I ve had the IV,IVa and the V's and these are one hard speaker to set up. I always had trouble getting the bass right. I ve had the best tubes and solid state to drive these and the biggest problem was room placement. These were to big of a speaker to place anywhere in a living space. I believe an extremely damped room is the only way to achieve the best results
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IV Speaker
Category: Speakers
Dunlavy speakers are used in a lot of hi-end mastering studios. I first demo'd the Dunlavy SC-IV in a dealer showroom with an Audio Research CD player and preamp thru a Krell FPB amplifier. I was also seriously considering the Thiel CS6's until I heard the Dunlavy's.
The Dunlavy's sounded to me like real music in real space instead of sounding like a speaker. They have a wide deep soundstage and offer pinpoint imaging.
The SC-IV's can be driven by amps or receivers with as little as 50w per channel but really come to life when driven by a great amplifier (Bryston/Classe/Krell/PassLabs etc). I have heard them with all of these amps and have yet to be disappointed.
They fall just a little short in the bass department and start to roll off in my room below 35hz. I have filled in the bottom end with a REL Stadium III with great results.
Associated gear
cd:Classe CDP-.3
Muse Model 5 transport
pre/processors:
Citation 7.0
Lexicon MC-1
amps:
Classe CA-200
Anthem MCA-20
receiver:
Outlaw 1050
subwoofer:
REL Stadium III
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Dunlavy speakers are used in a lot of hi-end mastering studios. I first demo'd the Dunlavy SC-IV in a dealer showroom with an Audio Research CD player and preamp thru a Krell FPB amplifier. I was also seriously considering the Thiel CS6's until I heard the Dunlavy's.
The Dunlavy's sounded to me like real music in real space instead of sounding like a speaker. They have a wide deep soundstage and offer pinpoint imaging.
The SC-IV's can be driven by amps or receivers with as little as 50w per channel but really come to life when driven by a great amplifier (Bryston/Classe/Krell/PassLabs etc). I have heard them with all of these amps and have yet to be disappointed.
They fall just a little short in the bass department and start to roll off in my room below 35hz. I have filled in the bottom end with a REL Stadium III with great results.
Associated gear
cd:Classe CDP-.3
Muse Model 5 transport
pre/processors:
Citation 7.0
Lexicon MC-1
amps:
Classe CA-200
Anthem MCA-20
receiver:
Outlaw 1050
subwoofer:
REL Stadium III
Similar products
Infinity RS8 Kappa (owned)
Thiel CS6/CS7.2 (demo'd)
B&W Matrix 805 (demo'd)
Infinity IRS Sigma (demo'd)
Joseph Audio RM50/RM25 (demo'd)
misc speakers from Tannoy,JM Labs,Totem,
Vandersteen,Definitive Tech,MartinLogan,
etc...