@mlsstl ... All good points, but I think many audiophiles don't give Ohm a fair chance for several reasons:
1. They are not expensive, so how could they be any good?
2. No fancy adverts in the audio rags, which leads to...
3. No glowing reviews in the big audio rags (there have been a few in the blogosphere, all pretty good).
4. John Strohbeen of Ohm avoided audio shows for many years. Although he has demonstrated at shows in the last few years, the sound he got at the shows ranged from middling to good (all I could think about when visiting his demo rooms was how much better his speakers sound at my house). IMO, that was due to John's desire to showcase "everyman" systems with low- or mid-fi electronics. I would suggest John, at least once, go over the top on the electronics and wires at a show. Then I would make up a new, fake model number, and add a zero to the price of one of his tower models. Then, on the way out of the room, have someone hand visitors a card that says, "You actually just heard the Ohm Walsh x000, which sells for 1/10th the price that was displayed."
5. I personally invited John to present at my local audio club, in an adjacent state to Ohm's NYC home, but was rebuffed. He felt he wouldn't be able to get good sound in the short time he had to set things up. I think he would have impressed a lot of members who would have heard his speakers. Since John seems to rely almost entirely on word of mouth adverts (plus some web adverts), this would have been a smart move.
6. For those who need approval from the S.O., the speakers may or may not get approval based only on their appearance. They are great for cat owners and parents of toddlers, but nobody will mistake an Ohm tower speaker with a floorstander from Sonus faber. But that's one reason why they are inexpensive.
There may be more to this list, but that's all I can think of right now.
