Does It Make Sense to Purchase Dunlavy Speakers

If driver failure were an overiding concern, ultra-high end speaker manufacturers would be out of business overnight IMO. Many of these companies are ephemeral at best and won't be around in another 10 years. On the other hand, I do think that Sean raises a good point; quality control on the last production run could be suspect. I think you are best served by purchasing a quality used pair.

Yeah I personally was fond for the value driven excellent little SC1AV's myself! And while I hate to see the company dissapear entirely, I would also be a bit concerened about buying the speakers used anymore, as you don't know what you'd possibly end up with I think.
I did a factory tour of Dunlavy some time back, and they did pick only drivers that fell within their performance specs. I don't know how much different the sound would be using drivers that may or may not meet those criterion. Hummmmmm....
In another thought, I think some of the Dynaudio Diappolito designs would make more sense, and should be sonically competitive at the very least. And that company is still in business.

We all make audio purchases assuming the manufacturer will be around, but there never is a guarantee of this. I mainly would not purchase without seing and hearing the Dunlavys. This is even more true for used. I agree...the prices are way too high still, especially since warranty service would seem unavailable at present. My brother-in-law owns SC-IVs and I love 'em!

This is a tough call, but personally I would not buy Dunlavy speakers at this point UNLESS you got an incredibly good price. There are simply too many other good speakers available today. If you want to purchase time- and phase-coherent speakers, you might explore Vandersteen, Thiel, Meadowlark, etc.

Why don't you ask AVL what they think, great place to do business.