Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls

Aaron from Now Listen Here came by my house earlier this week and was a huge help with regard to placement and toe in.  It was a great visit and I am very appreciative.  He also brought a set of Transparent Ultra speaker cables. They definitely were a step up from my Silversmith Fidelium.  So, on the one hand, my system sounds better than it ever has due to Aaron’s good ears and help.  And, on the other hand, I’m left with a still very clear aural memory of the better sound I can have if I pony up the $$$.  Never ending. 

To the OP.....if you have a particular finish option you are looking for picture wise, let me know.  I try to keep pics of all finishes on hand and would be happy to forward them to you if I have them (I'm a Joseph dealer as an FYI).

In regards to cabling, Jeff internal wires with Cardas.  So he's a big Cardas fan, and they do tend to work quite well with the Pulsar/Perspective/Pearls.  I typically run my demo units with Kimber and Tellurium Q and those are good matches.  I don't personally find the Josephs to be to fussy in regards to cable matching.

I was at my dealer yesterday picking up my upgraded Perspectives (breaking in now).

They were setting up the Pearls.  OMG are those gorgeous looking speakers! The construction and finish are just impeccable and luxurious.  And they are such a modest size for a flag-ship speaker.

I didn't stick around to hear them: the last thing I'd want to do is hear the Pearls after having spent a bunch of money upgrading my Perspectives. :-)

Lol prof.  Don’t blame you.   How exciting though.  Looking forward to hearing your listening impressions!

I haven't put the Perspectives back in to my system again, but my impression upon unboxing was once again: man what beautiful speakers.  They just look so high end and high class.   I think the graphene drivers are a little darker too.  (Which I would like.  I'm not a fan of seeing most speaker drivers, but the Joseph's are something of an exception.  I find the SEAS drivers with the copper phase plug, and the way it ties in with the copper surround on the Joseph tweeter, to look really nice.  Still,  I dim the lights when listening and prefer the drivers to disappear from view when listening.