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Gallo Reference 3.1 vs Zu Druid

I am interested in anyone that has compared the Zu Druid vs the Gallo Reference 3.1. Especially in relative large, hard-surfaced rooms. I tend to listen to classical and jazz. Thanks.

Gary
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tricon_dave
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Check out the 6 Moons reviews of the Zu Druids and the Gallos. Both were awarded the rare "Blue Moon Award". Srajan directly compares the Druids with the Gallos, I think in the Blue Moon Award write-up of the Druids.

I owned the Druids for several months but quickly sold them (after 300 hours of break in) because I could not get over the closed in sound they had, like I was listening through a tunnel. But others have praised the Druids, so maybe it was just lack of synergy with the several amps I tried.

Dave
undertow
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I am sure it is much more to do with the amps used... and the space you have in the room. And yes 6 moons seems to have praised both pretty equal, but the owner has kept the Gallos for a backup to the Zu definitions he now uses after upgrading from the druid. 2 different sounds for different testing would be my assumption. Also the Druids take nothing to drive, the gallos are pretty low efficiency with I believe 88 db specs ?
nutella
223 posts
 
Tricon dave, Thank you for finding the words that have eluded me wrt the Druid sound.
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
IME, the Gallos are definitely not low efficiency speakers, or I doubt that I could drive them in a large room with 12 WPC SET monoblocks. I do have the Gallo sub amps on the second voice coils to handle the 20-40 Hz range.
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