Joseph Audio Pulsars with REL Sub or Perspectives in 11x11 Room?

I don't know if the Perspectives would be to much as opposed to the Pulsars plus sub. My room is about 14 x 18 x 12 vaulted ceiling , the Perspectives work very well with my listening position 10 feet away. I listen at modest levels as well. With that high ceiling and some room treatment I think they could work not sure how much of an upgrade it would be though. 

moto man,


I own the Perspectives, using them in a 13 x 15 room.  They work great in the room, but they do put out plenty of bass.  It's well controlled in my room, but then it's a good room acoustically and also has a wide opening to a hallway.   Hard to predict for your room, but if you have good room for adjusting seating and speaker positions I can see them working there (that is having the Perspectives well off the walls).


In some ways the Pulsars with subs would be "easier" to get the bass right...but that depends on how much work and fussiness you are good with.   It's work and fidgiting to dial in subs really well, and it's extra speakers, extra cables, extra AC connections, extra aesthetics.


I actually have subs too but haven't used them because of all that and because the Perspectives do such deep satisfying bass.

Thanks for your input! My room is not a good room acoustically.  It is all reflective walls and ceiling (carpeting on the floor though), and I have one spot for putting my "listening chair." It is a converted bedroom, so it is not open at all. The Pulsars with the sub definitely pump out a lot of bass, and I have already spoken with GIK Acoustics about treatments for the room to make it a little more friendly.  But I wonder if, overall, there will be a sizable difference in Treble and mid if I go up to the Perspectives from the Pulsars.

What would you guys say is the standout difference between the Pulsars+ sub and the Perspectives?

Never heard the Pulsars but I would think coherence. I don't have an ideal room either. I have done what treatments I could then got an Anthem STR using room correction which Softened the bass is the most noticeable improvement, I am not a fan of boomy bass. 

@prof, you mention having the Perspectives "well off the walls."  I am pretty limited to placing them about 2 ft. max off the walls, which puts me about 8 feet from them, max.  Do they need to be farther away from the walls?