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

Sorry about that, Ultimatezap. At least you will have something to keep you busy until you get back to work.

BTW, I neglected to mention, about 11 years ago, I sold NHT at a regional audio-video store. I always liked the NHTs, and frankly, they were the best sounding (if not the most expensive) brand we sold. But, I do recall very well those metal dome tweeters. With the mediocre AVRs and amps we had on hand, these tweets were displayed in all of their harsh, bright, ragged glory. If any of that has ever bothered you about your NHTs, you're in for a treat.

Haven't heard NHT in a while but from my recollection, they have a different tonality than OHM, more like the French Triangle speakers that I also listen to and enjoy regularly on my "other" system.

Thank you, Gents. I apologize for my brief previous rant.

UPS shows Tuesday as delivery day for the Ohms. Yippee!! We've got so much snow around that I hope UPS ventures out.

As to the NHT's, they are a bit bright, so I'll have to get used to a sound that might at first strike me as slightly muted or dull. This is where I hope that the 30 minute auditory memory window really is true!

I'll keep you guys posted.

A couple of years ago I acquired a mint and beautiful pair of mahogany NHT 2.5's that I was very stoked about, even the wife thought they at least looked better than my beloved NLA's. However, I was very disapointed that I could not get them to sound cohesive at all, with the side firing woofers the bass always sounded detached and rubbery to me.

I was really bummed, I had owned Super Zero's and One's in the past and really loved the "house" sound of those NHT's but the 2.5's were an entirely different beast, one that I was unable to tame.

I realize I probably wasn't driving them with a big enough amp (only 100 watts) but I just couldn't get them to sound acceptable and I wasn't in a position to start upgrading my amp and such so I grudgingly sold em' here on A'gon.

I lived with the NLA's until about 4 months ago when I grabbed a pristine pair of Ohm Walsh 3's and all I can say is WOW. This is what a music lovers speaker sounds like, full rich sound everywhere in the room. Perhaps the best compliment I can give them is they have made me completely forget about my audio equipment and simply enjoy the music (or movie soundtrack) that so beautifully flows from these simple towers. I can't imagine how much better the newer versions of these must sound and I know at some point I will probably upgrade but these 25 year old speakers still sound so good it'll have to wait. Welcome to the club Ultimatezap!!!

"As to the NHT's, they are a bit bright"

Well, gotta say that is one thing I have never attributed to anything designed by John Strohbeen.

I run Dynaudio Contour 1.3 mkII monitors off the same system as my OHMs. Only difference other than speakers is the room and I am able to utilize better speaker wires there in that my gear including amp also resides in that room.

I would not call the Dynaudios bright, but the sound is night and day way more forward and hotter than either OHM Walshes in my other rooms. The OHMs connect via in-wall speaker wires I had put in when the house was built to enable speakers off my system in multiple rooms.

A lot (a whole lot) is really amp (and room acoustics) dependent. With my prior amps, I noticed little tonal difference between Dynaudio and OHM, other than low end extension perhaps. With the Bel Canto ref1000ms pushing both to their max, I think more of the individual unique character of each speaker design comes out.

With prior amps, I would have said my Triangles were the "brightest or hottest" sounding. Now, I run those on different system better geared towards those, and the Dyns are clearly teh most unique tonally.