Reference 3, the designer speakers from Gallo UK for Home Cinema and Hi-fi

The new Gallo Reference 3 was designed with very much the performance conscious audiophile in mind.

This innovative new model builds on the design philosophies of our original reference products, the Nucleus Solo and the Nucleus Reference.

A three-year development process was required to complete the design, with much of this time being invested in critical listening tests conducted by Anthony Gallo and his team of beta testers.

This loudspeaker is uniquely equipped to demonstrate the advantages of the leading high resolution formats, DVD Audio and SACD. Very few high-end speakers, including the majority of £10K+ models can approach, much less equal, the Reference 3's extended high frequency response, and none offer near omni directional (300 degree) dispersion. For the ultimate in neutrality and transparency, the Reference 3 operates without a crossover across most of its bandwidth - from 125 Hz to 50 kHz.

The Reference 3 features a revised version of our patented CDT™ tweeter, the CDT II™. A three-position tweeter level control accommodates a range of room acoustic variables.

A pair of 4-inch hyperbolic carbon fibre drivers - each housed in its own ultra rigid, low diffraction 5-inch stainless steel sphere, handle the critical midrange frequencies.

Low frequencies are reproduced by a long-throw, dual voice-coil 10-inch woofer - that magnificent driver is acoustically "loaded" into the Reference 3's cast aluminium chassis.

The Reference 3 is equally comfortable being used in stereo or home cinema set-ups. The optional BAM (Bass Augmentation Module) 2 x 240 watt amplifiers extend the Nucleus Reference 3's bass response down to a room shaking 22 Hz.

The Reference 3 also features our proprietary and patented "Roundsound S2" technology. S2 de-couples the backwave of the driver from the air inside the enclosure. The benefits of S2 include superior low frequency extension, improved transient response and a substantial increase in efficiency.

Gold-plated all-metal binding posts ensure secure speaker wire connections and the full-height perforated grille lends a more traditional appearance.

Each Reference 3 undergoes extensive computer quality control testing.

Reference 3 featured in T3's '100 gadgets to buy before you die'
T3 - August 2005

"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 3 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."
SixMoons.com

"...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."
High-End - October 2004

Reference 3's 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.
The Absolute Sound Issue 150 - October 2004

The Gallo Reference 3 seems to have considerably raised the standard
Positive Feedback - June 2004

"I think the Nucleus Reference 3 has the potential to be a classic in the truest sense.
Bound for Sound - June 2004

"The Reference 3 produces sound of such neutrality and transparency that it could reduce grown men to tears of delight"
Hi-Fi Choice - April 2004