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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.
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scb6
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I own both 2C (surrounds)and model 3 (fronts) for my home theater. They are sonically similar, the 3s just do everything better. More effortless bass, a cleaner smoother midrange, more air and extension in the highs. The threes play louder without sounding distorted. Although I don't have the latest version of either I imagine the analogy is still the same.
The threes are more demanding of the amplifier and will not sound nearly up to their potential without a good amp.
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