CES 2009: Anthony Gallo Shows Speaker, Subwoofer

By Staff -- TWICE, January 9, 2009

LAS VEGAS — Anthony Gallo Acoustics (AGA) is displaying its new Reference 5LS line source loudspeaker at International CES in the Venetian Tower, room 29-336. It is scheduled to ship in the first quarter, though pricing was unavailable at press time.

The speaker stands 78 inches tall, boasts 12 custom aluminum 4-inch woofers and features seven of AGA's proprietary CDT II tweeters, which possess power-handling and off-axis response. In addition, the Reference 5LS has eight 4-inch carbon fiber midrange drivers, each housed it its own 5-inch spherical enclosure.

The 5LS can be driven by a single amplifier and can be bi- or tri-wired as well as bi- or tri-amped. The company said the CDT II tweeters and carbon-fiber midrange drivers are perfect matches for low-powered, high-performance amplifiers. The first-order low-pass filter used for the bass drivers can be bypassed, enabling the LF enclosure to be driven from the LFE output of a processor, or from a separate amplifier.

The product measures 7 inches wide by 11 inches deep. The twelve 4-inch woofers fire out the back and are said to equal the cone surface of a 15-inch subwoofer. In addition, the Reference 5LS features AGA's patented S2 Technology, as well as their trademark spherical enclosure, which is said to eliminate any external diffraction.

AGA is also introducing at CES its TR-3 subwoofer. Based on its TR-2 predecessor, the TR-3 offers a recalibrated amplifier and a new aluminum cone woofer to improve linearity.

The TR-3 is said to improve upon many of the existing characteristics of the TR-2, such as an integral bass equalizer that goes up to 6dB of low bass boost, with a total output of 300 watts RMS. The cylindrical steel enclosure mirrors AGA's spherical technology that allows for smooth, yet powerful, bass from 22Hz to 180Hz. The TR-3 has a continuously variable low pass filter from 50Hz to 180Hz, with a fixed 80Hz high-pass filter on high-level output.

The TR-3 is available in black and silver, weighs 36 pounds and measures 10.75 inches wide by 12 inches in height and 13.5 inches deep.