Aerial Acoustics vs. Joseph Audio

Even though I've listened to the Aerial 7T's, I have only heard the Joseph Perspectives on YouTube where their is about half a dozen videos Jeff taped at the shows including RMAF and Axpona. Jeff did a good job recording and the speakers sound very good through my digital headphones, but I think the price for the Perspectives at
$13K a pair is a burn and a rip off. Each speaker weighs just 80 pounds and are 36" inches high and each have $600.00 worth of drivers with solid wood side panels with MDF cabinets painted piano gloss. More companies that are selling factory direct should discount to the consumer by at least 20% off the retail price since retail stores get a standard 40% off. No wonder their are very few Joseph Audio dealers in the country. Jeff is laughing all the way to the bank...

"Aren't you the guy who maintained that the better artist is the one who sells more records?"...Nope..not me..
Richard Nixon made that statement at a Love Fest he attended in Central Park in August, 1971. He was a hard core Audiophile
who loved Crosby, Stills and Nash...

Hamburger..Michael Kelly last year dropped the source in China making the cabinets for the 7T's due to inconsistent quality in the finished cabinets and now uses the Hornslet company in Denmark that makes the cabinets for Aerial's top models. The Hornslet company also makes cabinets for Dali and other well known speaker companies.

Trelja..your comments are spot on describing the sound of the Perspectives based on the limited set up I heard them through on my headphones. The culprit could very well be that the Perspectives have a low sensitivity and are 8ohms,
which were common specs with speakers during the 1970's. I have always felt that speakers from that time period sounded better. Buy the late 80's speaker companies started jumping on the 4ohm band wagon due to the rise of digital and home theater systems. I wish that 8ohms would've become a universal standard with speakers. As long as you have a Preamp with a higher voltage output between 8 and 12 volts, you won't have a problem with a low sensitivity 8ohm speaker getting the volume you need. It appears that the reason the Perspectives sound better than the Aerials, is that Richard Modaferri with Joseph Audio is a much better crossover designer than Dave Marshall at Aerial who has worked with Michael Kelly since 1974 when they were at A.D.S.