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

Yes, thanks for that link. Nice review!

OHM Micro Talls...is the little speaker that could....The micro OHM had a "perspective" of the front or second row of a concert hall while the other OHMs seem to place the listener too far back for me.
Hifidon (Answers

Interesting MWTs (which I have not heard) were more forward. No Walshes I have heard are.
Mapman (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers)

The reviewer of the Blue Circle BM2 writes "...the BM2’s woofers and tweeter are used in pretty typical fashion.

I am going to agree with Hifidon who further states ""where you like to sit at a music event or movie theater" is relevant to a choice of a reproducing loudspeaker."

So, keeping in mind different speakers, rooms, equipment, different everything, which is more likely to be the more common experience for someone owning Ohms vs the BC BM2: Sound that is a little removed from us, less physically immediate, putting us back a few rows in the concert hall, or sound that is more closer, where we are aware of the instruments presence?

My sense is, after reading the comments and Doug Schneider's review, it is generally the former, but until Hifidon brought the matter up, no one much mentioned it (concert hall perspective). So, those who have considerable experience with Ohms and live musical experiences, I'd like to get your take. When you go to concerts, where do you like to sit?

For the first time in my life, I am going to attend a number of indoor concerts, musicals, etc. in a relatively short period of time, and I am purposely selecting different seats in the hall to gain a better perspective on live music from different seating positions. I expect to be buying new speakers later in the year.

I like to generally sit in the "sweet spot", dead center and a bit further back than the performance width.

I listen with my larger OHMs in a similar configuration but I listen to the 100s in the smaller room more nearfield like being front row just left of center.

Sometimes with the larger OHMs in the larger room, I sit near field also, just 1.5 feet in front of and a tad outside of the left speaker (they are about 6 feet apart) and the soundstage shifts yet remains detailed and coherent.

One nice thing about good omnis is you can sit if different locations and get different presentations without moving the speakers, which can make for a nice and easy change of pace.

Thanks, Mapman. That helps a lot seeing that you are the primary contributor to this thread with extensive experience (pinging Martykl). I take it that where you sit at a concert mirrors, more or less, where you like to sit at home? How's it going with your new amps?

One nice thing about good omnis is you can sit if different locations and get different presentations without moving the speakers, which can make for a nice and easy change of pace.

Too bad the same thing can't be said about concert halls.

BTW, it looks as if Rebbi, the OP, is still on his speaker hunt. I see he is now looking at the new Merlin monitors. I wish him luck on his speaker quest.

Fin,

Thanks. Really, I just like to blather on and on about OHMs more than anyone else i suppose. I do try to be consistent!

Yes, at a live concert I tend to go for the sweet spot if possible. Most other locations in most venues deliver more compromise.

Regarding shifting soundstage at live events, it can happen in some venues with un amplified acoustic instruments and vocals, but there is usually mikes, amps and speakers involved to some extent, which works against that. When it works, its mostly a result of venue acoustics and the geometry involved with how the sound reaches your ears. When the geometry supports the ears ability to triangulate to determine location of instruments, it can happen. It is probably true though that in general it is less common and pronounced in experience than listening to a good pair of OHMs or mbls even with a recording miked in an appropriate manner to capture the relative location of instruments to a good degree.

The new amps are a home run. OHMs really benefit from the power, current and damping factor to a great degree I believe, as do many dynamic speaker designs. The Dynaudios also sound better than ever, the timbre of the BCs on these is less towards the hot side now. The OHM Ls sound way better than I have ever heard them, and even the little Relaistic Minimus 7s on my deck are happy as can be.

I am of the opinion that the vast majority of OHM owners out there have never heard their speakers optimally driven to the max and are missing out. That's because a lot of OHMs have been sold over the years starting at relatively low price points (under $500) as part of nice sounding but underpowered systems running off less ballsy amplification typical in receivers and even many integrated's. That works fine for most, but those who care might wean a lot more out of their OHMs by looking at bigger yet still greener Class D amps.