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New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2

Just wanted to update my prior thread where this topic may have gotten lost.  As many of you may know by now, Joseph Audio has come out with the new Pulsar Graphene 2. This new iteration of the venerable Pulsars has a graphene coated magnesium midrange-woofer cone, and the drive motor, suspension system, etc., have been revamped. From what I have been told, the upgrade is pretty significant ... the sound is fuller and has greater ease, yet is very resolved. Jeff Joseph advises that an upgrade path will be available for existing owners of the Pulsars, too. Also, note that the price quoted in the Soundstage piece was in Canadian dollars ... Jeff informs me that the price in USD is $8,999 per pair. I am eager to hear the new Pulsars.
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bubinga
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My Pulsars sound plenty good at low volume and I have a Pass Labs X250.5.  At higher volumes (85db or so), the voltage needle barely moves.
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astewart8944
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It is becoming clear that "low volume" is not sufficiently quantified. IMO the Perspectives and Pearl 3s sound their best when they pass the 65dB level as displayed on my Rowland Corus preamp. I'm running Rowland M925s (430W per channel at 8 ohms). I generally listen with the Corus set in the 66-75 dB range. Above that I need to be alone in my house because the music is going to dominate the rest of the house--and that rarely happens. So if low level volume is in the 60s dB range--I agree the Josephs sound great. Lower than that, they sound good--but in my system I don't they are performing at their peak.   
prof
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astewart,
Going from previous experience, your observations are spot on. 
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markalarsen
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My wife was listening to the new Perspective2s today, and I asked for her impression of the difference between the original Perspectives and the Perspective2s. Her reaction was more powerful and clearer. 
prof
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Wow, "clearer" would certainly be impressive given the already super clear sound of the original Perspectives.

Mark, can I take it that you still find the bass well balanced with the rest of the sonic spectrum?   I bass gets too prominent that can bother me.The original Perspectives generally worked well in my 15' x 13' room (with a large opening to a hallway on one side), though with occasionally more bloom/bloat than say, my big Thiel speakers.   I wonder if the Perspective2 bass would have altered in a way that is more likely to overpower my room...or perhaps go the opposite way and give even tighter bass. 


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