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.
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t8 one advantage of Class D is ability to leave them on without running up the power bill.

My circuit breaker generally goes if I power up both ref1000m amps at the same time.  I do one then the other and both are generally left on (as per manufacturer recommendation) from there unless I will be away for an extended period.

Once powered up I have never had the circuit breaker go when playing and I go pretty loud sometimes.

I have had other Class A, Class A/B  amps flip the breakers in the past when running.
An other alternative is to keep my current amp and add a powered subwoofer to unload the low frequencies (>80 Hz) on the Ohms. This might allow the 2.2000s operate on the current amp power while extending the bass range down into the mid 20 Hz area.

Any thoughts on that idea?
Hey Tate.....
Its almost 1:30 and I'm up, I played around just for fun with the 2/2000's and the first reaction was holy shit these are very hard to drive.....As I have a numerical volume control
and I went waaaaaaaaay further then any speaker I own for the same volume level.
The other thing is the way JS told you to aim the speakers is wrong, way wrong.
Just this little of moving the speaker about makes for a much better experience.
They also like to be  back from the back wall 6' worked great. So I think you need a minimum of 500 ponys to get them to sing properly.
I also lifted them up on some books to see if the base was better.....yes
And I think you get better midrange energy emenating closer to ear height.
I will try to get some measurements tomorrow, but I have to see my metal guy
for some laser cut parts asap...

Its coming together nicely.........🇸🇪

peterr53:  I have my 2000s on Sound Anchor cradle bases, mostly for stability, but they did help overall with imaging and cleaned up the sound a bit.


t8kc:  The subwoofer option works for me.  I am a big proponent of dual subs for stereo, however.  Ohm makes a subwoofer, and I cannot say enough good things about my pair of Vandersteen 2Wq subs with MHP5 battery biased crossovers.  I actually owned the subs before the Ohms, and a seamless blend with the Ohms was crucial.  In fact, had the 2000s not worked well with the Vandy subs, I would not have kept the Ohms (that's how much I like the subs).  When you add the 300 watts per channel of the subs to my 150 watts from the Odyssey amp, you get pretty close to the 500 watts per channel mapman uses (I know the 300 watts are not driving the Ohms, but, still, it's interesting).  I reviewed the Vandy subs here on Audiogon if you want to read more.  They have a unique crossover architecture, and are designed for corner placement (why other subs are not, I will never understand).  I guess it depends if you are a bass-freak, like me, or not.  The 2000s put out a decent amount of bass down into the mid-30s, I would guess, but there is no substitute for a pair of ballsy powered subs.


But if I had the cash, I might go for the gold with both the subs and a bigger power amp.  Nevertheless, I am content with my system as it is, even though I know it could always be better.