@theo "The folks putting on the display stated that at below 12 hertz, they would play short bursts and because of the low level and concentration of vibration warned us against stomach upset and asked if we felt queasy to leave the room. They also stated that below 12 and the sustained exposure of a steady 12 hertz Or less could cause unreversible stomach or intestinal damage. They indicated that below seven they could actually cause, for the lack of a better expression, liquefication of the intestines resulting in death. I do recall that feeling in my lower stomach that did create a very uncomfortable feeling."
My friend Bill Legall of Millersound has a pair of Ohm Walsh A. Something like 11 pairs were in prototype mode, and various states of completion when Lincoln Walsh passed away in 1971. As someone who inherently knows how drivers function in the real world, Bill seems to truly understand the intent of the Walsh driver, offers a simple visual explanation of how they work, and how most every other driver seems wrong in comparison. Bill "completed" his pair of Walsh As in a way very different from how Ohm has functioned since Walsh’s passing. I can tell you Bill’s pair of Walsh A work in a particularly stunning manner, and that single driver’s range stretches from basically DC all the way up through the top end of the musical spectrum and beyond, and in addition to incomparable imaging, play splendidly on a very few watts. As much as I feel the Quad ESL57s play music better than most any other loudspeaker, the Walsh A climb to another level. The low frequency effects you relayed certainly come through. A couple of times, when hitting a bass note, I felt the contents of my intestines taken hold of and rattled, with the instantaneous feeling I was losing control of my innards. It’s shocking to say the least, and one of the scarier things I’ve experienced