Are Ohm Walsh's a step up from Martin Login Electro Motion ESL's


I currently have a hapr of Martin Login Electro Motion ESL's and I will never get rid of them, but in my current house only one person can trully be in the sweet spot for the speakers, and it does get a little annoying how fast you can get off axis.  I really want to find something beautilf sounding in a small room that just feels like you are there.  The one speaker that keeps coming up that can do this are Ohm Walshes.  I have been looking at the Ohm Walsh 2's and doing an upgrade (speakers on my terrms) or looking at the tall 2000s.   I really want to find a speaker that is my last speaker for a long time. 

I am driving my speakers with Odessy Kismet Mono block's and a Schiit Freya+ with RCA JAN 5692's in the gain side and PSVANE COSSOR 6SN7 in the buffer side.  

Have anyone compared Ohm's to Martin Logan's.  Anything else I should be looking at.  My budget is $4000+ but I also am a guy that likes rebuilds of things.  I primarily listen to Rock and Jazz

justinrphillips

Showing 2 responses by tablejockey

I agree with douglas schroeder.

The OP has limited wiggle room, and to really appreciate most speakers, they need room to breath. 4-6 feet out. The OP presumably did the ML "light shining" position regarding the toe in?

I have a pair of Theos(step up from the OP’s) that sound quite good for their small size-Not a Soundlab, Maggie or big ML, but very convincing.

6 feet out from the front wall, 3.5 from the side. Combination of damping/diffusion to taste.

 

This is my default "sent them this" speaker setup  link

http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_calculators.php

 

Not a cure all, just another FREE thing to try. Every room/setup is different.

I hear good results with this as a starting point.