New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2

To an extent I agree. I did not care for what the guy was playing in the room with O/96's but on the other hand, he spied that I had a record in my hand-that I had just purchased from Vincent Belanger-and asked if I wanted him to put it on. 
It's a two way street. If you don't like the music being played it is up to you to ask for something you like to be played. If you do and they say "no", than the criticism is fair. 
We all at this point know how the game is played. Some-but not all-vendors want to control the music so that the greatest possible number of people will stay in the room and so that their gear sounds good. No wonder Diana Krall and SRV are so popular-they do no tax the system. You won't hear large complex ensembles or classical music or even piano much because they lack the wide audience and they are more difficult to recreate. 
What surprises me is the lack of male voices being played. Richard Thompson's rich baritone would be a prime example. 
I don't mean to derail this JA Pulsar Graphene thread. 

+1 fsonicsmith When I walked into a AXPONA room and liked the sound of the setup, I would then ask if they would play me something I knew well. Every room I asked, honored my request. First, I would look through their LPs and then I asked for a digital version of the same recording, if it existed. Only one AXPONA room told me they didn't have that capability. I was in lots of rooms where the room attendant would ask a newcomer what they wanted to hear and lots of times the newcomer would say, "You pick." IMO this is a bad answer for the reasons @markalarsen points out above.   

I agree, but it depends on the size of the room, how crowded it is and how quickly you can move through the remaining must-hear rooms. When you play your music, I tend to linger in the room longer.

John Devore is a great guy who needs to get you through the door. 

Fwiw, the new lsa monitors are better then the joseph audio pulsars. They were exceptional at the chicago show. Truly a best buy.

Fwiw, the new lsa monitors are better then the joseph audio pulsars.

**pssst: In your opinion.

I haven't heard them so don't have an opinion.   But having heard much of the competition, I'm a tad skeptical.  People who like the JA speakers tend to be hooked by some particular aspects of their sound that are hard to find in other speakers.  Another speaker may be in someone's opinion "better" but it might not do what the Josephs do for some of us.That's what I found when I compared them to lots of other speakers.

(In fact, I'd take the Pulsars...or Perspectives...over many other highly lauded speakers.  I just listened to $40,000 Magicos and would take the JA speakers of them...just because they push my buttons in a way the Magicos don't).