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

Espressogeek,

I find them power hungry but very interesting.

Tell us more about what you mean by power hungry, if you can. Thanks!

In my experience, I've driven the Ohms with a wide range of electronics:

An Onkyo HT Receiver (lower end @ about 80 wpc)
100 wpc Monoblocks
250 wpc stereo amp

All have driven the Ohms with no problems. But I don't listen at very loud levels (max is usually around 80-85bd sessions)

Fellow Ohm'ies,

I continue to tweak my setup, largely with respect to tinkering with the placement of my 100's. I am trying to get the best balance of imaging, soundstage and tonal balance. At the same time, I'm aware that the Ohms are still breaking in.

What's bugging me is that I feel that my experimentation is random, or hit miss. I pull them out from the wall, push them back, toe them in, toe them out... it's kind of like dancing the speaker Hokey Pokey, if you get my drift... And then I lose track of what I'm doing and I'm not sure if what I heard two iterations ago is better than what I'm hearing now. At least I do have my current "best setup" marked with tape on the floor, so I can get back to that.

Another issue: I'm not sure what source material I should be listening to while I do this. Vocals? Something I'm really familiar with?

I guess what I'm asking for is help doing this systematically. How should I start? What am I listening for as I move the speaks in different ways?

Thanks in advance...

For music, I would say vocals and piano would probablay help you evaluate the sound. For positioning I'd be looking at the position where the soundstage would be the widest and deepest and yet not sacrifice too much low end, but that's just me.

I like to use the tracks "Season of the Witch" by Donovan as a reference point to get soundstage and imaging focused and bass honed in.

Other tracks on "Donovans Greatest Hits" can then also be used as tests once you tune in using that cut.