I love my Vandersteen's but . . . . . . . .


Over the last 35 years I have only owned Four different speaker brands . In the 70”s Radio shack ,In the 80’s ADS L-990's and Vandersteen 2ci , In the 90’s to present , Snell B’s and then back to Vandersteen 2ce sig’s .. You can see my current system here on Audiogon.. Do a search In virtual systems for Stumpies System ..This will give you a lot of info on my system.

Ok ,, Here is my question … I love the sound from my current system but there are times I wish I could get a little more volume out of it . Most of the time when I listen the Meters on the McIntosh amp are bouncing around the 40 watt area with “peaks” around 100 W . But there are times I wish I could turn it up some . If I try to turn the Vandersteen’s up the sound starts to get “compressed” ,, Instruments loose there air around them ,, everything gets thin sounding so I always turn it back down.
Is there a speaker out there that will play “bigger” in my small listening room ?
Speakers I have been considering are B&W N-804’s ,, Von schweikert VR4jr ,,, Green Mountain Audio ,, NHT .
I listen to all kinds of music . Light rock mostly . Eva Cassidy,,James Taylor,,James McMurtury,,Lyle Lovett,,Mark knopfler,,Bob James,,Larry Carlton,,Lee Ritenour ..

What to do ??? Any help would be appreciated ..
stumpie

Showing 1 response by kenscollick

My first Vandersteens were about 20 years ago Model 2's they were a giant step up from my Utah speakers. since then I have owned Accoustat 3's Apogee Duettas and Diva's [both died] after quite a few years use. I went back to Vandersteen 2 Signatures then 3 Sigs. While they are very fine speakers in accuracy and soundstage, they are on the light less dynamic side. When I would try to get them to ROCK even with my Krell 100 I would light the led's in the speakers.
I am very happy with my current system. I love the vendersteens, but they just are not everything to everybody.
Happy listening. Ken