Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?


Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi

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Bond, My old Mac 6200 was the only piece of gear that didn't bother me because it had tone controls. Congrats on the C220, Mac gear works beautifully with Ohms.
I used Kimber 4TC and Analysis Plus Clear Oval - They both worked fine.

4VS would be good too..
Kbuzz - Interesting... I moved from my MWT's to a pair of Harbeth P3-ESR's. I had the Ohms for quite a while, but the bass was too much for my room, so I really needed a good pair of monitors.

I miss my Ohm's but I now know that I made the right decision - I ended up selling my MWT's back to John, and we had a nice conversation, when I dropped them off (I live in NYC, and happily dropped them off to John's work-place. Actually, I also picked them up there, when I bought them, so I went full circle!). Anyway, I still recommend Ohms to lots of people, and I'm always happy to see them thrive.

When I get a bigger space, look out!
That's nice that you got at least a little bit of time in. Something to look forward to, when you get back...
Rbf1138 - I checked out your photo - from my experience, Ohms work best in slightly damped rooms. They throw a big image, and if the room is too live, things get muddled. Do you have rugs on the floor, etc? From what I can see in the photo it looks like wood floors and minimal window treatments.
The room reflections are a balancing act... I remember when I was renovating my place and had to move a bunch of furniture into my listening room - it actually made the room too dead. I thought it would improve the sound,.. At one point, I had moved my Ohms into my bedroom, which was lively sounding, and didn't like the sound... Something in between ended up working the best...
IMO more people should listen to men like John Strohbeen, and Alan Shaw (Harbeth). If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's all about getting the testing method down, then real comparisons can be made.

We hear about level matching all of the time, but it's true - our ears work in a very non-linear fashion. The ear responds very differently at different sound pressure levels. When making two or more comparisons, the levels have to be matched VERY closely...
But even more importantly, because most comparisons aren't even made at the same exact time, is the issue of audio memory. It's been proven that humans cannot remember what something sounds like (or looks like, for that matter) - after just a few seconds - it's just the way it is. VERY quick comparisons have to be made.
So when someone, anyone says they're hearing (perceiving) that something sounds differently - it's really hard for me trust judgement, unless the comparison had been made properly.