New Gallo Due' for $450 pair a Good deal?? (1 Viewer)

[BobBehr]

I visited a small high end store,which sadly is closing it's doors.I saw the gallo dues' on the shelf and vaguely remembered seeing them in a few ads and reviews. The ownwer shot me a price of $450 for the PAIR!! I sort of dimissed it because I'm not really in the market.I know these go for around $599 each ,should I jump?I plan to go listen to them tommorow afternoon . Any thoughts appreciated.Thanks.

 

[maestroguruji]

Hello Bob,
Greetings from an audio enthusiast from Malaysia.
The Due for $450 is a terrific buy and I hope you consider their purchase. I did write a short review some years ago which you may wish to consider when deciding on your choice.
Cheers.
Maestroguruji

ps: My review

History : I have been using planar loudspeakers (Magneplanars, Martin Logans, QUADs) for no less than 20 years with great satisfaction. Up till last November I was using the MG 3.6s with immense delight. While the planars sounded grand in my earlier listening room measuring 18ft. x 28ft. they became physically dominating in my present 11ft. x 13ft. listening room particularly with connecting cables running all over the room. In October I decided to give up the 3.6s and choose the smaller NFR 630s. However by chance I stumbled onto a short British review in the internet on the Gallo Due. What attracted me most was the wall mounting potential of the Dues besides their diminutive size. I ordered a pair from an ad on Audiogon, paid USD180 for shipping and a further USD150 for customs tax and within 3 hours of receiving the speakers I had them mounted on the wall, 7ft. apart and 2ft. from the wall-ends and set up my old REL STRATA II powered sub-woofer in parallel with the Dues and at a cross0ver frequency of 63hz. Performance : The days of listening following the installation were disappointing, particularly after the years of enjoying the sound of the 3.6s. However after 1 month the sound began to improve and after 2 months it became superb. Whether the music was chamber, orchestral or opera it got one totally involved, with no sense of listening-fatigue but with rich, realistic rendering of all types of (classical) music. Truly magnificent. I do not miss the MG3.6s anymore. Associated Equipment : Audio Research CDT1 CD transport, Audio Research DAC1 converter, Audio Research LS3 preamp, Audio Research D115 MK.II power amplifier, Siltech digital interconnect, Madrigal analogue interconnects and Audioquest Speaker cables.

 

[David Willow]

Maestroguruji,

You do realize this shop was going out of business in 2003?

 

[juda]

Lmao 6 years later.. made my day!

 

[maestroguruji]

Extremely sorry for not realizing the date of the original posting.
Thanks to both writers for pointing this out.
I guess the time has come to cease to be a forum participant.

 

[Randy Ghost]

What a rude reply!!! :frowning: GO away troll.