I have Aleph 2s driving Vandy 5As. The 2s were driving SC IVAs before that and did a very job of it. The 2/IVA combo was set up in two rooms. The first one was 14x16x8.5 feet. This setup, on a short wall, (with Wadia 860 direct) was really good, bass measured to the 25 HZ area and was fairly flat.. The IVAs replaced Thiel 3.6s and are a better speaker IMO.
Later the same combo was part of a full HT setup in a 17x27x10 room on a short wall. With more room, the SC IVa were excellent in many areasr and had a small sweet spot. BUT, I never got flat bass. Later I added a REL Stentor III sub. I moved things all over and there were always holes. The kind I just could not get around. Fantastic HT speaker BTW using the processor Xover with sub.
In short if the SC4As work in your room, the Aleph 2s are excellent with the Dunlavys IMO.
I heard that Dunlavy had Pass amps (forget which ones) in house during product development.
I am looking to replace the Aleph 2s but it will cost me big bucks.
TD
Later the same combo was part of a full HT setup in a 17x27x10 room on a short wall. With more room, the SC IVa were excellent in many areasr and had a small sweet spot. BUT, I never got flat bass. Later I added a REL Stentor III sub. I moved things all over and there were always holes. The kind I just could not get around. Fantastic HT speaker BTW using the processor Xover with sub.
In short if the SC4As work in your room, the Aleph 2s are excellent with the Dunlavys IMO.
I heard that Dunlavy had Pass amps (forget which ones) in house during product development.
I am looking to replace the Aleph 2s but it will cost me big bucks.
TD