Swap my klipsch heresy's for Ohm walsh 2

Rlwainwright's offer + $800 for new drivers = something to think about.

Keep in mind there is a few hours of work involved to upgrade original Walsh 2's to 100 series 3 drivers yourself, but it is not that hard if you are comfortable using a glue gun.

Or ship them to OHM and let them upgrade.

Map,

Although I read Mechans' post in a different way than you did (I don't know if he's auditoned only older model Ohms), I was just making a point about my experience with Ohms and dynamics:

I underestimated the speakers' ability in this area for quite some time because of certain variables which I didn't appreciate at the time - notwithstanding your posts which frequently pointed those factors out to me!. Mechans' experience may be due to the dynamic characteristics of the older models he's heard or they may be due to a situation like my own. Either way, I'm just cautioning others from repeating my mistake.

Marty

marty,

Gotcha.

Rbaker, can you confirm if what you have are truly original Walsh 2s?

If they have the obelisk shaped cabinets rather than rectangular, and say "Walsh 2" on the labels, then that is likely what they are, unless, they were upgraded to 100 drivers.

Walsh 2's with 100 drivers have the crossover within the cage. Original Walsh 2's have the crossover board mounted in the bottom of the cabinet near the input connections.

If they are 100 drivers, then they could be either series 2 which became available in teh mid- 90's I believe or the newer series 3 which became available about 3 years ago or so.

By the way, within the last few months there is another new series of the larger drivers (not 100s yet, I believe) that have been unveiled on the ohmspeakers web site that supposedly use new drivers with better magnets and that are also said to be more efficient than prior series 3 (which is what I now own).

I own a pair of Walsh 2's. They are 25 years old and sound as good as the day I bought them. Many speakers have been in and out of my system. I cannot sell the Ohm's because while the other my mega buck speakers (my definition 8-10K) all sounded great in their own way, the w2's just sound right (do need a subwoofer in my opinion. To get the sort of imaging they provide, you otherwise need electostatics. They are just the best value I have ever found in a loudspeaker. They don't scream, they are well balanced. If you are used to the really bright high end of a horn, and like it, the W2's may disappoint. I've driven them with anything from a 50W NAD to a 300W McIntosh. I do not agree that they require a lot of power. The 50W was just fine...but depends on the size of you room. Good luck.

Thanks for all the input-I made the swap-mapman these are
the obelisk shaped cabinets-and do have the walsh2 logo,so far I am impressed with the sound.
They will replace the heresy's at our other home-I have owned several klipsch--lascala-in particular.No offense
to klipsch lovers but I just got tired of their sound.
The ohm's remind me of the ess amt 1b's I still have.
It amazes me that speakers 20-30 years old can sound as
great as they do-my main system has merlin tsm me with a
velodyne fsr-18--and IMO-it sounds awesome-but the ohm
and the ess are not far behind.Thanks.