Ohm Speakers, thoughts?

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.

I also had a couple of "small shop" issues. Ohm was very responsive and everything ended up fine.

I look at it as investing a little of my time in exchange for getting what I wanted at a great value.

As you read through this thread, you will notice a variety of concerns that some people have about these speakers. I find it interesting how much factors other than "how do they sound" rank for some.

If a particular design spec, a particular appearance, or a crisp sales experience are high priorities, you may want to look elsewhere. My top priority was getting the "Walsh sound" I experienced 30 years ago. I'm happy that I've been able to get very close to that.

"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent."

Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)