The Lounge Private Collection
Our collection on display as of 4/23/25
Marantz 4400 receiver ('74-'77) 125 WPC (stereo) with WC-43 wood case
Pioneer SX-980 receiver ('78-'79) 80/100 WPC @ 8/4 ohms
Axiom VaSSalo Series speakers (M60 V2 / VP150-V2 / QS8-V2) ('06-'10)
.........................................................................................................................................Mitsubishi DA-A7DC power amp (1976) 75 WPC
Mitsubishi DA-M10 meters
Mitsubishi C-20DC tuner/preamp (1976)
......................................................................................................................................... Carver MXR-130 "The Receiver" (1983) 130 WPC
Rotel CD11 Tribute CD player (2022)
TEAC A-6300 stereo reel-to-reel deck ('75-'79)
Altec Lansing Segovia speakers ('71-'76)
Luxman R-117 receiver ('87-'92) 160 WPC
Magnepan MMG speakers ('97-'01)
Mordaunt-Short MS-20i speakers ('87-'99)
Kenwood KA-7100 integrated amp ('77-'79) 80 WPC @
Kenwood KT-7300 tuner (mid to late 70's)
Luxman R-1050 receiver ('77-'80) 50 WPC
Luxman R-1040 receiver ('77-'80) 40 WPC
McIntosh C-33 preamp ('81-'85) (with Panlock case + extras)
McIntosh Mac-1900 receiver ('72-'75) 55 WPC (with L-19 walnut case)
Gallo Nucleus speakers (1996) extremely rare
Marantz 5025B stereo cassette deck ('77-'79)
Siefert Research Maxim III-H speakers (1985) very rare
Sony TC-229SD cassette deck ('76-'79)
Thorens TD-145 turntable ('75-'76)
Adcom GFA-545-II power amp ('91-'92) 100 WPC
Adcom 5400 power amp ('97-'07) 200 WPC @ 4 ohms
Marantz 1060 integrated amp (1975) 30 WPC
Marantz 2265 receiver ('75-'78) 65 WPC
Marantz 2275 receiver ('75-'77) 75 WPC
Hafler DH-200 amp ('79-'82) 100 WPC
Hafler DH-110 preamp ('80-'89)
Marantz 115 tuner ('73-'74)
B&W Nautilus 805 speakers ('98-'04) cherrywood & factory stands
Dali Spektor 2 speakers (Denmark '18-'22)
JBL 620 Studio 6 Series speakers ('22-present) dark cherry
JBL L-40 speakers (late 70's) walnut (refoamed)
Optonica RP-3636-MKii turntable ('76-'78)
Carver TFM-35 power amp ('92-'93) 380 WPC
Nikko Beta 20 preamp ('81-'84)
Sansui RA-500 reverb amp ('77-'82)
Reference 085R receiver (1978) 8.5 WPC (very rare)
Monitor Silver RS-8 speakers (2005) teak finish
Marantz 2215 receiver ('73-'77) 15 WPC (champagne engraved faceplate)
Marantz 2225 receiver ('76-'77) 25 WPC
Marantz 2220B receiver ('74-'77) 20 WPC
Marantz 2010 receiver ('72-'73) 10 WPC
Marantz 2015 receiver ('74-'75) 5-button model
Marantz Model 24 preamp / tuner (1971) champagne engraved faceplate
Model 0811-1 (Mr LIANG) tube integrated amp (2011) 100 WPC
Carver M-1.01 power amp (1986) 200 WPC
Carver M-1.5T power amp ('80's) 350 WPC
Moscode Minuet tube preamp (mid 80's)
Phase Linear 2000 stereo console preamp (1986)
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Highlight of the month...Gallo Nucleus speakers
Gallo Nucleus (1996)
These are the very rare (original design) of the Gallo Nucleus speakers.
Comments:
" ... these speakers are a must-hear for a musically satisfying, holographic experience. If your speakers provide an image so real that you think you can reach out and touch someone, maybe you won't be missing anything out of this world - but I doubt it. These are the speakers that wil scoff at surround-sound and all its complexity....
" Their imaging was called "utterly spooky."
Rated sensitivity was noted at 88dB at 1w/1m with 8-ohm nominal impedance and 6-ohm minimum, an easy load to drive even with single-ended triode amps.
Price as listed at $895 in 1996
Anthony Gallo Loudspeakers – The Early Years
From his teenage years, Anthony Gallo was obsessed by loudspeaker design, and spent many hours experimenting with varying loudspeaker designs; a process which was sometimes (literally) shocking in the discoveries the young Gallo would make.
Balancing day jobs as an engineer for Panasonic, and a thriving video repair business, Anthony Gallo’s dream of creating the ultimate loudspeaker was still burning very brightly indeed. So much so, he sold his business and his cars to fund the next stage of his loudspeaker dream.
After nine years of development, Gallo created his first Cylindrical Diaphragm Transducer; inspired by a magazine article on the properties of piezoelectric film, the CDT was to prove one of the key technologies associated with Anthony Gallo loudspeakers.
Anthony Gallo’s first commercial loudspeaker system was a monstrous, six component system. “It took special movers to get it from one sound room to another”. Utilising incredibly advanced cabinetry to eliminate resonances and internal reflections, led to enormous weight and cost.
It was time to try something new….
The Spherical Revolution
The design challenge was to design an enclosure which would at least equal that of his monstrous component system. The search was on for an inert, rigid enclosure which was lighter and more cost effective than the cabinets Gallo had been using up until that point.
“The problem was coming up with an equally inert enclosure. It had to be either very, very massive or incredibly rigid. It could not have any parallel walls and must minimise diffraction” It was at this point that Gallo looked towards the concept of using spherical enclosures.
The Sphere was found to have the best characteristics in terms of reducing internal diffractions, and was also, coincidentally, the strongest structure known. Unlike box cabinet speakers, the less mass the sphere had, the better it performed.
“Ironically enough, the 1.5 pound 12″ diameter sphere that was used in the Nucleus blew away the 300-pound monolith in terms of transparency and lack of cabinet coloration“. One thing was clear – the future was spherical.
The Nucleus is Born
Anthony Gallo had, by this time, been joined by a new business partner Gary Pelled; moving to the basement of a 100-year-old building in Brooklyn NY; the pair birthed one of the most unique speaker systems ever launched, The Nucleus.
The Nucleus began gaining critical acclaim at various trade shows, such as the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and other trade shows, although people were initially taken aback by the concept of a round loudspeaker. It was decided that rather than disguising the Nucleus’ futuristic shape, it would instead become an ultra-modern feature.
The Nucleus became a success, bringing with it a change of premises and a third partner, Don Fried. Just as things were looking rosy, the market changed; high-end two channel audio was being threatened by surround systems. Once again, an answer was required and neatly segues us into the current Range of Anthony Gallo products today.
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