Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023)

@chrisr 

Also, I do not understand why they still dress them up in socks. 

keeps $$$$$$ down. ‘Socks’ are much less expensive than finished cabinets.

Also, I do not understand why they still dress them up in socks. They could look decent undressed, with a good coat of paint, black white red or blue, whatever.

I suspect you are an orthapedic surgeon or like to look at X-rays 😎

I like to peek inside a kimono as much as the next person, but I would also suspect that without the sock people would obsess over dust/etc and start poking the drivers.
Or a cat would jump in.

I currently have the Vandersteen 2ci and do agree with everyone here that they have a rolloff top end. I also read that the tend to be on the warm side but i dont know if that is true. I personally think that the older are voiced to be a balance speaker.  When I did a room response, I hve notice that it starts to roll of gradually maybe 6db/oct at about 8k. 

It was not the downward slope that I was referring to, which is somewhat minor.
It was the lumpiness of frequency response through the middle.
But probably as good as anything from the era??

In the HT AVR I entered in the PEQ values that make it a bit flatter across the middle… and the room does some of its stuff as well.

It would be pretty nice to see similar analysis of the models.
One can see near the bottom of the link, that there is step response and compression. (Most of the manufacture data for speakers with higher order crossovers leave out step function response.)
Frequency response is talked about as being more important, but it is not a crime to have textbook step function response.

https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/vandersteen_model_2/

Owned the Vandersteen 2CE years ago.  Very good speaker, very good company.  

Never understood the need or interest for product validation or brand forums. Steve Guttenberg praises everything he reviews. 

Steve Guttenberg praises everything he reviews. 

why is anyone surprised about this?  it is a mutually beneficial eco system...

talking bad about a product is bad business for everyone...