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And Now, For All You Omni Fanatics

I present the review of the Ohm Acoustics F5, article found at Dagogo.com! (Note, previously known as the Beta F-5015)

You may enjoy the extended discussion of comparison of the Ohm Walsh Model F that I had refurbished several months ago. See the other thread I started about that project (I think I called the thread Ohm Walsh Model F Resurrection), or similar).  At the time the plan was already in place to review the F5, but I kept mum about it, wanting to surprise the community. SURPRISE!  :)

The F5 is a more formidable speaker than the old Model F and imo a superior performer, but as might be expected, with idiosyncrasies. It will be some listeners' ultimate expression of transducer tech. In encapsulated form, I would encourage those who love Ohm speakers and have the vintage sets to not worry over losing what they love about the speakers in moving to a contemporary set. I feel most of the pure full range is kept and somewhat enhanced by the newer, novel design with the omni/directed tweeter pair. See the article for more discussion. 

Like all our news media today, of course the article is fair, balanced, unbiased, etc. ;)


douglas_schroeder
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mapman
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https://www.dagogo.com/ohm-acoustics-f5-speaker-review/

Here is the link to the review 
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Also just for fun and comparison here is the review of my F5s I did many moons ago when I Acquired them and still a youngster in these parts.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-ohm-acoustics-walsh-5-series-3-speaker?highlight=Ohm%2...…..

and ta dah…..here they are still around today. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/96SbeuZEWj5ueG8T8
mlsstl
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Doug, thanks for your post and the review. I had a pair of the original Ohm Fs back in the mid-1970s -- still one of  my all time favs. I have a pair of the smaller Ohm 1000s these days, but with an added subwoofer, they do everything I want.
snapsc
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Doug,  thanks for this review.  On one hand, Ohm doesn't get much coverage and the coverage it does get often leaves the reader with unanswered questions.  On the other hand, they've been around for 50 years which says a lot about their products and service.  Add to that, you almost never see their products come up for resale and those that do seem to hold their value.

You've heard a lot of speakers and I'm sure that at the end of your review process you are left with a feeling of "this is a pretty good speaker and if I owned it, I could enjoy listening to it...or, this speaker has too many quirks that would drive me crazy"?

I'd like to boil all of my questions down to this one:  Assuming a potential Ohm customer is really into the big soundstage/immersion thing.....Is this a speaker that will make people want to listen to music because it just sounds good, or is it a speaker that will will have people scratching their head thinking the sound is lacking in some area/s?
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The thing I like about Doug is he is a bonafide audiophile who talks about things like build quality, parts, engineering decisions and other technical issues relating to what is being listened to and he seems to have a lot of listening experience under his belt . Many Ohm owners are not necessarily audiophiles in that regard. So that makes what he has to say particularly interesting to me. The ohms were recommended to me personally by the late great reviewer John Potis, another bonafide music lover, audiophile and good guy who I think reviewed a pair he owned on sixmoons.com several years back.

Also the topic of Old versus new Ohm Walsh comes up often but this may be the first time a bonafide reviewer went to the trouble to have an old pair rebuilt and available for comparison. Good stuff!
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