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

Thanks for the kind words, engiedr1960. Funny - I feel the same way about my subs - I could never go back to not having them in my system. One of the requirements for a replacement speaker when I was shopping to upgrade from my Vandersteen 1Cs is that they must be compatible with the 2Wq subs (they have to exted well down to 40Hz). The 2000s fit the bill.

I do have in teh back of my head that powered subs + smaller speakers and smaller amp, like in my second system, could potentially surpass even my other bigger badder rig currently. If so I could downsize somewhat sell stuff and save a lot of money maybe.

I have an extra pair of monitors and some other extra stuff to sell first to help finance this if I were to do it.

And yes on second level of my home with suspended plywood floors at least, I would require isolation pads under the subs as well as isolation stands under the "satellites" placed on the subs.

I’ve done a lot of sub searching in recent months. My current choice after a lot of research would probably be 12" Rhythmik subs. I know Martykl uses and recommends those. Or, I would start out on the cheap and pick up the first pair of any decent quality 12" powered subs I might stumble across locally. I had a 12" 90’s vintage M&K sub that worked well in this application for many years until it died a couple years back. I had tried that with all my monitors at one point or another and also OHM 100s. The smaller monitors needed it. The 100s, it was more of a judgement call and I judged to keep it simple and not use it. I took the sub apart in an effort to possibly salvage it when it died but was underwhelmed with the innards and decided to just ditch it.

I would place the monitors on a pair of very short Isoacoustics isolation stands and set the stands on top of the subs.

This is exactly what I’ve done since purchasing my Omega Super 3i’s (I have the IsoAcoustics Aperta). Funny, I did this as a work-around until I got proper new stands but I ended up loving the result. It was John S who gave me the idea btw. I’m still using two MicroSubwoofer 10’s for sub duty and in my experience, 2 is most definitely better than 1.

Excellent discussion.....

For deep impact and gut wrenching power I do agree full heartedly
subs are a must. As a few people know I've been in the business and tried so many subs from A-Z that when I decided too go gang busters last time I wanted new subs.
 To go all out on subs you can spend your kids college tuition.....no problem. But at some point I said no way I'm spending $30k on subs.
So looking around, talking to a few crazy people I decided to build my own subs and save some big bucks. My house is built on a raised foundation so I decided to take on an infinite baffle design.
As I dove in to the planing stages I decided for a design containing four 18" drivers per side.....Ohhh no that got vetoed faster.....You know the rest of the story if your married lol. So two 18" per side was fine.

My wife is very agreeable to all sort of hair brained ideas I have but
before you know it she sniffed out the next hurdle....the holes in the floor. Due to the design I use the cavity under the house as the infinite baffle. That battle was slightly easier then a six foot stack of 
18" drivers, at least the floor can be patched the other option was an eyesore of the first kind (according to her).
With all that surface area and 2000 watts per side even a small movement will energize the room, no strain, no chuffing ports just pure energy......amazing. If you feel wanting for good deep vibrations
in a movie, I never heard anything even coming close to the energy
and output all the way down to 5 hz, 8hz will make the house react like we have an earth quake the house moves like in waves and all
the wiring inside the walls will slap the drywall. 
Now even though the 4/5000s are dipping in to the 25hz region I find that to get the best sound for music is to x-over at 100 hz yep it sounds cleaner less muddy, just more musical. For movies I open the taps and let them go full tilt as it does sound fuller.

Another weekend for F1 Racing so I'm a happy man...🇸🇪

"I do have in teh back of my head that powered subs + smaller speakers and smaller amp, like in my second system, could potentially surpass even my other bigger badder rig currently."
(maps, 6/9)

Exactly...;)  Do that.  With your ears and intellect, you ought to be pleasantly surprised, if not blown away.

Yeah, I'm lurking out here on the periphery....y'all need to be watched. *L*