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

For you people who like holography, nothing better than to use the LEGENDARY BOB CARVER AMPS such as sunfire or carver preamps/amps WITH DAKIOM feedback stabilizers. All my ohm's eminent tech, magnepans are all run by these combinations. Since I am a processor fanatic,I like to tweak using dbx, peavey, bbe to add to the juice. I don't know why ohm did not stick to the old pyramid designs, just because many of their craftsman/cabinet makers retired. I hate the new cabinet designs, but would like to have the new drivers. I can't believe i owned bose 901, 601's in the 80's only to wake up to reality and listen to REAL music coming from a TRUE loudspeaker, OHM WALSH series. I LOVE MY OHMS as well as my maggies.

"I don't know why ohm did not stick to the old pyramid designs,"

Cost control pretty much I think.

The good news is there are lots of these cabinets around that can be fitted with the latest and greatest drivers.

I really like having the casters on the bigger F5s. They make fine tuning location and moving the speaks in general a snap. It's not hard probably to remove the feet from many of the pyramidal cabinets and replace those with castors from OHM or even the local Home Depot perhaps.

Does anybody have an experience with the Ohm subwoofers? I'm seriously thinking about getting one...

Parasound: I have zero experience with Ohm subs, but two things make me optimistic about them. 1 - You get a 120 day return option, risking only shipping. 2 - John Strohbeen knows how to design and voice loudpspeakers. Why not try one out and post your impressions?

Well, I've had my Ohm Walsh Center speaker ($700 + shipping) for a week now, so I'd thought I'd comment. This is the smaller version of the center, roughly 20" wide and 6" deep. The cabinet is only about 2 or 3 inches high, with the Ohm Walsh driver mounted on top in the center. This is a smaller Walsh driver than in my 2000s, and rises about 6" above the cabinet for a total hieght of about 9". Fit and finish of the black wood-grain is excellent. As per John Strohbeen's recommendation, I have the center tilted down toward the listening seat, since it sits atop my ancient SD RPTV. I sit about 10 feet back from the TV. As per Ohm, the Center is crossed over at 80Hz via my Sherwood-Newcastle P-965 pre-pro. Bass is supplied by a Definitive Technology PF-15 sealed 15" sub with a 185-watt internal amp. The bass and LFE signal are smoothed out using both a Paradigm X-30 sub controller and Behringer 1124P FBDP parametric digital EQ.

This little Walsh Center is an Ohm Walsh speaker through and through. It has the same clarity and definition of my 2000s, with a very smooth presentation of both music and dialog. Several films I have viewed using the Walsh Center were in Dolby Digital 1.0 - i.e., mono. Even though all the sound above 80Hz came from this one small speaker, there was no apparent lack of dynamic impact or any sighns that the Walsh Center was being pushed too hard.

This center is an excellent compliment to my 2000s, and along with the MWTs I found used for surround speakers, soundtracks sound wonderful - realisitic, natural and enveloping. So much so, I am seriously considering removing the Paradigm Atoms that reproduce the back-surround channels. Another solid product from Ohm.

Interesting that as I write this, there are 4 active Ohm threads on the first page.