Joseph Audio Pulsar placement and tips

I have the Pulsars (with a REL T7i sub) and use all genres of music for tuning. I would discourage you and from using a very limited song selection. This will provide a very narrow window regarding your systems potential overall performance. And I basically agree with millercarbon’s recommendation. For example, get a jazz piano disc with a well recorded acoustic bass. This will provide a good test for linear bass response. The piano will provide much information regarding the overall speed and tonality. Use a well recorded female voice and listen for the transparency and dimensionality. Listen to some classical music to determine how the sting section sounds. Various recording labels (like Chesky, Opus and other audiophile labels) have "compilation" discs that will include all of the above.

My rule of thumb for tuning a system is to maximize the ability to "hear" the recoding venue on all types of music. By the way, the REL significantly improves the overall Pulsar performance in weight, saturation and dimensionality. Good luck.

I'm in a smaller bungalow. Our living room is my listening room, 13' x 18'x 9'. There's an adjoining 11'x12' room attached, so really very little symmetry to my set-up. Pulsars are stand mounted, 7' apart C to C with just the slightest toe in. They bookend a recessed fireplace, which works well in that while the rear of the speaker protrudes only 8" off the support columns of the wall that is their home (wife factor), the monitors are for the most part physically 4' into the room, giving them some breathing space and providing a since of air while remaining tolerable to the Significant Other. Generally listening from 10-12' away.

Source is typically Qobuz thru a Lumin driven by Atma-Sphere's LMS-1 pre and  M-60 amp pair. Audioquest cables. As bubinga mentioned, a lot to be said for integration with a sub(s). My sub(s) are just a DIY project probably 30 yrs old now. Nothing fancy at all. They're driven by an outboard sub amp whose make I don't even recall. The subs are given very little juice. There's seldom any floor rattling, regardless the volume. But they do certainly add to the Pulsar's presence, even at low listening volumes. Beauty of the Pulsars (no doubt with help of Atma-Sphere) is that there's no specific sweet spot one needs to find. In our smaller room setting, always sounds pretty damn impressive and stereophonic regardless of where one sits/stands, even w/o being a truly symmetrical space. Pulsars are one of better listening decisions ever  I've made. Have fun and enjoy.  

Thanks so much for the replies!
I downloaded the MA Recordings samplers, and I also have the HD Audio set-up disc, I try to listen to all, also the Chesky sampler. They mostly sound amazing, I just picked out those songs which have some disturbing frequencies to better understand if it's just how it is, or am I doing something wrong.
It seems that a sub is highly recommend, I will do more testing with my Dali EF-12 from my home cinema system, thai lot for all the tips, I appreciate you folks taking the time! Cheers