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

Living with my OHM 5000's for 9 months Im continually amazed by them. Last month me and my girfriend put up 4 sound blankets, 4 48X24 sound panels. Closed off 2 entries to rooms with doors. Moved a piano, wood table and glass vases and lamps out. After doing this the sound smoothed out on some edgier recordings. But recordings that were well engineered to begin with sounded somewhat better. I had a bright room to begin with. 2 giant windows behind me. Me and my girlfriend look forward to each and every listening session. The 5000's through a huge soundstage and take control of the room with live listening levels. I had OHM I's conventional speakers for years and could not get used to a regular box speaker. The I's had 3 drivers on top and thru a large sound stage. Tried the much touted PSBs stratus golds but sold them and kept I's. Last year traded I's in for 5000's and couldnt be happier. They take a lot of power to sound best. 350 watt Bryston 4BSST was not quite enough power for my tastes. Got a Bryston 600 watt 14BSST and they really opened up dynamically. If the start of a song is really loud it can startle me even though I know its coming! The start of "Hey You" by BTU (record) or "Big Money" by Rush (CD) for examples. They are very quick. And like mapman says they show drum attacks really well that come after a softer passage. Example "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John (record). My girlfriend likes the looks of them too.

"The 5000's through a huge soundstage and take control of the room with live listening levels."

For me, that's the pinnacle of "high end audio"

Lots of speakers can do most of the other stuff well. Its a lot harder to do it at a scale that sounds real. Nothing does it better than OHMs for a price that the average person might afford. That's a tribute to John Strohbeen and his inherent "blue collar" mentality when it comes to his business.

I also think a out how much these would cost retail if I had purchased them at a hi end audio salon????? TOTL 5000's listed on Ohms website for $6500 last year. I'm guessing twice that if I couldn't buy direct!! What do you think? I also used transparent audio speaker cables with the metal box. I've tried kimber 8tc and they sounded thin. I even put them in cable cooker for 3 days. The bryston and transparent have good synergy. Mike

Another example where the 5000's strut there stuff is on Jack and Diane by J Melloncamp. The middle part with drum solo just jumps out at you and can be very dramatic.

Blue,

I like reading detailed posts such as yours. Just think about using paragraphs - it makes reading a bit easier.

Some good info in your first 03-08 post.