New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2

Interesting debate. I owned B&W 803Ds 20 years ago, too long ago to say anything meaningful about them now.  Whatever the reviewers say about them, I have heard the new models at shows, and they do nothing for me.  No review would make me consider buying them. 

Without listening to a speaker in your own home, everything else is an approximation. Show conditions in the US are difficult.  Dealer show rooms are better. Reviews should be viewed as leads. 

My opinions, however, are completely reliable, as long as your room is the same size, you set up the speakers correctly and you use the same electronics. 

I’m going to leave my prior work on this subject here, and then stop. The OP deserves to have this thread focused on the original topic. Not my personal views on the reliability or lack of a particular reviewer.


Here:
https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/05/stereophile-reviews-data-doesnt-lie.html


and here we show he’s not sticking to his own claims:


https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/12/stereophile-data-part-ii.html


and here is a great example of JA not understanding the data he’s’ looking at. NOT the first time:
https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/09/stereophile-slanders-crystal-cable.html


Last posting I make in this thread. Anyone wanting to discuss, we need to take it to another thread out of courtesy.


As always, please please buy what you like. It's your money. Enjoying what JA enjoys won't upset me one bit.  Just don't ask me to support a claim he's all that knowledgeable or unbiased. He IS the bias.

I own the Perspective2s and will decide if a review is accurate after I read it.  I think everyone who hears them will love them. 

When it comes to speakers and electronics, JA measurements correlate to what he hears.  The Revel Salon2 speakers review indicated that the speaker is ruler flat (compared to other speakers) and sounds that way.  His review of two amps (I think one was a Cary amp) indicated that the tubed amp had 10%+ distortion at rated power, high levels of distortion at a few watts while the other amp was nearly perfect in measurement.  However, the reviewer found the tube amp to be more musically enjoyable.  He laid the cards on the table and let the listener determine if that's what he/she prefers.   I wouldn't trust reviews for purchasing speakers or electronics.  They are a guide though.  I wouldn't own Magicos, Wilsons or B&Ws and I've heard dozens of their models.  Absolute Sound loves Magicos.