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

Bond-
Pretty sure you'll be pleased with them. I'm not sure how you feel about the theory of the break-in period. I myself was a non-believer until I got the Micro Walsh Talls. They sounded great right out the box, but the tonal quality definitely changed over the course of 100 hours. The change greatly affected placement My point is, even if you disregard burn-in as bunk, be prepared to break them in for about 100 hours.

At any rate, a comparison with the Vandy's also sounds interesting They were on my short list before I went with the Ohm's.

-P

Hey Bondmanp! I really like Vandys, and I'm an even bigger Ohm fan (I chose MWTs over the 1C).
There IS some kind of deal out there for you. They're a great investment. The thing I like about Ohms, is all of the money I've saved by buying them when I did. Otherwise I'd have been on the speaker merry-go-round for the last 5 years...

When are the new models actually supposed to be shipping?

Thanks, Parasound and Zkzpb8!

Parasound - I am a firm believer in burn-in of speakers, most electronics, phono pickups and, to much lesser extent, ICs, speaker cables and power cords. Although I want to let them run in while I am not around, I get nervouse with my preamp being on too long when I am out of the room (tubes, smoke, fire, yadda, yadda), so I will keep them running as long as I am awake and at home.

Zkzpb8 - I also have a pair of Vandy W2q subs that will remain in place with the Ohms (the W2q is an amazing subwoofer, if you value musicality and seemless integration over brute force). Were you able to directly compare the Ohms with any Vandersteens? If so, which models? Indeed, if $2800 will take me off the upgrade path, it will be money very well spent - then I can upgrade the rest of my system
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Thanks.

Hey Bond - I never had the ability to compare the vandys and Ohms in the same room - but I demoed the vandys quite a bit, when I was interested in a pair of Meadowlark Kestrels, a few years ago. Those two speakers where in the same room, and it was that demo period that hooked me on time-coherent type speakers.

The Ohms have that same, open, effortless, natural sound (IMO). I've never seen the step response test of a pair of Ohms (would be interesting to see) - but I emailed John and he said that the drivers are mounted to be in time from the listener and the supertweeter has a simple low pass filter to keep the two drivers "in phase".

If I ever need subs, I'd most-likely go for the vandy subs in stereo.