Vandersteen 2ce questions

Have you tried moving them close to the corners in your room? That should help in the bass department. Also, your listening position may be at a null point due to interaction with your room. Try different listening positions, either closer or farther from your speakers.

Best of luck,
Dan

Thanks, Dan.
Corner doesnt really work because the side of the room they are on has a stairway onening on one side and would cover the heating vent on the other. The manual says most living spaces are not ideal for best sound. Mr vandersteen has my room pegged. I actually moved them farther out from the wall to about 3 feet. This has helped. I'm getting low end ,but not what other speakers have provided. I'll keep fine tuning as the detail, mids and highs are nothing short of magical. Been playing music constantly since I got these yesterday.

The best guy to talk to is the guy who built them and is well acquainted with them. Call Richard Vandersteen at the factory. If he's not there, he'll call you back. Go to the website Vandersteen.com for the phone number. He's one of the nicest guys in the business, and will give you sound advice.

Do you have the jumper cables installed between the upper and lower speaker binding posts?

I have them bi-wired with Audioquest cables. The man who sold them to me supplied them.
I may have judged them too quickly. My jamos with 2 5 and a 1/2 in drivers produced room shaking bass on most everything. Since I moved these out from the wall more, I'm getting beeter bass response. I don't know if I'm getting 30hz in my room, but I just listened to Tom Waits' Mule Variations and it was pretty massive sounding. Now I'm playing Gorillaz' 1st and it is hitting pretty low.Maybe just more revealing of the recordings than I've experienced in the past. The cars 1st album did not have the low end I got with the jamos. Playing them a little louder than I normally listen makes them come alive more as well.
Its funny because I've been reading Audioreview and the folks either say massive bass, or no bass. They also said to live with them awhile and their strengths become more in focus. I am experiencing that. The fact that I have not stopped playing them is a good sign. Watching football with the sound down.