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.
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. ;)
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. ;)