Rotten Beolab Penta III midrange

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ArcheNoah (archived)
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 03:05 GMT
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Dear reader

It seems that the midranges of my Penta's are ready to change. I have a few questions cos I never changed anything in my Pentas.

I am wondering what is better. Ordering the original midranges at my B&O dealer and change them or just changing the speaker surrounds? Is it difficult to change and glue these surrounds? Are there different qualities available? Or does anybody know better midranges of an other manufacturer which will fit into the Penta's?

I hope someone can give me a advice. I am glad for every hint.

Best wishes and regards, Noah.

Can someone tell me how to remove the speaker grills of Beolab 1? I tried but I was scared to damage something.;-)

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Blackrix (archived)
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 12:58 GMT
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As far as I know the midranges are no longer available. So the only option is to change the speaker surrounds.

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Beobuddy
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 13:18 GMT
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You're sure?

 

If ordered them about 3-4 months ago (and got them). They should be available for all those owners in future who has to deal with foamrot. The mids from the Penta I, II and the early III's are all the same.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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nickyg63 (archived)
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 15:14 GMT
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A couple of dealers have told me both that they are available and another dealer told me they aren't!   My dad has replaced his foams last week, a tricky job but all done! 

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kelleri (archived)
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 15:30 GMT
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As much as I know the midrange units are available, I changed all 8 on my Pentas few months ago. More or less 60CHF per unit. (went through the B&O dealer in St Gallen)

I would go for this solution, but changing the surrounds is probably fine too if you are patient and have good dexterity.

Current units are made by HAES and it seems they changed the surround material so I guess these won't rot, or at least not as fast.

 

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symmes (archived)
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 16:08 GMT
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The "system" shows they are available for immediate order.  

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joeyboygolf
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Posted January 17, 2011 at 16:41 GMT
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Blackrix wrote:

As far as I know the midranges are no longer available. So the only option is to change the speaker surrounds.

 

I ordered and received some just a month ago. There was quite a wait as there was a  delay but trhey arrived OK.

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ArcheNoah (archived)
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Posted January 18, 2011 at 03:30 GMT
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Thank you all.

I think the availability of the midranges is no problem.

I just read some posts about the speaker surrounds change. There are a few problems around with the size and quality of these new surrounds. They won't fit very well. And the job seems to be difficult too. As i never did that before.

I think I will go for the original B&O midranges. They are quite expensive (CHF60 x 8)! But the investment is worth it. The Penta's are still very good speakers. And I have enought time now cos I just got a pair of wonderful Beolab 1!!😁 

Does anybody know how much the B&O midranges cost in Britain??

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nickyg63 (archived)
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Posted January 18, 2011 at 16:07 GMT
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I think about £25 each!

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