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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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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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