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

Call Ohm and see if they still have any refurbished Super Walsh 2 S3s available, similar to those in my system. These are the nice vintage pyramid shaped cabinets with the 100 series 3 drivers and usually go for around $1300 when available.

Yeah. The $300 is what will make me have to wait...

Check out the OHM site where they list upgrade options for old Walsh speakers to see which models can be upgraded to 100 S3. I think the upgrade itself is around $800.

Then, you might be able to pick up a pair of older OHMs for around $200 that you can upgrade yourself. This is the cheapest way, though it involves you doing the upgrade.

The upgrade (for old Walsh 2's for example) can involve removing old drivers, removing acoustic damping material, prying out the old crossover board in the base, putting a new terminal board in its place using a glue gun, reattaching internal supports if needed using same glue gun, re-inserting acoustic damping material and attaching new drivers. Some older models might be as simple as removing old driver and attaching new to upgrade. You can get the upgrade info for specific models from OHM.

Another option to reduce cost is pick up a pair of old OHMs on ebay that can be traded in for greater value to reduce the end cost of buyng new or refurbished speaks from OHM. OHM will take up to two pair for up to 40% of cost as trade-in I believe. This is what I did to obtain my Walsh 5's.

For this option, you have to make sure the speaks you get for trade-in meet OHMs trade-in requirements regarding condition, and you have to factor in shipping costs both to obtain speaks and ship to OHM for trade-in.

I was able to buy an old pair of C2s on Ebay for just over $100 and have them shipped direct to OHM for trade-in value of $700, for example. Then I also traded in my own old Walsh2s which cost me about $40 to ship to OHM. Together I was able to receive 40% the cost of refurbished F-5s.

Whoa! Those are good ideas!

-Thanks!

Everybody,

I thought it might be good to explain why my final report on the Micros versus the 100s has been so delayed.

In essence, about six days after my dad was released from the hospital following successful bypass surgery, my mom fell down at home and broke her hip. So I've spent the past three weeks pretty much doing nothing except for trying to help them and all of us get through this. I'm extremely grateful that my mom seems to be coming through this successfully, and was just transferred to a rehabilitation hospital today. So things are looking up. I'm very grateful, but also exhausted, and haven't had any time to listen to music over the past few weeks.

I feel hopeful that things will finally begin to settle down into a more regular rhythm and I will be able to get back to relatively trivial matters like posting my report. ;-)

Best...

PS: I spoke with John a few days ago to tell him why I hadn't yet returned any of the merchandise that I have from Ohm. He kind of gasped and said, "What's going on with your family right now is much more important than me getting my speakers back! Take your time!" :-)