Magnepan, Ohm, Spatial or ??

Thanks @asvjerry do you have any you recommend in my price range? Although I’ve been leaning toward Ohm and Spatial I’m far from making up my mind. I’m still trying to figure out how to demo some of these including Wharfedale and Vandersteen. Everyone has been so helpful and there are so many choices! 

Jerry are you talking about the original Walsh driver patent Expiring (I’m assuming there was one) or the newer one for the “Walsh Style” CLS design that JS and Ohm have used since the early 80s?

I know there are other Walsh drivers in the original mold like GP DDD driver. I don’t think they could have done that if an original Walsh driver patent were in effect.

The original Ohm A and F Walsh speakers sounded great but the single driver full range design was brittle and not suited for the masses. Hence the CLS approach or DDD approach which only covers higher frequencies.

I’ve always found the OHM CLS design to be virtually indestructable. I’ve put mine through a lot of abuse over the years and nary an issue. They just get louder more dynamic and clear the more juice you throw at them so JS nailed that flaw with the original design.

Dale Harder is the guy who claims to have solved a lot of the original Walsh driver issues with his newer designs but don’t hear much about those. Would love to hear them though. Hoping he does CAF sometime.

John Strohbeen at Ohm pays a lot of attention to getting that certain sound he is looking for (his favorite seats in Carnegie Hall) but keeping costs minimal to achieve it. IMHO. He could care less about “high end”, only about getting better sound to more people.

I’ve been to Carnegie Hall and felt quite at home there in regards to what I heard. 🏅

I, too, had a set of Ohm Fs that I purchased in 1975 or so. I've never heard anything since that came close to throwing a magical, ethereal, 3-D sonic image that just floated in space. I regretted selling them almost immediately.

That said, I really like my Ohm 1000s. For $2K, there is nothing else that I would own.

Just wanted to 'type in' for the nanosec....busy @ the moment, but I'll ramble @ length later....

Yes, there's a lot to cover here...Cheers, Jerry *S*

@audioconnection 
so my Spatial M3 Sapphires that some posters asked about are not on rollers. They are IsoAcoustic Gaia Footers that couple the speakers to the hardwood floor. Amazing Results using them. I was a Vandersteen owner for 30 years and thought I would miss their warmer sound. The Spatials give me more of everything plain and simple