Official Anthony Gallo Owners Thread - Page 32

Hey vishal, thanks for taking the time to post the pix . Looks like you have a killer setup. I'll bet the theater and music in your room is phenomenal. I'm a little jealous of the amount of room that you have to work with.

My listening room is 16 ft by 22 ft. It opens to a kitchen behind it, and the kitchen opens to a nook on one side and a dining room on the other with no walls, so a large space.

Sooooo....my 4 A'diva Ti SS speakers just showed up and I'm reading in the manual where it says that banana plugs can be used. I'm looking at the back of my speakers and DO NOT see anywhere for banana plugs to stick.

Am I seriously missing something???

Pull out the little black plugs in the center of the binding posts.

Yup

Has anyone found an answer to dylan24's post?
I have the same situation as I just bought the Ref AV center and my BDI stand will be here this weekend. I know this post is over 2 years old but hey

I'm not 100% on this, but I'm pretty sure the Ref Center needs to be mounted on some type of stand or on a wall.
It's not a "Box" speaker so you cant just rest it on a flat surface. You may be able to make some kind of custom stand that isn't as tall, but I'm pretty sure you'll need something to support it.

Yup, stand or wall. They are designed for optimum bass response when placed on the wall.

Got it. I figured as much but it does not mention the plugs in the owners manual and I didn't want to start tearing parts off of my brand new toys.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm trying to find a used stand now or I may have to make something up.

Check out some of the flat panel TV stands, plasma or LCD, some are rather stylish. There should be some available since a lot of people mount them on the wall. You'll have to find some creative way to strap them on which shouldn't be too difficult.

Thanks KKM -

All you'd need is a simple "L" shaped stand made of wood to mount it to.
Like a simple wooden bookend.

Next question guys: I have junction boxes with banana plug outlets in them. I can't seem to find an intelligent solution to mounting the A'Diva's directly to the junction box. AG makes a junction box plate with a ball joint, but it seems to only be for the Micro series. I'm looking for a similar solution for the A'Divas.

It would be awesome if there were such a thing as a double ended banana plug with a tension joint in the center, but I'm sure that would be a custom fab part.

I think I have found one possible solution, but it requires an internet purchase just to get it in my hands to look at it and mock it up.

Edit: I think that the junction box plates should work with the A'diva Tis- they are not much heavier than the Micros. You may want to ask AG first at roundsound.com- I've had good luck with responses from them.

What I did was order some wall mounts from Orb Audio- they are about 1/3 the price, but the correct size. I then bought some decorative wood "plates" just large enough to cover the junction box hole, found in unfinished arts/crafts retailers that I pre-drilled to fit on the junction box, to pass the wire through, and to mount the stands to. I painted them, pulled the cable through, mounted them to the junction box, then attached the wall mounts. Finally, I mounted the speakers. It's a very tight fit to mount the speakers, so I ended up winding the cable in the opposite direction, so that it straightened out when fully mounted.

Here's a picture of the 30° mounts with AG Micros. The A'divas should fit, but be just a little bit harder to finish mounting.

I wanted a complete solution that kept my banana jacks but still used my sleek banana jack faceplate. My wife is sick of me spending a week custom fabbing a part that no one other than me will end up caring about. I ended up giving into the Pinpoint Mounts AM-20. There will be 4 of these for my surrounds. I might still try to modify the plate to house the female banana ports, much to my wife’s chagrin.

I have the ref a/v center sitting on a shelf above my tv.
If you leave the grill on the top and bottom are flat.

Hello,

Hope someone can help!

I'm looking at getting a AG setup - either 5 Adivas or 5 Micro Tis either will be used with 2 TR1 subs set up as stereo subs using high level inputs. I have 1 TR1 already and it's not bad but 2 should be better!

Firstly, what is the on wall frequency response of the Adiva's? I've seen both 76Hz-18kHz and 76Hz-20kHz quoted on the AG website. (The former figure on the website speaker specs and the latter in the pdf manual)

Secondly, what is the thread for the speaker mounting hole? Is it by any chance a metric thread? (M6). Makes life a bit easier...

Finally, it the Micro Ti extra high end response worth it over the lost lower response compared to the Adiva??

Cheers,

Chris

I prefer the sound of the original non-ti A'diva. You could probably find a deal on those, if you look around enough.

Here are my opinions:

1. I'd go with the regular A'diva over the Micro Ti. I have both versions of the Micros, and the Ti has a wider range, but the regular sounds a little warmer and smoother. I do prefer the A'diva Ti slightly over the regular Micros, but you didn't list that as an option.

2. The threads are standard system not metric: 1/4-20. Orb Audio mounts work with them as well, as a cheaper alternative.

3. Probably not- my Micro Tis serve as surround duty to A'diva Ti fronts. There's definitely something to be said for the extra bass out of the A'diva Tis, particularly for voices and crossover purposes.

Thanks for the replies, you've confirmed my thoughts... I'd go for the A'diva Ti's but they're out of my budget a bit at this stage...

I'll look at the Orb brackets - they might be more cost effective. I've found some good mounts locally (Australia) but they're metric threads so I'd need to get some adaptors.


Cheers,

Chris

Thanks for the advice. I now have the Rev A/V Center on the shelf below my display. I used 2 Chrome/Nickel plated door wedges from Home Depot. It angles the speaker up perfectly and matches the Gallo sphere quite well. The shelf space below my set is 8' inches high and on the Gallo stands I would need 8 3/4inch clearance. With the door wedges, I'm working with a lot more room. The speaker is no taller than 6 3/8 with out the Gallo stand. Perfect.

Thanks for the advice. I now have the Rev A/V Center on the shelf below my display. I used 2 Chrome/Nickel plated door wedges from Home Depot. It angles the speaker up perfectly and matches the Gallo sphere quite well. The shelf space below my set is 8' inches high and on the Gallo stands I would need 8 3/4inch clearance. With the door wedges, I'm working with a lot more room. The speaker is no taller than 6 3/8 with out the Gallo stand. Perfect.

I've just installed a 7.1 system with 7 A'diva Ti and 1 TR3 sub-woofer and I must way WOW. The flow between between satellite and subwoofer is seemless. The clarity of the center channel dialogue is also amazing. I highly recommend these to anyone with a small to mid size room.

Glad to help. You should take a few pix to show others how it worked out for you, so they can do the same if needed.

For Gallo Relations:

Can you explain what positioning the bass drivers on a 3.1 inside and outside has on the bass? I understand this will of course be different in different rooms, but I expect that there is a general trend to the change in frequency response and output.

And/or

Has anyone ever measured the differences in their listening room?

Just the facts, ma'm.

It is in the manual -> "Each room is different, so the safest approach is to try it both ways. Play a variety of bass heavy recordings, and note which orientation yields a smoother and more extended bass response. If you have a large piece of furniture or massive rear projection TV between the speakers they should always be in the outward facing orientation."

I personally measured mine inward and outward and the woofers inward was much worse. My dip at ~65hz was much lower, and I had another large dip at ~35hz that I didn't have with the woofers facing out.

Just get some test tones off the internet and try measuring it yourself. It depends on your system which way will sound better.

I'll give it try. The simple fix is Awesome.
THANKS.

Thanks Gaara. I was aware of the instruction manual.

I was hoping Gallo might have tested this anechoically. Just curious more than anything.

Not sure if these will show everything. I'll have to re size the other pics. I took 4 pics but could only upload 2. The others were to big. They were taken with taken with the same camera at the same time. oh well.