I find this to be very misleading. This review was done about six years ago on a product that wasn't even the current version. Regardless, they don't even make Due's anymore. I think this was a review for Hi-Fi News & Record Review, which is a UK-based audio magazine. I can't figure out why you would post this review with a 2009 date on it.

If you like the Dues and are into round speakers, the Orb Audio speakers are also pretty cool.

That's a funny post.

The Gallo people HATE Orb Audio. Long standing feud which is totally silly because Orb (old designer of Gallo from back in the day) sells direct only. Gallo sells through stores except for one SKU. The only thing they have in common is round speakers.

We do have a review of the Orb Audio Mod 4 speakers

http://www.hometheaterreview.com/equipment-reviews/audio-reviews/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/orb_audio_mod4_home_theater_speaker_system_reviewed002323.php

BTW if you type the email address of the poster of the first comment into Google it comes up Gallo's PR agent.

You don't have to hide your identity AudioNut (I mean Micah). You are allowed to post even if you are shilling for Don.

I was not trying to be surreptitious in my initial post. I would reply under the name "AudioNut" but I forgot my password and had to sign up for another account. So this time, to avoid any confusion, yes, my name is Micah Warren and I own FeverPitch Media Group, Inc (www.feverpitchmedia.com). I am the public relations representative for Anthony Gallo Acoustics (www.roundsound.com).

I was not trying to knock the review, but just wanted to straighten out the facts. There were some people on other message boards that were referencing this review and were confused by the 2009 date. I'm in charge of media relations and this was a media issue, so I attempted to address it. My job is to make sure Gallo is portrayed accurately in the media.

As for Gallo hating Orb, that's simply not true. I'm not sure why that was brought up.

If anyone has any comments or questions you can email me directly at micahw@feverpitchmedia.com

Micah,

You can also use Facebook to post - a new add on...

And you have to be kidding me when you say Gallo doesn't hate Orb. The bad blood goes back nearly a decade. Why else would your client spend SO MUCH money on Google Ad Words when they don't sell direct other than one SKU? Seriously, I know you are in PR and everything but let's be honest with each other here. Even the buyout of Gary Pelled didn't smooth over all of the ill feelings but it helped a little perhaps....

I hope everyone gets to read this. I am so frustrated with this crap. The truth needs to be told. I used to work for AGA when the speakers were being manufactured in Carol Gardens Brooklyn . I know Gary Pelled very well. Gary did more work for his lighting business while at AGA's office than for AGA it self. It made no sense to me why he even bothered to invest in something he knew nothing about or cared. I laughed when I saw the Orb line of speakers. It was obviously a rip off of AGA's ideas. Gary knows nothing about speakers other than what Anthony taught him. I had the chance to hear
the Orbs two years ago and found that the speakers were not as refined as the Gallos. However I was impressed with the performance of the powered sub. The perfomance of the sub leaves me to believe that Gary and his new partners bought the sub off the rack and didn't designed it themselves. I'm curious though why a review on the due that was done long ago was suddenly re-dated and posted recently. I wonder if Mr. Del Colliano is league with Orb. Just a thought. I hope that the folks who read this ( If it's posted ) gets the chance to hear both speakers and make up there own mind and not listen to political trash.

If the turth be told - both companies are tremendous success stories. Most speaker companies don't make money. Both Gallo and Orb do. Gallo was the typical engineer run speaker company. Don Fried (a very nice guy) pumped a significant amount of money into it and the unsung hero in the whole process is their CFO and international salesperson, Mena Finkel. She brought real world business acumen to a stereotypically hobbyist business resulting in vast profits. How she has not been made a partner I have no idea.

Orb sells in a completely different channel and does exceedingly well there - comparably well with Gallo who sells in every channel but the one Orb is in. Orb is about the best cost per click advertiser out there. They have many friends in the AV business and were even featured yesterday in the New York Times Business Section with TWO photos.

One nice thing about the Orb vs. Gallo debate - if there must be one - is Orb is made in America. While I am not getting protectionist on the readers here - I must say I a) am supporting companies who make things here and b) support independent resellers. On the Indy retailer front - Gallo has an impressive 225 US dealers.

Ok! Lets talk about made in the USA. The only thing about Orb thats made in America is the sphere. The sphere at one point was made by Williamsberg Metal in Brooklyn NY. If my info is correct it is now made by another firm some where in the US. However. The rest of the parts including both powered subs are manufactured in the Orient. SO MUCH FOR MADE IN AMERICA. Now. lets discuss the individuals who were brought into this debate. Mina Finkel and Don Fried. I ask you sir. What the hell do these individuals have to do with how the speakers are designed and engineered. Ok. Don is is the sugar daddy and Mena is an outstanding business person who keeps the wheels turning. Is there something I'm missing here? I think we need to get real here and start discussing the accurate reproduction of music and go and see a doctor about a cure for recto cranial inversion.

I will point out that nearly every part of every speaker out there from most other companies (including Gallo and MANY other reputable speaker companies) are made in the Orient. PSB comes to mind. Even Revel now for a higher end example. You can't offer BIG margins that dealers demand and pay American workers their fair rate without it in most cases. Orb got the ink in the NY Times for doing something unique.

I love Mena and Don. I recently heard from Don just a few weeks ago after years of not hearing from him. Mena is a STUD. They should give her paper in the company or I might steal her away someday as that is a free agent pickup that my publishing company could REALLY use. I just wish I could afford her!!!! :)

Imagine if Gary Pelled lived and worked with Alexander Graham Bell back in the time of the invention of the telephone. I can see Gary ripping off bells invention and claiming he was the brains behind the idea of the telephone. Gary must have Russian blood running through his viens. " I INVENTED IT FIRST". Yeah right ;-/