Well I found some Pentas in really good condition. I opted for the Beovox because I prefer newer Class-T technology to A/B amps. I've bought two 41Hz Amp 10's and are in the process of bridging them for 150W per channel. Overall I prefer the Pentas to the 3800. The bass-reflex makes them a little less precise (as is always the case with bass

Can anyone tell me how hard it will be to source the grill covers for some Pentas. I've located a pair, perfect except for the grills being missing. Cheers, Andrew

The coils blow in the mid-range units I've not heard of them being repaired before. I have a spare crossover if yours is damaged. Don't listen to the 'capacitors are rubbish' lark, the ones installed are audiophile grade and work just fine.

It wasn't a fair test but the 3's sounded far too chemically processed to my liking, they were nothing compared to the M100's which were the best speakers in the house (for listening to Stereo, Penta for DVDs).

Looks like I've bought some Pentas! Now to work out a tripath amp to power them! I also noticed an error on my behalf a little way up the thread where I said the tweeter was the weak speaker in the 3800's, I got mixed up and agree it's the mid-range that tends to blow.

Where to start, well it was nice meeting you Peter, thanks to your efforts I'm pretty sure I won't be disappointed with the Pentas, I think, no wait the M....... We started by hooking the 3800's to my little T-amp. I was surprised by the lack of bass compared to my installation back home (turns out you need the 3800's backed up near

Same materials as mine. If you look at rear of bass speaker it's still a paper cone but with a treated front. The mid-range should be fine at high volume as it's got a big coil to handle the watts - the tweeter on the other hand has the reverse. Both of mine were damaged when I picked the speakers up and needed replacing. I've not heard

Mine are polypropylene outer (where form rot would normally be) and treated (some sort of laminate) paper cones. I suspect the speakers were Goodmans finest as this sort of quality seemed rare in the 70's.

casdave: Personally I find the sound from the 3800 more neutral, (some might describe it as 'clinical') than the Beovox Pentas. Mind you, I have been driving them from very differant amplifiers, Beolab 5000 for the 3800 and Beomaster 6500 for the Pentas. I have the Pentas disconnected at the moment whilst I decorate, but the good news is that

Peter, any chance I could pop down for a quick comparison if you have the Penta and 3800's? I'm in Newcastle so not far at all. I'll bring over my T-amp for you to listen to on the 3800's... the detail is guaranteed to melt your ears.