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

Bond,

I pretty much agree with everything you've written here. I'd only add that the Merlins are more revealing of upstream events and have a dynamic "jump" - especially with tube amps - that the Ohms lack. Just MHO.

Overall, I'd say that these are both outstanding speakers, but the Merlins do some things "better" while the Ohms do other things "better". "Better", in this case, meaning more to my taste.

The Merlin is a wonderful speaker. It is also a premium priced, premium finished luxury product. If you can live with the appearance, there's little doubt in my mind that the Ohms represent excellent value offering an appealling mix of performance strengths at a more manageable price point.

Marty

Rebbi, I forgot to mention that when I talked to John, I told him that he seems to have achieved sonic holography with his speakers. He then proceeded to tell me that when Bob Carver presented his Sonic Holography to the audio world, he did it with Ohm speakers. I just busted out laughing, and told him "that's a compliment of highest order to you" I wonder what THAT sounded like?? I read on one of the threads that someone had used the Holography in conjunction with a set of Ohms, and that it was redundant, or didn't work that well. Just the fact that Bob Carver wanted to use Ohms for something he was presenting speaks volumes. I guess he heard that unique quality that sets Ohms apart from the competition. I still can't believe that you sold your 100's. Do you miss them?? Happy listening! Joe

Map,

The LSA1 Statements are due via UPS today! I don't want to pull this thread off topic so when I have them set up and somewhat broken in, I'll report back in a separate thread.

" He then proceeded to tell me that when Bob Carver presented his Sonic Holography to the audio world, he did it with Ohm speakers."

I have a Carver c-6 pre-amp (sitting idle as a backup currently) with sonic holography that I used with many speakers for years (Magnepan, B&W, Dynaudio, Triangle, Boston Acoustics). The effects were apparent on all but the OHMs. The holographic benefits were redundant and not apparent but the slight effect on tonal balance (mainly a slight low end roll off and slight brightening in timbre) were, so I never used it with the OHMs as I did on occasion with all the others.

Just a listening note: I listened to Pink Floyd DSOTM last night. This was a used library copy of the standard CD. No remastering, no SACD, nadda. Yes, some of the guitar solos were a bit rough with the volume up high (I listen fairly loud), but OMG, this was a great listening experience. I could hear more of the lyrics and spoken words than ever before. The soundstage was massive, and the out-of-phase portions of the recording were flying all around my room, even behind me (just 2-channels powered up)! The clock chimes were scarily realistic. Everything, except some of those screaming guitars (and maybe that's what the producers intended them to sound like), was just right.