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.
I was at my dealer yesterday picking up my upgraded Perspectives (breaking in now). They were setting up the Pearls. OMG are those gorgeous looking speakers! The construction and finish are just impeccable and luxurious. And they are such a modest size for a flag-ship speaker. I didn't stick around to hear them: the last thing I'd want to do is hear the Pearls after having spent a bunch of money upgrading my Perspectives. :-)
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I haven't put the Perspectives back in to my system again, but my impression upon unboxing was once again: man what beautiful speakers. They just look so high end and high class. I think the graphene drivers are a little darker too. (Which I would like. I'm not a fan of seeing most speaker drivers, but the Joseph's are something of an exception. I find the SEAS drivers with the copper phase plug, and the way it ties in with the copper surround on the Joseph tweeter, to look really nice. Still, I dim the lights when listening and prefer the drivers to disappear from view when listening. |
@prof it's been almost 5 days since you unpacked your updated Prospectives so what's the verdict? |
I broke in the Perspectives in a different room for a few days, hooked up to a little radio receiver, wired out of phase playing dance music. So I've only had them up and running in my system since Monday. I plan to write about them in my "contemplating Devore" thread. I haven't got a full handle on them yet, still adjusting things, but so far...promising.
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