Gallo Acoustics

MindlessMinion,

Thanks for the feedback & info.  I figured that the 3.5's were an improvement over the 3.1's.  But, as I have been keeping eyeballs on the Gallo Reference floor-stander series, for quite some time & I have never encountered any models other than the original 3 & the 3.1's on the used market.  Plus, the ones I purchased are, according to the photos, in excellent condition & the price was right.

Tangent upon how this experiment works out, I may eventually move up to one of Gallo's current Reference series, which seems to focus on sub/satt combos.


OMD

I had the 3.1's. I bought the cl-4's when they closed them out and I ran them beside the 3.1's for a month. Kept the cl-4's. 
Better bass, never liked sound of side firing subs on 3.1's. They didn't integrate with my room well.
CL-4's are much more efficient,seem to have better dynamics than 3.1's. I am driving them with 200w/ch.
Have a cl-10 sub, which I rarely use now. 
Bass on cl-4's is full range. Only use the sub for movies.
I listen mostly to acoustic jazz.
Replaced Adiva-ti's with cl-2's for surround speakers. Much better surround field now.
Really like the gallo "sound". Neutral, dynamic, very clean sound. NEVER hear compression when driven loudly. Piano sounds so clean now.
They'll bury me with this setup.

For everything Gallo, please see this link for the "Gallo Owners' Thread" here in the "AVS Forum":

https://www.avsforum.com/forum/89-speakers/805768-official-anthony-gallo-owners-thread-117.html

All your questions should be answered if you have the time to research through the many pages and owner contributions including mine.

I had a pair of 3.1 and do not remember them having any lack of bass at lower volume, quite the opposite in fact in my system.

I never hooked up the woofer to additional amp as already had too much bass for my room so saw no point in that all.

I sold them as in my room and system I just could not tame the excessive bass output