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

Joefish - A lot depends on your room. If your room is very large, you will be pushing them harder for the same apparent output level. If pushed too hard, the Yammi could clip, and that could damage the super-tweeter in the MWT (or any speaker). You might not even realize it is clipping until it's too late. However, if you're room is not too large for the MWTs, and you don't over do it on the volume level, you should be fine.

Big news!

My invitation to members of my local audio club has paid off big time. Last night, one of the more knowledgeable members of the club came by.

Perhaps it was sloth, perhaps a reluctance to buy into the importance of the room and setup, but there were a few things I should have done, but never did, that this fellow helped me with last night. We removed my old speakers from the sidewalls, installed some basic acoustic treatments, and carefully dialed-in and leveled the Ohms. The cumulative effect of all this was significant.

He identified a forwardness in the mids as a possible source of my issues with piano notes in the midrange. More toe-in and careful leveling reduced this issue to a large degree. Although I have yet to revisit the offending recordings, the CDs and LPs my new best friend brought with him last night sounded fantastic. His well-trained ears were able to detect a decent amount of depth, and good detail at the rear of the soundstage. These are things I have never been able to hear myself. (Is it possible that, as with some people's vision, I have poor depth perception in audio terms?)

There was occasionally a little sharpness on higher piano notes, in the lower treble range, but the distorted midrange notes were no longer in evidence.

In any case, my guest felt that by the time he was ready to leave, that the Ohms were sounding very good, and has encouraged other club members to stop by and hear them. Considering how much experience he has as a listener, I can't imagine a better compliment.

More club members have asked to come over, so I will keep you all posted.

Bondmanp,

Glad to hear it.

4 or more trained ears are always better than two!

Mapman, I have the Micro walsh talls. my reciever is a yamaha RX-V465 that puts out 100 watts per ch. I know it's not the best reciever I could use, but to my old ears, it makes the ohms sound unbelievable. Like I said, I love these speakers so far, and don't want to blow them up. I plan to get a better amp and pre-amp in the future, but lack the funds to do so right now. I was forced to decide where I would put the most money on a limited budget, and I'm so glad I put more into the Ohms. If they sound this good with the Yamaha,I can only imagine what they would sound like with a good high current amp. I need more money...............sigh.....

Joe,

I think 100w/ch is a good match to the Micro Talls particularly at that price point.

My Musical Fidelity A3CR amp is only 120w/ch and drives my Walsh 100S3s and even my larger Walsh 5S3 extremely well.

The MF amp cost me about $600 used off of Ebay a couple years back.