Specifications
- Production Period
- n/a
- Nationally Advertised Price
- $6995 per pair
- Dimensions
- 17x17x43
- Amplifiers Recommended
- 100-500W
- Impedance (typical)
- 4Ω
- Frequency Response
- 25-20,000 Hz (+/-3dB)
- Sensitivity @2.8 Volts
- 87
- Recommended Room Sizes
- n/a
- Original Walsh 5 Spec Sheet
- Download 1 MB
- Walsh Spec Sheet
- Download 3 MB
- Walsh XO Spec Sheet
- Download 1 MB
- Super 5.4000 Upgrade Kit Instructions
- Download 74 kB
- Super 5.5000 Upgrade Kit Instructions
- Download 81 kB
Purchase Options | Price | Order |
---|---|---|
Low Repair | $500 | |
High Repair | $200 | |
Repair/Replace Metal Can | $30 | |
Grill | $195 4 | |
Replace Total Driver | $2,000 3 | |
Upgrade to S5.5000 | $3,450 1 4 | |
Maintainence & Surround / pair | $400 4 | |
Crossover | $500 2 | |
Upgrade to Super 5.5015 | $6,600 2 4 | |
(1) With the return of the original part for recycling within 60 days. (2) With the return of the original part for recycling before the shipment of the new part. (3) Recycled repaired and tested. (4) Per pair. (5) Special shipping rate applies. |
The Walsh 5 was the best speaker Ohm had made until 1998. It received praise in most of the audio press including Stereophile. On the front cover of Audio, they were called ”A Masterpiece of the Speaker Designer’s Art”. They could fill even large rooms with life-like reproduction.
We used real wood veneer cabinets with an Ohm logo in the lower center. There were three controls on the back, one to match the bass response to your room size (down for very small rooms, up for medium rooms and in the middle for small sized rooms); one to match the treble (increase for rooms with carpeting and over stuffed furniture, down for hard floors and no drapes, in the middle for average mixed rooms); and one to set the ”perspective” (forward brought the mid-range up slightly and recessed depressed it slightly).
The speakers drivers came as matched mirror image pairs. They should have labels identifying the left speaker and right speaker. The cabinets are interchangeable so it is important to have the drivers on the right side with the Ohm logos on the front. Placed eight to twelve feet apart and about one foot from the wall gives the smoothest bass and best imaging.
The Walsh 5 can be upgraded to the Super Walsh 5.5000 which uses our current top-of-the-line technology. We send you a new set of drivers and boards, new input terminals and internal hook-ups, and a vent adapter which you easily slide in place to tune the frequency of the cabinet lower. The entire process can be completed in under two hours in your home and requires no specialized knowledge. You can retain your old drivers for up to 60 days until you are fully satisfied with your upgrade; and rest assured that your better-than-new speakers are backed with our Three Year Limited Parts and Service Warrantee.
The Walsh 5.5015 upgrade is similar to the Walsh 5.5000 but with a 15" Xtreme Xcursion subwoofer in the bottom of the same cabinet, driven by a dedicated subwoofer amp with 500 Watts per channel. This is a 20/20K design, covering the full range of human hearing. It reproduces deeper bass and higher treble than the Walsh 5 (The highs are the same as the current 5000.) and plays much louder than the Walsh 5. This upgrade must be done at the factory, since it requires extensive modification to the cabinet, and comes in your choice of real wood veneers. You can still audition this upgrade with our 60-Day Home Trial and send back your speakers in the same packaging material we used to send you the new ones. All upgrades come with Ohm's 3-Year Limited Parts and Service Warrantee.
Note: Most Ohm upgrades require no specialized knowledge and are easily completed completed by any person. It takes less time to install your own upgrade than it does to package and return ship your speakers to the factory, therefore, we recommend you save time and money by doing this yourself. We ship the upgrade to your door with clear, easy instructions. If for any reason you prefer to have the factory complete your upgrade installation, we will be happy to do this for free, however, you will be responsible for shipping and handling costs each way.
Ohm allows up to $6995 for the return of a complete undamaged pair of Ohm Walsh5's toward 25% of the purchase price of new Ohm speakers.