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

Martykl,

My guess is the MBLs are imaging champions for many because they are more omnidirectional on the top end than the Ohms.

The Ohms use a single soft dome tweeter these days in the series 3 versions as I understand it from John Strohbeen. These are normally mounted to face inwards 45 degrees. The soft dome design provides good dispersion as tweeters go, but it is not omnidirectional.

With the Ohms, when listening on-axis your ears receive sound directly from the tweets, the timbre is brighter and the imaging tends to sound more "etched" like more conventional box designs. When not, the timbre is less bright and the imaging sounds less etched, but the imaging still holds up in terms of being able to localize instruments, recording lines, etc.

Mapman, Recalling an earlier conversation that we had on the subject of imaging of Ohms, omni's, and conventional speakers, FWIW I set up my conventional speakers so that the tweeter axis crosses in front of the listener position on about the same angle that the Ohm use. Interesting isn't it. Perhaps if Rebbi hasn't already tried this, he might find it interesting to do so with his boxes. BTW, this set up also solved some first reflection problems from side walls and ceilings that I had.

Newbee,

You mean toeing in the Arros?

Rebbi, Yes. It only takes a couple of seconds and is instantly reversible, especially with small speakers. :-) But, keep the distance relationships between speakers and listening position more traditional...don't get them too far apart (mine are set up with the speakers about 9ft apart and my ears just over 10feet from the speakers.

Have fun...........

Some of the old, more conventional, Ohm FRS line was visibly a variation of the 45 degree inward tweeter orientation theme.

http://www.ohmspeakers.com/store_item_list.cfm?TYPE=CONVENTIONAL%20SPEAKERS&cart_ID=12191242340438