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

Mail,

I think you're about to try out an apple and an orange - and maybe a banana, to boot. It will be interesting to hear from you on this one.

Marty

OK, I spent all day with them today. I find them power hungry but very interesting. I'm going to try and track down a nice Rotel amp as I think that would be a good match for them.

The tonal balance is very nice and Johnny Cash and Diana Krall both sound "right". In my particular room they are fairly responsive to the positioning of the speaker and the imaging can be overwhelmingly wide to very tight depending on how I set them up. The back wall really did just disappear when I first played them. :-)

I'm could sit here and type about them all night but I won't.... yet anyway. I need to spend some more time with them. :-)

Espressogeek,

I find them power hungry but very interesting.

Tell us more about what you mean by power hungry, if you can. Thanks!

In my experience, I've driven the Ohms with a wide range of electronics:

An Onkyo HT Receiver (lower end @ about 80 wpc)
100 wpc Monoblocks
250 wpc stereo amp

All have driven the Ohms with no problems. But I don't listen at very loud levels (max is usually around 80-85bd sessions)

Fellow Ohm'ies,

I continue to tweak my setup, largely with respect to tinkering with the placement of my 100's. I am trying to get the best balance of imaging, soundstage and tonal balance. At the same time, I'm aware that the Ohms are still breaking in.

What's bugging me is that I feel that my experimentation is random, or hit miss. I pull them out from the wall, push them back, toe them in, toe them out... it's kind of like dancing the speaker Hokey Pokey, if you get my drift... And then I lose track of what I'm doing and I'm not sure if what I heard two iterations ago is better than what I'm hearing now. At least I do have my current "best setup" marked with tape on the floor, so I can get back to that.

Another issue: I'm not sure what source material I should be listening to while I do this. Vocals? Something I'm really familiar with?

I guess what I'm asking for is help doing this systematically. How should I start? What am I listening for as I move the speaks in different ways?

Thanks in advance...