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


Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi
I first encounter the OHM Walsh 4 as a penniless audiophile back in 1985 at a local dealer. That one experience has stay with me all these years. I want to thank John for keeping the faith in these unique speakers and I want to express my warmhearted recognition to the inventor Lincoln Walsh. At 56 years of age, these will probably be my last speakers.
Congrats on the 3000's! I do enjoy mine very much so, and probably like many here, remember first listening to Ohm's back in the early/mid 80's and them kind of staying with you. I am glad John was able to work with you on these, I am sure you will enjoy them very much. What veneer did you get?

Once you get them, hang in there with the break-in period, that can be somewhat frustrating at times, but they will come around. I think in the end they are a speaker that will just do it for you, or they won't, not much of an in-between. The main thing is just have fun and enjoy them along with your music! Tim
Moth my current OHMs sounded totally foreign to me when I first hooked them up despite having owned Walsh 2s for years. The thought that they sounded like crap at first listen probably crossed my mind. It's a combo of the speakers breaking in and your ears adapting to listening to music in a totally different way. Hang in there and tweak as needed! You will either make the transition or not. I suppose that's one reason why John offers such a favorably long audition period.
Map, that is exactly what I thought when I first got my 3000's cahnged over from the original drivers. I thought "My goodness, what have I just done?" But knowing how good the 2000's ended up being during that trial period, I just kept on with them. Have had a few difficulties along the way, but all is paying off. It is nice to have that very generous trial period for sure. Tim
I acquired my 100S3's second hand first as a test. THese may have been somewhat broken in by the prior owner but nit certain. Totally foreign sound at first listen. Then I gradually got tuned in and tweaked. Based on that, then eventually I bought the 5S3s from OHM as my new cornerstone speakers. My ears were adapted more somewhat but it still took several months for these to really break-in I would say. Then I changed pre-amp, amp and tweaked ICs and setup as needed. It's been dialed in now for well over a year, going on two, and I am hesitant to change or touch a thing! Sometimes, the smallest thing can lead to a whole new sequence of tweaks/changes. I hate that when things are finally sounding just the way you want them too!