I auditioned a pair of 2ce's and absolutely did NOT like them at all for music other than acoustic or jazz. Classic rock, electric blues, Radiohead sounded weak IMO. I auditioned many speakers at $1K - $2K and struggled to find any which fulfilled my expectations for a broad range of music. They all sounded great for some styles, but poor for the others. Until I auditioned a pair of Von Schweikert VR-2's. IMO they were great for rock/electric, and though not as refined/airy for acoustic and jazz as the 2ce's, still very satisfying. Granted, I did not buy them, but only because I bumped up my budget to the next level of speakers where I found many more capable of playing all types of music. One mistake I did make was to purchase an integrated amp before my speakers. While I was satisfied with the quality of music it produced, the combination of my room size (large) and speaker insensitivity (87dB) eventually put me on a power upgrade path to satisfy my need for increased volume levels. I would put more emphasis on finding highly satisfying speakers and less on expensive electronics. Were I to do it all over again, I would select my speakers first, making sure they were at least 94dB efficient, then select an affordable power amp (like one from Parasound or Van Alstine) and an affordable preamp (like one from Mapletree or Transcendant). Then eventually tinker with different kinds of preamps and amps if the upgrade itch were to surface.