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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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t8kc
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Here is an update on my Walsh 1/2.200 upgrade.
I have allowed some months to pass for break-in.

Recently, I bought some old Yamaha NS-6 speakers at a yard sale for $10.
I proceeded to recover the grills and replace the drivers as a gift for my son.
The result was decent and I was able to compare them to the Ohms.

The Ohms had much nicer bass with more rounded tones and lower frequency respose. Also, the Ohms sounded more open with clearer treble.
None of this surprised me, but it was nice to get some confirmation.

When my son (a lawyer and musician) came over to pick up the speakers, I had him audition some CDs he was familiar with on the Ohms. To cut the story short, he was blown away by my Ohms.

One sample he played was a tecno track that had very fast bass notes from a synthesizer. He couldn't believe that the Ohms could keep up. He said most speakers he has heard play that track created a muddy sound.

I have to say that I really am enjoying my upgraded Walsh 1 speakers. They intergate well into the rest of my modest system (Parasound 1500A amp, B&K  Reference 5 S2 preamp/tuner and Sony NS-315 CD player).

Thanks to John S.
bondmanp
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Thanks for the update, t8kc. I wouldn’t say that everyone who has heard my 2000s has had the same reaction as your son, although several have (and more react positively than not). In fact, my son-in-law was so impressed with my 2000s that he is trying to plan a new basement man cave around a complete 5.1 channel Ohm set up.  Taste in speakers is like any other personal preference. You like peanut butter, someone else doesn’t. But the good news is that you have many years of great listening ahead of you. Six and a half years in (I was one of the early buyers of the 2000s) I still can’t get enough of my 2000s. I constantly lament that I don’t have enough time to do serious listening. Every change I make in electronics and room acoustics is quickly exposed by the 2000s as either a benefit or a detriment. As I have said before, barring hitting the Powerball, the 2000s will most likely be my last speaker purchase.
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mapman
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Bondman, I'm waiting on pins and needles to hear the results of your fuse flippin tests in the other thread.

You have the right to plead the 5th if needed.   :^)

bondmanp
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Mapman - LOL!  Flipping the direction of the fuse is on my "to do" list.  Believe it or not, even 5 minutes for that is hard to come by.  You won't hear any hyperbole from me about the fuse.  I am not really a hard core tweeker.  It is what it is.  FWIW, I would have been happy with a much cheaper Acme fuse (well regarded by other local audiophiles), but the value I needed is not offered by Acme.  It may possibly end up being one of those things where I know that my fuse is not holding anything back, even if the stock fuse didn't either.  Sort of a piece of mind deal.  I did think it was funny, or interesting, that someone on that thread read my initial impressions and immediately *knew* that I had the fuse installed in the wrong direction.  Maybe he's correct.

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mapman
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Yes, I’m in the same boat. I’m using the Red Fuse that was sent to me for free to try for pretty much the same reason. I’m tempted to put the ARC stock fuse back in my sp16 just to be safe but "Living on the edge" for the moment and my baby is happy with the pricier free fuse as well.

Very funny!

Just don't take my OHMs away and I will likely find a way to survive in audiophile hell .....

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