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

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!

@gdnrbob 

Not engaging might be a good way to put it.  To my ears at least.  I do have the Vandy stands and tried various tilt angles as I moved them. In my past experience I've not heard much difference with bi-wiring.  Granted, that could be different with the 2ce, but I don't have any bi-wire cables right now and I'm not about to run out and plunk down significant change on a set in hopes that they will magically make me fall in love with the 2ce.  Maybe if they don't sell fairly quickly I'll try it, maybe not. 

Equipment pairing is Hegel H360 int. and Rogue Atlas Magnum KT120 tube amp with rogue Perseus tube pre.   Both options pretty smooth and on the warm side IMO.

Thanks for your reply

@holmz 

I failed to mention that I did try them with my REL t9x for a while.  It did help fill out the bottom end but, honestly, the bass wasn't an issue with the 2ce and I found the REL wasn't really necessary with most music. 

I did mess with the treble/mid pots a bit and in the end I had the mids almost all the way down and the treble boosted a bit. 

First reflection points are 1" fiberglass panels on side walls and ceiling.  They work well for highs and to just knock reverb time down a bit.  I definitely would not call my room overdamped.  As I moved the 2ce back closer to the front wall the first reflection points actually became less in play.  I think it added a bit of air and extension but did not help the mids unfortunately.

Thanks very much for your help and suggestions!