@markalarsen
Thanks.
Any reason you chose Perspectives vs Pulsars with a subwoofer?
When I was shopping the JA speakers I wasn't thinking subwoofer (because I usually hate subs) but I'm giving some JL subs a go soon in my current set up with my Thiel speakers.
Did you also find the Pulsars to be a bit noticeably warm in the upper bass (goosed up a tiny bit)? As I said, that's one thing I noticed with the Perspectives, a more even sound through the mids/lower mids/bass.
And in the store auditions, the Perspectives general bass presentation really grabbed me - really fun and tonal and energetic.
So it was the Perspectives that I demoed at home. They had the most ravishing midrange and general presentation and if I had one question mark it was actually the lower bass. I noticed on some material a bit of "puffy" quality attached to the bass, something that sort of reached out and mildly annoyed my ears occasionally. I didn't have time to find out if this was something that I could dial out, or if it wouldn't be an issue on most material, but it did leave a question mark. (And my room is generally good with bass response - my big Thiels for instance are quite smooth in the bass in my room).
My thinking is that if I get some experience working subwoofers into a system, then if indeed the Perspectives aren't as linear as I'd like in the lower bass, crossing them over to a sub (and some room correction - I have a Dspeaker Anti-node) could be the fix.
Of course I also think about the Pulsars with a sub, which would be less money. But for one thing it's hard to shake the Perspectives as they made such an impression on me. The other is I much prefer the Perspectives aesthetically.
(I just found out I have a Devore Fidelity dealer nearby so I'm going to check those out as well, since they get great reviews.)
