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Looking to upgrade Gallo Strada?

Hello all,

I am looking to upgrade my Gallo Stradas which are currently on matching stands. So far, I like the B&W 805S and the Sonus Faber Toy Towers as they seem to have garnered quite a bit of praise. My room dictates that I use small monitors or small floorstanders. Please fill me in on some good speaker choices that will perform significantly better than the Stratas as I do not want to make a lateral move.

My room is 11' wide by 12', but opens into the dining rm/kitchen so it's like a long rectangle. I have all digital sources including a Mac Mini server into a Peachtree iDac into a Classe Cap-2100 integrated. Speaker cable is all Audioquest.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
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audiooracle
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The Stradas are very good speakers, their only real weakness is that they have a slightly soft top end compared to tweeter technologies, and considering that the speaker uses small woofers, is limited in terms of bass response and ultimate dynamic range.

There are a handful of great monitors that would represent an upgrade:

Usher 718 DMD
Paradigm S2
KEF R Series or Ref 201.2

The Sonus are also a little soft in the top end however they have better bass and dynamics than the Stradas.

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