Their speakers are reviewed regularly by Stereophile, most recently in 2018. As far as I recall, Joseph Audio always gets positive reviews there.
Why don't Joseph Audio Pearls get more love from the audio press?
From Neil Gader's Best of Show speaker segment from RMAF:
Best Sound (Cost No Object)
I could have gone Vandersteen, Wilson, or YG but my heart kept returning to the Joseph Pearl 3 with Berkeley Audio Design sourcing Doshi Audio power. Even in a smallish room the sound was effortless, and brimming with musicality and warmth. Take my money, please.
How is it that the Pearls, in any iteration, have -- unlike their smaller siblings -- gotten virtually no reviews from the audio press yet almost always garner lush praise from them at shows? I just don't get it, unless Jeff can't make enough of them and is too stingy to give a pair to a reviewer for a couple months. What gives???
Best Sound (Cost No Object)
I could have gone Vandersteen, Wilson, or YG but my heart kept returning to the Joseph Pearl 3 with Berkeley Audio Design sourcing Doshi Audio power. Even in a smallish room the sound was effortless, and brimming with musicality and warmth. Take my money, please.
How is it that the Pearls, in any iteration, have -- unlike their smaller siblings -- gotten virtually no reviews from the audio press yet almost always garner lush praise from them at shows? I just don't get it, unless Jeff can't make enough of them and is too stingy to give a pair to a reviewer for a couple months. What gives???