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Re: Penta II instpection

timmer66 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:31:31 GMT

That's great advice. I'm glad I asked before I went in and started prying!

Thanks

Re: Penta II instpection

tournedos — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:01:48 GMT

Taking the grills off - and especially getting them neatly back on - is tedious work, and the attaching clips may break in the process. Bring a small bright flashlight and you can visually inspect the drivers with the grills on, see attached picture. However, it will only show if the surrounds already have holes in them. Long before that, they become sticky and fragile, which you cannot see from the outside.

The only drivers susceptible to foam rot in the Pentas are the midranges, the woofers (and the tweeter) will be fine. The midranges are the four smaller drivers stacked in the middle.

However, since the midranges move very little during normal play, even the sticky surrounds may still last a long time before coming apart. So the visual inspection might be enough, and the seller may be pi**ed if you try them with your finger and they break

Penta II instpection

timmer66 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:39:44 GMT

Hello all - I am going to look at a pair of BeoLab Penta II's later this week, and I'm wonderng if there is anything in particular I should take note of - other than speaker surrounds and hearing them play. Do the speaker grills remove easily for inspection of the drivers? And finally, are there four woofers per speaker that I should be concerned about - as far as the surrounds?

Thanks for your advice,