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

OK, the Ohm 1000s arrived Wednesday and so far I've got about 4 hours of listening from them. The 3-D image is wonderful out of the box, but still have some experimenting to do with respect to positioning. Plus, they need some break-in time. Way premature to give much in the way of a review, but we are off to a good start!
 More to follow.

I understand the Ohm speakers are quasi-omnidirectional and was curious if anyone has tried some form of DSP room correction with them? I have an amp that does room correction. Congrats on your 1000's mlsstl I'll keep scanning the thread to see how you like them. 

@djones51:. although I don’t use it in stereo, my 2 channel system is integrated into my home theater system. In multichannel listening, I use a Pioneer receiver with MCACC. I have not had any issues with this and my Ohms. Except for the subs and the back surround speakers, my surround system is all Ohm Walsh, 2000, a Walsh centr and MWT surrounds. Works great.

Thanks bondmanp for the info. I have a micromega that has room correction and would be using them in a 2 channel system without subs. From what I understand of the Ohm is they reproduce a more 3-d image, I guess a larger 'sweet spot' and just wondered if room correction would actually work against this type of speaker as opposed to a more traditional front firing speaker. 

I've now spent about 12 hours listening to my new Ohm 1000s and experimenting with their placement in my room. This is not a dedicated listening room so there are limitations as to what can go where.

Right out of the box, the 3-D imaging was amazing. Even more so, it is extremely impressive is to be freed from the very small sweet spot that most other speakers have. For a long time I told myself that when I'm listening seriously, I'll be in that one spot that gives the best image. If I'm anywhere else, then I'm listening casually and imaging isn't that critcal.

I think I've been cheating myself with that view. The Ohms have removed the shackels. It is simply marvelous to be able to move about the room or sit elsewhere and have the music continue to image like a live ensemble, without the 3-D qualities disappearing or changing unnaturally.

The one thing that had kept me from trying Ohms in the past few years turned out to be a non-issue. There is a door opening (with no door to close) behind and to the side of the right speaker. I had thought that would screw things up badly for a quasi-omni speaker. However, after talking to John at Ohm, he said that shouldn't be an issue -- it's the wall between the speakers that counts. Turned out he was right on and the doorway does not seem to adversely affect the sound.

The other strong point is that acoustic instruments, and vocals in particular, are extemely well voiced. They are natural and accuate sounding and the tonal balance is outstanding. This, in combination with the gigantic sweet spot, makes the sonic image float eerily independent of the speakers -- very nice.

Interestingly, the speakers were a bit bass-shy out of the box. This is not something one expects from Ohms. However, in experimenting with the placement and running a few 20 Hz to 200 Hz frequency sweeps, I found the right spot that got rid of the mid-bass dip. It was just a matter of moving them about 2 or 3 inches closer to the wall behind them. Bass is now impressively solid and deep.

The only shortcoming is very material dependent. Some recordings have their vocals too closely miked (or used a rather "spitty" sounding mike), so there can be some brittleness on vocals in those recordings. That happens less than 10% of the time on the material I've played so far. Plus, between the break-in and experimenting with positions, this problem has subsided substantially over the past few days. I've still got some more work to do that may help this, but I do need to remember that I can't expect a speaker to fix the poor aspects of a recording.

Despite having a 120 day trial, I've already decided these are keepers. I have very eclectic taste in music -- classical, jazz, folk, pop, rock, and various other oddities. (Just picked up a CD of civil war songs along side some Ginastera and Pink Matini....) While I don't listen loudly -- 85 dB is about the maximum for average volume -- so far the Ohms are handling it all with ease. As you can tell, I'm pleased.