Ohm Speakers, thoughts?

Last year, I purchased a pair of upgraded Walsh 3 loudspeakers upgraded to the latest drivers. The delivery was delayed several times. The workmanship was shoddy, and one Walsh driver blew within the first five minutes of playing them. I returned them the following day after having waited six weeks beyond the promised delivery date.

Ohm is not a big shop. Wouldn't surprise me if they get backlogged from time to time.

With my Walsh 5's, I was told I would have them before they close for the summer (they close for the month of July) if I got my order in two weeks in advance + they were delivered on time, exceptionally well packed + in good shape.

On one other occasion, I placed a parts order on one day + received them UPS the next day. Ohm is located in Brooklyn, NY only about 230 miles from me.

My experience has been they generally do what they say and will try to make things right if they make a mistake.

One speaker had the binding posts in the back, and the other speaker had them in the front. Huh?

Six week delay and the binding posts are in the front underside of the speaker? (btw, this particular Ohm model was designed with the binding posts on the underside, although the normal position was in the back, not in the front)

After the driver blew, I was unwilling to send them back for repair. I just requested a refund.

Perhaps I was impatient. I would have like to have had a better experience. I was looking forward to enjoying them.

Ohm does a lot of different tweaks to all their various models that they've produced over the years. They do almost anything in regards to customizing and upgrading in order to best suit specific customers needs. This is much different and complex than most speaker lines that have a set of clearly defined models and perhaps a few options. It may be hard to know exactly what to expect sometimes perhaps given all the different configurations possible, especially when an older model is upgraded.

With so many options open, mistakes can happen. Best to ask lots of questions up front to be sure to get the full picture before waiting for the product to arrive and be surprised by something.

For example the binding posts under one of my Walsh 2 S3's are positioned in a way that makes it more difficult to attach a heavy speaker cable like my Audioquest CV-6's with the cables running out the rear. Not sure exactly why this is, but it is a minor inconvenience for me in my case. They are still a bargain in my mind.

Mapman,

My CD player is an Oppo 981HD. The amp is Outlaw 990/7500 (ATI). So my 200s are limited to 200W/ch.

The Oppo is recognized for video. I'm curious as to what a player focused on standard CDs would do.