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

Joefish - I think that's the CD, but it is a copied CD-R that someone gave me years ago; no live second disc. I have Welcome Home on vinyl, but since I am only on the letter "C" in my alphabetical quest to listen and digitize (in real time) my vinyl, it will be some time before I get to it. But I recall that LP as being a good sounding one even on the mid-fi gear I owned back in the 80s when I first got it.

3000 series driver update. I recieved my 3000's on Tuesday, and finally got to install them on my 3XO cabinets last night.

Installation was pretty easy, easier than the 2000 series on an OW2 cabinet that I had tried prior to the 3's. The hardest part is getting out the old terminal board on the bottom and getting the new one with the Sub-Bass Activator installed. Then it is a simple matter of connecting the plug from it to the new drivers and mounting the drivers with four wood screws each to the top baffle board.

I know from past expereinces with the 2000 series and also what others have experienced, the Ohm's do need a considerable bit of break-in. I used to think was a little bit of crap, and maybe for some speakers/drivers it is. But I find things tend to loosen up a bit and smooth out. It took the 2000's about 3 months of heavy playing and a fair bit of playing with positioning to get them where I was happy. I don't expect the 3000's to be much different in this regard, other than positioning will be a little easier now.

Initial impressions are very good, the treble is very smooth and lifelike, again, very realistic. The midrange/upper bass is a bit fuzzy at the present, and bass a little on the heavy one-note side. Again, most of this is the same impression I had of the 2000 as well.

I believe the 2000/3000 main drivers are a bit different from each other, and not sure of the surrounds on the 3000. I think the tweeters are the same though. Some of this might impact the break-in period a little, not sure at this point. In the meantime, I will be playing tunes whenever possible to get them up to speed, and enjoy them along the way. Shame the wife works from home or I would put the CD player on continuous/repeat while I am at work.

My thanks to John for working out a few bugs along the way, as mine were the first 3/3000 they had done. Will keep you all posted as time goes on. I think I am going to like these a lot! Enjoy the music! Tim

Frazeur,

Fun stuff!

Unless something has changed with the latest line, I think the larger Walsh drivers will take perhaps a tad longer to break in, all other things aside. My Walsh 5's did.

My 100S3s came used and already broken in so I cannot compare.

Enjoy!

I read a lot of this thread, and it's tempting me to try some MicroWalsh SE's (my main speaker search has been for something with a very small footprint, due to some constrained NYC living situation). Basically, I'm downgrading, because I need some super-small floorstanders (no room for monitors- selling my Tyler Taylo's, which I love).
So, these things are the right size, and my room is fairly small. But, I rarely sit still when listening to music. All this sweet-spot talk (half-inch toe-in stuff is not for me) has me worried. My monitors filled the room (granted, they are bigger, and I had a sub), but I never felt like I had to tweak their positioning to get a good sound.

So, my amp is an integrated tube (Rogue Audio Tempest 2- which I really like, no plans to change that) and it has what they call "User selectable 4 or 8 ohm output taps". Which would I use for OHM speakers? They're 6 ohm, right?

And, I'm wondering how my amp would do driving these speakers. I don't know anything about "current", and here's the link to my amp, if anyone has any ideas:

http://www.rogueaudio.com/Products_Tempest.htm
ehh, the the link didn't post, so here's the specs)
Ultra-wide bandwith output transformers
- Massive high storage power supply
- Matched quad output tubes
- User selectable 4 or 8 ohm output taps
- User selectable triode or ultralinear output
- (4) KT88, (2) 6SN7, (2) 12AX7 tube complement
- Active outputs for subwoofer or biamping
- Heavy (2 ounce) copper circuit board
Specifications: [back to top]
- output power: 90WPC minimum
- THD: <0.1% typ., <1% at rated power
- frequency response:
- 20Hz - 20KHz at peak output,
- 10Hz - 100KHz at 10 watts
- input sensitivity: 1.0V RMS
- dimensions: 18" W x 15¾" D x 7" H
- weight: 60 lbs
- shipping weight: 65 lbs
- power requirements: 120V/240V - 50/60Hz

Ron,

6 ohm is a nominal value, actual impedance will vary up and down from that depending on frequency. Low frequencies have lower impedance in general I believe. I'd probably try the 4 ohm setting first for best bass performance.

With the OHM in home trial policy, you can certainly try things out to see how well they work with your amp with no real risk.