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

Not worth debating because we all know measurable facts are not needed in high end audio to back up assertions. But it does cast the proven design decisions of others in a negative light.  Each may have their own unique design goals.  Your's suit you.   A business must have the collective goals of their customers in mind. 

"A business must have the collective goals of their customers in mind. "
And, their bottom line.

That too.  Successful businesses do both.

But cutting corners is cutting corners. Yes you are making the "bottom line"
for the company and share holders. At some point you got to take a look at the competition 
and say........Damn $5000 is getting an amazing value, beautiful cabinetry and custom built
drivers to meet custom specs.

Look at the 4/5000 (my speakers) The cost of all the hardware including 
"Walsh" driver, tweeter switches, crossover, wiring, and speaker connector
will barely cost $175. Give or take $20. Ohm buys used cabinets for $200 on average,
Barely  touch the inside  (might add a brace or two).  Veneers the cabinet which nowadays 
is so easy and simple due to the veneers being layed out on either wood or paper veneer,
you add contact cement (or its pre-glued) voila done..... 

So what I'm trying to say is that not much effort went in to the product
to make more than $4000 in profit.

Does it sound great...Sure it does, but with some better engineering, better
parts, and more love put in to the speaker it could be totally amazing.

The effort went into making it affordable, sound great and being reliable. I don’t think JS cares nearly as much about the looks. Certainly not as much as many competitors.

You can always go into business and see how it pans out. OHM has been doing their thing their way for over 40 years now and still kicking so they got a bit of a head start.

One thing I've come to realize of late even more so than ever is the right know how, usually obtained through years of experience, can easily trump relying mainly on fancy parts and bling.   That's the magic of OHM and other companies of the same ilk, both large and small.