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

Peter I don’t understand what’s going on with the gradual roll off shown with tweeters in play. I’ve never seen that in any speaker. Charts of 2nd gen OHm walsh speakers from later 80s I have seen in the past were more typically flat, nothing that unusual. NEwer versions are supposedly not so radically different sounding. EQ should not be needed to that extent.

Do you have baseline plots of the speakers originally for comparison? Could there be something wrong in the crossover at this point?

Is it even known for certain speakers were in good working order to start? What prompted you to take them apart?

This is very interesting but the relationship between what is measured currently versus originally in properly working speakers is not clear at all  at this point.

Hi Mapman....

I used multiple software versions to see if there's some issues
but nothing is changing, if anything it's showing about the same
readout from test to test. Go back in my posts and I have mentioned the 2.5k drop off many times and there's nothing beyond that number. 
Nothing wrong with the speakers, as a matter of fact I mentioned how much I love them, but I'm the fiddling man and with that most everything get upgraded. 

There was nothing wrong at all, both measures the same (what's the chance both are screwed up). I do think people expect more then the Walsh driver can deliver. 
I just deleted those pesky (lol) switches very interesting and man does he use cheap wire in the switching network....🇸🇪

Here you go, the original measurement of the Walsh driver...
http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/peterhorvath6233/media/image_zpsomfobhuk.jpeg.html?sort=4&o=8

As for roll off, did you measure it? Or was it just feeling that it was extended way past 16k? remember unless your'e under 30 the chance you can even hear 12k is slim. 

From Jan 17, 2008 Stereophile review of Walsh 5 speaker:

" I was sure that a 1/3-octave frequency sweep would reveal an aberrant frequency response, but I was wrong. In fact, from about 500Hz to 20kHz (which was as far as I measured), the Walsh 5 was almost ruler flat when measured on the supertweeter axis. There were the usual dips and peaks in the in-room bass response, and the bass was down 4dB at 25Hz—in complete accord with Ohm’s specifications. The source for the coloration remains a mystery, therefore.
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/ohm-walsh-5-loudspeaker-page-2#BMwfiIR8TJXhr0v8.99"

aftewrwards (from OHM site) :

Stereophile Magazine called the Ohm Walsh 5s: "one of the best American box speakers made"

Years ago Stereophile Magazine reviewed the Ohm Walsh 5 speaker. Their conclusion back then was that current model had some unique qualities and was on the "verge" of greatness. 
In response to that review Ohm made some adjustments and thus a new "5s" version of the Walsh 5 speaker was born. Stereophile reviewed this new model and in conclusion they had this to say: "a Great American Speaker—one of the best American box speakers made"