BTW, brillant idea to refinish the copper with the veneer!

Leslie wrote:

...picture of the whole Penta including the labs and the base.

Your wish is my command...

I hope this shows what was missing in the previous pictures.

egoh wrote:

BTW, brillant idea to refinish the copper with the veneer!

This copper decoration is "Peel-N-Stick".

It has a durable plastic layer on top of it to prevent the actual copper strip from oxidzing.
The complete tickness of the strip you see below is ~0.009" or 0.23mm, without the protective film and backing (but including the durable layer). Unfortunately you can only buy it in 2' length increments.

I bought one of their "remnant" rolls and have enough to convert a complete Beosystem 5500 to shiny copper instead of the dull aluminum... Maybe I should apply the copper to the base to cover up the ugly grey? Hmmmmmm

egoh wrote:

maybe another pair for another room? :) 

No kidding.
Since I saw how good these look and heard how good they sound (IMHO better than my Beolab 6000s) I have been scouting for another pair for a complete Penta surround sound system (Logitech calls this"Stereo x2) in the family room. I recently scored an AV 7000 that I'll try to make work as my Front and Back as well as L and R balancer. Right now I have to turn the BL 6000s around, pointing to the wall to get enough damping to sound as fake surround (the delay is obvoiusly missing!).

Anybody tried AV 7000 for sound only rather than a AV system?

IkeA wrote:

Anybody tried AV 7000 for sound only rather than a AV system?

I was using one sound only for a couple of years. I upgraded to a beosytem1 this year.