Does It Make Sense to Purchase Dunlavy Speakers

Jwin,

Hi, I read your post about the cc-2 center channels as I also was contemplating this purchase as well to better match my SC-4's. I was currently using the SC-1AV as my centers and I find them less than perfect, even after placement tweaks. I was concerned about the Dunlavy's linear arrangement of their Midwoofer-Tweeter-Midwoofer drivers for their center channel speakers (except the HRCC) when the speakers are on their sides (horizontal), hence yielding nulls in the crossover frequency range and inferior sound dispersion patterns.

Did you find this to be the case in your HT setup with your newly acquired center channel?

I contemplated getting the Rocket RSC-200 center channel to replace my dunlavy sc-1a, as it was cheaper than the CC-2 but I was concerned about timbre matching. I just love the driver array arrangement on the RSC-200 center channel. The only reason I mention this is because I read on another forum about somebody auditioning the Rocket speakers line and found them similar to the Dunlavy sound. I haven't auditioned the rockets though.

Regards,
Ken

From what i was able to find out, the individual drivers for each Dunlavy speaker system are matched to within a .25 dB tolerance. That is a LOT tighter than the 1 dB that was previously posted. As such, i have to commend ( a little too late ) Dunlavy for being so picky about their products. On the other hand, this would make it near impossible to find a suitable set of replacement drivers should you ever need them. At 50% off of list price, these truly are a great buy. That is, so long as you don't need replacement drivers, etc... Sean
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Does anyone knows where I can buy the Dunlavy TSW-V's. AVL had bought the last three and they say they were gone in two weeks!! I am desperate!! Any one wants to sell?????

Like bzinvegas I ordered the CC-2 from AVL as well, but with different results. The speaker arrived from via UPS double boxed with no physical damage to either box. Once removed, however, I noticed a rattle coming from inside the speaker. I called AVL and they asked me to remove one of the drivers to see if I could find the problem. I did and found 2 voice coils broken from the main board. After carefully examining the rest of the speaker I found several 2 – 3 inch gouges as well as numerous nicks that were touched up with what appeared to be a black magic marker.

I paid for a new unit.

I phoned AVL again and explained that I was initially leery of spending money on a manufacturer that was out of business, and because of the condition of the speaker I have decided to forgo a replacement and would like to ship it back.

AVL had no problem with my decision, understood my concerns and will credit me back the purchase price plus return shipping. I’ve dealt with them in the past, they appear to be good people and I would have no trouble dealing with them again in the future.

Good luck to others.

Pdclark: While your story doesn't really have the type of ending that i'm sure that you were looking for, it's good to know that some companies still take care of their customers and stand behind the products that they sell. Sean
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