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


Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi
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.
Ron,

What Mapman said. You can't go wrong with that trial period, and you may find that you really love them! And 90 watts is more than enough power to drive those puppies to very loud volumes in a small-medium sized room.
Ron325, Sorry if we scared you with the 1/2 inch toe out and things like that. From what I've read, the Ohms are pretty forgiving as far as placement, but if you take the time to fine tune them to your room, you will be rewarded beyond expectations. I'm still amazed by my micro talls, and am contemplating upgrading to the 100's/1000's when I get my tax refund. I hope you decide to give them a test run. I took a chance and I'll never look back Joe
I still don't get the impedance thing, but if I go with these, I'll call Rogue- they are always really helpful.
Yeah, I've read that they have a wide (or "big", or something) soundstage, so I always thought that meant I could spend less time worrying about the sweetspot. But, I don't have the patience for a million tweaks- I'll do some basic moving-things-around, but not much else. So, yes, reading about the placement tweaks had me a bit nervous.
I need to sell my Taylo's before I can buy anything, though.
"Yeah, I've read that they have a wide (or "big", or something) soundstage, so I always thought that meant I could spend less time worrying about the sweetspot. "

The soundstage will generally be big regardless of placement as long as they are not too close to each other. Imaging focus and detail and bass levels at a variety of listening locations are the things that can reap greater rewards with proper placement. You will generally want to determine the best placement initially from the typical "sweet spot". Once that is done, the resulting soundstage, imaging and coherency should remain in play from most any location.