Opinions on Dunlavy Aletha Speaker

I agree with everything Piezo has written (for more info see thread @ Audio Asylum where I compared them to my Genesis V). Had them a couple months and ended up keeping the Genesis, as they did some things better than the Dunlavys (depth and palpable presence), albeit at a much higher cost. That said, I would highly recommend them at their price range. I listened to them in my 16x24x10 room and DEFINITELY preferred them along the long wall. Used them with Pass amps, which were a good match, but think I'd go with tubes to sweeten up the top otherwise. Also used Roomlens which helped focus the players. Sat them on granite slabs w/ Pulsar points.

Piezo; thanks again, and please keep us up to date on your Aletha placement. One of the music aspects that I am looking to upgrade, over my Vand. 3As, would be in the area of "speed", which means better PRT. I consider the 3As a little slow or sluggish in the mid-bass and rhythm departments. Richards; I'll look up your review on the Asylum. Thanks. Craig.

Hi Garfish, I finally got the system hooked up with the speakers along the long wall. Approx 11.5 ft between the speakers and between me and each speaker, min 4 ft to the side walls. Total set-up time was about 2 minutes for speaker placement so they have a long way to go but the improvement was huge. Much of the magic that was gone from my last room has returned even with the lack of dedicated lines and a huge room liveliness problem. I had said earlier that you probably woudn't know the difference if you never heard them on the long wall but the difference is so great in terms of openness that it would be an injustice to you and the speakers if you couldn't at least try em there.

Piezo; Thanks for the up-date, it seems from yours-- and others experience, that the Alethas really do beg to be placed on the long wall. I'm a big blues/rock fan too, and I wouldn't want to shortchange the speaker design by squeezing them into cramped space. Thanks. Craig.