Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls


There have been several recent threads that have included both of these speaker. However, much of the discussion has focused on the Perspectives, with a number of positive reviews. I am quite interested in hearing them, but am also seriously considering the far more expensive Pearls as well. 

 

I am wondering if anyone has done a direct comparison or has upgraded from the Perspectives to the Pearls?  I am specifically interested if the Pearls might overwhelm my room (13 X 18 with 9 foot ceilings) which is not a space dedicated to my system (it's my living room.)

Thanks in advance for your experiences with these two speakers. 

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@prof can you tell us about how long it will take for your perspectives to be upgraded to the Graphene 2 version? And the cost? Might have found an older version at a significant savings.

@thr1961 you should ask Jeff Joseph his thoughts. From my perspective I would suspect the perspectives would be the better choice just based on your room size but lots of other things to consider like how loud you usually listen and how far into the room you will place the speakers. I'm also considering the perspectives and hope to get a listen to them before Xmas

I'm excited later in the afternoon I finally get to hear the Perspectives! 

This past week got to listen to a new set of Perspectives that maybe had 100 hrs on them. Still trying to wrap my head around what I heard but in a nutshell I was highly impressed. They were remarkably transparent with excellent imaging and soundstage and best quality IMO was its tonality which had this purity on piano and voices that were spot on. They sounded relaxed and natural but were able to rock as well. Dealer put on a track from Yello that was mind blowing! If I recall it was "All tied up" and he played it LOUD and immediately I got goose bumps and knew then I had found what I was looking for. Now to save some $$$ and hope to order a pair in early 2023.

Happy New Year to everyone.

@prof it's been almost 5 days since you unpacked your updated Prospectives so what's the verdict? 

Makes no sense why Mr Joseph would add 2 sets of binding posts if it makes no difference. It's an added expense for the manufacturer and a larger expense for the customer.