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Forte's VS. Penta's


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During a recent cookout with some neighbors, I cranked up my Dynaco ST-70/Klipsch Forte combo for the guys. One of my neighbors has a pair of B&O Penta's. After hearing my system we went over to his house to play the same music (Frank Zappa). Although the Penta's are a very well balanced speaker, my Klipsh outperformed them. The sound out of the Klipsch was clearer and more defined. The Dynaco/Klipsch combo (35 wpc) was much louder then the B&O system (150 wpc).

It's amazing what tubes can due to Klipsch speakers.

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The music we were playing didn't have any real low bass and my Dynaco amp does not reproduce the low bass like my Pioneer SX-1980. I have plans to bi-amp my system using the Dynaco amp for the mids/tweeters and the Pioneer for the bass.

The Penta's were the top of the line back in its day but the thing I don't like about the design is that you are stuck with the 150 wpc amp that are built into them.

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