New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables

trelja,

One last thing I can say with confidence regarding the OHMs is that they are most responsive to what is fed them and will sound radically different case by case.   So there is a chance that if you ever get to hear them again, the sound would be much different, hopefully for the better.

Cheers!

Maybe one of the snakes reported it.

I would have liked to see that.  I wonder why it was removed?

Interesting. The OHMs I have never break a sweat no matter how much power is thrown at them. More so than most any other speaker their size I’d say.

Something was awry it sounds like but your guess what is as good as mine. I’ve never heard anything close to what you describe.

What you describe sounds like an amp clipping but I would not expect that with the 100w/ch amp at most volumes in a smaller room. Possible though. I would not run any OHMs with any less than that in most cases for best results at higher volume. I use high current 500 w/ch BEl Canto ref1000m amps with my similar size OHM 100s. A bit of overkill perhaps but the speakers never complain. My larger 5s love all 500 w/ch.

I also run them off a 60 w/ch BEl Canto C5i integrated.    That definitiely has some volume limits but should have no problem with volumes most people would employ regularly.  

The BEl Canto Class D amps essentially soft clip so sonic effects of clipping are not generally outright offensive, just limiting in dynamics.

THey did use a receiver although a very well reviewed one. Chances are the current delivery is not as good as it might be even with 100w/ch with a receiver versus separates. They used the Outlaw receiver because it was well reviewed recently in Stereophile according to the post on the OHM website about the show.  THat might be a typical Class A/B amp that hard clips and clearly distorts when pushed too hard.

Any idea who was running the room when you were there? It would surprise me if John Strohbeen would allow what you describe if it were him. THere were others from OHM at the show as well according to the article on the web site.

Go figure?

Trelja,

What was the problem?   i was not there but most comments to date have been positive so just curious.   What are you comparing to?

It never surprises me that different people come away with totally different impressions of the same thing.    Happens every day.

' Audio shows are "Gear" conventions, not conventions for music appreciation. "

http://ohmspeaker.com/news/standing-room-only/

Note the "slogan"

Lots of bling at these shows.