OMG ...Get a grip!!!
All is not lost. What has to be done is to devise a test procedure that accurately measures frequency response for omni directional speakers. Until one is derived, trust your ears. If your ears like what you hear would you not buy them if money wasn't a factor?
This is so fricking awesome!
In my humble experience, Ohm's tend to be favored by the subjective, audiophile type. Yeah- the guys and gals who spend up to umpteen thousand dollars on interconncts and isolation do-dads. And even within that community, Ohm is polarizing (pun intented).
The compaay doesn't make it any easier, either. Ohm doesn't advertise (they honestly don't have to- word of mouth and actually hearing them is enough to keep them going so far). And since they don't adevertise, there aren't a lot of reviews. What they offer is that insane 120-day trial period. 4 months of in-home auditioning- if you don't like them, send them back. OR they will even modify them for you. It also bears mentioning that the current generation of Ohm's aren't even true Walsh drivers, like the old Ohm A and F. I've been in the middle of fights over the difference (as a spectator, not a participant.)
anyway- there simply isn't a lot of objective, scientific data on the darn things. I would be ecstatic if Gene or Tom decided to review them, but I seriously doubt that Ohm would send a review sample out. Which kinda sucks.
In any case, I have the best speakers I've ever owned, and they cost about a grand. I have yet to hear anything that meets or beats them- be it Magnepans, Linn, B&W, Deftech, Tannoy,or countless others I've heard since I got them. And all I have is the small Micro Walsh Talls (I used to have a pair of F's, which is a whole other matter)
So- debate away, dudes. Pontificate, speculate and articulate.But real, objective analysis of these things would be quite fascinating to see.