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

I don't think the "ambience" that the author referred to in the linked article was speaking to excess treble or brightness.  I think he was likely referring to the sense of "body" or "weight" created by off-axis reflections in the omnidirectional dispersion (ambient energy) of the Ohms.  I think some people also describe this as "reverberance".

Mini-monitors often have that bright and "lean" presentation that highlights recorded detail.  My guess is that this writer had that in mind when describing what he found missing in the Ohms.  That type of SQ rarely sounds musical to me, but I admit that it can be more revealing of the recording.  In one sense, it's a fair point - because that's not the obvious strength of Ohm speakers (IMHO).   However,.....

His point about "listening through" the ambience and his idea of the "recorded room" sounding confused in the "actual listening room" are kinda old school audiophile philosophy.  An abstract idea of "accurate" SQ over convincing musical reproduction.  I want to argue the point, but - why bother?

In another way, I don't want to argue the point...because it's not IMO a right vs wrong thing.  Listening "through" the music is part of the audiophile experience for many purists.  For some folks, I guess it's the whole hobbyist's raison d'etre, but I personally find it tiresome these days.  

To to each their own, I guess.

I have SF Cremonas with a Pathos amplifier and CDP player in my living room.  It looks great and sounds very nice.  I have my Ohms, subs, and ugly black boxes in my listening room.  Doesn't look nearly as nice, but sounds a helluva lot better (to my ear, anyway).  Different tools for different jobs.

Without comment on the accuracy of the graphs supplied here...

I’ve measured my Ohm 100s with several software packages (including, among others, the custom designed, high-Rez Studio Wizzard package and Audyssey pro). I have never seen anything like the roll-off under discussion here. Different speaker, different room, different measurement hardware/software/operator = different result.

Whatever has resulted in the graphs published here should not be extrapolated to the Walsh/Walsh-like drivers that Ohm employs across their line.

I just converted my listening room to dual purpose - it now doubles as a home recording studio.  I'll be monitoring my mix with Ohm 100s (and with Rythmik subs/Audyssey for a second pass).  It will be interesting to see how these recordings play on my other systems - SF Cremonas, Maggie MMGs, Merlin VSM - as well as my car.