My experience with Vandersteen is they excel no matter what you throw at them. I own a pair of Vandersteen 3. I have it so I can run them either in my all tube analog system consisting of an Audible Illusions Modulus 3, Music Reference RM-9 & VPI tt, or swap the speaker cables and run them as my home theatre front speakers. I used to own a pair of Vandersteen 2C driven by Quicksilver Monos & Audible Illusions 2C . . . no negative issues to report there either. I play in a rock band and have used hearing protection for years so my hearing is fine. I can tell you these speakers can reproduce Deep Purple as if you were on stage with the band as well as play Vaughan Williams Symphony Antartica. Highly recommended.
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After hearing many good things about Vandersteen speakers I purchased a pair of 3a signatures. They sound beautiful with chamber music or small group jazz but quickly fall to pieces with symphonic works or rock. Have other people noted this deficiency with Vandersteens?