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

Joekapahulu,

Are the tweeters oriented towards your listening position? That will typically brighten up the highs. If you sit further back, you might need to toe the OHMS outward to point the tweets more towards your listening position.

What Mapman said. Toe in and toe out will definitely affect the forwardness of the Ohm Walsh high end. Also, experiment with distance from the back wall. Too much bass reinforcement from near wall/corner placement can muddy the highs and mids.

A third vote for toe in. When I originally set up the speakers, I had the inadvertantly angled the tweeters outward instead of inward. For a few uncomfortable moments, I had that bad sinking feeling. About 30 seconds later, I figured out the mistake. This is fundamental to the balance of the speaker, even small shifts can be quite audible. It makes all the difference in the world.

Marty

Good point also on the effect of placement relative to walls and corners on tonal balance and clarity Rebbi.

I have them setup per the "manual" with the tweeters oriented to the listener and the boxes more than 1/2 in front of the rack to the side of each speaker. I havent tried orienting them out. That could be interesting. The placement ahead of the rack definitely helped. Unfortunately, it is not the perfect room, if any is, and its not a dedicated audio room. However, the C2s I had setup before and the Spendor S3/5s setup behind the Walshs both have more highs. John did not and I understand that box speakers sound different.