Posts by Chasepoes (archived)
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Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 8, 2010 19:00[quote user="Chrisreunion"] Chasepoes, have you done any mod to the treble filter section after replacing the tweeter itself? [...][/quote] Yes I have. I've shorted a resisitor (I think it was R3, have to check that) It'…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 26, 2010 17:27What I do know for sure is that if you order a new driver from B&O, you get a HEAS unit. I'm currently in the proces of fitting a pair of high quality metal-dome tweeters in the Penta's, which is surprisingly easy. I'm n…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 19, 2010 18:40As far as I know, the original OEM manufacturer used to be HEAS. My Penta's have unit's with exactly the same label on the back. It's identical in every aspect, except for the brand name, which is ITT in my case.
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 12, 2010 16:38[quote user="tournedos"] resistance between different connectors is not constant. I'm not claiming that would be audible either, measurable just perhaps... [/quote] Ok. I thought the soldering was done to improve the sou…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 12, 2010 03:43[quote user="Beobuddy"] How did/would you do that? All the penta display's get there power (10V AC, type mkI, II, III) through the powerlink, which comes from the main transformer. Imho a wrong suggestion. [/quote] What …
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 11, 2010 19:16Second hand display's are few and far between. They can be ordered at B&O, but it'll cost you. I've never worked with the Ridax display's, so I can't comment on them, nor on how easy or hard it is to fit them into the Pe…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 9, 2010 19:42But he already found some display's if I'm not mistaken. In reply to Dillen. Realligning the spider is not necessary with these units, 98 times out of a 100 times. The spider in these units is strong enough to hold the c…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 9, 2010 19:12[quote user="Chrisreunion"] Great, thanks for the advise and the detailed pictures!🙂 I found on Internet a pair of BeoLab 200 at a reasonable price, is it possible to simply screw them at the bottom of a BeoVox, and mak…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 8, 2010 04:31Yes this feeds directly to the display. Behind the plastic front (inbetween the two front grills) you'll find the other end, with a connector attached. If you can find the original LCD display's, you can connect them dir…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 6, 2010 03:00I recently refurbished a set of Penta's for a client, who insisted on having the mid-units replaced, instead of refoaming. So I replaced all 8 units with new ones (ordered directly from B&O). After finishing the job, I w…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 3, 2010 04:21As far as I know, the Thiele parameters for the midrangedrivers are not known (except to B&O). So finding replacements is not easy. I will post a picture of mine later on. I would suggest to replace the rotten foamsurrou…
Penta High- End - a great project!
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 20, 2009 07:43The schematic actually shows them in parallel. I believe they are 8 Ohm units, but I'm not sure about that
Upgrade?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 19, 2009 18:15I don't know about re-manufactered midrange-units. In The Netherlands, the midrange-units can be had new from B&O and cost €32,- a piece (price of last month), that's about 45 US Dollars. The replacemnt of the foam surro…
Upgrade?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 17, 2009 11:10I'm going out on a limb here as a new forum member. I own 4 passive Penta's now. When I bought my first pair (second-hand) I was impreesed by the sound they produce. They've got a big soundstage and sound huge. But after…