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

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

I’ve found that ability to sound good in rooms that are more challenging for whatever reason to be particular strength of the OHM Walshes. They can work surprisingly well close to walls and corners I find, as advertised, especially when compared to true omni speakers.

The room I put my newer Walsh speakers in is a larger L shaped room. They replaced planar and conventional more directional box speakers in there neither of which worked particularly well. But the Walsh speakers tend to just place the music naturally into whatever room they happen to be in. A very unique attribute that many might consider.

I find a main main key to good sound with OHM Walshes in particular in any particular room is to address floor interactions when needed, especially with the bottom firing ports on many Walsh models. Isolation platforms like Auralex Subdudes I use with my OHMS when on suspended plywood floors solve the problem.