Though Omega's voice would be edited to sound more robotic, his voice actors still had an impact on how the character sounded.
Best to Worst
1 Jon St John (2003)
St John was the perfect voice for Omega, able to add anger within Omega's robotic tone while staying in-character.
For as further evidence, it's apparent in an unedited version that he could do a good job even without the electronic changes in vocals.
2 Jeff Kramer (Shadow the Hedgehog)
Kramer does a similar job that fits Omega, just not as well as St John.
3 Aaron LaPlante (Team Sonic Racing)
LaPlante has proved to be a good voice for the role. I like how he is able to show the character's glee in destroying fellow robots, and look forward to hearing him as Omega in the future. Still, St John and Kramer win out for now.
4 Vic Mignogna (2010-2017)
Mignogna's initial run as Omega in Sonic Colors DS was lackluster. However, in Forces he did a better job, generally giving Omega a strong voice and impressively changing the character in Infinite's illusion.
5 Maddie Blaustein (2006, 2009)
Maddie Blaustein's first attempt at Omega sucked. For Omega, at least. It was an emotionless, robotic monotone that was at a higher pitch than previous attempts.
However, she greatly improved when voicing Omega in the Winter Olympics Games, to the point where some fans didn't even recognize her as a the same voice. I'm not sure if they were experimenting in 06, or if they were limited by the type of editor they were using at 4kids (as many of the robots from Sonic X sound high pitched, notably Gamma).
Though the second attempt was far more appropriate for the killer-robot, 06 had a bigger impact so that portrayal lands Blaustein in last place.
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