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"The Nucleus Reference 5LS is emphatically modern, yet is destined to become a classic."
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The Robb Report Features the Reference 5LS Loudspeaker
"With seven proprietary tweeters and a dozen rear-firing woofers accompanying the midrange drivers, the 6.5-foot, $19,000-per-pair system delivers an immense, enveloping sound."
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Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity Reviews Gallo Product Line
"As you can see, I was completely blown away by this Gallo system."
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"The Reference 3.1 is a serious piece of audio engineering that will stand the test of time and likely remain at the top of its price/performance mountain for a long time to come. For what a lot of companies are asking for a pair of small bass-challenged monitors, Anthony Gallo Acoustics offers a high-quality pair of speakers that'll rock the house."
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"Anthony Gallo's Nucleus Reference 3.1 speakers sound like heaven and look like angels. So why does a pair cost only $3,000? You worry too much."
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"...offers some of the most focused imaging and three-dimensional soundstaging around."
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"I believe any discriminating home theater or audio enthusiast will be wowed by the dynamic and outstanding sound of Gallo's flagship product."
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"...the CDTII tweeter is spectacular. It's better than any tweeter I've heard in a speaker anywhere near the Ref 3.1's price."
"Without question, the Reference 3.1 continues in the tradition of the original Reference 3, by setting the standard in affordable speakers."
"Not only is the Reference 3.1 an extraordinary achievement in the affordable loudspeaker category, it's one helluva speaker, period."
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"Anthony Gallo's new Reference 3.1 loudspeaker ($2995/pair) proved that it's better to set up a room properly than it is to try to beat it into submission with expensive components. Not to take anything away from Gallo's Ref 3.1, which sounded fantastic, but his demo proved that God truly is in the details, sounding bigger, realer, richer, and more dynamic than most of the googolbuck systems we heard today. In fact, one importer, who shall remain nameless, confessed that he had a pair in his living room rather than the costly lines he brings into the country."
--Stereophile Magazine's Online CES Show Report, January 2006
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Reference 3 one of "100 Gadgets to Buy Before You Die"
"Life's full of challenges, compromises and demands on your time and money, but nothing is more important than making sure you own the latest, greatest gadgets. It's a simple equation - the more cracking kit you own, the happier and more fulfilled you'll be. But beware - the gadget world does not easily welcome the unprepared! There's plenty of tat out there ready to trick the unwary into parting with their hard-earned. So that's where we come in. We've put together 100 of the best-looking, best-performing gadgets you can buy today."
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"The loudspeaker surprise of 2004. Chosen as The Absolute Sound's "Product of the Year", we couldn't agree more. A mechanical tour de force, Tony Gallo is a bit of an audio Da Vinci for his imaginative and at times truly brilliant use of existing technologies mixed with innovative new ideas. From the ultra-wide dispersion tweeter to the Nucleus midrange spheres to the use of a high excursion woofer with twin voice coils, it all comes together in a masterpiece of musical value. Check out the series crossover between the mids and the bass and no crossover at the tweeter. Just one innovation after another. And the sound? At this price point, there's never been anything close. The tweeter spreads the image in an almost 360-degree arc, then the mids and bass fill in all the spaces. Perhaps the most solid center image in the industry. The loudspeaker savior of the middle class."
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"... Most of us can name large, expensive “dream speakers” ... but Gallo Acoustics’ Nucleus Reference 3 loudspeaker wins our 2004 Overall Product of the Year award precisely because it offers the lion’s share of these prized qualities without being either large or expensive ... The end result is, really, a reference speaker for Everyman ..."
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"Brass instruments are nearly impossible to get right, but the Gallo's gave new insight into Miles Davis' fiery yet fully formed trumpet and John Coltrane's saxophone's abundant harmonics... Once I had everything dialed-in, the system's spatial coherence was flat-out remarkable... I pushed the system pretty hard and reveled in its power and glory."
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"Now this is a really cool speaker and while considerably larger and twice the price of the Dulcets, it brings just as wide a grin as anything else that we have heard this year. Way bang for the buck, with looks and performance that is leaps ahead of speakers costing several times their price (Danny Kaey who has them is quite smitten - another review to follow soon). Not perfect but again, what is? With a visual statement that is more work of modern art, who really cares? An amazing speaker from someone who has been making just that since the beginning - Anthony Gallo."
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"The Nucleus Reference 3 designed by the American company Anthony Gallo Acoustics, represents a unique speaker systems of futuristic and unconventional design, which will likely speak to the unconventional listeners and audiophiles who are not satisfied with mediocre products and who occasionally find the time to devote to single-minded and focused listening sessions. The Nucleus Reference 3 merits attention and should you, for example, find yourself comfortably seated in a nice armchair, this speaker system will reward you with an unusually detailed, large-scale, luminous and spatially airy sound."
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"Gallo's $2600/pair Reference3s are rewriting the book on value in high-end loudspeakers, making accessible a level of performance that might previously have been far beyond reach for most of us. For an additional $900, Gallo's subwoofer amplifier takes this speaker to the next level, showing us how satisfying it is to have bass response that extends about as low as our hearing can go. Performance this good has never been so affordable, which is why one audio industry veteran who heard the speakers in my home commented (Mr. Gallo, would you kindly plug your ears for a few moments?) that the Reference3 was significantly underpriced for the level of excellence it offered. I couldn’t agree more, which is why I believe the Nucleus Reference3 is a speaker many readers need to hear, and soon."
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"The Reference 3 produces sound of such neutrality and transparency that it could reduce grown men to tears of delight."
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"I think the Nucleus Reference3 has the potential to be a classic in the truest sense. Not since the Vandersteen 2 has a loudspeaker come on to the audio scene with such assuredness of success. Not since the Vandy has a speaker so outpaced the competition in terms of quality and value at its price point as has this Gallo loudspeaker."
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It seems completely risk-free to predict that this speaker is destined to become a true classic in due time. While nothing in our material world is perfect safe for new love, the Anthony Gallo Acoustic Reference III is about as perfect as any under-$5,000 speaker has a bloody right to be. It also has the cheekiness to force many higher-priced entries into having a lot of fancy explaining to do."
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