Home Theater In a Box?

Third on Gallo but if uou can swing the Due with the film tweeter mounted between two ball for your mains do so.You rae goingto want listen to tunes optimally as well.Magnepan would be ebtter butnI siincerely doubt you culd get your center speaker let alone system for the price.Lastly see if there are any Cambridge Soundworks stores in your arrea or get return gurantee on both Gallo (tell'em iot's size dependent or whatever) and pcik out a Cambridge Soundworks system to matc budget.I also think at that price point Infinity would be good option.$1200 is not going to quite buy as much as you might think so laso think hearing at shop and buying used.
G'luck
Chazzbo

Thinking outside the box and about your space limitations, take a look at the Yamaha ysp series. Its right around your budget limits, but much below if you buy online. I've demo'd it. With the matching small sub ($200ish), its an amazing solution.

S.

Negative on all of the above. Newbie college students should not be going with "essoteric Galo's", or the "Magnapan route!!!!" (old audiophiles from the 70's maybe...lol)
Stick with dynamic piston traditional designs. Packages you won't go wrong with are the Polk $1k HT in a box system (forgot model), with a Harmon Kardon REceiver, or the Infinity TSS750/1100 systems, driven by Denon receiver.