Duntech

So are the Duntechs now a bit outdated?Are their technology a bit old??I don't think they are too expensive..the Sovereign was around 12 000 $ and that is a good price for such a speaker..

They are among the classic cone driver designs. The older ones work better with solid state than tubes (I feel the opposite about Dunlavy designs), as they have a warm balance in the midrange and, in the case of the Sovereigns, need a lot of power to control their woofers or else they can sound slow and thick in the deep bass. You need a large room, as you have to sit back at least 10 feet to get them to blend all those drivers best. I would not call them outdated at all; they're well-designed, and are among the best speakers out there at conveying the soul of the music when properly set up and driven.

What do they cost today?

I had once asked..I had got the prices..They were asking 10 000 USA $ for the Sovereign and in my eyes that makes the Sovereign a bargain killer..but the shipment cost is born by the buyer..so you have to add the shipment from Australia but again 10 000 $ for Sovereign is a really good price!!!when you see that the Watt-Puppies are sold for 22 000 ..then 10 000 for Sovereign is nothing....The Prince must be about 8000 $...

That price shows what a mark-up the distributor takes (although remember the customs duties as well as the shipping costs), as the last price I recall in the US for the Sovereigns was in the $20,000+ range, and the Princesses (which I bought for $7700 list in 1987) were over $11,000. Duntech made some new designs after John Dunlavy left--one, called the Prince (LOVE the name) looked like the Dynaudio Temptations and listed in the $15,000+ range, I believe, though factory direct they should be far less. Much less wide than the Sovereigns, as they used multiple 8 or 10 inch drivers instead of the bigger 12 inch bass drivers of the Sovereigns.

As a note, when Harry Pearson reviewed the Sovereigns for TAS in the late 80s/early 90s, he gave what the market perceived as a lukewarm review (liked certain things about them but felt the design needed to be updated which, as turned out, Dunlavy himself did with his SC-V), and a whole slew of Sovereigns turned up on the used market in the AudioMart publication shortly thereafter for as low as $4000. If you match them with the right amplifiers in the right room, they can be quite competitive with modern designs, and that price they'd be a steal.