I have not heard them. I have a pair of Ohm Walsh 300's. I think they are the Mark 1 version. I bought them back in 99 and have used them in my two channel system since that time. The Ohm's imaging is great. To my ears the speakers sound very balanced and clear. They sound good no matter where you are in the house thanks to their coherent drivers.
I drive the 300's with a Bryston 4BST. I have only two criticisms of this setup. First, the speaker / amp combination runs out of gas on some bass heavy rock CD's that I listen to. The inefficient drivers are hard to drive. This could be addressed by crossing the lower frequencies over to a subwoofer. My second minor complaint is that the cabinet build quality is not that high and the internal wiring is cheaply implemented (probably minor impact on the sound).
Going back to your question, the upgrade is going to sound better but at $3K it is not cheap. If the improvement is not substantial then you may be better off spending money on a subwoofer instead. I thought about upgrading until I found a great deal on a pair of Avantgarde Duos. I am going to try easy to drive horns for a change of pace. Going to hold off on selling my Ohms for now but if the Avantgardes perform as advertised then I will probably sell them to help offset costs. Good luck to you.
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I drive the 300's with a Bryston 4BST. I have only two criticisms of this setup. First, the speaker / amp combination runs out of gas on some bass heavy rock CD's that I listen to. The inefficient drivers are hard to drive. This could be addressed by crossing the lower frequencies over to a subwoofer. My second minor complaint is that the cabinet build quality is not that high and the internal wiring is cheaply implemented (probably minor impact on the sound).
Going back to your question, the upgrade is going to sound better but at $3K it is not cheap. If the improvement is not substantial then you may be better off spending money on a subwoofer instead. I thought about upgrading until I found a great deal on a pair of Avantgarde Duos. I am going to try easy to drive horns for a change of pace. Going to hold off on selling my Ohms for now but if the Avantgardes perform as advertised then I will probably sell them to help offset costs. Good luck to you.
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