Zaph audio Bargain mini, need some help !

did concombre · 26th February 2010, 08:51 PM

Hello all. I am more a reader than a writer, that's why this is my first post.
Today I need some help.
I have a little problem with the Bargain mini from Zaph audio website.
I was planning to build two of them, so I decided to start ordering the (inexpensive) parts. I ordered from madisound without problem (for the tweeter and the crossover), then I went to the MCM website to buy the 55-1853 speakers and this is where my problem is. MCM doesn't ship to France (Where I live).
So , I am asking for generosity to help me having those speakers.
There are 2 possible ways.
Someone who would already have the speakers at home and have no use of them, could sell them to me.
Or someone could be super kind and order them to his home and then send them to me.
I will pay for everything of course.
OR, maybe, is there, out there, another speaker who share the same specs than the 55-1853, that would be available somewhere else than MCM and shippable to france.
Tell me.
Thanks anyway.

jerome69 · 27th February 2010, 05:14 AM

Hi,
Should better make ZA5 ?
Have Fun

did concombre · 27th February 2010, 11:26 AM

This wouln't be the same price. That would be almost 80$ versus 26$.
And I have all the other pieces, and even cut the wood.
The best would be to find a substitute in an european store.

jerome69 · 27th February 2010, 04:59 PM

To find a substitute with the same performance, it is difficult.
See

Dayton DA115-8

Monacor SPW-116/8

did concombre · 1st March 2010, 07:30 AM

I don't know, the courbes don't seem to be as flat as with the MCM.
Fot the moment I am trying to be hyper insistant (?) with the sales/order/support-girl from MCM website. We'll see later if it works.

jwmbro · 1st March 2010, 11:21 AM

Unfortunately I can't help you, but had you asked a few weeks ago, I could have, as I brought some MCM parts to Germany from USA. Bad timing unfortunately, but good luck finding them!

did concombre · 1st March 2010, 11:23 AM

So , they ship to germany , to UK and not to France...
I don't understand.

liasom · 1st March 2010, 02:58 PM

Did a quick check and this is going to cost about $90-100 USD (including PayPal fees) to order the drivers from MCM and ship them to France via US Postal Service.

did concombre · 1st March 2010, 03:16 PM

I have already ordered heavier and bigger stuff for less expensive.
90$-100$ is more or less the price to ship a guitar.
But maybe am I wrong.

did concombre · 1st March 2010, 03:23 PM

I have some basics in electronics but when there is "wood" involved or "resonance" and "frequency response" I am kind of scared.
I would really like to find a replacement speaker but as I already have the crossover and the wood cutted, my scared mind says : "the only speaker you can get is the MCM because the size shape and all the other scary stuff has been designed for him".
So if someone can tell me that this or this speaker will act the same in the bargain mini box, that would make me feel better.

26th February 2010, 08:51 PM	#1
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	Zaph audio Bargain mini, need some help ! Hello all. I am more a reader than a writer, that's why this is my first post. Today I need some help. I have a little problem with the Bargain mini from Zaph audio website. I was planning to build two of them, so I decided to start ordering the (inexpensive) parts. I ordered from madisound without problem (for the tweeter and the crossover), then I went to the MCM website to buy the 55-1853 speakers and this is where my problem is. MCM doesn't ship to France (Where I live). So , I am asking for generosity to help me having those speakers. There are 2 possible ways. Someone who would already have the speakers at home and have no use of them, could sell them to me. Or someone could be super kind and order them to his home and then send them to me. I will pay for everything of course. OR, maybe, is there, out there, another speaker who share the same specs than the 55-1853, that would be available somewhere else than MCM and shippable to france. Tell me. Thanks anyway.

1st March 2010, 02:58 PM	#8
liasom diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Did a quick check and this is going to cost about $90-100 USD (including PayPal fees) to order the drivers from MCM and ship them to France via US Postal Service. __________________ Mike "Twelve." --Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky

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27th February 2010, 05:14 AM	#2
jerome69 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon	Hi, Should better make ZA5 ? Have Fun

27th February 2010, 11:26 AM	#3
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	This wouln't be the same price. That would be almost 80$ versus 26$. And I have all the other pieces, and even cut the wood. The best would be to find a substitute in an european store.

27th February 2010, 04:59 PM	#4
jerome69 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon	To find a substitute with the same performance, it is difficult. See Dayton DA115-8 Monacor SPW-116/8

1st March 2010, 07:30 AM	#5
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	I don't know, the courbes don't seem to be as flat as with the MCM. Fot the moment I am trying to be hyper insistant (?) with the sales/order/support-girl from MCM website. We'll see later if it works.

1st March 2010, 11:21 AM	#6
jwmbro diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: München, Bavaria, Germany	Unfortunately I can't help you, but had you asked a few weeks ago, I could have, as I brought some MCM parts to Germany from USA. Bad timing unfortunately, but good luck finding them!

1st March 2010, 11:23 AM	#7
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	So , they ship to germany , to UK and not to France... I don't understand.

1st March 2010, 03:16 PM	#9
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	I have already ordered heavier and bigger stuff for less expensive. 90$-100$ is more or less the price to ship a guitar. But maybe am I wrong.

1st March 2010, 03:23 PM	#10
did concombre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toulouse	I have some basics in electronics but when there is "wood" involved or "resonance" and "frequency response" I am kind of scared. I would really like to find a replacement speaker but as I already have the crossover and the wood cutted, my scared mind says : "the only speaker you can get is the MCM because the size shape and all the other scary stuff has been designed for him". So if someone can tell me that this or this speaker will act the same in the bargain mini box, that would make me feel better.

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