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

Oh yeah, congrats Mail!

Parasound,

PErhaps to a lesser extant than with most speakers, room acoustics and other factors probably come into play regarding tonal shift from various vertical listening locations.

The Walsh drivers do inherently fire more upwards than down though, I believe.

I have a pair of MicroWalsh Talls in Rosewood on their way to me. I am very anxious and curious about how they will sound in my family room.

No doubt. All I'm saying is that, compared to other speakers I've heard or had, the tonal shift is minimal. Not to mention imaging and soundstage, which completely collapse with most speakers I've heard as soon as I stand up or even move to scratch an arm or something. :)

Actually, the single best-sounding speaker I ever heard while audition was the Sunfire CRM-2.. The sound still haunts me. However, moving anywhere outside the axis of the drivers and everything seemed to collapse. The sound was good, but the magic was gone.

With the Ohm's, it's simply not the case. At least not to the extend that I've experienced with any other speaker.

Oh yeah- for what it's worth, I do seem to get a bit more 'air' when I toe them slightly out and have the tweeter cross further into the room.

Para,

I happened to buy a pair of CRMs the same week I bought my Ohm 100s - as well as a pair of Maggie SMGs. Ohms are omni, Maggies are dipolar, Sunfires are bipolar. I was trying to figure out whether a different (vs the front-firing speakers I had been using at that time) dispersion pattern might work better in my difficult new listening room.

IMHO, the Sunfires lagged the other two by a long, long measure. Could be the speaker, or the room or simply personal preference. But I'd take the Ohms over the CRMs even if I kept my head in a vice when listening.

Marty

BTW the CRMs are doing admirable duty (along with a small subwoofer) as external speakers on the digital piano in my living room.