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Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
Please undertsand once again everyone that I am in no way bashing Ohm Acoustics products. In fact, I have a long love affair with them and they are the ones that did start this thing in the begining. They hooked me in 1971 and I have been hooked e... 
Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
Gentlemen, I think you have completely missed the point of my long treatise and the purpose of adding to this thread above. There is no comparrison to the old Walsh "F" or "A" relating to the current products.The current products consit of two sta... 
Reagrding the Ohm Walsh F & A Now Walsh TLS-I, II
Sorry Pryso,I agree, I actually did have it paragraphed, but when it transferred it changed to this format. I'll see what I can do.Thanks, Dale. 
Reagrding the Ohm Walsh F & A Now Walsh TLS-I, II
Dear Xiekitchen,Now you can have a pair of small or large, either rebuilds with upgrades or new TLS-I or II's. Contact me at dale@hhr-lasers.com or 440-888-2163 aft 6 pm. est or most any time otherwise.Thanks for the kind words, Dale. 
Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
Regarding the Ohm Walsh F and A Loudspeakers. The purpose of this guide is to provide potential buyers and users much needed clarification and information regarding the magical and little understood Ohm Walsh model “A” and “F” Coherent Wave Transm... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Thanks, Jim. I appreciate that.A litttle update... the preamp is starting to sound much better since the tubes have burned in. The exagerated sibilance is softening and not nearly as extreme. I would say I have about 150 hours on the EH tube set n... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Thanks for your comments guys. I tend to agree with you. Unfortunately, there is no one close by whom has a stereo with higher quality components to test the CJ in, so that is not an option. I also tend to agree regarding the checkout at CJ. They ... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Sorry I haven't posted any further info gentlemen, I have been out of town on a family emergency.Regarding the original problem... I have rebalanced the room acoustics using the spectrum analyzer and put a lot more hours on the tubes. Probably 75 ... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Thanks aagian for the further input. Sorry I have not been able to give too much in further results... been sick with an abcessed tooth..Ouch!Anyway, I have rebalanced my system with the B&K Mic and RTA and achieved some better results as of l... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Oopps, just noticed another response...Unfortunately, the sibilance and harshness are present in all cases and all recordings.Thanks, Dale. 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Hello Gentlemen, Thanks again for your responses. In answer to some more questions, I have replaced the silver IC's with generic IC's and no difference was noted. Pertaining to phase, I have phase inverted the speakers as recomended by CJ and stat... 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Additional information:In my present set up...CJ preamp input impedance 50K line and 47K Phono. Output impedance 500 Ohms.Equalizer (Yuk!) input impedance 47K. Output 600 OhmsAmp input impedance 30K Ohms.Thanks, Dale. 
Conrad Johnson PV11...Extreme sibilance, harsh sou
Hi Guys, Thanks for some of the comments and suggestions thus far. I agree Soundwatts, This preamp should rock.Regarding the tubes, this set is brand new and provided by Conrad Johnson. The set, RT11 was $175.00 plush $17 shipping. That's why I wa... 
Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
Hi Guys, For what is worth, I am now offering the Ohm Walsh F+ and A+ by Dale Harder, in limited productions, with exotic hardwoods and some 30+ improvements beyond the original models. Some of the improvements are: New cones, improved magnets, st... 
Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
Hi Jamscience, Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner.I have remained pretty faithful to the old design in order to maintain a baseline. However, I have hopefully improved on the voicecoil, making it substantially lighter and able to withstand more po...