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In Reply to: Broken Ohm Walsh2 spring clips posted by justanotherguywithaquestion on May 25, 2003 at 16:39:16:
. . . but as someone who has considered buying Ohm Walsh speakers, I'd like to know more.Did you buy these refurbished from the manufacturer? Did Ohm give you the impression that they fix such problems when they sell refurbished speakers? Can they replace the whole setup, including the spring clips, the wires and the input board?
Does the speaker work okay anyway, even with a broken spring clip?
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I got these at a moving sale for almost nothing and I plan to use them as the drivers in a secondary system. Right now I have them working with the wire just jammed into the clip, and they sound pretty good, with all the well known "Walsh" attributes,"sweet spot" as big as the room it's in, etc.
I guess I'm looking for someone who is familiar with these speakers and has either upgraded or repaired the clips. There is no obvious way to access the inside of the box. The spring clip plate is riveted on a recessed chip board panel that shows no obvious method of attachment.I would just drill through these rivets but I dont know whats on the other side.
Okay, I see now. The rivets are through the mount and the spring clips are held on that way. I thought you were speaking of the driver wiring attachment or something. The plates rivets into the cabinet are just expanded int the wood possibly. Short of cutting a new hole where the old one is you are up a creek. Ohm made three ways and the F type models {which I am really hyper over}.
If the thought of drilling out the clip rivet isn't too much for you, you could buy some screw on post type connecter and just use the posts. They're like a bolt with a nut to hold them on the plate and the nurled knob to tighten down on the wire. I'm sure the current circuitboard {crossover} ccould lay a little behind the spring clip dealees. CAREFUL ! 1/2 inch may be your limit. Only one driver ?
The ones I have are the Walsh 2's not the 200 series, I figure they are about 10-15 yrs old. I know what you mean about the F's, a friends brother had a set of those with an appropriate amp and they just blew me away, I have been looking for a pair of those since then.
two ads in the paper has got me a pair of "L"'s and these, not "F"'s,
but really nice speakers for almost no money.
Surprisingly, my model "L"'s(3-way bookshelf) have better binding posts than the (more expensive) Walsh's.
I am at a loss to understand why Ohm isnt more well known and appreciated.
Concert Drivers. Ohm never made 32" concert drivers in this form because of the complexities. Could you imagine say a 4 foot wide inverted Ohm Walsh Metal Cone Concert driver ? Who was the first to use the now popular metal cones ? Probably Ohm. And what about dipoles, I'm not even sure what that is anymore really. Seriously a confusing issue, when people think you must be talking two ways. Like its some kind of "Lets kid around the old guy and pretend we like his idea.They should be the standard for home 3 D imaging, along with Carver Holographic systems. But those guys were too old to keep pasteing the big boys with their works, and gave up. Nothing like wearing out the competition, then getting old and sold out by the Ex or kids I guess.
. . . should be the standard, dipole speakers or the Walsh?Carver's company line was that their Sonic Holography effect wouldn't work with omnidirectional speakers, but I never actually tried it. Have you?
Can you just dump the spring clip idea and use whatever you want to make the contact?
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