fsonicsmith
That’s surprising. Especially the comment about missing midrange magic. I thought the midrange of both 0/96 and 0/93 had some magic. I heard them on Nagra SS amps and a tube amp I can’t remember.
I use Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monoblocks and they tend to give any speaker I own a good helping of midrange magic :)
As for the new JA speakers...
The impression I’m getting from the Stereophile show report comment and from markalarsen, is of a somewhat smoother, mellower presentation from the Perspective 2s.
The original was super smooth in terms of having zero grain or etch, and I think that let them get away with having a generally rising response in the top end without it being obviously bright. But sometimes, yeah, they could bite. That was one of Stereophile’s gripes with the Perspectives.
I’m very curious how the new Perspectives would measure, if anything has changed about the trajectory of the upper frequencies.
As long as the new Perspectives don’t sound "dark" (because their tonality was so dialed in), I’d think a smoother high end with better low end grip would make them almost ideal.
That’s surprising. Especially the comment about missing midrange magic. I thought the midrange of both 0/96 and 0/93 had some magic. I heard them on Nagra SS amps and a tube amp I can’t remember.
I use Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monoblocks and they tend to give any speaker I own a good helping of midrange magic :)
As for the new JA speakers...
The impression I’m getting from the Stereophile show report comment and from markalarsen, is of a somewhat smoother, mellower presentation from the Perspective 2s.
The original was super smooth in terms of having zero grain or etch, and I think that let them get away with having a generally rising response in the top end without it being obviously bright. But sometimes, yeah, they could bite. That was one of Stereophile’s gripes with the Perspectives.
I’m very curious how the new Perspectives would measure, if anything has changed about the trajectory of the upper frequencies.
As long as the new Perspectives don’t sound "dark" (because their tonality was so dialed in), I’d think a smoother high end with better low end grip would make them almost ideal.