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Gallo Reference III Owner's: Quick Question

Hi All,

I have one quick question with regards to the Ref III's, in particular about connecting the SA amp to the second voice coil. I know that the SA amp is not yet released, but perhaps someone knows (through theory perhaps) the answer to my question.

I have ordered my Ref III's with the SA amp. The speakers will arrive in January, the amp around March. I am busy organizing the system so that it will be ready for these new components. Specifically in terms of cabling I need to organize how to connect my current integrated amp to the SA amp.

I currently have a double-run biwire set of speaker cables which if needed can be easily split into two single wire cables. I would then connect the pre-out of my integrated to the line-level in of the SA with interconnects. Alternatively I can keep the cables biwire, run one set of terminations to the Ref III speaker in and the other set to the hi-level in of the SA amp. Does anyone know if there will be a difference in terms of sonic quality? Is any one of these method preferred or will it attain integrity more?

It is just a matter of connecting to the SA amp via RCA or via speaker cables.

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xenithon OP
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Dopogue - I cannot wait until they both get hear. The gap between the speakers and amp arriving (January - March) I will use to break them in and organize/prep the rest of the system.

I think I will most likely use the line-level input. Just got a reply from JD over at Gallo saying that the RCA connection is the preferred, and fortunately my integrated amp has pre-outs. I would love to get a tube (or tube hybrid) integrated amp but am having a hard time finding one with pre-outs!

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