Vandersteen

My experience with Vandersteen is they excel no matter what you throw at them.  I own a pair of Vandersteen 3.  I have it so I can run them either in my all tube analog system consisting of an Audible Illusions Modulus 3, Music Reference RM-9 & VPI tt, or swap the speaker cables and run them as my home theatre front speakers.  I used to own a pair of Vandersteen 2C driven by Quicksilver Monos & Audible Illusions 2C . . . no negative issues to report there either.  I play in a rock band and have used hearing protection for years so my hearing is fine.  I can tell you these speakers can reproduce Deep Purple as if you were on stage with the band as well as play Vaughan Williams Symphony Antartica.  Highly recommended.

However, I find the  bewoods1962's behavior here a little bit disrespectful to this number of people trying to help and give an opinion. 

Sounds like not enough amp. I have 2ce's with stereo subs and are heavenly on symphonic music. Running old sonatas mono/blk M200. Set up is fussy but once you get it they are quite nice. I have heard many 3a sigs. and always was amazed. They really like good electronics. Good luck

Long time Vandersteen owner. 2CE Sig's and now 3A Signature II Anniversary Edition. Agree with consensus they will play anything, from soft unplugged acoustic to concert loud rock (like way past 11!). They will also quickly expose the short comings of poor equipment behind them.
Vandy's have legs and need to breathe with ample, quality amplification, connections and receiver/preamp.
Personally I run a Yamaha RX-Z7 to an 300wpc Adcom 5802 amp with MIT shotgun cables all the way. Slight tweaking of position or connection continues to surprise with new levels of detail in even my oldest recordings. Build a good foundation, experiment and enjoy.  

I have the 3A sigs for about a year now and could not be more impressed. I've attended many demo's prior to the purchase and heard a lot of great, and not so great speakers. The one thing that sucked me into Vandersteen was that I just couldn't stop listening to them. Some speakers I raved about imagining, others the level of detail but the 3A's I just listened and enjoyed. To me they are just make you want to listed instead of dissecting the pros/cons. 
I have an odd shaped room with high ceilings and I can not tell how much proper placement, tilt, toe and contour controls can improve the sound but even right out the box they sounded great....just very enjoyable to listen to with zero fatigue. 
when that woofer is pushed properly rock music is excellent