I have had both and liked the 2CE's the best for the money.I was using them in a small room with a Audio Research Classic 60. 2CE's are hard to beat for the money.....
Vandersteen 2Ce Signature vs. 3A Signature
For a moderate-sized room (16x25x8), what do the Vandersteen 3A Signatures offer that the 2Ce Signatures do not? Associated equipment: Pass X1, Pass X350, Electrocompaniet EMC1 MKII, Acoustic Zen Satori (shotgun), AZ Silver Reference MKII, Cardas Neutral Reference and REL Stadium III. Type of music: bluegrass, traditional country, folk, classical. Please confine responses to these two speakers. And I'd like to hear from people who have heard both at some length. Thanks a lot.