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

"What is your answer to those who whine that digital amps are not great in the treble - say with a soprano voice. Not sure specifically what they mean, but I've read that many times. A roughness I think. That's my fear about W4S in particular and somewhat the BC's."

I do not hear any issues. Might be a personal preference thing for how certain amps sound in particular systems.

The BCs/Wyreds/IcePower are highly damped. This works extremely well with the larger OHMs but may not be optimal with other speakers that do not benefit as much from high damping.

THe BCs are the best I have heard with my OHMs. Other amps might have more pros and cons with my smaller monitors. THe BCs sound great but a touch brighter on my Dynaudio monitors than the OHMs. WIth my very small Triangle monitors, the sound is towards the lean side. The Triangle Titus monitors would be best served by a tube amp for example. BUt they still sound very good with the BCs.

Coot,

I recall audiogoner Mamboni moved to the Wyred amps for his larger newer OHMs recently and was most pleased. THat is a good omen! Mamboni is/was a professional musician in an orchestra I believe and is one of the most knowledgeable OHM/Walsh driver owners I know.

Thanks, Map. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Also for sharing your experience with others here!

About Ohm center channels: I have Ohm 1000s and wanted to get a center channel. I called John Strohbeen during the sale. He advised, based on my space and distance from the center channel, that the Micro Walsh driver would be sufficient and voice matched with the 1000s (saving me a couple hundred compared to the 1000 driver). We then discussed my space, my mounting options, etc. He is presently building a box from scratch to meet my needs. Obviously, I haven't heard it yet, but based on the sound of my 1000s, and my experience doing business with Mr. Strohbeen, I expect it to be outstanding.

Also, FWIW, my amp is the Class D Audio SDS-470C Custom. Well reviewed, and to my untrained but willing and eager ears, sounds great. 300 WPC at 8 ohms, 600 WPC at 4 ohms, for $695. Should drive the new Walsh 2.2000s (purchased during the Columbus Day sale) quite nicely.

Stinky,

Nice to hear of good results by others with other even more affordable Class D amps.

I've read about Class D Audio and thought this would be an interesting option to try with the Walshes. Assuming these are stock IcePower amps, I would expect similar very good results used with most pre-amps, though 10K input impedance of stock IcePower might not be the best match posible on paper with some tube pre-amps. With SS pre-amps, the performance is likely similar to similar amps from Wyred I would expect.