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

Hi Parasound63

What are you going to power your MWT SEs with? I have the Ohm Walsh MicroWalsh Short SEs with Class D type amps from Red Dragon Audio and I'm beyond happy.

Not sure. Right now I use an emotiva UMC-200 stereo amp for my older MWT's. I'll either get another stereo amp, and a 5-channel and possibly add a center. Lots of options, but the price and condition of the speakers were too good to pass up.

Wanted to pose a question about how Ohm owners feel about the quality of upper midrange and highs they get from their Ohms? I moved to mostly late night listening and found the W2-100s3 didn't work well at low volume so I got a pair of Kef r300 monitors which work well for late night. The thing I discovered was that the Kefs are much richer in midrange and high content? I had not felt I was missing anything with the Ohms but now I wonder...I have found that when I can I run both speakers and the sound is much fuller. Is this the difference between box speakers and the Ohms? I had bought a Marantz PM8500 to try modern hardware out. I was partly swayed to that because it allowed for two speaker hookups. I had not planned on running two simultaneously just was tired of having to swap out cables when I switched between day and night.

Joke

I've run ohm. 100s3 f5s3 dynaudio contour and triangle Titus off various amps over the last few years.

First off the exact sound with the ohms is largely a function of the gear used and the room. I can hear clear differences with most any change including power cord and interconnects. So the exact complete setup will largely determine the results which can vary widely.

Second I would say the 100s3 ohms always are the least fatiguing. The dynaudios and triangles tend towards a hotter presentation that must be tamed to some extent and can become unpleasant with some setups. That's never the case with the ohms. Their top end tends to be more recessed in comparison.

That does not make them the best necessarily for low volume listening in that our ears are less sensitive at frequency extremes and more so at lower volumes. The common on solution to this that a lot of gear used to provide is a loudness control that boosts high and low frequencies to be heard better at low volume.

So I'd say the ohm sound in general is consistent with your observations. You can orient the ohms 45 degrees outward to provide more direct tweeter exposure I that they normally are oriented 45 degrees inward. That might be a useful easy tweak to adjust for lower volume.

Also I would say the dynaudio esotar soft dome tweeter is quit good and a different beast than the soft domes used in the ohms and most others. They seem to have more bite that helps put an extra edge to the music. Which again can be a good or bad thing depending.

After reading the entire thread it appears mapman is on the payroll.