John Dunlavy may not be with us much longer.

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Posted by snowmiser (A) on January 26, 2006 at 07:39:39

I few weeks back I posted an inquiry about John Dunlavy. His daughter emailed me the following.
“Hello I read your posts on John Dunlavy and as his daughter, i wanted to let you know the status of him. At the moment he is alive but he is very sick and they do not give him much longer than a few days to live. My mom:Joan is holding on as best she can and taking care of him till the end.”

If you want additional information, you can e-mail me at this address or you can e-mail me at missingoz@yahoo.com

She also sent:

“Thank you so much I really appreciate it. As you can guess, it’s really hard on my mom. She is so busy taking care of dad that she does not keep up with the business side of things any more. I know that she would be very happy to know that dad is still impacting peoples lives.”

I am posting this information for those who may have been impacted by Mr. Dunlavy’s work. For those of you who have had a greater enjoyment of music because of Mr Dunlavy’s speakers and want to share those thoughts with Mr. Dunlavy’s family, it is appreciated in this time of sorrow. His daughter will forward any emails to the above address to her mom.

I don’t know Mr Dunlavy or his daughter personally but I thought this would be something compassionate to do for a fellow human being in a time of need. His daughter also did ask that anyone who may know the Dunlavy’s to please not call since her mom is getting very little sleep and she doesn’t want her rest interrupted by well wishers.

John Valvano

Thanks
Dave



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Follow Ups:

thanks for the post john - sunnysal 09:24:01 01/27/06 (0)
Owned his Cantatas - Quint 05:29:44 01/27/06 (0)
May God be with him and his family - nt - gonefishin 18:24:26 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - Jeff Joseph 17:50:24 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - Bruce from DC 17:42:29 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - John Atkinson 16:33:30 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - Mr_bill2 15:21:32 01/26/06 (0)
Sad to hear - SFDude 15:11:24 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - brianjones64 14:58:15 01/26/06 (0)
Thanks for posting, John - Norm 14:43:38 01/26/06 (0)
I'm sorry to hear that. - Pat D 14:16:51 01/26/06 (0)
John Dunlavy--Quite a character! - Alex F. 11:49:49 01/26/06 (0)
His SC-IVs were true classics. (nt) - meisterkleef 10:16:39 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - Robert Deutsch 09:47:44 01/26/06 (0)
Re: News on John Dunlavy - Brian Walsh 08:27:48 01/26/06 (0)
Thanks for the update.... Sorry to hear John's not well... - DevillEars 08:02:37 01/26/06 (0)

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/420527.html

That is very sad indeed. I also have had several conversations with Mr Dunlavy ove the phone when he used to run the Dunlavy Co.

Very down to earth person, easy to talk to. Zero ego. But, he had firm conviction of how the speakers should be designed and sound like. He also had a no nonsense theory about cable design. Mr Dunlavy's work will always remain at our house in form of I, II, IV, V and various cabling incarnations. I just can't imagine my system without them!!

God bless him! May my prayers go out to him and his family.

My energy to you John, see you in the unified field. You are truly missed.

Is there an update available or additional news?

Thanks,

Mingo

Aside from the tragical news, John was a very good speaker designer. I think most audiophiles were enthousiastic about the speakers he designed, for example the big Duntechs and DALs. I hope you and your family will gain enough strength to get through these difficult times.

Chris