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Gallo Acoustics Reference III vs. Hyperion HPS-938

Has anyone had a chance to compare these two? A friend of mine is looking at new floorstanders and these are my recommendations because they seem to be comparable in the following areas:
-New technology that works
-Reasonable prices: Gallo's are $3,600 with BAM, Hyperion's are $4,000
-Relatively full range, especially the Gallo's with BAM producing low 22Hz-25Hz
-Relatively compact in size
-Relatively easy to drive
-Good to great workmanship

In the case of the Gallo's, there will be a matching center released in 2005 in case my friend decides to go 3.0 to 5.1 Multi-Channel in the future.

What are your thoughts? Thanks.
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dracule1
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Hi all,

I own the Hyperion 938s and you can read my review. I had a chance to briefly (30min) audition the Gallos. Although the speakers weren't broken in, it sounded very good and is worth an audition. I will have another listen to them in a couple of weeks. My initial impression is the Gallos have wide soundstage with very good imaging and sounds little more forward than the Hyps. The Gallos were driven by all MacIntosh electronics.
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