If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s


Forum members,

There is precious little online reviewing the performance of the Ohm F-5015 speakers with the integrated subwoofers.  If you were able to listen to them live at Capital Audiofest 2018 this weekend, please provide your thoughts as I am considering getting a pair.   

My alternative is to get the F5000 drivers (no subwoofer) to replace the now degraded drivers in my acquired and no longer functioning Ohm F's.  These will be my great room speakers.  Don't have any electronics yet, will get that after the speaker decision and purchase.

Thanks in advance
michiganbuckeye
Also worh noting that OHM played a wide variety of music at the show not just the usual audiophile fare. So sound quality varied widely from excellent to just OK depending on what was playing, as it should.

I think I heard the same Stevie Ray Vaughn material in at least 4 or 5 rooms at the show. Did anyone else notice that? Did SRV cut some kind of deal for that? 😫
Heard the Ohm at the show was not impressed, heard them also last year at the New York Audio show again same reaction.

You can do much better. The new Muir Omni directional Electrostatic loudspeakers were very impressive at $15k.

Heard them with the door open at Cap from down the hall sounded so life like had to see what system was doing it. Totally amazing even in a way too small room.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ


The setup of the big F5015s did not nearly give those big boys a chance to shine. I would not have chosen that location for them. John Strohbeen mentioned they did not get to see the area beforehand and it never sold in any prior show there. The speakers were clearly limited to just a good fraction of their full potential. They were pitching a 12K complete system built around those speakers there. Most people would surely end up pretty thrilled with the sound in most rooms at home. Of course there are many very good ways one can go for $12K.

My F5s at home (no built in powered subs) are very similar in size and design but differences in room and setup between what I have at home and what was at the show is too big to properly compare apples/apples.

I would have much rather heard the F5015s in the Channel D room where they were running wonderful sounding Vandersteen 5s at about 3X the cost.

The OHM library room with the surround sound setup was much better. I do not recall another surround sound setup at the show this year. I know Benchmark and Martin Logan did one last year.

I saw Art Dudley did include the OHM rooms in his Stereophile writeup and said only nice things.

@michiganbuckeye Why not contact Dale Harder at HHR Exotic Speakers and see if he can repair/ replace your Ohm F drivers? My friend has a set of Dale's TLS-1's based on the original Ohm F and they sound incredible. My understanding is that no one knows the Ohm F and A speakers better than Dale.

http://www.hhr-exoticspeakers.com/HHRhome.htm


Hi, To my ears the OHM were just OK but unique in their ability to disappear and create a 3d soundstage. I really think they would have been better displayed w/ more quality electronics. They were powered by a very inexpensive amp and source was a cheap cd/bluray player.
With such low quality electronics hard to do a fair comparison. 
For me I enjoy the Bache Tribeca -001 speakers that also did a great job in soundstage w/ more detail and dynamics then OHM.
I also enjoyed the salk room and Jim Salk is such a nice guy. It was a great show. I would give a listen to the ohm and other optuions before pulling the trigger. Best of luck on your search