Vandersteen 2CE Signature Speakers

Perhaps a poor recording? I would experiment with many different recordings from LP to CD to see if you get better results. Also Vandersteen tends to be a little power hungry, so, if possible, try a beefier amp to test with. Good luck, these are fantastic all around speakers.

Hi Johnny, do the Audio Quest cables really make a big difference? I am using Blue Jeans  Bi-wire Canare 4S11 Cable and sees to be doing a great job, but if I switched to AQ cables you think I would be pleasantly surprised? if so, what is the best bang for the buck on the AQ cable?
(for reference I am running the 2c's)
Thanks!

I'm not Johnny.  I owned the best MIT speaker cable and interconnects made with their 350 cable (interconnects) and their 770 speaker cable.  I got the AQ adn never looked back.  I have had so many name and off name cables in teh system and none have been as neutral as the AQ stuff.  If you are going to use a cable/wire to 'tune' your system, I personally feel that you have the wrong gear.   Using Nordost to lift the highs of a dull amp, still starts with a DULL AMP, lol.  This is just system matching, but for my money nothing touches the AQ cables for sheer neutrality.  JMHO

Yeah, I think that's the same concept over in the analog section where I was asking if it could be possible to go from MM to MC on the cheap by buying over-achievers in their respective price groups. The consensus was that it doesn't really make sense to go MC unless you first make sure that all the other supporting gear/electronics is top notch, if you don't there isn't much benefit and could actually sound worse. I will likely save up for the Vandy subs as my first order of business then let the wallet heal and for bit then buy a pre-amp after that at some point (or upgrade to the 2ce sig IIs).