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

Kristian85: Have you ever heard an Ohm loudspeaker? If so, please post your impressions. FWIW, I heard some fantastic kit over the weekend. I heard the $54K smaller Scena (sp?) four piece towers, driven by s.s. BAT amp and preamp, and $10K AMR CD player. Huge, open soundstage, incredible definition, decay, powerful extended bass - it was all there. Did this major-buck rig outperform my Ohm 2000s? Of course. So did a more modest (!) system consisting of KEF Reference 207 (the current version) driven by Manley 100 watt tube monos and the same AMR CD player. Big, open and airy sound with great detail and again, excellent decay. Also better then my own rig. But the KEFs cost $20K/pr. I went home and listened to my modest hodge-podge rig with my Ohm 2000s. I know it does not live up to those expensive systems I heard, but it still produced pleasing, enjoyable music, and put a smile on face. For the money, that is no small feat, and why I and others "gush" over Ohm speakers.

I regularly listen to high end systems for reference and comparison and have worked to get my system into the same league.

THese days, I think I have accomplished that. I might be the Blue Jays or Rays rather than the Yankees, but my setup competes.

One thing I can assert is that the OHMs have never been the bottleneck. Every change I make is clearly audible.

You do have to look at the whole system together including room, etc.

Once you do that, choice of speakers can become a very personal choice to determine what kind of sound you want. My goal is to sound as much like a live performance of any musical genre as possible. The OHMs let me do that. OTher speakers might edge them out in some categories (as the OHMs might as well) but the OHMs are clearly the total package at nominal cost.

Let it suffice to say that in this age of self-obsessed public blog-wrangling with personal issues and decisions, if you do this, expect to be subject to criticism.

It was the OP's gushing and OTT exclamations re the Ohms when he first heard them that I found amusing and instructive. The OP was hopefully disabused of the notion that different is better.

Strohbeen has the patience of saints, and is to be highly commended. Though I am normally strictly beholden to active speakers (ATCs etc.) due to far lower distortion than passives, I'm certainly curious to hear some Ohms, and will do so when possible though I'm leery of suboptimally flat FR over the audible range at the listening position. As a trained listener, I'll know in 15 minutes or less whether they're for me. Usually in the first couple of bars.

"I'm leery of suboptimally flat FR"

KRistian,

NEver heard the term "suboptimally flat FR" before.

What does it mean?

Also, I would not condemn someone for having a change of heart on these things over time. It happens all the time and does not necessarily mean that the process is flawed. You generally have to take some hits in the interest of learning. My hope would be merely to keep the costs associated with the discovery process to a minimum.