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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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More reports...
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/munich-high-end-2019-loudspeakers/
ABSOLUTE SOUND: "Joseph Audio’s $15k Perspective2 Graphene two-and-a-halfway sourced by a Technics tape deck was, alongside the Elac Carina (see below), the best buy I came across in Munich—just wonderful on an Elvis tape of spirituals and a Wes Montgomery tape as well. The sound was outstandingly solid, edgeless, powerful, and well defined."

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So, here's my confusion ... the original JA's got rave reviews as do the new ones. So, does that mean or imply that, comparisons notwithstanding, the originals now are less terrific than they were previously?
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No.
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Compare the 2006 Porsche Cayman with the 2019 model. The 2006 Cayman is a great car. The 2019 model is even better.
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I found this white paper on the Seas Graphene drivers very interesting. 
http://www.seas.no/images/SEAS_Graphene_White_Paper.pdf
The cones are cast magnesium and then machined, so the edge of the cone is thinner than the center.  They are then coated with graphene.
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