beolab 3 vs gallo's strada speakers

B & O and Anthony Gallo are both very natural sounding speakers. I have BeoLab 8000's as my side speakers, BeoLab 6000 as my rear speakers and purchased the Anthony Gallo Reverence AV as my center channel. The Anthony Gallo's and the B & O's match well together.

Check out 6moons, as they did a recent write-up of the Stradas. Very favorable review. Might help you.

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I agree that the BL3s are great speakers. I don't know the audiophile jargon, but what I can say is that the mid-range is very clear (voices sound great) and the bass is not less than satisfactory. It is a perfect active speaker to play my apple lossless files through an IPOD+Wadia itransport+Quad CDP system.

Having said that, I am still curious about the Stradas.

Correction. It's the ATC Active 20s I have. And yes the Beolab 3 matches the 20s in terms of midrange articulation but with less "bite".

I just got a pair of Beolab 3s for my computer desktop setup for full range listening and I must say that this setup (pure music software + music streamer II plus + beolab 3s) beats my stereo (olive music server + Beo Canto DAC3 + ATC scm 20 + PS audio power regenerator) in every single parameter possible. I can hear more things going on with the computer setup and it's not just in the treble region only - details in the bass and sound steering are effortlessly reproduced. I say the Beolab 3s as nearfield speakers are grossly underrated by the audiophile committee. I think it's one of the best if not the greenest solution for a n audiophile desktop setup.