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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I'm sure you'll have no problem selling them. 
Where I'm at is, I decided that I don't like the way the speakers look with the grills on. They sound better without the grills as well. I've been looking around, trying to find some nicer-looking wing nuts to replace the ones on them, or similar type of fastener, and am wondering if anyone else has done something along those lines?
I have also been thinking, wouldn't it be cool if the cans rotated a little? Let us say, forty-five degrees from front/center? That way the cabinets could sit nice and straight, while you aimed the tweeters where you wanted. Of course, I have no idea what it would take to build them like that, but something about that round can makes me think of turning it. And, of course, it offends my OCD to toe the cabinets out, or in an uneven way.
Big news!!  Ohm will be at the Chester Group New York Audio Show in November.  Why is this big news?  Because John Strohbeen told me himself that he eschews doing these shows, as he rarely has enough time to get the setup where he wants it to be.  

I intend to visit the show and hope to finally meet John in person.  To me, he is one of the great designers of speakers in the industry.

If you are able to attend the show, especially if you would like to hear Ohm speakers properly demonstrated, this is a rare opportunity.
That is some news. Would love to go but would be a challenge. We’ll see.

Have never met John in person either that I know of, but would really like to.

He was owner of Tech Hifi chain back when I worked there in college. That was where I had my first exposure to OHM speakers (alongside many other popular lines of the time). I sold many (all box models, no Walsh) back then.

Even the conventional box models of his that made up most of the OHM line in the day were the best sounding there to me.  Also the best value as I recall in many cases.
I'd expect original Walsh 4's to have more output capability and ability to deliver in a larger room.

2.2000s not as much but be better in detail clarity imaging (result of newer 2000 driver) and maybe tonality top to bottom in a suitable smaller room.

These are two different size and generation models, apples and oranges as OHMs go, so anything is possible.

I had original Walsh 2s from 1981-1998.   I kept them initially to compare side by side  to the Walsh 2 series 3 models I acquired back then (and am still using).   I was looking for new large speakers at the time for my largest listening room  and after a lot of listening and investigation of options I decided to give OHM a chance

This was an apples/apples comparison in regards to speaker size and output capability.   The newer series 3 drivers were superior in every way.

I traded in the original Walsh 2s towards my larger F5 series 3 models that I also still use in my main setup.    The Walsh2 series 3 were so good for what I payed I ended up keeping them around as well.

I just moved into a 1 bedroom apartment and my speaker set up is far from perfect, with one speaker being virtually against a wall on the right and the left being in an open area on the left.  You know what?, to my utter amazement , my 1000's sound great.  I love my Ohms