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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I some how missed this post from a few months ago, but I've been a fan of Joseph speakers for years, and a dealer now for a little over 10 years.  I have both the Pearl 20/20 and Perspective2s setup for demo (as well as Pulsar2s).  

The Perspectives are flat out awesome speakers in my opinion, and would be perfect for large majority of systems out there.  With that said, there is no doubt that the Pearls offer a much fuller sound with quite a bit more low end response and detail.  

In the end, both are fantastic speakers.  I would suggest listening to both and see which you prefer!
I'd been waiting forever for one of the top audio mags to finally review The Pearls, just out of curiosity.  They were finally reviewed recently in The Absolute Sound.  (Unfortunately I found the review to be fairly lame and not very well written).
There's simply no way a traditional 2-way mini-monitor is worth $9k. If I wanted a premium DIY build I could get that for a quarter of that price.