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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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astewart8944
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+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.   
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markalarsen
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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. 
nyaudio98
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Fwiw, the new lsa monitors are better then the joseph audio pulsars. They were exceptional at the chicago show. Truly a best buy.
prof
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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).

sciencecop
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Keep in mind that to many the sound they are “hearing” is entirely in their heads. No relationship, whatsoever, to the way some components actually sound. Beware of judgments like “push my buttons“ or “foot tapping” or even the holy word “musicality”. If people can only describe their “feeling” when they listen, there is zero value to their input.
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