Vandersteen 2Ce with Jolida 302B?

Hi everyone, here are some answers to your questions:
* 2Ce Signatures base price is on the web site as noted above. Add for the stands and any optional wood finish to get to the dealers price.
* The 3A Signatures sound more extended at the frequency extremes and more polished/refined than the 2s. The mid and tweeter are the same as the Model 5...not the 5A.
* 3As may be a good option for you if you have a mid to large room and 100W/P/C of power.

Sorry to hear about your home demo experiences in SF. To be honest, I've found it rare for dealers to allow home auditions of speakers. Equipment, yes...speakers not as often.

Regarding your experiences with Meadowlark and Thiel that was very interesting reading. I haven't made as recent a comparison as you. However, I had the same conclusions. The Thiels, etc. are good speakers, but the current Vandersteens are simply sublime. Which reminds me. Richard doesn't mention running changes that may occur in "normal" production. So while the 2Ce Signatures have been out for some time they do sound better the newer they are. This is true for all his speakers. I've had first hand experience with this and it's continually amazing to hear improvements made over the course of only a few months. ;-)

Happy Holidays!
Michael

The great thing about the 2CE's is that they scale very well with whatever equipment you pair them with. I've heard them powered by everything from NAD integrateds to ARC's Reference line, and they do not disappoint in either setting. Truly one of the few affordable speakers that you can live with forever.

The 3A Signatures also have a midrange driver with the back magnet set up like a soda can.
This produces a midrange that reveals more low level detail than the 2Ce Signatures, because the back wave from the speaker cone is not directly reflecting off a large flat magnet.

Will