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

peterr53 - Wow!  You answered one of my nagging questions:  How would Ohms sound with a ribbon tweeter?  So, we have to ask, which tweeter did you use?  Is it a folded-type?  I have really liked most of the Heil-type folded ribbon tweets I have heard.  While the Ohm tweeter in my 2000s is good, I have long felt that it is not the strongest part of the design.  I am helpless and hopeless when it comes to DIY, but I know some people who are quite good.  Not sure I want to put my Ohms under the knife, but, you never know!


BTW, I like my Ohm center, in stock form, just fine.  I sit pretty close, (~9 feet), and have a stand that aims the driver and tweeter right at my ears.  But I do not doubt your own experience.

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In the middle of a project but I will get back later for more info, and a continuation 
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Among whatever other differences there might be a ribbon tweeter would be significantly more directional than a soft dome.  That alone could make a difference in regards to intelligible vocals especially depending on room acoustics.  

I would wonder if it if it affects the size of sweet spot for music as well?.    
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Bondmanp If you did hear my changes you would be blown away.
Suddenly I have total and utter Transparancy and speed, could it be better? Yes I could I wish for more dynamics, but the Walsh driver is tiny and can't hang with my fronts...Wish I have more space to expand the unit to a larger one. By the way, it looks like the tweeter
is the same as the 4/5k's  1" softdome tweeter.
I'll get back to the driver and my thoughts in a bit.

Now to the surrounds....
I have six spread out as, front heights, surrounds and rear surrounds
enveloping me in a lovely sound field.
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As I previously said I took the can opener to all (9) of my Ohm's
and I had no idea what to expect, but what I found inside the  
Walsh Satellites was.......shocking and absolutely sub par, total
diy a mess of proportions  that was way below the worst I ever seen.

For some reasons Ohm thinks that out of sight is out of mind (I will not post any images) but let's say that hot-melt glue was liberally applied to the point of glue dripping everywhere like stalagmites 
In a horror movie. The Walsh driver looks cheap and the paper tweeter is an incredibly cheap ($2-$3) retail driver, two out of six had collapsed dust caps.
As this is a $700 a pair of speakers, there's no excuses for this kind of horrible craftsmanship and I hope someone at the factory take this to heart and make some changes.
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After getting over over the shock, I decided to replace the tweeter
with a $17 Dayton ND25-FA-4 unit. To remove the crap paper tweeter I had to break lose the glue with an exacto knife and a sharp chisel and un-solder the driver without trying to ripp out any caps or 
resistors that were hot-glued to the tweeter.
Installing the tweeters was easy peasy and I was able to aim the tweeters to my required situation due to a slopping roof line.
Result: Smoother tweeting all the way around, with more air and refinement and less stress at high levels. Now we're talking and I feel much better about my investment.
PS. I still had to use hot-melt glue.....lol

Just got a few Robert Shaw CD's in mail so I'm signing off
for now and I'll get back to the big boys in a bit....🇸🇪