Stand Loudspeaker Reviews

The Gales are indeed amplifier sensitive as the two eight inch woofers are wired in parallel, creating a load under 4 ohms at some frequencies. As a result, amplifiers with an under-designed power supply simply do not work well with the Gales.

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I had the chrome ones, too, which blew me away when I heard them at my dealer's. At home, mated to a Luxman L100 solid state integrated, they always sounded muted and short on bass, both in my original apartment (with lots of carpeting and drapes) and the house into which I moved (hardwood floors and area rugs). I was using the factory stands, too. Eventually, I got so frustrated with them that I gave them away and moved to Boston Acoustics mini-monitors, which, to my ears, worked better in the home space even when used to fill a moderately large room. The wood-skinned Boston Acoustics didn't present the decorating challenges that a chrome speaker presented in a 1925 house with arts and crafts wooden decor, either.

Shame, because, at the dealer, they made the best sound I heard at that time and, as a new entrant to the adult labor field, I had to dig deeply into my pockets for the money to buy them. They certainly had striking looks, though.