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Ohm Goes to the Movies

John Strohbeen Tuesday, May 10, 2016

I am a long standing fan of Michael Connelly’s Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch detective series and I was very pleased when Amazon started a TV series based on Harry. I am addicted…

Used Speakers: Good Sound & Good Value?

John Strohbeen Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Speakers last a very long time – many decades are common. You can often get sound quality that exceeds 95% of today’s speakers for a fraction of all-new prices. The “Golden Age of…

Troubleshooting Walsh Speakers 101

John Strohbeen Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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Like cars and other devices – and even humans – stereo systems and their components age. This is true for virtually every part of a stereo system and being able to troubleshoot and fix…

One particularly attractive attribute of the 2000s is their ability to play very loudly without sounding congested, strained, or collapsing the soundstage. This applies to any music I have thrown at them; classical, jazz or rock.

Phil Slepian, AudiogoN

This is a VERY unusual design, one that I have never seen before. The effect is one of a very large sound stage for the lows and mids, but the tweeter is not so scratchy because it is not facing straight out. I like this effect, because, as you know, I am a bass hog."I thought my wife was not going to like the looks of the 200s because of the box-like grills on top. But she loved them! More importantly (to me), she liked the sound. The 200s are big on bass, and I mean deep and powerful. ...The Omnis were tighter on the bass, and not quite so powerful. They both had focused treble, which sort of threw me off guard, since the mids are so open, like you might find with a ribbon speaker. ...Neither model had any boominess, or nasality...

J.D. Moretti

One particularly attractive attribute of the 2000s is their ability to play very loudly without sounding congested, strained, or collapsing the soundstage. This applies to any music I have thrown at them; classical, jazz or rock.

Phil Slepian

Turning the tweeter at odd angles ... creates two distinct effects: an increased sense of depth and spaciousness of sound and a wider spread of the area in which the stereo is perceived. Because of this augmented stereo spread, the listening position becomes less critical. Good stereo imaging can be achieved almost anywhere in the room.

Hans Fantel, New York Times

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