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

Mamboni, how are the new 5000's coming along? I have been anxiously waiting on some comments about these. I know you have them and also Don Lindich of Sound Advice is also going to have a review/comment on them at some point.

Bond, glad things are sounding a bit better for your 2000's. Tim

They sound fantastic. I am presently listening to a live recording of Berlioz' "Les Troyens" and the vocalists are reproduced perfectly. These 5000's having explosive dynamics and an ultra-clean tranparent sound. I will be posting a detailed review in a few days once I complete conducting all of my requisite torture tests. So far, I'd say these are John Strohbeen's best effort to date - the improvements over the Walsh 5's are staggering, and the improvements over the most excellent Walsh 5 Series 3s are significant, if that were possible. Amazing loudspeakers - quite awesome - I am enjoying them immensely!

Mamboni, I assume the ST-1000 amp must be doing yeoman's work with the 5000's as it did with your 5 S3's. How do you like it? I've had the ST-1000 amp since Friday. Been running it 24/7. Are you using a tube preamp? I'm using a VTL 2.5. I emailed you about the ST-1000 but never heard from you.

Sorry I didn't respond - I'm presently buried under unread Emails and work-related stuff.

The ST-1000 is driving the Walshs beautifully -effortlessly. The sound is very lively and dynamic, silky yet super-detailed and the noise floor is non-existent. I'm driving the amp with a Pioneer Elite SP99D Preamp-processor which has an utterly clean, quiet and neutral sound. I use it in stereo mode exclusively.

My main listening system:

Ohm Walsh 5000
Cables: solid core .9999 silver 18g
Wyred4Sound ST-1000
Pioneer Elite SP-99D Preamp-Processor
Cambridge Audio DACMagic
Pioneer Elite PD-59 transport

Excellent Mamboni, will be looking forward to more comments/review when you can. Tim