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

" 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.

Bondman,

I have not fired up DSOTM in quite a while. I need to do that again just for reference in that so many know this milestone recording and I have undergone a lot of changes to my system since I last listened.

Thought I would check in after a long hiatus from this thread. Not much to say previoulsy because I've been struggling to get my setup to sound good with my Walsh 5000 protoypes in my room. It's no fun to report when the struggle is ongoing. So I've been quiet. Been through different amps and preamps. I can finallly report that I've turned the corner and good sound is in the house with the W4S ST-1000 amp and newly added Cary SLP-05 preamp. The 5000's really do holography, imaging and dimensionality that I had not heard previous to the addition of the Cary and I haven't even rolled tubes yet. The Cary has brought a new level of palpability to the Walsh speakers.

Foster,

Glad to hear it. Your patience and determination is admirable!

Nice to hear of a new winning combo (Cary/W4S/OHM). I've always heard good things about Cary products but have never had the chance to listen.