So I wake up early for a Saturday morning job and while having breakfast thereafter at home, i came upon a WTS post about Amphion Argon 2 speakers. I texted the seller on availability (i think he/she had listed it for 5 years with no takers) and agreed on the timing to collect. The post described it as a 7 years old speakers with some usual dings and cosmetics issue and my guess it the speakers probably not even played for past years.
I made a fundamental error during transportation by not really securing it properly in the boots (note to self) and that is another story altogether, with me having had to did some minor maintenance to one of the woofer to eliminate the scratchy sound. I am waiting confirmation from Amphion on the woofer SKU# so that I can order a new replacement unit.
Argon 2 by now is a discontinued model in Amphion Argon series and the nearest model in current production would be Argon 3S ( 1″ titanium tweeter, 6.5″ aluminum woofer, 1 passive radiator & crossover at 1600 Hz)
Argon 2 is Finland made 2 way vented speakers that is mid-size bookshelf of 1″ aluminum tweeter & 6.5″ aluminum woofer (Norwegian SEAS), with a very low crossover at 1200 Hz! The speakers has a gorgeous Uniformly Directive Diffusion to it’s tweeter that is placed in the same distance with the woofer. UDD deals with the off-axis response of the speakers and in layman term, we gets to hear more of the sound from the speakers and less fro the room.
Sound’stage has a very detailed review of this speakers here.
Verdict: bigger sound than KEF LS50 (capable in its own rights , size and design). It’s high resolution, neutral without sacrificing listening pleasure. It is room placement friendly and it’s totally handmade in Finland. For the price that I paid and also hands-on tinkering of the speaker(dismantle and all), this is 4 Tuning Forks out of five.
