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

I've found that my 100s require higher SPLs to "open up" dynamically and, consequently, I listen louder these days. This has made me wonder about Sat 5s which are designed for higher output. Map, since you have both 100s and 5s, I'd love to get your take on their behavior at higher volumes. I know sat 5s w/subs aren't 5s, but your experience is probably as close as I'm gonna find.

Thanks in advance,

Marty

PS Room is 3 walls w only an open railing behind the listener. The floorplan is app. 23' X 14 ft. The 100s are app 3 1/2 feet from the long wall behind them and 10' from my seat. The ceiling in app 18' high and the open space behind the listening position is pretty large.

Marty,

The thing to me that distinguishes the OHMs from many other designs at their particular price point per room size IS their ability to open up and shake the rafters at more realistic listening volumes with little or no fatigue (with proper amplification).

The Walsh CLS driver and all that goes with it is the key to its unique abilities in this area.

They also are competitive in terms of dynamics, detail, imaging etc. in most key aspects of good sound at lower volumes, and of course still have the distinctive, lifelike sound of an omni design, but there are many other speaker designs at various comparable price points that do detail, imaging and other things well also using a more conventional design. Rebbe's Totem Arros are a great example. They do most things except go loud and shake the rafters as well as most anything in a suitably sized room.

Most speaks that can do what the OHM Walshes do at realistic SPLs in their target room size tend to cost a lot more. That is where a lot of the unique value comes in.

Of course, most would also acknowledge that they are champs in regards to size of soundstage, which is also key for enabling the speaks to work all their other forms of magic in terms of air, imaging, dynamics, etc.

These are "muscle speaks" that also have the ability to deliver delicate lines with finesse and detail due to their unique design (the Walsh driver). That's what makes them unique and different from say Quad eletrostats or even other good dynamic designs at similar price points.

Rebbe,

One other thing regarding break-in is that with the larger drivers, even the 100 to some extent it will break in best if you are able to "crank it up" a bit from time to time to really help "loosen things up".

They will take as much clean power as you can throw at them and still be able to listen comfortably.

Did any of you guys get this email?

We are proud to announce the appointment of Audible Emotions as our distributor in Germany, Matthias Ertel, founder.

Matthias grew up with Ohm Fs and is now providing Ohm F-5000 upgrades as well as the new MicroWalsh Signature Edition (soon to be available in the USA and Canada). He will also be helping with service on Ohm Classic speakers.

If you are in Europe and read German, please check out his website www.audibleemotions.de.

Good Listening!

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