Official Anthony Gallo Owners Thread - Page 75

I remember reading a post from Davor back in the spring commenting on Gallo speaker cable for the 3.5. I see that Hi Fi Heaven is selling the same cables for 689(advertised on audiogon). I have a pair of Strada speakers and I am looking to upgrade from MIT EXP 2 speaker cable. I was wondering if the 3.5 Reference cables with the added ground cable would be suitable for the Stradas, and I'm also interested to know what other cables people have found to work well with the Stradas. For the record, I'm considering Gallo Reference, Acoustic Zen Satori and Nordost LS Blue Heaven cables. Thanks.

Esau

Hello Esau, the Strada don't have an 'Opt' plug to accept the third wire on the Gallo cables, and I haven't heard them used on the Strada, so can't really offer any more input than that.

Thanks for that information Barry. I was hoping that a few Strada owners(or people who favorably auditioned a pair of Stradas) might have a few words to say about speaker cables that sounded particularly good with this speaker. I know that system synergy has a big role to play but I also know that finding the right cable to link to a small, electrostatic-sounding speaker may be a bit of a tricky search. The original Nordost Blue Heavens, for example, are supposed to sound great with Maggies, but then the Strada is sizewise the "anti Maggie."

Esau

Planning to downsize my system in the family room doing double duty as hifi + 2-channel HT. Looking for an all-in-one solution. I'm trying to come up with a list of products to audition. I'm hoping it would be at least at par than my current system in terms of resolution, dynamics and scale in a small room: Mac Mini -> Halide Bridge -> Cyrus Dac-X -> Plinius 9100 -> Strada + TR3. Music vary from rock, jazz, vocals and pop. Any suggestions?

Didn't even know that my speaker cables "sound" in any way, at least i don't hear them. I just hooked them up with ordinary 12 gauge wires and everythings was fine.
May be i missed something in my physics seminar...

Downsize(?) How and why? Seems like a pretty, physically, compact system already.

I hear you, Gurkey. In a perfect world cables would not impart any sonic change on your audio system. In the real world, however, cable can make a big difference. Better quality cable does not add anything to the sound, rather it can take away less from the sound than other, usually less expensive cable. Some cables have a sonic signature, as it were and other cables are more neutral in their sound properties. You can easily spend thousands of dollars on cable with diminishing returns and most audiophiles believe there is a point at which cable expenditures are outweighed by the cost of the components they're connected to. Where that point lies, of course, varies from person to person. I picked up a pair of Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II cable to connect my PS Audio Perfectwave DAC to my Marantz PM KI Pearl amplifier. The result was quite noticeably better sound when compared to the previous Monster Cable I had in my system. I'm sure that you would find an audible difference in sound quality between standard 12 gauge speaker wire from, say, Best Buy or Radio Shack, compared to boutique speaker cables. Whether that difference would be enough for you to open your wallet is another question entirely. A quick google search will turn up all kinds of discussions about cable credited as a system enhancer or smoke and mirrors.

Esau

Long story but domestic requirements while keeping the optimal placement of the speakers and the subwoofers with minimum visibility of cables...

I was initially a bit dismissive of the Stradas, but they certainly scale up with better upstream components. At this price-point, I suspect people might buy the Stradas and think they're not up to par because they're actually revealing what's wrong with the rest of their set-up.

My experience confirms that ss gear sounds best with the Stradas. The Auditorium 23 speaker cables sound great with the Stradas. Then again, they cost abt $1k for a 2.5m pair. They create a bit of mid-range bloom that the Stradas seem to be wanting. I also thought the Goertz cables sounded really good with the Stradas.

Thanks jky99. Do the Auditorium 23's come terminated with spades for the Strada? I'm not sure that the Strada's accept banana plugs.

Esau

Looks like Gallo finally updated their web site.

Also, they are doing Direct Sales but with no difference in prices which is unfortunate. They should just drop their dealer network, slash prices, and go 100%direct sales. That is what many others are doing.

Hi Easu, As an FYI the Strada most definitely do accept Banana Plugs.

FYI if using Gallo's Strada stands banana plugs won't fit (use bare wire or spades).

I don't have the 3.1's that you previously owned; you must have me confused with someone else.

Looks like it's time for me to sell my Gallo 3.5 speakers. They were good while it lasted. First $5,500 takes them home. I thought they were good but everyone is selling them. They just don't make me comfortable anymore. I've got them sanded down for the next owner to add the color they choose. I hooked up a hair dryer to them and got no sound below 17kHz.

The CDT III is my personal prime time favorite tweeter. It tweets so sweet that you almost forget there's a speaker there!

Troll...

I agree

If you have a problem with me, or my speakers, private message me. I don't think there is any need to defame me in front of my peers. Plus, it appears that you are trying your darndest to cost me the sale of my precious babies.

I don't think anyone has a problem with you or your speakers. Nobody knows what the hell you're talking about.

Don't know or care what speakers you own, your post history speaks for itself ...

If you are trying to sell them, shouldn't you post them in the For Sale threads? But your posts here hardly make sense. Why do you say everybody is selling their Gallos? Who has done that other then upgrading?

Speakers are not an investment, you don't have to be comfortable or not depending on what others are doing. You just keep and enjoy them regardless of what others are doing. I'd never purchase them worrying about "resell value"

My Stradas will get new amp, Nuforce....

I'm interested to hear your impressions of the Strada and the Nuforce amp. What amp are you replacing? What are the other components in the play-back chain.

Thanks, Barry

Still waiting on my Nuforces, but will report soon as I get them.
I had Densen B-200 preamp, Densen B-300XS amp, those I sold them. As source I have Sonos ZP90, and second source is Mac Mini with Auditvana (now is better version out, PRO), and Nuforce DAC-9, and Velodyne SPL-1000 ultra.

Dac will be also as preamp, connected on monoblocks.

I'm using the Stradas hooked up to a Peachtree Nova in a nearfield arrangement (very limited space, college apartment room with a roommate). Source is Macbook Air 2011 with Amarra. I found the Strada in this arrangement to sound much, much better when I reversed the polarity (night and day difference pretty much). I could hear them being limited by the arrangement in normal phase, but reversing the leads at the Nova made them disappear. They are truly incredible now.

First impresion in combo Stradas and Nuforce is very good. Will post some pictures and writte sgor impresion.

Im only concerned what to do with sub? Have Velodyne spl 1000 ultra, and cant get good feeleng about bass. Thinking to sell celodyne and go on TR-3. What do you think?

In the latest Stereophile mag on page 48 has a 2 page ad on the latest Classico series line with Blast technology. There's nothing on Gallo site about this. Does anyone have any news as far as release date, etc?

From their Facebook page...

Thanks Barry. Looking forward to hear how these sounds compared to my 3.5. Got the upgrade fever again.

Folks
Has anyone run the following configuration

idecco (or iNova seems like iNova is new)
Tr3
Strada speakers

Also my like a lot of rock and maybe some bhangara which is very bass oriented...

Any comments are appreciated...

Room will be 20 X 20 which is an open kitchen and living roon with a half wall as the divider...

Thanks

Guys, what subs do you use with Stradas? Any idea, what goes nice together?