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| Toddler-Friendly Budget Speakers? A used pair of older OHM Walshes with the sloping cabinets are fairly hard to tip over, have a fairly small footprint can be had for not much, and the drivers are enclosed in a metal can. Hows that for isolation?I had narrow floorstanders and plan... | |
| Why not horns? Herman,That's a good point regarding time alignment.Phase coherency is a must for good sound in my mind, yet this is the first I heard of it addressed in a horn design, yet horns would seem to be the most susceptible.It would almost seem like a se... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? "The Theme From Shaft."That is good!It is on this:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KP62UM/3dgazo391-20Lots of classics to recommend on this recent and nicely mastered release! Not just "Theme From Shaft" but "Son Of Shaft" to boot! | |
| Why not horns? Unsound, Yes I missed in reading first time that your reference was regarding horns.You may be right. It would take a lot for me to live exclusively with horns I think, but I do find them intriguing, if not all that practical perhaps. Luckily, I a... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "Rebbi- do you miss them?"I don't think Reb will know for sure until he has evaluated the MErlin monitors. From what I know, I think those are a good choice for assessing what is possible with monitors and the Merlins are probably a good choice fo... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? One thing I notice about Shahinian versus OHM is Shahinian has a forward firing woofer I believe. The OHM Walsh driver fires downward. A forward firing driver might impart more low end impact that can be felt to a listener sitting in front than a ... | |
| Why not horns? "what do you mean by forward and laid back"Laid back meaning the soundstage is mostly behind the plane of the speakers.Forward meaning that the soundstage is not so much behind the plane of the speakers and some things may sound like they originat... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rpfef,Plinius SA100/MkIII is 100 w/ch correct?That's OK, but probably not enough to bring out the best in any OHM Walshes, particularly in regards to bass impact based on my experience with them. I would think that would go pretty loud still thoug... | |
| Best budget speakers for near-field/small space dual concentric drivers (a highly approximated point source) are a natural solution for nearfield listening I would think.Doesn't KEf have some models that use this approach also? I've always thought this to be a very practical design for applicat... | |
| Why not horns? Dan_ed,Have you ever heard omnis like OHMs or mbl?I believe setup can surely affect the tendency of a horn to be more forward or not, but I am not sure if I can envision them being as laid back as omnis I have heard.And again, to me, a forward ten... | |
| Why not horns? Unsound,Which approach's midrange purity do you question? Horn, Walsh or Walsh/CLS, or both?If a single driver can cover most of the midrange with a flat response and have good dynamics, that to me would indicate at least the potential for midrang... | |
| The Sound or Music Orpheus10,I'll just say that the OHMs are a lot of bang for the buck in terms of comparison with other speaker designs.The Walsh driver concept in combo with OHM Acoustic's, ie John Strohbeen's, ear for music, MIT engineering background, and focus... | |
| Why not horns? Here's a fresh question.Are horns generally more forward rather than laid back sounding? is this always necessarily the case?Reason I ask is that the Walsh drivers I currently prefer tend to be on the laid back side, in that most things happen beh... | |
| My System....where to start on the upgrade path Steakster,What tube and SS amps specifically do you have? | |
| The Sound or Music "After you have reached a point where you are in "audiophile heaven", how long do you remain before you have to "putz"?"I suppose until the time comes again where things do not sound right or I think I know how to make an improvement. Until then, ... |