Anyone compare Dunlavy vs Aerial

I own Dunlavy SC-Vs and auditioned the IV's. They are great speakers but they need a big room and a big amp. My room is about 8000 cubic feet and I drive them with 400 watt custom modified Melos Soloist monoblocks.

I can't agree with the above posts. I own Dunlavys' and they are far superior to the other speakers you mention. They do not require 400 watt amps. In fact, a friend uses 15 Watt (Yes, 15 Watt) tube amps on Dunlavy SC-V's with great results. I use 25 watt (at 16 ohm) tube amps on Dunlavy SC-III's with excellent results. You may need more power using solid state amps, but this should give you an idea of how efficient the Dunlavys' are. They sound their best bi-amped. If you don't want your friends SC-IV's, let me know.

I compared Dunlavy III, athenas and Aerial 7b and 10-T , liked the 10-T lot but ended up with the athenas. The dunlavy speakers give a much more airy open sound than the aerials and the soundstage is much taller. I think the bass is more controlled as well. I just listened to a pair of aerial 8s yesterday and the bass was pretty mushy. The aerials also tended to be a bit uninvolving...they sounded good they were just kind of lifeless. I may have been the Transparent cables. The aerials were all heard on a transparent wired system driven by Levison 33 monoblocks and either a 39 CDP or their reference CD seperates. The Dunlavies were heard on mostly tube gear (ARC VT-100 and VTL 185) except for the III which i also heard on the levison system. Don't even think about aerial without a lot of current. The folks from aerial told me my 185 monoblocks were marginal to drive the 10_t and the whole aerial line tends to be current gready.

Whoever told you that you need a big amp to drive the Dunlavy's was incorrect...nor is it a difficult load to drive. About 4 to 5 ohms. While bigger amps are better, I have a friend who drives Sc_IV's with 30 watts and they are outstanding.

I am using Aloia's for Dunlavy V in a vertical Bi-amp. They are rated at 30 watts and they control these speakers. I'm not sure that this rating is correct. Does anyone know?