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

How loud is 1 watt? I just wanted to ask because I connected the ohm sw2.2000 on a 45 watt kenwood kr-5150 and the meter was not even touching the 1 watt indicator and it was already loud. Not sure if the kenwood receiver was truthful but it was plenty loud at halfway mark of the volume control already.

The ohm sounds beautiful with the vintage kenwood by the way, warm but detailed with lots of bass and punchy sound, albeit a rich and forward sound. When I switched to the denon as preamp and the parasound hca 1500 however, the soundstage is deeper and wider, I'd blacker as well as the music is more transparent than the kenwood.

1 watt into the Ohms,which are not highly efficient, will probably not even be audible or barely so.

Drakef5,
Most Ohm users, if not all, (and I think it is all for those who have tried) report very positive results when giving the Ohms more power. While waiting for your Parasound, why not try an Emotiva amp? 30 day return policy...

1 watt into an Ohm is a SPL (sound Pressure Level) of about 87 dB at 1 meter. This is relatively inefficient. For example, a Klipshorn corner speaker has a SPL of 102 db- you could practically drive them with a flashlight. So double the power, dB goes up by about 3. So to go from 87 dB to 102 dB would require 32 watts in an Ohm., or 32x the power. This would be in an anechoic test chamber, without the affect of furniture, rugs, etc adsorbing the sound. And sound degrades quickly with distance, amplifiers clip at their limits, etc the power requirements are much more that the 32 watts.

Thanks for the replies guys. @petepapp i do have the parasound amp and i like it better with the amp than just the receiver.

87 db at one meter is close to the threshold of hearing damage and with the sound of the ohms being magnified by the walls and surrounding environment i think that is plenty loud.

Anyway i just learned something about this expirement ...that ohms does not require big power to sing but blossoms with more.

It is a bliss if one is satisfied with a lower powered setup since its less hole in your wallet:). But...i guess this really is a sickness that i have where i am trying to extract every once of goodness that i can get with the ohms hence expirementation and less dollar in my pocket.

For now i will enjoy what i have until i get the itch again.