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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.
rebbi
ps
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If I had ugly black boxes in my listening room I'd have to keep my eyes shut!  :)

Strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan....
bondmanp
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ps: FWIW, my 2000s continued to break in for about 6 months, although I cannot tell you exectly how many hours that was.  "Strident" is the last thing that I would call my 2000s.  I don't doubt what your wife was hearing, but it seems odd to me.  I do think that if there is any range in which the 2000s miss a step, it is in the 7-8kHz range where the tweeter kicks in.  I would say that this range is at least as good as many competing speakers in that range, although perhaps no better.


martykl:  Long Live the Man Cave!  Stacks of black boxes with lights, ugly racks, wires everywhere and my 2000s.  All in the basement where nobody cares what it looks like, only what it sounds like!


frazuer1:  Totally agree with you about this thread.


Mapman:  Exactly.  Your post took the words out of my mouth (or the keystrokes out of my hands).

ps
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bondmanp: Thanks for sharing your experience with the lengthy break-in period for your 2000’s. In retrospect, perhaps I was too hasty when I decided to return them. Hmmmm. Darn it, why didn’t you call me? :)

You’ve got me thinking....

So now I have a question for myself, how well would a completely broken-in pair of 1000’s do in a small 11’ x 13’ room which is open to the living room and partially open to the kitchen?. Not looking for high volume nor accurate presentation of larger orchestral works of course. It’s premature for me to even be considering this, but I’ve got a lot more yesterdays than  tomorrows. :)   These days, I don’t play my system that much when my wife's at home anyway. I may give the small OHM’s a try if I find a used pair at an attractive price.

RE: man cave. If I were back in my rock and roll days, or maybe just a couple of decades younger, I’d probably love one as you described.

The posters in this thread have uniformly maintained a level of civility that is refreshing.
Thanks to all.
frazeur1
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ps-my opinion only, but I would think the 1000's would be fairly ideal in that space. I had a pair of MWT's in a space a bit bigger, was still surprised at how well they sounded, not lost in the space at all. Obviously a little bass limited perhaps depending on exact listening position, but wonderful music. All depends on expectation level maybe? 
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jwc2012
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I've found that Ohms can handle surprisingly large spaces, well in excess of recommendations.  I have a pair of  OW 2000s in a 15'x30' combined living and dining room, having had the 2s and 2OXs before them. (None of these models could be described as remotely strident--Ohms have a well controlled high end that steadily improved with each generation, but did not result in that hyper-real artificial etched imaging sought by many audiophiles.) The room is significantly larger than Ohm's recommendation for the 2000s (the 3000s are the recommended speaker size). Yet, they fill the space wonderfully well from the highs through the low bass.  

The only problem I had was a need to tame a boomy bass that resulted form my bare hardwood floor over a crawlspace.  The downward firing port made the floor vibrate like a giant drum head. Placing the speakers on granite slabs was very helpful in cutting down the boom and tightening up the lowest frequencies.  This accords with those pointing out floor interactions as often in need of correction.

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