Attention: Dunlavy Audio Labs out of business

I listened to the Dunlavy SC-IVs, they did nothing for me. Maybe a lot of guys agree.......

I inquired about the line last month, when I talked to them back then about inquiring the line, they sounded like it was business usual.....But they seemed very of Anxious to
Load me up with their speakers at the time of call, I requested info packet , but was never received, Now I see why........ I am really glad I did not load up when I first called, cause i would of been really stuck with some dead product.

Mythtrip this can be said about all speakers. There's no speaker that does it for everyone. I remember listening to a pair years ago and the dealer said everyone should love these speakers because they are tuned to be flat accross the audio spectrum. Hey some people like that and some don't. I have owned a pair of SC-IV and SC-IVa and was about to "invest" in a pair of SC-V about a year ago but decided not to. I'm a big fan of tall speakers. Hey if you like the sound they are good for you and if you don't they are not. I hate to say this but with this economy there will be more closings. I'm sure its hard enough in a booming economy to survive but it has got to be rough these days.

Just my 0.02 (before taxes)

I agree that they made some decent sounding seakers but I for one am glad to see this (donning flame suit). About 7 years ago, I was shopping for a small set of speakers for a second system. I settled on the SCI's. After HUGE runaround and months of delay from both my dealer and Dunlavy in actually getting them to me, I cancelled the order and bought a demo pair of Aerial 7's for $1500. This was for a $1k speaker (SCI) and I couldn't imagine this kind of treatment for more expensive ones... I am so glad I ended up getting the Aerials; the difference in service levels and concern for the customer was night and day. Since my speakers were demos and had a few small scuffs, I called Aerial to purchase sopme touch up stain, ended up speaking with Michael Kelly and he express mailed me a small jar of stain to touch up my cabinets. He wouldn't let me pay. He said to call him at any time if I had questions or concern. A very nice man and I'm glad his company continues to innovate and thrive.

This industry is much more than good sound to me. Community, trust, and reputation are critical to me. Maybe I was the only person to ever have a bad experience with them, but for me, that's all it took.

I don't know if Dunlavy's failure was due to poor management around their growth, product, dealer network, or something else. I was not on a crusade to see them go under but any time the company name came up, I was more than willing to share my experience with them...

RIP.

-tw

Twylie I could not agree with you more. Anytime I got bad service from a dealer, company, etc I never did business with them again. There is a dealer I did business with for years and I caught him lying to me. After I brought it to his attention he tried to lie his way out of it. I told him plan and simple he would not see me again. That was about 4 years ago. With the good service Aerial gave you they have a customer for life.