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

Zkzpb8,

Yeah, it's been an interesting process. I played some Steely Dan this morning before going off to work ("Two Against Nature") and it sounded astounding... you'd have sworn you were listening to some sort of surround system, not a two-channel stereo... that's how much the music reached out and enveloped the room. Yet, with the Ohm's moved farther apart, the imaging was solid and lost the "swimmy" or indistinct character it had before.

My set of customized drivers arrived by UPS today. I'll report back about them soon.

A cool thing with the Ohm Walsh speakers these days is that all parts of the driver, including crossover, is inside the can.

That was not the case with older Ohm Walsh speaks, like original Walsh 2s.

The crossovers were mounted separately in the cabinet. Upgrades from older Ohms to newer ones with self -contained drivers is a little more difficult at first (the old crossover board has to be removed or bypassed at minimum) but once you get to the new driver design, any aspect of the sound can be changed by swapping cans.

And the cans are the easiest part to ship to/from Ohm as needed.

A very clever, flexible and practical design for a company that lives on providing upgrades, tweaks and support direct to customers!

Mapman,

Yes, I have to say that Ohm is a very special company. And that remains true whether or not I choose, in the end, to keep their speakers.

I opened the box, and found, on top (the speaker elements are double boxed) a very long, Phillips head screwdriver, a very fancy, stainless steel, ballpoint pen with the Ohm company logo on it, and a note, signed by the president of the company, John, that reads:

"Thank you for choosing Ohm speakers.

We are sorry that you are having a problem.

Please accept this pen as a partial payment for being Ohm's field technician.

Your years of great sound is the main payment.

Good Listening!"

That's pretty special.

Anyway, the drivers are bolted down to a sheet of plywood inside the inner box. I will try swapping them out this weekend and report back. But I can't imagine another company going so far out of their way to make things right for a customer.

all for a $1000 speaker. This really makes me want to purchase a pair.

err.

At the end of the 6moons review of the Micro Walsh Talls, there is a brief section with pictures about Ohm, the company.

You'll see that they work out of very humble quarters and do little advertising to keep the overhead low, make products that are practical and affordable and put the money only where it really matters to make better sound.