History on ohm A's and F's.

By the way, I would not consider Ohm CLS drivers to be "exotic".

The technology is unique and affordable, perhaps, but if you were to look inside the cage, the actual driver is butt ugly THBOMK. Thank God it is hidden! Its like that episode of Star Trek where that ambassador guy was so ugly he lived in a box and if you opened the box without the protective glasses, you went insane (even Spock)!

Even Spock???Surely you jest......don't call me Surely.Those Ohm from the 70's,forget the model was magnificent,cheers,Bob

Mapman: The Ohms and Maggies are the only speaks I can afford that I ever found endearing when set up properly with classical music...

Which specific brands did they beat out in your experience?

Aktchi:

My comment was meant to apply to speakers that I have actually owned and tested over the years in my own house, not necessarily to any that I have ever auditioned or heard. There may well be others out there, but nothing I can think of offhand that I would consider over the Ohms.

$2800 B&W floorstanders (P6) and $2500 Dynaudio Monitors (Contour 1.3 mkII) are two that I own or have owned and tried.

I lost all interest listening to classical with the B&Ws after the Maggies. Though they had good weight and slam overall, they were never convincing with classical. Pretty good with other more rhythmic forms of music though.

The Dynaudio monitors, though fantastic for their size, are not totally convincing with large scale works including classical either.

I also still have a pair of Triangle Titus 202 monitors mated with a sub which does a very respectable job with all classical music forms.

Also I would include original Ohm Walsh 2's from the 80's that I owned for years....respectable but not great with classical.

The newer Walsh CLS series 4 drivers beat out all of these in every type of music, but for classical in particular.

There is no sense of missing anything in a performance of a large scale classical piece with any of the Walsh series 3 drivers in a properly matched size room.

"Even Spock???"

Yes, even Spock!

Although as I recal he felt better by the end of the episode.

I think it (the episode) was ironically called "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".

With the Ohms, I would say there is truth and still some beauty as long as you don't open up the "cage".