Gallos how good are they?

It was just a passing thought. But on the subject of omni's vs direct radiating speakers, wouldn't your preference be somewhat influenced by the location you prefer when you are actually in the hall? Row A where the halls contribution from reflections is less influential vs Row M where you are hearing almost equal parts of direct sound and reflected sound? Isn't this an issue you would have to deal with in 'properly' setting up your omni's in your room as well?

I respect your reasons for your personal choice, but for others making these decisions I would suggest that most live unamplified performances are recording with a fair amount of hall sound, or reverbrant energy added into the mix by the recording engineers, so having omni's in your home may only be adding more indirect sound to the mix. If you like your music to sound as it might in row M you have probably made a very good choice. You could get a similar response from many good bidirectional speakers as well.

In my home I selected and set up my speakers to minimize the influence of my room so I could hear clearly what the engineers had put into the pits and grooves, probably reflecting what I would hear were I sitting in row A. Horses for courses. :-)

Newbee, yes like most of audio, its a personal choice thing.

TO my ears, the complex spatial queues captured in recordings from the live performance in concert hall or studio are reproduced more accurately by speakers that lean towards a more omni radiation pattern rather than those that tend to beam forward and in the case of bipolars, backwards as well.

In the case of box design speakers, wouldn't most agree though that wide dispersion is always better than beaming straight ahead only?

Some would disagree with this though and state a preference to minimize the interaction between the speaker and the room they listen in. Those folks should avoid Ohms, MBLs, Gallo reference, and the like.

All sound is subject to room acoustics, be it live music or reproduced on a system. My strategy is to accept the room I'm listening in as my own personal concert hall and then try to make it work for me as best as is possible rather than try to fight or avoid it. Why chose a strategy based on fighting the laws of physics?

Ok so we have a few designs to choose from: Mirage 15 or 28, Ohm 200's or 100's, Gallo 3.1 ref, or duevel's models.
Which one gets the most nods?

Mapman-- chose the ohm's over gallo's.
Macdadtexas-- likes gallos
bostonbean-- likes gallos
riley804-- likes gallos
analogphil-- likes ohms
shardorne-- suggests mirage or ohm's
jaybo-- says gallos are good but ohm resembles mbl's
johnny53-- couldn't be happier with mirage omd-15, and says gallos sound was rough and unrefined, says the mirage's are refined and resolving and never owned speakers that approach the resolution of the mirages.

3 like the gallo's
2 like the ohm's
1 likes the mirage's
0 like the duevels

I would like to hear from owners what they think of these speakers.
Since I am getting excellent resolution, imaging and bass with my current setup I would like to get that as well with the second system.

HEy Pedrillo, your original question was ABOUT the Gallos, so I think you have to give the others mentioned some kind of handicap accordingly. LOL

Pedrillo, seriously, these are all fine recommendations, but you really need to listen and decide.

The thing is Ohms are sold direct only so you won't find a dealer to listen.

THe choices are to find someone who has Ohm Walsh CLS drivers and listen or do Ohms in home audition with the latest and greatest CLS drivers.

If you hear Ohm Walsh CLS's somewhere, make sure you know which series driver they are.

You want to hear newer series 3 or maybe even series 2 (closer to 3's but different tweeter), but not originals, which are inferior though still pretty good and also far and away the most common version out there. The cans housing the driver look pretty much the same from the outside with all of these and are not always clearly labeled, so it can be hard to tell what you have unless someone knows for certain.

Also, Ohm offers CLS driver upgrades for every Walsh model ever made, so the model indicated on the cabinets does not necessarily indicate the exact CLS driver used.

This can be very confusing I know, but potentially worth it. I guess the bright side is it helps add to the mystique of the line for better or worse.