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

Since acquiring my Rubys, I've wondered about the Omni Harmonizer. I'd love to hear your impressions after you've had a chance to evaluate. I wouldn't have thought to mate it with Ohms.

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This weekend, i experimented with the ohm 100 series 3 speakers back in the sun room, which i have not tried in quite awhile in that in the past, the bass was always just too heavy in there.

What a nice surprise this time that they are sounding spot on! The only difference is this time they
are each sitting on a one foot square ceramic tile acting as a plinth under the bass ports in the bottom. They sit on a thick wool oriental rug on a tile floor, that i have always had trouble with acoustically. Its a keeper
now! I can see why all newer 1000 series models have the plinth on the bottom. IT helps avoid too much interaction between bass port and floor/room acoustics.

Triangle titus are back in the larger family room where the 100s were prior on my second system. Set up nicely on stands (for the first time ever in that room) and no sub this time. The m&k needs to be rebuilt, a project for another day.

The triangles too sound quite glorious, a natural mate with the warmer electronics in that system. I think i can live without a sub there for a while with no problem. The 100s sounded the warmest I have ever heard OHM Walshes sound in my second system, with the NAD pre-amp, TAD Hibachi monoblocks,and mhdt Paradisea tube DAC. The Triangles are more efficient and tend more towards the cold/analytic side and benefit nicely from warmer gear upstream, including a tube or two.

As it stands, i may just donate my ohm Ls that i custom rebuilt myself a
while back to my sister. They will work well for her i think. These are in
my
unfinished area and do not get used often, only on occasion while playing
table tennis. I can easily pick up something inexpensive to replace those
eventually just to try something different.

Well, the results of my power cord upgrade are in. If you had told me five years ago that for under $3K I could own a pair orf loudspeakers that allowed me to hear the difference between brass plugs and copper plugs on the same power cord, I would have probably said that wouldn't be possible for $30K. But here we are. Needing a rather long power cord in order to move my amp nearer to my Walsh 2000s, I had to stick with lower-priced brands. I once bought a pair of ICs from AudioArt Cables, and liked them, so I spoke with Rob Fritz at AudioArt about a 5.5 meter power cord. Since the long run was pricey, I went with the entry-level Wattgate plugs, which are made of brass. While the cord sounded okay, there was a frequent emphasis in high frequency sibilants that was not pleasent, most often on female vocals. I talked to Rob about it, and he suggested I upgrade the cable plugs to copper Furutechs in order to eliminate the issue. I have to admit I was skeptical, but I tried it anyway. Well, eureka! The copper plugs fixed the sibilance issue, and sound really smooth, with nice extension at both ends, improved dynamic slam, and excellent soundstage width. The power cord was a good deal, but I am still shocked that my relatively inexpensive system with my Ohms was able to resolve this tiny difference in the power cord's plugs.

Thanks for you thoughts, Wtf. Very instructive.

Bond,

Your findings with the different power cord plugs are interesting.

Are you sure the only difference was the type of plug? Could the connection to the cord itself perhaps have been more sound with the new plug versus old?

In any case, interesting that you heard a difference.