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

I'm finally experiencing the imaging and soundstage capabilities, and it takes a bit getting used to.

I'm used to 'monkey coffins' that image instruments and vocals precisely in the middle. Very, very artificial. A real guitar will revel its location, but the sound is not locked into a sweet spot. All this means is that I'm used to speakers that behave this way.

The Ohm's do not. They do this weird disappearing act, in which the soundstage seemingly overtakes the whole room. A solo acoustic guitar or vocal isn't locked-in to a specific position, but more-or-less inhabits space between the speakers. But if something is recorded to the extreme right or left, it can be a startling experience.

There's also no compression. What I mean is, bad recordings sound bad, great ones sound awesome. I'm still used to box speakers making EVERYTHING sound ok.

I love every characteristic I'm referring to. But it's like falling in love with my wife- it seems there's always something new to experience. And get used to...

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"But it's like falling in love with my wife- it seems there's always something new to experience"

Wow. This IS getting serious!!

LOL!!

Waxing poetic Parasound! You're a lucky fella to feel that way.

Mapman, I went to buy a pair of C2's back in the 70's; had money in hand. Got there and the dealer was out of stock and some kind of strike somewhere meant they didn't know when they would get more C2's. I was very disappointed and had no patience. Went directly to another shop down the street and bought a pair of ESS Heil AMT instead. Those ESS were very nice but I always wondered what I was missing in the C2's.

Foster,

Coincidentally, the speakers I had before my first OHMS in 1978, the OHM Ls, were Lafayette Criterions which I think was made by ESS and had the Heil tweets as well.