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

It was enjoyable to run across the site.  The time of the publication far preceded my interest in the subject matter of quality audio.  I did already run across a nice interview with Roy Allison in Issue 18, so I have a lot of ancient history to read through.

jim_hip: Can you tell us if your micro center speaker can keep up with the 3000s? I'm thinking about the same upgrade.

FWIW, my micro center is a great match for my 2000s.

Thanks bondmanp. Actually, the beta cylinders have caught my eye. John says they would sound OK in a 10x10 room. How would they even fit? LOL

Thought I'd resurrect this thread to share a bit. Like many others I've had a lot of free time on my hands, especially this winter, and decided to revisit some past purchases. So, of course, the MicroWalsh Talls had to make an appearance. I tried various components with them (it was a swap-fest) to find just the right synergy. This is where I landed:

Sonore microRendu
MHDT Lab Pagoda
Marantz HD-AMP1

There were a couple of surprises along the way. First, I didn't think the HD-AMP1 (35/70 wpc) would be powerful enough to really make the Talls sing. It is. This integrated is by no means SOTA but based on the older Hypex UcD technology. It sounds wonderful and makes me even more curious about the latest class D amps. As @mapman and others have said for years, Ohm's love class D, and I couldn't agree more.

The other surprise came from putting the Pagoda in the mix. It elevated the sound quality well beyond my past experience with these speakers. Rich tone, clarity on top, beautiful mid-range, and a nicely balanced low end. I would expect a tube preamp to make such a difference, but a tube-buffered DAC? Yeah, but there it is. 

Finally, setting up the Talls took no time at all .. dead center image, vast sound stage, wide sweet spot, etc. I had truly forgotten how unique and enjoyable the Ohm's are. Glad I held on to them.