New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2

I some how missed this post from a few months ago, but I've been a fan of Joseph speakers for years, and a dealer now for a little over 10 years.  I have both the Pearl 20/20 and Perspective2s setup for demo (as well as Pulsar2s).  

The Perspectives are flat out awesome speakers in my opinion, and would be perfect for large majority of systems out there.  With that said, there is no doubt that the Pearls offer a much fuller sound with quite a bit more low end response and detail.  

In the end, both are fantastic speakers.  I would suggest listening to both and see which you prefer!

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

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.

just bought a pr of the Pulsar Gs. awaiting arrival. Am looking forward to seeing them run in and what can he done to optimize them.