New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2

Yeah, I remember that even in my city Thiels used to be paired with Classe amps.  


I always liked the Thiel sound but found it just a touch dry and a bit hard.And people always said "Thiels are tough to drive, you need tons of current!"

It was when I heard Thiel CS6 speakers powered by VAC tube amps at an audio show that the veil was lifted from my eyes :-).   It was an amazing combination of the Thiel virtues, with an organic liquidity.

I ended up with those Thiels being driven by the CJ Premier 12s and the combo was heaven, combining the type of attributes I heard in the VAC/Thiel combo.

The CJs have gone on to power every speaker, large or small, less or more efficient, in my room with seemingly no problems.   Tube magic, but with punch, grip and control.    That's why I can't see getting rid of them any time soon.

erik,
Yeah, we went through that in this thread :-)

Not liking the Perspective2 is like not liking Amish butter on top of freshly baked sourdough bread.

Funny enough, I just came immediately from watching a youtube "foodporn" fine dining video with someone eating bread/butter just like that and I was salivating watching it!  (Can you imagine giving up carbs/bread, as some people do?)


Anyway, I'll likely upgrade my Perspectives to the Amish butter version...er...Graphene coating version....when I can :-)

I'd been waiting forever for one of the top audio mags to finally review The Pearls, just out of curiosity.  They were finally reviewed recently in The Absolute Sound.  (Unfortunately I found the review to be fairly lame and not very well written).

There's simply no way a traditional 2-way mini-monitor is worth $9k.

"Worth" is of course subjective.

If I wanted a premium DIY build I could get that for a quarter of that price.

Of course, that goes without saying.  It has always been the case that you can have something much cheaper if you put the work in doing it yourself.


When buying an audio product you are paying for the many years of building experience and experimentation from the builder that led to the performance of the product, and for their overhead, what they need to run the business, shipping, advertising etc.   Nothing new here.


Whenever people say 'that's a rip off because I can get it much cheaper doing it myself" it reminds me of people who attack fine dining "Look at those small portions!  I could have a way cheaper meal that would be more filling just cooking at home!"


Kinda misses the point to say the least.   It depends what you value.I highly value "being cooked for" and the feeling of going to a nice restaurant and trying dishes that I would never put the effort in to making.  Other people don't.  Likewise, I'll pay what I can afford for a speaker that looks and sounds exactly as I want, because I'm not remotely interested in turning speaker-making in to my own hobby.My free time is far more valuably (to me) spent on other things I like as well.