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Ohm Speakers, thoughts?

I have long dismissed Ohm speakers as anything that could be competitive in todays state of the art. But of course I want to believe that this "old" American company still has some horsepower left to compete with asian built speakers built by people that take in less money in a week than my dog sitter takes in the couple hours it takes to let my dogs out to crap when I am away for a day :)? The reviews I have read here and there report incredible imaging but what about other aspects of the Ohm 5 II. Any thoughts?
nanderson
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Lngbruno, I have never owned Walsh or German Physiks speakers. If I could afford them the Huffs would certainly merit an audition.
line
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To complicate this subject even further, IF I understand this link

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-61372/artiklar/article3.htm

correctly. DDD's generate (what I would call) surface wave ON the cone, like waves on the surface of water and the Ohm F's generate (what I would call) compression waves IN the cone, like two cans and a string. (If you don't know what I mean by two cans and a string, here is a link.

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-61372/artiklar/article3.htm

The DDD's and the F's generate sound in two distinctly different ways. I believe the DDD's do not have a spider or a surround for that very reason. What do you guys think?
unsound
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Does anyone know if the DDD driver used by German Physiks has any built in mechanical cross-overs like the Walsh driver used by Ohm?
line
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Sorry: I posted the wrong link for 'two cans and a string'.
Here's the right one.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question410.htm
line
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Unsound, reading this over, I could not find any signs of mechanical cross-overs.

http://www.german-physiks.com/NewFiles/WhiteBook.html
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