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

Hi,

I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
rebbi
accurus
40 posts
 
I have measured in room response with my Ohms using DIRAC and a calibrated mic and I am getting a gentle roll off about say 10 to 15k.

Something was mentioned earlier about the use of an iPad mic and I am wondering if this is an issue with the mic more than the driver.

I will however say that my own experience with Ohm build quality matches Peter's. Ohm commands a high price for a product that in my opinion has sub par build quality. I have an extra set of cans sitting around and at some point will tinker with upgrading the tweeter and crossover used to put in matching, but super parts and build a cabinet that matches Ohm's specs but is braced and dampened better and doesn't using a cardboard tube for the bass port.

All of us here love our Ohms, but I do feel that there is some rationalizing of poor build quality if it were any other speaker company would be called out for what it is. When I spend 3k on a speaker I am hoping that we could spring for a $2-3 plastic tube that I can buy from Parts Express.
peterr53
184 posts
 
Accurus thank you for calling a spade a spade...
After seeing a lot of cracked open cans, I do agree on the sentiment that
if let's say Paradigm or pSB would have such sub par build quality
they would be out of business or at least laughed out of the sandbox.
As someone with manufacturing background I look at the Ohm's and see a diamond in the rough. But currently they look stuck in 1978 a good year for me, but time marches on
for everything including speakers.

Toiletpaper rolls should be banned from speakers....🇸🇪



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t8kc
53 posts
 
Just to clear up the actual cost of the Ohm 2.2000 upgrade, I pulled out the invoice. The price for the upgrade by itself is $1,400 plus $60 shipping. The number I told Peter was $1,200 from memory. It turns out that I had a trade-in credit on another set of Walsh 2s (blown) plus I bought new speaker grills so that is where the $1,200 number came from.
enginedr1960
130 posts
 

I updated mine in 2015 i had them updated at Ohm they replaced the top and bottom plate re veneered them in rosewood repaired the loose braces stuffed the cabinets and install plastic port tubes. I paid $ 1400.00 for this service . Then 3 months ago I wanted to cut the cabinets down to 13" John did not want to damage the veneer . I traded them back to him . He made me 2 -13" high Walsh 2 cabinets with sealed bottoms . I place my Ohms on the top of my REL subs the tweeter height is set for my seating position . I installed some caps in the signal path of my amps to make a hi pass above 50 Hz . the wires from the drivers go right to the binding posts no inductor in the path . I find the drivers are more articulate this way .I still have another pair of Walsh 2s that I can run the old and new drivers in . 


peterr53
184 posts
 
Exactly what they did for me, the only difference was the model of speaker.
still nowhere close to being OK, lots of cutting corners for a $5000 speaker.
I still enjoyed them for quite a long time and looking forward to re-building them to 
a new level of performance...
unfortunatly I just got the news an hour ago that my dad isn't doing very well, so I have to fly out to Sweden on Tuesday and I might stay there for a few weeks depending on the situation.

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