mapman
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| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? Yes but these days due to streaming and not trying to read music data in real time off error laden optical disks.That and most any decent DAC these days sounds very good. | |
| Interest in Ohm speakers Those were Walsh 3000s in the zreview room from what I read. Probably a good pick but for an open floorplan area like that I would have thrown the big boys, the 5000s with 12" driver and 4 3-way level adjustments if needed at it and be meticulous ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The special thing still about even original Walsh 2s, besides the usual big sweet area etc. is how robust and coherent they are. The drivers are protected well by that can. Also they can deliver a lot of fairly wide range sound compared to most an... | |
| RMAF 2019! I’ve read some things from Stereophile mainly but not a lot out there yet it seems.IT looked like your typical show. The new venue seemed to go over well other than the cost of the rooms. I have not read anything particularly new different or eart... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? First let me say that all I care about is the sound, not the parts used to create it, and perhaps WAF to some extent. Yes its notoriously pretty ugly inside an original Walsh 2. Good thing its all out of sight. I doubt the newer ones are much ... | |
| Perhaps not esoteric or "fringe" but the Chester and Lester album can bring pleasure I could listen to Chet Atkins play the phone book. 🏆 | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Also note that older ohm speakers can be traded in for discounts on new ones assuming the cabs can be refurbished (most can). They can also be upgraded so any old Ohms can have significant value still that way. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Those original Walsh 2s from the 80s are a lot of speaker for the $ these days assuming the drivers are in good shape (possible) but are not nearly as refined sounding top to bottom as the newer models. | |
| Interest in Ohm speakers Coukd you tell what was the driver size? Its indicated by the diameter of the "can". The z reviews suite on the 9th floor was supposed to have Ohm 3000s which are middle of the range depending on room size. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I should qualify that I have run my OHMS off two SS amps designed to deliver sound like a tube amp: Carver m4.0t and Tube Audio Design Hibachis. These both sounded Ok but it takes a more highly damped, beefy, high current, low output impedance SS ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The other key differences would be 1) size and sound dispersion pattern differences which would determine which might work best/synergize with your specific room, always a key concern for getting the best sound possible out of any particular room.... | |
| Would switching amps make a big difference? +1 Almarg. | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Having heard various Joseph Audio speakers on multiple occasions, I can assure people they are among the best sounding out there and worth whatever price people are willing to pay for them. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I’ve heard Tekton double impact at a show. Obviously OHM and Tekton are very different. Ohm Walsh unique strength is the very large sweet range and overall coherence. Tekton tends to be higher efficiency if needed and watts are limited and seem de... | |
| Confused Musical Presentation You need an equalizer or comparable modern digital sound processor to compensate for the hearing issues. All the old guys with old ears like me could probably benefit from one as well to be brutally honest. 🙄 |