Incoming ... Joseph Audio Pulsars

"I have yet to hear even faint praise for the Pearl 3. "

Are you joking?  You must not be paying attention then.

There is plenty of praise for the Pearl speakers, including the Pearl 3.  In fact I don't think I've ever read anything but a positive, if not positively glowing, report on the Pearl 3 and the earlier Pearl models.  Just a quick google brings up these:

https://audio-head.com/joseph-audio-and-the-pearl-3-ces-2017/

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/joseph-audio-has-pearl

https://positive-feedback.com/Issue64/rmaf12dr.htm

https://www.stereophile.com/content/munich-high-end-2013

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2013/11/04/rmaf-2013-joseph-audio-jeff-rowland-vpi-soundsmith-cardas-...

http://www.vpiindustries.com/single-post/2017/12/05/HW-Review-3---Joseph-Audio-Pearl-3

https://audio-head.com/joseph-audio-and-the-pearl-3-ces-2017/

http://audiophilemusings.blogspot.ca/2017/06/munich-high-end-2017-alluxity-joseph.html

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2010/11/01/joseph-audio-pearl-2/

I've never heard a bad word said about the Pearl 3 and I suspect you'd have to work much harder to dig any up relative to how easy it is to find plenty of good notices.

Yes Jafant, that has intrigued me as well.  We hear of very few Pearl owners (though there's a nice report in the links I gave from the VPI guy.

"I have yet to hear even faint praise for the Pearl 3. "

That’s the single worst -- and in fact the only negative -- thing I’ve ever seen written about the Pearls. Hearing Satchmo’s "Saint James Infirmary" on vinyl through them (original Pearls BTW) at a NYC show remains one of my top audio reproduction related experiences of all time.

@jafant -- if I was fortunate enough to own Pearls I'd be listening rather than wasting my time writing posts, so no surprise we don't hear from them often.  The fact that they very rarely come up for sale here is telling. 

I think markalarsen was a "drive by."  I doubt he will be back to support his comment.