Ohm Acoustic Corp., Brooklyn NY


Greetings All

This is, unfortunately,  an uneasy post.  I was persuaded to dive into a buying a set of Ohm Acoustics Walsh Tall 3000.  My very funky factory loft with 11' ceilings, not a single straight wall, 145 yr. old very wide & distressed oak flooring other issues dictated an Ohm Acoustics design.  However, placed/paid for my speakers 11/06/2021.  Speaking with Ohm indicates I can expect delivery around the middle of June.  That date has krept forever onward.  Yes, there was a snafu at Ohm's end that they readily recognize. But poor, poor, customer relations. I have spoken with Jake several times over the last 7 months; quite the gentleman.  However, I just no longer have a good feeling that Ohm Acoustics is on top of their game. And the last thing I want to do is spend about $6,000 for a product where the company is gone, out of business.

 Crutchfield can ship me a set of Klipsch Cornwall IV this afternoon. My decision process 7+ months ago had me considering either the Cornwalls or the Walsh Talls. I went with the Walsh Talls. Hey, it still may be sonically the better decision. But until I get delivery of my Ohms I'll never know. 

Thoughts?

 

128x128veemike

Showing 2 responses by asvjerry

@veemike , hang tough...Mid-June is 2ish weeks hence, and there's a reason that 'patience is a virtue'....

Most only dream about it, our whirl'd of Instant Grats...nobody likes it. ;)

I hope you'll be pleased enough to forget the wait...*S*

The Decware offering a planar top is a good move; the original Ohm Walsh had some issues over weak highs....the problem of most single drivers, accented by 360 radiation v. the usual 90~120... Takes a bit more to 'fill the space' with the dB.

Vertical alignment = Phase is some one else's issue.. Planars are dipoles, so there is a bit of 'lobe' to the high ends,  Beats the typ. tweeter, though... 

Enjoy the Placement Waltz Time....;)

J

@audioman58 , that seems to be the downfall of many speakers.  The xover will get a scrimp, unless the driver(s) demand better.  Which is my thinking on going with a digital one, and running a separate pair of channels to each pair of whatever...

I can dial in what it either came with, recommend for, and massage from that.

@2psyop , that could well be the case, but I'd expect that level of driver in that application.  My diy Walsh mate well with my Heil amts' which sail above and beyond the Walsh could only hope for.

I believe there's a limit to what one should expect from a single driver and whatever acoustically sensitive the cabinet may be for it.  Even with a whizzer cone or 3...

One should keep in mind the whole concept of the Walsh driver concept by drilling about for the patent behind it.   The original F's were as close as one could expect given the era, materials and adhesives available...and nobody seems to really know what exactly was the 'mystery gook' within the cones....🙄

That, and voice coil heat.  The cones have a limit as to when the radial radiation is transitioning to pistonic motion....which is likely the midrange issue that some noticed at the time.  And your trying to 'ring' the cone, not shove it about.

It's fun to play with.... ;)

@mapman ...*L*  That's everyones' problem of late....where's what I need when I need it when it's stuck in customs/backordered/NA of late/etc.

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