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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.
rlb61
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markalarsen
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Mellow is not a good word to describe them. They are richer and simultaneously more detailed.  They are more accurate and detailed, while being silky smooth and dynamic. 

I am not running these with subs because they have plenty of bass, but my guess is the bottom octave rolls off a bit as did the original Perspectives. 

I am thrilled with these speakers.  I consider the system finished, having followed a number of great suggestions from this website.  
soix
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I’m thinking in reworking the crossover Jeff may have shelved down the upper mids/lower treble in the Perspective 2 just a tad as that seems to be one area where the house sound differed between the original Pulsars and Perspectives -- and the Pulsars seemed to have a smoother overall response. Make any sense @markalarsen?
rlb61 OP
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@soix ... I'm not necessarily sure that reworking the xover in that way is such a good thing. The original Pulsars have a liveliness which is very seductive. Eliminating that may not be an improvement.
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markalarsen
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I do not have the technical skill to answer the question with any degree of certainty. What I would suggest is that the 6 inch drivers are slightly more efficient, reducing the relative output of the tweeter by a few dBs. 

That however would not account for a few of the major improvements, such as the increase in resolution and fluidity.
prof
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soix,

I was wondering exactly the same thing.

I also wondered if perhaps the new Pulsars smooth out the slightly "overwarm mid bass" (as reported in Stereophile).


One of the reasons I changed direction from the Pulsars to the Perspectives when auditioning the JA speakers is that, as great as the Pulsars were, I could detect that bit of midbass coloration, especially in lower male voices. The Perspectives seemed more linear in that part of the frequency response.

Not sure Jeff Joseph would deliberately smooth away that midbass warmth as it may be part of what makes the Pulsars sound so complete and rich for their size, on lots of music.



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