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

Once again - I have heard a respected company's Statement Speaker, in this case the KEF Blade, and come away impressed, but not depressed. The Blade is a wonderful speaker, with excellent detail retrieval, image solidity and extension at both extremes. Of course, they sounded like a point source, a design goal that was met. Yet, the soundstage was confined to the area between the speakers. In that regard, I still prefer the Ref 205 & 207 to the Blade.

Bottom line: While the Blade is actually fairly priced at $30K, my beloved Walsh 2000s do not leave me with speaker envy.

"my beloved Walsh 2000s do not leave me with speaker envy."

I'm in a similar boat. Have heard lots of great systems and speakers. Still content.

Gotta say though that it took a lot of tweaking to my system over the last few years subsequent to the OHM Walsh upgrade with some additional expense associated to get to the point where others reference systems I hear do not leave me wanting. The OHMs are pretty forgiving and many may not care, with most gear, but it really takes a lot of focus and work to get things to that highest possible level. It usually takes a lot of hard work to achieve great things. Nothing unique there!

Mapman - I agree completely. While I really enjoy listening to my system as it is currently configured, the Ohms respond very well to upgrades. I am currently evaluating a pair of Vandersteen MHP-5 crossovers (I have a pair of Vandy subs) that replaced Vandersteen's basic crossovers. So far, the Ohms let me hear the improvements in the crossovers: Smoother mids and treble, better low-level detail, more stable imaging, and more bass (to the point that I will probably dial back the subs).

I am also planning several IC and power cord upgrades. As always, I will post my impressions here.

I've found significant differences with different ICs with the OHMS, more so than any other speaker I have owned.

HAven't crossed the bridge of dabbling with power cords yet. HAve not felt the need. I hesitate to change anything at present. Everything has been dialed in for the OHM F5s for about a year now. Maybe sometime soon.

Once again I upgraded my system (Is there any escape from this madness?). You can check out the amp review in the Products Review:Amps:McCormack DNA-250