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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
tvad
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I sit nearfield (about 8 feet) from full range floorstanders (down to 25Hz). There is a significant difference between full range and not-quite-full-range...even in a nearfield set-up.

More weight to the music makes the experience more lifelike, IMO.
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mapman
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Agree with Tvad that larger drivers that also may extend a bit lower will generally work better near field as well as long as long as the room is not too small in which case the low end on the OHMs can become overwhelming according to some.
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mapman
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One more thing. If the low end does become overwhelming on the Ohms, plugging the port on the bottom to various degrees can help to alleviate it.
rebbi OP
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Got an interesting response today from John at Ohm about driving the 100's with my 80 watt Unison Unico hybrid. He wrote:

“That should be plenty of power. The 100s take about 1/2 the power of MicroWalshs for the same sound level.”

There you go, straight from the boss!
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jtwrace
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sounds like your next phone call to John is telling him to ship them. :)
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