Does It Make Sense to Purchase Dunlavy Speakers

Just wanted to update my earlier post. I received my sciii.a's yesterday. All I can say is WOW. Build quality was fine. Sound was well, Dunlavy. I also spoke to AVL about them purchasing "slapped together" product. The answer was that they only bought pre-assembled A stock. I can say I am not dissapointed. I hope this helps.

The CC-2 center channel speaker I ordered has arrived and it is wonderful. The workmanship appears top notch and it beautifully mates with my SC-4as. As usual this Dunlavy speaker would have been reasonably priced at full list. It's a crime that this company managed its engineering activities so well and had no concept about effective marketing.
Jeff

Thanks for all the responses to my original posting above. I've done some serious investigating on my own since the posting and found the following (from an ultra reliable source):

1. Each driver used in a Dunlavy speaker is individually tested to meet strict performance criteria. Individual drivers are matched in pairs for each speaker, and matched in fours for each speaker pair.
3. Individual crossovers are partially assembled for testing and then matched with a speaker for final testing. Crossover components are then individually adjusted (based on measurements of the speaker in an anechoic chamber) by a technician until the desired performance criteria are met.
5. Speakers are built and tested in pairs; each pair is matched within very narrow limits.

What does all this mean? It means each pair of speakers leaves Dunlavy perfect but physically and schematically different from each other. Plugging in a new driver direct from a outside supplier is going to undo everything Dunlavy worked so hard to accomplish. Is this worth 50% off to me? Can't make up my mind, but will shortly as I was about to purchase Vandersteen 2CE Sigs with VSM surrounds.

PS- I have the highest regard for Audio Video Logic. They provide us "nuts" with some very fine equipment at tremendous savings. Just think this is not one of those times. Thanks again guys!

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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