beolab 8000 vs beolab penta

Hi all,

  What do you think to a pair of lab 8000's coupled with a beolab 2 vs the penta 2's that I already have?  

 

Cheers Nick 

nickyg63:

Hi all,

What do you think to a pair of lab 8000's coupled with a beolab 2 vs the penta 2's that I already have?

Cheers Nick

I have both and I like the sound of the Beolab 8000 better but the pentas sounds much more powerful. The sound is more detailed in my 8000s than the pentas. They are tighter and I like that, where the pentas are more "sloppy". However gives a great sound also.

Another thing is that the pentas don't look as good as the 8000s either. The visual aspect is quite important for me too.

I, too have both Pentas and BeoLab 8000 speakers and have found it best to use them in different rooms. The BL-8000s have a more crisp sound because of the smaller tweeter design, but don't have the mids and lows of the Pentas. I have found that by slightly boosting the treble on my Pentas, I can somewhat match the crisp sound of the 8000s. If both speakers are on a shared system in the same room, the Pentas would have to be your front speakers, and your rears, the 8000s, are always going to sound slightly more crisp, which may or may not work.