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Gallo Ref 3.1 vs PSB Synchrony One

I currently own the Synchrony but recently had a very brief listen to the Ref 3.1 at the RMAF. Can't get the sound out of my mind now and have set up an appointment to audition the Gallos next week.

Anybody have the chance to do a head-to-head? Would love to hear your impressions!

Relevant details: Front end is a PS Audio GCC 100 with a Marantz SACD player. Room is medium sized and typical music is Jazz, classic rock, female vocals.

Thanks!
ichankai

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dopogue
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Never heard the Synchrony, but I love the Gallos. I know what you mean about
not being able to get the sound out of your mind, and they only get better the
longer they're broken in. A friend of mind supposedly "traded down" from a
pair of JM Labs Diva Utopias ($12,000 msrp, I think) to Nestorovics to the
Gallos and the Gallos sound MUCH better to him and me. Good luck, Dave
dopogue
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Bostonbean, well maybe. I've run mine on 12wpc SET monoblocks (granted, with huge transformers) for more than 4 years and have never felt the need for more juice. This is in an 18 x 40' room.
dopogue
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Bostonbean, yes, I should have mentioned that. Sorry. I didn't use it for the first couple of years I had the Gallos, though, and hear no difference unless there's some really low bass present on the musical source material. Dave
dopogue
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I would largely agree. Mr. Gallo might remember that some of the final pre-production work on the Reference 3s was carried out using 10 wpc amps. It's the quality of the amps, not their wpc, that matters most. And I gotta say, these things LOVE tubes :-)
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