Anyone care to share their opinion of the Vandersteen 2ce sig mkII?

I have to agree with with most of the replies here that the Vandersteen sound great to what you throw at it. I currently have the 2ci powered by a B&K ST2140 bi wired in a pretty small room with the right tilt make it magic.  Their are who mention that they are soft in the high end response but to me they just sound right. 

I would make sure you use Audioquest bi wire

same gauge on top and bottom 

make sure your wires are not dissimilar that would be a sorry mistake

as the mid crossover is at 600 hz and needs identical conductors 

please confirm it’s the same.

JohnnyR 

But, there is something bugging me about them that I am trying to nail down. 

When on a trip 20 years we were discussing wines that we had tasted earlier. And our favourite one of the day was a Super Tuscan style, which I described as “there is nothing wrong with it”.
The others had super jammy, or this or that, which made them stand out.

If you had some particular songs that give you the bugging feeling, then it could help.
But it is possible that the the bugging feeling is a lack of something overly sharp and exciting?

pkatsuleas

Excellent advice as above per tomcarr.

Happy Listening!

Thanks to all for their suggestions.  It is appreciated!  Below is my reply to JohnnyR over at Audioconnection who was kind enough to contact me directly.  It pretty much sums everything up. 

Unfortunately, no bi-wire cables in house at the moment so I couldn't test that out.

Johnny, thanks for reaching out, it is appreciated. I tried your advice and backed them up closer to the wall. It did good things for the bass of course but I didn't like what that did to the imaging. I am somewhat limited with width getting them max of 7' on center. The room has some treatments with fairly thick floor to ceiling corner traps and first reflection points.

I've moved them around quite a bit as well as my seating position. After app. 6 weeks of listening and experimenting I find that the issue is in the midrange. It is always a little dry and lacking of warmth or sufficient tone. At times even being a bit shouty to my ears. In the end, I think they just are not my cup o tea. Maybe it's my room, not sure. I doubt it's my Hegel or Rogue amps. Could be just be my ears getting older!

Final thoughts: Overall imaging and soundstage very good to excellent. Substantial and well defined bass, smooth highs. Lack of cabinet resonance easily apparent and lending to the speakers neutrality. Impressive disappearing act especially considering their size. Great speakers and great value to be sure. Just a little more tone and texture and they might not be for sale right now.

Do they sound better than my old Snells, VA Bach Grands, or LRS?  In some ways yes, in some ways no.  Overall, not enough to add them to my stable.  YMMV of course.

Thanks again!