Gallos how good are they?

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.

Pedrillo: Gee, I'd love to get a pair of those MBL 116's. How much?

Salesman: $21,000

Pedrillo: (cough, cough) Do you have something more affordable.

Salesman: How much do you have to spend?

Pedrillo: About $3,000

Salesman: How about these Gallo's?

Too funny.

Seriously, I love my Gallo's and they are imaging fools but I am not sure they are built to hang from bungee cords. :)