanks.