Oh dear - the old Penta/BL5000 argument again.................

This war has raged on for years & there was even a poll once. If you do a search you may even find the thread which answered this question once & for all. The outcome was ... er... a draw with both speakers having similar numbers of plusses & minuses & fan bases who argued that their choice was easily the best. So whichever you think is best wins.

Chris.

Worth having both I suppose!!

Evan, Team BL5000

Totally agrees with Evan!

I want to join the BL5000 team too! I just bought a pair of BL5000 in mint condition, now supported by BL3000 as rear speakers..

Playing Pat Methenys "We Live Here" album from back in the 90´s ..turning it up loud is simply amazing on that set of speakers.
I guess from a nerdy, technical point of view you can have doubts about their performance, but musically I think they are amazing with certain recordings. ( like the one mentioned above). Even outplays my BL8000 easily when playing music that fits them.

Sorry I didn't answer the orginal question since I don't have Penta's, just wanted to praise the BL5000, hoping the few of them out there will find good homes.. ;-)

/Peter

You can't put Pentas on the wall.

Hi Peter, 

I will have to look up that album and listen for myself. There are songs that fit the 5000s better and some that dont.

I love my 5000s to death and enjoy them daily. However, I cannot bash the Pentas as I've never heard a set. So I'll save my defense! 

But, like Peter says, they deserve praise - amazing  speakers!

I would imagine it will come down to placement, the 5000s need a lot of wall space!