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

Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi
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mapman
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What was the amp improvement?

BTW when I talk about maxing out, I mean the sound I can get in that room. The first choice I made was to go with the OHMs for that and then kept on tweaking from there.

In my second system everything sounds lovely but there are limits, errors of ommission and WAF mainly.
bondmanp
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@mapman - I have owned and liked an Odyssey Audio Stratos HT3 (with cap upgrade) - a three channel amp for the front channels of my combo HT/2-channel system since 2006. 


Last September, the amp suffered a capacitor failure.  So I sent (all 64 lbs. of) it in for repair and possible upgrade to Odyssey.  For $900, I had the left & right chanels upgraded to full Kismet status, Odyssey's top line of amps.  Sadly, UPS damaged the amp on the way back.  Once that was fixed, I had issues getting my Vandersteen 2Wq subs with M5-HP crossovers to work together with the amp, which has a higher input impedance than the original Stratos.  Apparently, an Audiogoner sold me a pair of the M5-HP crossovers which were custom made (without bothering to tell me this), and so they require different settings than do the standard M5-HPs.  I have been working with both Vandersteen (Richard and Ray in the service department) and John Rutan of Audio Connection in Verona, NJ, to sort it all out, make sure the M5-HPs are working properly and properly set them for use in my system.  They are on the way back from Hanford now.  With a bit of luck, everything will be right as rain by the first weekend in June. 

blin116
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It's an amazing thread! It took me a week just to skim through it ;-) 

It's my first post on this forum, I hope somebody can advise me on a choice between Ohm Walsh Tall 1000 and 2000. Based on the info on Ohm's web site the room volume (somewhere 2000-2300cf) calls for the 2000s. However in my e-mail exchange with Evan at Ohm he said that they would recommend 1000s instead. My room is 8' high, 15' front-to-back and from 15' to 22' left-to-right . There's an irregular opening on the right, the right wall is really not there, it's a side of the stairs opening to the upstairs and the right front and back corners are parts of an open walkway. Most of the left side is glass. A large TV hanging on the front wall between the speakers. My listening/watching couch is against the back wall so I am sitting 10'-12' from the speakers. 
For the amplification there's a Musical Fidelity A308 integrated (150W-8ohm/300W-4ohm) and an OPPO BDP-103d for source. I am looking for a 2.0 (preferably) or 2.1 setup for the music (mostly jazz and classical at low to moderate spl-s) that would also serve for watching movies (although movies sound effects are a lesser concern for me).
I like the smaller size and price of the 1000-s but are they the better fit for the space? As for the 2000-s, I like the idea that with the 8"drivers and larger cabinets it's less likely I'd need to add a sub and they are matching the recommended room volume.  
Would there be a significant difference between 1000s and 2000s in such a space? Could the 2K be too boomy or 1K too thin? If I start a trial with the 1000s, how would I know that there's room to grow and I maybe missing an edge of the 2000s without trying both of them? 
Thanks fo your consideration!
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t8kc
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I vote for the 2000 series. I have owned them before and they play well, but need a lot of power (at least mine did). My room is a similar size, but I settled on the 4000 series (4XO) as they deliver better bass.
The room recommendations are only estimates and actual listening is the key along with good component quality/power. When I had my 2000 speakers, I took them over to a friend's house and played them on a 500W/channel system; they sounded much better then with my set-up (300W/channel). Ohms love power!
jetter
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Sorry, just drop in on this thread every now and then, so if someone has already brought it up, I have been watching Bosch on Amazon, based on a Michael Connelly book. And he (Bosch) is using Walsh speakers and I believe a Mc275 and turntable. Used to see the Walsh speakers at Fedco in southern calif, and coveted them.
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