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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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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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t8kc
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Bondman, I don't see changing my music system anytime soon unless I move to a different house so the Ohms are here to stay. I like the fact that they sound good even in another room. Apparently, this is a characteristic of the omni aspect of their design. I may do some minor upgrading of the cables as time goes on.
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mapman
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JS at OHM posted about listening from another room as a test for how well a speaker and room are matched.  Very interesting and something I've never seen mentioned before.

FWIW when I walk down the stairs into my basement listening room and the music is going at real life volumes,  I often think it sounds like walking into a nightclub and that must be a good sign.


http://ohmspeaker.com/news/thinking-outside-the-box-listening-outside-the-room-or-the-bouncing-sound/

bondmanp
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Actually, mapman, I have read about the "other room" phenomenon in the audio press for years. I am lucky (especially at my age) to have a bathroom in my basement near the man cave. When I go in there I leave the music on. I am always fascinated by how much the music sounds live, but in another room, in the bathroom with the door closed. I would suggest that there are more similarities between live and recorded acoustic music when heard from another room than there are when heard from the same room.
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