Sdcampbell- I knew if Vandersteen was mentioned you would reply, as most of the threads I've read about Vandy's had you input. I've heard the 2ce sig's only two time and that was enough to sell me on them. I realize very few if any speaker would be at their optimum performance level, I just don't want to take an excellent speaker and hold it back by 50% or more of it's performance level. If, let's say I only lost 20-30% (0% being no sound and 100% being optimal) then it would still be worth it to me to get the speakers since they would still sound better to me then the my Polk's which have served me faithfully for several years, I'm just ready to take it to the next level. I'll have to take your advice and give them an in home try.
If you couldn't get Vandersteen speaker's
After many months of searching, I finally decided on Vandersteen 2ce signatures as my entry into the hi end. These speaker where to last me over the next several years while the rest of my system caught up to the speakers. Now after reading several post here on A-gon, I find that I won't have enough space for the left speaker. The left speaker would be in a space that was only 28" wide from side window to side of the entertainment center, and about 3' from the back wall which would put them about 1' in front of the entertainment center. Since I can't get these, what are some other speaker recommendations in the $1500 or less, new or used price range that would equel the Vandersteens? The speakers would be running through a dbx BX-3 power amp and a CX-3 pre-amp, so powers not a problem. I'm using the pre outs on a yamaha receiver to the pre-amp, so the speakers would be doing double duty for HT and 2CH music.
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