Mission ARGONAUT

[alex-mayer]

Hi gnerv,

yes, I will keep you informed.

Have a nice week,
Alexander

[gnerv]

Hi Alex

I tried to send you the email adress by email but they wont let me becasue i havent made posts enaugh.

but here´s the email to Nicki at mission: nikki@iaguk.co.uk

they still got bass units, £139 for shipping those to sweden.

/krillster

[alex-mayer]

Hi generv,

well thanks for the information.

The bass unit ist 139 pounds incl. delivery?

Do they have any tweeters?

Have a nice day,
Alexander

[gnerv]

Hi, alex

yes £139 whit shipping

As Nikki told me, they dont have any tweeters.
but i have serching for information about those speakers on the internet and have found an comment that they still are available.
But i realy dont know, that colud be the last tweeter i read about.

My working fine, i realy like those speakers, they are 20 years old and sound like i want them to, i think, havent realy heard that much.

/krillst

[ricoh]

Hi Alex,

I just bought 780 Argonaut in Grey color; wished it's black like yours. Still waiting, probably next week , then I can compare with
Apogee C Minor.
You mentioned about crossover; have you upgraded the caps to MKP ?
Have you taken pictures of the crossover ?

Been looking low tolerance PP caps ( 5%) to replace the MKS you mentioned.
Check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=012


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=002

5 uF ( will be in ± 10% tolerance of 4.7 uF).

Will what do you think ?

Pls advise if you have done the mods; if you did - did it improve the sound ?

Cheers:
ricoh

[youngbob]

Anybody able to do a diagram of the speaker cables to the cross-over. I unsoldered mine and gave the the diagram to a colleague who has lost it. Also need to replace the capacitors as mine have melted - seems previous owner must have enjoyed these speakers at full volume :-(

Thanks

Steve

[ricoh]

Burn-in replacement cap; will be ready by next week.

Will try if I can follow the XO when opened and ready to solder new caps.

[ricoh]

XO:
Gray wire - Tweeter
Black wire - MW (2)

Caps: T: 4.7 uf + 1.0 uF
MW: 4.7 uf + 10 uF (?) Bi-polar

Replaced cap with :
Arcotronics 5.0 uf (PP) +0.68 uf Vit Q (PIO) + 0.01 uf PS (T)
Added by-pass MW: 0.68 uf Vit Q (PIO)

Results:
Very improved; like the sound. Bass fast ! Midrange pretty good.
Argonaut singing with ARC LS7/ Threshold Stasis3.

CAPS burned-in for more than a week.

ricoh
PS: Having problem to attache a picture; PM will e-mail pics.

[gnerv]

Ricoh.

it sounds interesting
can you please email me the pictures.

/krillster

[ricoh]

Pics I took from the XO , files too big; rather just email direct to you. Need your address.
Thanks,ricoh