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Vandersteen 2ce questions

I have been upgrading my system over the past few months. My newest upgrade is some older Vandy 2Ce speakers(not sigs) replacing my little Jamo E855s. My system is now NAD c370, Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista DAC, and Yamaha dvds-1800 as a transport.I know its nothing special compared to people's systems on Audiogon, but I'm a single parent and my budget is low enough to be almost non-existant. I am wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the Vandys. The lierature that came with them says they go to true 30hz, but they dont have the bass slam that my little jamos do. I've moved them all over the romm(about15x23). Wood floors with nothing on the sides and about 24 inches behind them.I wanna love these as they cost me more than everything else put together. I'm really pleased with the mids and highs, and get ALOT more detail from these than the jamos. I just want more bass and cant really use a sub because I'm in a townhome. Any advice for this newbie?
biffrythm
ecruz
402 posts
 
Rrog-

I would agree with your statement, up to a point. Different speaker designs definitely present what they're fed differently.

Without changing anything else in my system, I went from 3a Signatures, to Gallo 3.1's and found all of the "slam" I had been missing with the Vandies.
ablang
165 posts
 
The amp is not the problem--I drove my 2CE Sig IIs with the NAD C372 and had bass as deep, tight, and tuneful as I could have asked for. It has plenty of power and current delivery. To repeat what some others have said, triple check to make sure you have both woofers wired in phase--if the polarity on one is swapped, each speaker will cancel out the bass produced by the other speaker. Swap the + and - on one speaker and see if the bass improves.

After that, try working with speaker placement based on the very good Vandersteen instructions (measuring your room and dividing by odd integers). If you don't have the manual, they're available through Vandersteen's website. Taking the time to do this can make the difference between fantastic, full sound and MIA bass.
biffrythm OP
42 posts
 
I plan to do all the measuring from the manual this weekend. I have move them closer together. I rolled the highs and mids back one knotch and it's getting there. I get some low notes, they are not the volume of the mids and highs. I will keep at it.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
Ecruz, Did you power the woofers with an SA bass amp?
ecruz
402 posts
 
Rrog-

No, I just run the single voice coil. I found the Gallos to be more dynamic. Don't get me wrong, I owned Vandies for a LONG time, I really like them. I just found they didn't have the "slam/impact/dynamics" (whatever you want to call it), that I have found with other speakers.
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