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

Well, good luck Rebbi, and thank you for your posts, which contributed to my (re)discovery of Ohm Acoustics. Me, I had my previous speakers for about 10 years before I decided an upgrade was necessary.

While I agree that hearing new gear and speakers is a fun part of our hobby, I just don't have the time or financial resources to do this very often. I satisfy this curiousity with audio shows (although not since Primedia went bust) and participation in my local audio club. Through this club, I've been fortunate to hear many speakers and different brands of gear. One of the things that led to my decision to keep the Ohms was hearing speakers that were much more expensive, well reviewed and well regarded, that did not impress me as much or more than the 2000s.

Finsup - I swapped in the MWTs for the 2000s last night to make sure they function properly. I am truly amazed at their performance. I did not push them very hard, but these used MWTs (not the current MicroWalsh SE), when run with my Vandersteen subs, sounded very similar to my the 2000s, almost identical! I do not regret spending for the 2000s, since they are properly sized for my room, but I can't recommend the MicroWalsh SE for smaller rooms or for people who use subwoofers strongly enough. Hopefully, I will get them in place as surrounds this weekend. I'll keep you posted.

Mapman - Congrats on the new muscle amps! Please let us know how the Ohms like the extra juice. If you have a chance to run them into your smaller Ohms, I'd love to hear if that is a worthwhile improvement as well. Although my Odyssey Stratos HT3 is no wimp (150 solid state watts/channel), I have wondered what the 2000s would do with a massive amp like your Bel Cantos.

PSB Synchrony 2's?

Excellent choice. As I think I've posted around here on A'gon somewhere, these are one of very few speakers that I could afford that I have heard that I could live happily with long term I think if I had to. They are a reasonable alternate to the OHMs I would say. Not many others I have heard in the same price range are.

FWIW Rebbe, I don't think there are any affordable monitors out there that can do things as well overall as the OHMs, at least when it comes to large scale orchestral or other works that require some low end muscle, at least not without a sub.

Rebbi - It sounds like you gave the Ohms a listen for a long time, but it's you're time to move on. Once in a while I get the bug to try something else, but it passes. You have to try things out, glad to see you found another speaker that suits you.

I'd have to guess that because your room is on the live side, the Ohms, as great as they are, are less forgiving than more directional speakers. I've owned psb's before and also liked them a lot - nice speakers!

The truth of the matter is, I've been hitting the audio forums a lot less than I used to - with the exception of this thread, so thanks Rebbi!

the ref1000mkiis arrived yesterday just in time for me to be snowed in with them and get some listening in.

i'll leave a teaser and say that things have changed significantly. details to follow once i have more time to tune in.

reb, your room does remind me of a very lively room with wood floors that i had my original walsh 2s in almost 30 years ago. lets just say it was a very unique and challenging environment to get things tuned into!

Bondmanp,

With your participation in a local audio club, maybe someone there has some amps they'd bring over to try out -- just for grins...