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

Rebbe,

You certainly have nothing to lose by giving the comparison more time. The Arros are very good speakers, as are all Totems I've ever heard...they are supposed to sound as you now describe them. I'm guessing using the spikes now if you weren't before would make a big difference.

Have you done the sand filling thing yet? I would expect that to help as well.

Mapman,

I was using the spikes before (attached to the plinth) but the spikes were sitting in these little metal "saucers" that I got from the Totem dealer to protect the hardwood floors in the listening room from being damaged by the spikes. Now the spike points are sitting directly on the floor.

Also, I played them with the window shades up rather than down (the listening room has windows on three of its walls). I always assumed that things would sound better with the window shades covering the windows and dampening the room, but maybe that's not so.

Mapman and Jaybo,

By the way, in your experience, hoe does the sound of the Ohm's change as they break in? John at Ohm told me they can take 60 to 100 hours to fully break in.

In general I think they "open up" further in terms of weight and impact and become more "natural sounding" and detailed in particular through the mid range covered by the Walsh style driver.

That's what I'd suspected.