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

I'm having a bit of buyer's remorse after having had the Velodyne sub connected for a day or two now. I don't know if it's positioning, the non in-line connection, or something else but the bass to me seems both unnecessary sometimes compared to the Ohms bass output alone, and other times seems to overpower the sound. Right now I have the sub against the wall, to the right of the right speaker, which puts it about 3/4 of the way to the wall on the right which is about 10 feet from the subwoofer. I haven't yet moved the subwoofer to try other positions.

I used the auto-EQ, and have fiddled a bit with phase settings and the low-pass dial, although generally I shoot to tighten up the bloat and minimize how loud and bloomy it can sound. If anyone has any tips on how I should get this thing properly setup that'd be a big help. Right now I'm not feeling that my $450 was justified.

One more note: I feel like the sub isn't quick enough to keep up with the speed and crispness of the Ohms.

The rumble is there, but the notes and the music aren't. I could move it to a corner, but it seems as though that is supposed to make it more bloomy and less tight! Maybe I need a smaller subwoofer? A more "musical" sub?

Rbf,

The Velodyne auto EQ is a mess.

It only uses graphic (fixed band) EQ and doesn't incorporate the parametric (variable "Q") capabilities of the software. Get a video monitor and manually tweak all paramaters (x-over point, slope, phase, band center, Q, etc) until you see a pretty flat FR. Tweak by ear from there.

This may not be the best subwoofer out there, but set-up this way it is very good. In all likelihood, you just need to work it a bit.

Good Luck,

Marty

PS If this set-up process doesn't appeal to you, you might think about a preamp (or pre-pro or AVR) with Audyssey. Their auto set-up is IMHO just about flawless.

Thanks Marty, although I don't understand apart any of what you said, lol.

To clarify though: it's a matter of setup and tweaks, not having a terrible subwoofer, correct? I figured for $400 I had to be buying at least a solid subwoofer that could integrate well with the Ohms!