Hi! New forum user here, this seemed like the best place to ask this.
So I have these Mission 770 Freedom V which I've come to appreciate more and more, especially now that I upgraded my amplification. I've bought them years ago in quite bad condition and have since replaced the woofer surrounds, upgraded the crossovers and refinished/repainted them. Now I would like to replace the tweeters since the current ones are quite badly punctured (from previous owner trying to un-pop them out, I guess). The speakers do sound good but they get a little harsh and strained when loud over complex passages, and now I'm thinking this might be from the tweeter punctures.
The tweeters are the horn loaded super elliptical ones, the same (at least visually) that are on the 780 Argonaut mkii). On the back they are labeled Mission type no ZTX II. I read somewhere that the correct tweeter is the Vifa D27TG, that it fit straight onto the waveguide without modification. Currently that tweeter is manufactured by Scanspeak, model D2606/922000. However these tweeters have coated textile diaphragm, whereas the originals are plastic polymer. I'm not sure if this was just how the model was upgraded over the years while maintaining specifications, or if it's something entirely different which would not integrate well into the Freedom Vs without crossover modifications.
If anyone has any insights into this I would deeply appreciate it! Thanks
So I have these Mission 770 Freedom V which I've come to appreciate more and more, especially now that I upgraded my amplification. I've bought them years ago in quite bad condition and have since replaced the woofer surrounds, upgraded the crossovers and refinished/repainted them. Now I would like to replace the tweeters since the current ones are quite badly punctured (from previous owner trying to un-pop them out, I guess). The speakers do sound good but they get a little harsh and strained when loud over complex passages, and now I'm thinking this might be from the tweeter punctures.
The tweeters are the horn loaded super elliptical ones, the same (at least visually) that are on the 780 Argonaut mkii). On the back they are labeled Mission type no ZTX II. I read somewhere that the correct tweeter is the Vifa D27TG, that it fit straight onto the waveguide without modification. Currently that tweeter is manufactured by Scanspeak, model D2606/922000. However these tweeters have coated textile diaphragm, whereas the originals are plastic polymer. I'm not sure if this was just how the model was upgraded over the years while maintaining specifications, or if it's something entirely different which would not integrate well into the Freedom Vs without crossover modifications.
If anyone has any insights into this I would deeply appreciate it! Thanks