"this is the product Ohm puts out"

"All I can say is what you see as keeping overhead down, I see as squeezing every last penny possible off the patent."

Maybe. But companies do not stay in business if they do not make a profit. I respect companies that deliver good products yet keep overhead down as much as possible. I am a blue collar kind of guy at heart.

OHM prices have gone up in recent years. The current line is supposedly refined in accordance to help justify that. I have not heard the current X000 line yet, including the latest microwalshes, so I cannot say how the value proposition has changed in fact. I believe they are probably improved or refined to some degree but the difference is described as evolutionary not revolutionary. Dunno. Trying the speakers out and taking advantage of the 120 day in home audition period is the way to find out.

Its a tough business these days. Not sure I would want to be in it.

Yes, as usual you're right,what you say is sensible.

I knew I did not want to be in it when the first PC's came out and the what shall I spend my disposable income on american public cut the midfi, entry hiend market in half in 6 months time.
Those who were not around from say 65-75 have no idea how HUGE the stereo market was.
Nor ,IMHO ,have they any idea how good a lot of that Jap stuff was.

Schubert, I appreciate that. We all have our own learning experiences that we base our decisions on. Its all good.

Hi Harley52

Any updates? Have heard from Ohm Acoustics or gotten in touch with them regarding your issues?

As the originator of the "Ohm Micro Walsh Talls Who's Actually Heard 'Em" thread a million posts ago, I thought I might chime in on this topic, even though I have moved on to other speakers.

I have no doubt that JS is a good guy. He was very generous with his time and attention on the phone with me while I had my MWT's and then my 100's. Ultimately the "pseudo omni" presentation was't what I wanted but I spent some very enjoyable time with my Ohms while I had them.

Both my MWT's and 100''s were gloss black. I'd call their finish "serviceable." That is to say, no major flaws but if you looked at them closely there may have been a tiny bubble or two in the painted finish. Perhaps the woodgrain is sharper looking but I was going for an inconspicuous, neutral look that had maximum "WAF." When they updated the design and rounded the corners (and the "hat" over the driver can) the speakers took on a more contemporary look, IMHO.

Some speaker manufacturers are all about exotic materials and tweaks (e.g., a new kind of internal wiring or crossover component or cabinet material is lauded as "groundbreaking" and yielding essential benefits. Or else, you need to use this kind of tube amp or that kind of speaker cable to get the most out of the speaker.

This kind of esoteric "tweakiness" is not the Ohm "ethos." John S regularly recommends, for example, NAD electronics to his customers. And if you open up the speakers and remove the cans (which I did at one point to try a driver replacement) what you see inside is some pedestrian looking fiber fill and plastic covered speaker wire, and a plastic jack that connects the driver to that wire. Hardly the stuff of Magico or YG (not that I could ever afford to own either of those). And who knows what the driver components in that can actually look like (not that it necessarily matters).

So what you're paying for is the Ohm sound, if you love it. And value wise, I think that they're a good proposition for the sound you get. But heirloom cabinetry is not part of the proposition.