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Vandy 2ci -- ??? Help with replacement ideas

Hello,
My wife hates the Vandy's because they are so big. She has indicated that we could spend some money to replace them with something "more attractive that don't take up the entire living room."

I got these for about $400 and can probably sell them and end up with a budget of about $1000 for used speakers (new doesn't interest me much).

Any ideas so that I can keep the musicality of my system with slimmer speakers?

Thanks,
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eragot
eldarado
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Totem or Quad
siliab
362 posts
 
Vandy 1Cs. These are very similar to the 2Cs tonally. They differ most in their bass extension, and dynamics. They are easier to integrate into a room acoustically and visually. I also second the Totem recommendation. They are great speakers but are very different than the Vandersteens
unsound
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Meadowlark.
warnerwh
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Find some good monitors and a sub. For a thousand you can do it and probably outperform the Vandy's at the same time! Unfortunately my knowledge of monitors to look at is worthless.
timrhu
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I'm with Unsiund here. But more specifically the Shearwater Hot Rods which are in your price range used. I had a pair of 2CE Signatures that were just too dang big for my room. They were visually imposing. I replaced them with the Shearwater HRs and love their 3 dimensionality (is that a word?). I will probably keep these speakers for quite a while.
The company is defunct so used are a great buy and the parts quality is top notch. In fact the bass driver is same as used in some Proac Response series speaker. Good luck.
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