mark,
Cool.
If I were to list anything in the "con" vs "pro" side of the ledger, based on my various auditions of the Perspectives at stores and my home, and comparing to other speakers I like, I'd say:
1. The bass.
Aside from the beautiful mids and highs, bass is actually one of the things I loved from the Perspectives. It has a great, juicy tone and texture. Love bass synths, bass guitars through the Perspective. (Especially Jaco! I'd never heard Jaco's bass sound that beautiful).The bass also "swells" beautifully and warmly for dramatic parts in classical and soundtrack music.
My one criticism was that at the very bottom of the range, it could be a bit loose, a bit "puffy." I'm used to living with some Thiel speakers that are just bang on in the bass, pitch, control, sound almost perfect. So other speakers have a tough time competing.
If the Perspective 2s improve on that issue, that would be awesome.
2. Fullness.
The great thing about the Joseph sound is the combination of analytical-levels of detail that don't come off as analytical. Part of this is due to how the highs and upper mids are so clean and free of exaggerated etch or grit. But another is that Joseph has beautifullly voiced warmth and fullness in to the tone, so they sound much richer than you'd expect from a stand mounted or small thin floor standing speaker.
Still.
They do not have overall as thick, rich and filled out sound as some other speakers I really like - e.g. my Thiels, Devores, Harbeth). Guitars have more clear, ringing leading edge on the Josephs than those other speakers, but less of the size and body. If the new models have somehow increased the sense of fullness of sound through the whole spectrum (not just the bass/upper bass) that would be something. But I think the design and physics really places limits on how far that can go, so I'm not expecting miracles there.
