I get what the OP is saying I owned 2 pairs of 2CEs and 2 pairs of 2CE sigs. I liked them would recommend them but at the end of the day could not live with them. Funny thing is I now have tried a pair of 2Cs form the mid 80s and I have to honest i like them better. They are not as smooth and refined as the later units but images are much more well defined and clear. Almost Thiel like with out the coldness. Also seem more dynamic. I am guessing it is the fabric tweeter on the older C that I like verses a metal dome on the newer ones.
Vandersteen
After hearing many good things about Vandersteen speakers I purchased a pair of 3a signatures. They sound beautiful with chamber music or small group jazz but quickly fall to pieces with symphonic works or rock. Have other people noted this deficiency with Vandersteens?
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Here's Linkwitz's quick overview of power response, which stated briefly is smooth, consistent output of all frequencies at different volumes. http://linkwitzlab.com/speakers.htm The best way to achieve this is usually with active crossovers and speakers (studio monitors) - like PMC, Genelec, ATC, etc. But often, people perceive these speakers to be "too" truthful/less musical, and as we all know, we often can't handle the truth. The 'problem' with studio monitors is that they reveal that often, [rock or other] music is recorded with dips and boosts in frequencies which are easily heard at loud volumes. (More cymbals and more cow bell :D). I suspect some Vandersteens have a declining power response as frequency or output rises. |
I have the 2Ci, on their original "T" shaped metal stands. I drive them with other vintage, Harman Kardon 17s pre-amp and 16As amp. I am very pleased. I do classical and jazz. I can even do the Telarc LP of the 1812 with the cannons, and feel them, plus hear the small tinkles of a triangle in another part. I assume what you have is a successor to my speakers. The H-K amp is biased further in to class A than many - I don't know if that makes a difference. I run them through the original Monster cable - the big round one the diameter of a garden hose. However, I also have heavy duty jumpers at the banana jacks, so not bi-amped. |
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