Amp for some new Gallos

Jjmali, excellent point, which I forgot. The more power you can throw at them during break-in, the better. My understanding is that they're close to a true 8 ohm load as the factory specs indicate; my amps would be hard pressed to drive 5 ohms.

I'm running my Gallo 3.1s (thanks Dave Pogue!) with a Harman/Kardon SS amp, approx. 150w per channel. The speakers (hell, the whole system) sound great!

According to Gallo, these speakers LOVE to see a high-current amp. Guess what the H/K is? However, I can tell you, for sure, that Dave P's system sounds terrific. Not as good as mine, but good nonetheless [very big smile]...

-RW-

I am aware of the break-in period. For more than two weeks I have left them cranked when I left for work...the neighbors love me. I have been using a Rotel amp (200 wpc), for the break-in but I want to experiment with something different and a little further up the quality chain. I am getting conflicting info with respect to the power requirements. Some say they can be driven with SETs, others say they like power. I would like to know what amp could remove the grainy quality that I get with the Rotel playing the Kronos Quartet. The C-J MV60 looks appealing.

Why not the same amp that Anthony Gallo uses himself - Spectron Audio Musician III Signature. Many other speaker designers also use this amp (Albert Von Schweiker, late John Danlavy etc).
These speakers are really love high current!!!
All The Best
Rafael

Thanks Rafael. I've heard that pairing Class D amps (which is what I believe the Spectron Audio Musician III is) can cause problems with tube pre-amps. I don't understand the reason. But until I know what to look out for, I will avoiding the whole class D thing. Also, I live in a smallish apt and 600 W would put me in the street.