RL60.2 s are at their best when stand mounted. I liked S75s with my 5500 but use CX100s because of where I have the system. S55s are excellent speakers - similar in tonal balance to S45.2s.

This is very interresting. In this Forum we hear a lot about the S 45-2 as a very well balanced speaker, which I haven´t had the pleasure to hear with my own ears, and almost nothing about the S 55´s.

I have a recapped pair of S 55 myself together with a Beocenter 8500, and I am very happy about this setup.

Will a pair of S 75´s be a better setup together with the 8500?

best regards

René

remdk wrote:

Will a pair of S 75´s be a better setup together with the 8500?

Yes they will. I had a pair of S75's running with a BC9000 for some time with excellent result.

Thanks for your answer.

Maybe I should look for a pair of S 75 in good condition.

Best regards

René

Interesting that you didn't rate the Pentas higher. I know it can be difficult to describe, but may I ask what made you choose like you did? 

I recently got my Pentas running again and I was surprised how good they sound; very detailed and a nice stereo perspective as well. Don't know how I would rate them against my MS150.2s, as them and the Pentas are standing in two very different rooms right now, so I can't really make a valid rating. The amps do probably also have a lot to say in this aspect. My Pentas are MKIII Pentalabs and I use my MS150.2s with a refurbished BM8000.

I have 13 pairs of BeoVox and 4 pairs of BeoLab by the way, so I would need a pretty big room to make a side by side comparison between all of them! 😁

/Dennis

Peter wrote:

RL60.2 s are at their best when stand mounted. I liked S75s with my 5500 but use CX100s because of where I have the system. S55s are excellent speakers - similar in tonal balance to S45.2s.

The S75's are wonderful speakers. I would rate them far above the S80.2's I had some time ago. Never heard S55's though...

Well the answer is not  that easy and straight forward. Overall the Penta is in my view the best sounding speaker, however this particular pair probably need some new caps cause they sounded dull compared to the RL's & S55's. In this case also considerations of space where a factor. Penta's do also have a quite narrow sweet-spot for listening where the RL's have a wider spread of treble & mid-range. I also tested the bass response where the Pentas fall off very clear below 40Hz but the RL60.2 did a good job down to 30Hz.

I must say that they all sounded very good and its clear that a pair of 30+ years old B&O speakers is much more value for money than any other new speakers available nowadays.

I did this setup to test for a good friend and in the end he went for the C75,s 😁

As an answer to the topic question:you need so many speakers that you can host.

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