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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. ;)


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

Here is the link to the review 
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Wow awesome review! You really nailed a lot of key points! Also a nice surprise that you obtained these for compare after your Ohm F rebuild project.

My F5s are similar design minus built in subs and one gen older main 12” CLS drivers from ~2008. Lots of output possible but not as much as when the built in subs are added.

Lots to discuss there with folks who may be interested. Thanks for taking the time you obviously dedicated to a very thorough and fair review.

I heard the F5015 models with same design as those you reviewed at Capital Audiofest a couple years back. The setup did not do the speakers full justice. Toughest room in the show ( a balcony in an atrium actually…for real..) and John Strohbeen always seem to like to show systems where not much is invested to get good sound out of their speakers and in lesser rooms. But I know what mine sound like and that the beefed up versions with built in subs can only be better if set up well. I think John S. refers to them as the best speakers they have ever built.
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Also worth noting that if this review triggers one to buy, you will see the Ohm website has announced price increases starting September so only a couple days to get ‘em while they are cheaper.
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