best amp to drive Gallo 3.1's?

Oceanica, sorry but you can't. My SET monoblocks were designed and built by a friend. I can provide a schematic if you contact me off line, but the builder has moved out of our area and AFAIK has not constructed any more than the 3 pairs he built a couple years ago. I was running Conrad Johnson Premier 12s (140wpc) at the time I first heard them and there was no contest at all. They use Magnequest trannies, 845W output tubes. EL-34 driver tubes (Mullard Xf1's currently in mine,) and 6N7 input tubes (Mullard ECC31's in mine) with solid state rectification. That's three tubes per side. Dave

I own Gallo 3.1's in two systems. I use a Classe DR-8 (70wpc but high current) and BAT VK-500 with BATPAK (250wpc and enough current to act as an arc welder). I don't think the 3.1's need a ton of juice, these happen to be the amps I use and I'm very happy with the results.

I settled on an Odyssey Khartago upgraded to a stratos that I got on this site. PLENTY of power! Also, used the resistor tweak and have ended up with really nice bass, the Odyssey is a bit on the bright side, but not bad. Also the one I got has a broken post -- can't even connect a spade without tape! Does any one know where I can get connector posts. I figure for $840 including shipping I couldn't do too bad.

Anthony Gallo uses Spectron amplifiers for the developments of his speakers and also present his speakers with Spectron amps only. This year at CES he presenteed his $17k flagship also with Spectron

Good Luck
Rafael

My Two Cents:
I drive my 3.1's with the Bel Canto Ref 1000 monos which put out 500 watts into 8 ohms. I really love this combo and highly recommend it. As mentioned earlier in this thread Anthony Gallo himself uses the Spectron Musician III which is a 600W/ch stereo class D amp (similar to the Bel Canto). The only other advice I have is to avoid using a receiver to power these speakers if you like to listen with some real volume. Prior to the Bel Cantos I was using a Rotel 1057 with 100W/ch in stereo, and it would clip at not too unreasonable higher volumes. Speaker damage is mostly caused by too little power and rarely too much.