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

Just an FYI sent to me by Ohm (heads-up on the subwoofer deal, Parasound) -

"Ohm will be closed from June 26 to July 12 for our Summer Holiday. These all have Ohm's 120-Day Home Trial and a 3-Year Limited Warranty. Shipping is only $50 per pair in the lower 48 states.

Walsh 5 Limited Edition NEWLY VENEERED cabinets with new Walsh 5000 drivers....Regularly $7000 Now $5400.

Walsh 300 black cabinets with new Walsh 4000 drivers......................Regularly $5600 Now $3900

Walsh 200 S-3 rosewood cabinets with new Walsh 3000 drivers...................Regularly $4000 Now $2800

Walsh 100 walnut cabinets with new Walsh 2000 drivers.....................Regularly $2800 Now $1900

Walsh 100-S3 cherry cabinets....Regularly $2000 Now $1300

MicroWalsh Tall Signature Edition in rosewood ...............Regularly $1400 Now $1000

SB-12D rosewood subwoofer, dual 12" driver in end-table cabinet.................Regularly $1200 Now $ 850

MicroWalsh Short Omnis in walnut cabinets................Regularly $ 950 Now $ 665

Must ORDER by June 25, 2010.

Call me to discuss your needs and options.

Good Listening!

John Strohbeen, President, 800-783-1553"

NOTE: I am not affiliated with Ohm Acoustics in any way outside of being a satisfied customer.

The sub is certainly tempting. But I've decided to send my F's to Dale Harder at HHR to be rebuilt instead of putting money into another sub (or anything else, for that metter)

-P

My current home-theater configuration is as follows.

LCR: 3x100 S3 behind an acoustically transparent screen.

Side Surrounds: 2 x Super 2 (with the 100-S3 drivers).

Rears: 2 x 100 S3 in a half-sized omni version.

The LCR are behind an acoustically-transparent screen. The LCR and side surrounds are powered by an Emotiva XPA-5 amp, and the rears are powered by an Outlaw 7125 amp.

I am using a Yamaha RX-V765 as a pre-pro.

Everything is crossed at 80Hz to an Epik Conquest subwoofer.

I also have 2xMicro-Walshes in the mini-omni design, which I may use as heights/wides if I go above 7.1 or I may use as part of another system.

Man, those are some really, really good prices.

Walsh 100 walnut cabinets with new Walsh 2000 drivers.....................Regularly $2800 Now $1900

Hmmmm, when I had my 100's, I thought John said that they wouldn't take any of the X000-series drivers due to size incompatibilities....

"Hmmmm, when I had my 100's, I thought John said that they wouldn't take any of the X000-series drivers due to size incompatibilities...."

Most likely he had not adapted the new drivers to that particular cabinet yet. Over time, he seems to work out how to adapt the newer drivers to as many old cabinets as possible, thereby providing the most potential upgrade paths possible. I do not think he would advertise or sell a new driver on an old cabinet until the combo can be tuned properly. Just plopping a new driver on an old cabinet would not be an optimized solution in that each cabinet's acoustics are different. Eventually, these get published to the web site at which point I suppose they become a formal product upgrade option.

A significant part of OHMs business is providing upgrades to older units, which both helps keep costs to current owners low and helps keep the customer base intact. If teh upgrade is not published on the web site, then its availability would not be assured.