Wow. Lot's of absolute statements made here, and yet we all know audio is subjective. For me personally, I have heard Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphene $16,000 and Pulsar 2 Graphene $9,500 on many many occasions; and have always found them to be stellar across the board. I have helped a bunch of friends with their systems, and Joseph Audio - Pure Audio Project - Volti - Rosso Fiorentino - Revel are all very easy recommendations.
Joseph Audio speakers are not exceedingly finicky with pairing gear, placement, or genre of music; and just sound great.....almost without fail. Go to any audio show where Joseph Audio speakers are present, and their rooms are always packed and hard to find a seat. On the rare occasions that they do show up used (I'm speaking only of the Graphene models), they do not last longer than a couple of days.
Great listening to you all!