@astewart8944
I would love to be able to grab a used pair of Perspectives, but I am committed to buying from my local Joseph Dealer. The finish I really want, that I would get custom, is either Macassar Ebony or Tiger Ebony. Not only are they dramatic grains, the color tends to be more black/brown with yellow highlights which is the exact color scheme of my room. Speakers that are too orange don't look right, and Rosewood as nice as the grain is often can be orangy-red. I had a pair of Harbeth Super HL5 Plus speakers in Rosewood and it was, in of itself, an absolutely gorgeous finish. But it clashed with the room.
So my plan would be to order a pair in Rosewood, and given the variation in color, ask for a pair that is tending more towards brown. If I live with them for a while and decide I want to sell them, it would be a good finish for re-sell. But if I decided to keep them I'd later on have them re-finished to the Ebony wood. Whoever does the woodwork for Joseph is amazing and I drool over the idea of how an Ebony wood Perspectives could look, done by Jeff's cabinet guy.
Sorry...more than you wanted to know there. But the Perspectives have been on my mind for almost a year since I demoed them.
