DUNLAVY SC-VI


Hello everybody, I am considering a pair of SC-VI for a room build, and the room is 20'x20' with 9 foot ceiling on one end and a 6 foot at the back wall. I would like to get some feedback as to the size of the room for these speakers. Any responses would be appreciated..

Thanks !
alissatweaks
Unlike the usual equilateral arrangement, a typical Dunlavy arrangement would be to start with the speakers about 11 feet apart and the distance from listening position to each speaker of 10 feet (68 degree angle between the speakers). You might be able to get the speakers 12-14 feet apart in that room. The soundstage should be fabulous.
A good friend had Duntech Princess (more similar to DAL SC-IV) in a 20x20 room with a 9' vaulted ceiling and they sounded fantastic.

HOWEVER, read any source on acoustic design and they all recommend against a square room (avoid standing wave reinforcement). I think my friend's room worked so well only because one end has a 6' wide opening into a smaller room plus an open door way leading to another room; in other words his room was not square acoustically.

I would suggest contacting Rives Audio or other acoustical designers to discuss your situation. And I will suggest that all Dunlavy designed speakers work best with placement well out from both the front and sidewalls. I would be more concerned with sidewall distance than distance between speakers (meaning 4-4.5' each side with 10-12' between speakers [centerline to centerline] in a 20' room). In my experience the 10-11 feet to the listening chair that Daverz suggested will be the minimal distance. Such tall speakers need distance for the drivers to converge, particularly time/phase coherent designs like the DAL.