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

Rebbi,
Thanks for your imput. I tend to agree that the carver sonic holography could be either wonderful or horrible depending on the character of the recordings. I had wanted to do the sonic holography again, but the $5000.00 price tag on their ultimate reciever killed that idea right away.
I followed all your threads, and have taken your suggestions on some of the best demo recordings to check out. Brothers in Arms and Steely Dan Gaucho left me pretty amazed. One of the newer recordings that you might want to check out is the new black eye peas "the end" which has some jaw dropping effects, and is a great demo when you want to show people what your speakers can do. Also, anything by Sade, I know that you mentioned Promise, but her later stuff has a lot more bass and bottom end in general, and are a real treat to listen to.
I'm blissfully happy with my micro talls, as I had Acoustic Research speakers in the past (I worked for them in the 70's) and also had experience with many other brands. The micro talls blow them all away. I'll never go back to conventional box speakers again. After reading your comments about your 100's, it makes me want to upgrade, but I'll have to wait for more $$$ to come in before I take the plunge. Take care and Merry Christmas!!!

I still have my Carver pre-amp with sonic holography around as a spare.

Agree about the ups and downs with sonic holography. I bought the Carverand used it primarily with Magneplanars back in the eighties. The Walsh 2s I also owned never seemed to benefit, nor the newer OHMs that I tried it with a while back just to see (hear).

The down that often ruined SH for me (other than the small sweet spot) was that I noticed it almost always tended to degrade the authority in the low end as a side effect of opening things up.

My wife hid the Walsh 5000s that I had ordered from John in early November. I assumed that I wouldn't recieve them until after the New Year since Ohm shuts down for a two week holiday at the end of December. Anyway, it was a nice surprise to get them on Christmas day. Of course I had to postpone setting them up until after entertaining family and neighbors.

I will give a full review after a few days of listening and utilizing a wide variety of genres. Let me just say that the news is good, very good. The Walsh 5000s sound fluid, dimensional and very dynamic fresh out of the box (unlike the Walsh 5 Series 3 which were tight-arse out of the box and needed several hard hours of breakin). There are two areas where the improvements/refinements are very obvious. I am very very pleased with what I am hearing but will wait before providing further details.

Merry Christmas all!

Mamboni,

Very cool. Congratulations! Looking forward to your impressions!

Mamboni, where in the world did your wife hide those big things? That would be a rather nice surprise! Looking forward to reading about your impressions.

I am going to talk to John once their end-of-year shutdown is over about getting the 3000 series drivers for my Walsh 3's. I had been listening to the 2000 series drivers mounted to one of my friend's Walsh 2's, very nice indeed. Now that I have a very nice set of 3XO cabinets, the 2000's will be going back to John for the 3000's.

I have to say the newer drivers are a very nice upgrade from the original drivers! Much smoother and not so "peaky" in the treble region. Bass is a bit tighter and deeper. A high recomendation if you have an older pair of Walsh's that haven't been back to Ohm for a tune-up.

Would love to have a pair of 5000's someday, but the 3000 should fit my listening room very well. Enjoy your music, and Happy Holidays to all! Tim