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  Good amp match for vinatge Vandersteen 2C's?
I recently bought a pair of these in great condition. I'm finding the treble a little on the soft/warm side. Any amp suggestions that will help balance out the sound? I'm thinking Bryston.
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03-29-12
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03-30-12   I find them soft as well, solid state seems like the easy an ...   Mechans

03-30-12   Mccormack!   Unsound

03-30-12   I'm using a krell kst 100 with my vandersteen 2's. it doesn' ...   Digepix

03-30-12   Thanks for the krell suggestion. will definitely look into t ...   Robertsong

03-30-12   When stereophile reviewed the 2c's back in 1987 they used a ...   Digepix

04-01-12   Krell does bass better than anything else. however, i don't ...   Rrog

04-01-12   Rm10, match made in heaven. buy one used. some previous comm ...   Mikirob

04-02-12   Hi. what's an rm10? who makes it? i assume the preamp in a c ...   Robertsong

04-02-12   Vandersteen's like tubes. magic combination would be a musi ...   Stewart0722

04-02-12   The music reference rm 10 is an small unique and capable am ...   Audioconnection

04-03-12   I've owned the 2and 3s, as well as the rm10s, but never toge ...   Pubul57

04-03-12   Johnny, are you guys the audioconnection in nj? do you have ...   Robertsong

04-03-12   For the people who mentioned mccormack, why does this brand ...   Robertsong

04-03-12   Because the mccormack's tight, punchy bass compensates for t ...   Unsound

04-05-12   I have vandersteen 2ce signatures (and used to have 2ce's). ...   Countryjazz2

04-05-12   Getting a little off topic here, but how do the latest sig i ...   Robertsong

04-05-12   Anybody think 80's threshold pre/power would work as well as ...   Robertsong

04-05-12   I would not take anyone's description of the current signatu ...   Pubul57

04-06-12: Countryjazz2
My experience in comparing the signatures to the 2 Ce's I used to have is that they are just a little better all the way around. Similar sound, but better in detail (both bass and treble), higher highs and lower lows. They still have the same overall sound character. I only upgraded because mine had a damaged speaker and the outside cloth was a little tired, and I had no good way to repair them. I don't necessarily think it would be worth hundreds of dollars to upgrade if your original 2ce's are in excellent shape...
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04-06-12   The thresholds should work nicely. imho, the sound of the va ...   Unsound

04-06-12   I recently upgraded my vandersteen 2c(1987) to the new vande ...   Exocet954

04-06-12   Huge thanks everybody.   Robertsong

04-07-12   Belles & vandersteen a classic combo. audio research classic ...   Pipedream

04-08-12   Personally, i think that i'd go the other way here: the sof ...   Martykl

04-08-12   this exactly why i want to hear the sig ii's. i think just ...   Robertsong

04-09-12   Current vandersteen 2 sig 2's mated with quicksilver amps is ...   Exocet954

04-09-12   The first time i heard the 2c was with a very early set of o ...   Atmasphere

04-09-12   I'm not sure why, but it sometimes seems that some folks thi ...   Pubul57

04-10-12   Rather than the load, i think the sonic signature of the van ...   Unsound

04-10-12   Ah, i do miss the audiogon edit function! another thing to c ...   Unsound

04-11-12   If anyone knows vandersteens it's johnny r from audio connec ...   Mikirob

04-11-12   Agree with everything you said about john rutan.   Pubul57

05-11-12   As an earlier poster mentioned, many people buy used vanders ...   Wellers73

05-11-12   I am driving my vandersteen 2ce's in my secondary system wit ...   Stereo5

05-11-12   Wellers73, forget the integrated, check this out: http://ap ...   Unsound

08-03-12   If it's not too late to chime in, i am running a second syst ...   Ironhardware

08-06-12   I have the vandersteen 2ce sig 2 driven by the vintage mcint ...   Miketuason


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