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

Peterr53: Perfect imaging? Is there such a thing? I never said perfect. I like the imaging I get with and without the stands. But my cement floor is uneven, and the speakers wobbled. With the bases, the center image is solid and stable, and I get less drift of left and right images, although I still get some. My room is far from perfect (it's evolving, slowly). I would like more depth, and a bid more even spread of the stage in front of me. But I did get some of both when I tried the Arion Audio RS500 amps (along with a lot of other improvements). Hence the quest for big power amps that I can afford.

Yes, I have 6' ceilings in my basement man cave (just like a real cave!). The steam pipes are boxed out and are even lower than 6' in spots. I am 5'8", so no problems, and mostly, I am sitting down anyway. It is the best place in my small home for a stereo/HT rig. There are many pros and cons, but the best is that I can crank it up to "11" at any hour and I disturb nobody; not the neighbors, not sleeping family members two flights up.

A solid foundation is key to getting best performance out of the Walshes for sure!

My 5's are in the basement on thin carpet over concrete foundation! Rock solid and perfect! No problems.

My smaller 100S3s are on main level, with typical plywood floor structure used in most modern homes. That is always more problematic, especially since a lot of bass energy emerges via bottom port on the Walshes. Extent and details varies room to room, but I set the 100s on ceramic tiles at a minimum to help tame the bass in this case. I am interested in something more massive for these to sit on as well, especially in my wife's very lively and acoustically challenged sunroom, but extent of problem has not forced me to do anything more there yet.

"Regarding the OEM source of the amp modules in D-Sonics amps, if you read the 6Moons review, you'll see that Dennis ain't talkin'. IMHO, that's his prerogative. It's all about the sound. If the amp sounds good, what difference does it make, really, which amp modules he is using?"

Bondmanp, I see your point but in our internet-centric audiophile world, competition almost demands disclosure. We are after all, obsessive-compulsive types and we NEED to know because it is also OUR prerogative to pass. There is simply too much competition to not disclose IMO.

Wtf: Exactly! Dennis is not obligated to disclose information about his amps, and you are not obligated to buy one. Similarly, witness the absence of Magnepan reviews in Stereophile. Stereophile requires bench testing for all full reviews in the magazine. That's the editor's prerogative. Magnepan won't allow this bench testing, because of the unique nature of their speakers, which produces, in their view, test results inconsistant with the speakers' performance. Magnepan's prerogative, and an impass. So, no Stereophile reviews of Magnepan speakers. I guess Dennis would rather lose some sales than disclose information which he feels gives him a competitive edge. For every audiophile who skips D-Sonic amps because of this, there is probably another one, like me, who cares mostly about the way the sausage tastes, not how it's made. YMMV, as they say.

And, I must say, that this topic is very relevent to a thread on Ohm speakers, since John Strohbeen is somewhat quiet on some of the ingredients of his own special sauce.

YEs, I thought the same thing regarding D-Sonic and JS/OHM.

One downside with OHM that results is that many CLS drivers look the same on the outside but are different by design internally. That makes it very hard to know exactly what you are getting second hand. Even direct from OHM, you do not know anything for sure really about whats inside, only how it sounds.

One difference is that what makes the OHM sound is JS/OHMs design, whereas in the case of D-Sonic, what makes it is determined by what amp module is used, and D-Sonic does not design or make that hence they have limited control of that over the long term. AMp A today, amp B tomorrow? How are they different? How is the sound affected, etc? Very hard to say, whereas with OHM I think JS designs his products to have a particular sound and he has a lot of control over how to do that, especially given the nature of Walsh drivers and how those are quite tunable to produce a certain result.