Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls

I have never done a direct comparison between the Pearls and Perspectives. But I currently own JA Perspective2 speakers. Last year, or perhaps the year before, I went to listen to the Pearls at a local seller's house. The guy was ready to sell them at almost half the retail. I absolutely loved the sound but big boss said no!

My Perspective2's are in a 15x20 room with 12 ft ceilings, and produce a very healthy amount of bass. In fact, some times it seems to get a little too much. I'm adding thicker bass traps and additional paneling for this reason. If the new Pearls have similar bass signature, I suspect the bass might get too much for a 13x18x9 room. They are much bigger when compared side by side with the Perspectives.

The Perspectives fill my room with music and satisfying bass, and honestly, not once have I wished that the sound was bigger or fuller. It's amazing how a speaker with a sleek and relatively small cabinets can produce such a big and immense soundscape.

IMO, as great as the Pearls are, Perspectives are a better fit given the size of your room.

P.S. You didn't mention whether you're looking at the latest version (Perspective2 Graphene) or the older version. I've never heard the older version but from what I understand the new version goes much lower in the frequency range.

So ever since I got the Perspectives I’ve disconnected the subs. Need to put them up for sale soon. If you have good and powerful amp, you don’t need subs with these speakers. 

+1 @prof ​​​​​@stereo5 

Jeff Joseph is a bonafide designer and not a mere assembler. 
His speakers are world class!

@thr1961 my speaker cables are also terminated in banana plugs on both ends. I’m using Cardas banana to spade converters. They work very well and are high quality.

@prof I recently acquired a new amp by Aavik, it’s their U-280 model. I was very skeptical since it’s class D and up until this point I had yet to meet a class D that I liked. But this amp has totally shook my belief system. It’s like the Pesperctive2s are on steroids now (in a good way). The bass coming out of these speakers is unbelievable. So much so that I ended up selling my REL s510 subs ... not needed anymore!

The level of realism, purity, and transparency is just amazing! It’s hard to believe that these relatively small footprint speakers can sound so big, yet so pure and intimate. Yep, these speakers can scale with more high end equipment without a doubt. We are all lucky to own these perfect little gems!