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This graph does look like something I could get behind. To stop myself from considering it too seriously, at this price, I really don't like to read about any BA timbre, though..
Ridiculous marketing if you ask me. Releasing two of the same thing at the same time and topping it off by saying one has 'further refined treble' ...
At the time of the recording of the CanJam Singapore Preview Video, I'd only heard the Pilgrim, not yet the Pilgrim Noir. At CanJam Singapore, I was able to do a direct comparison, and there's no doubt they sounded different. And there's also no doubt I preferred the Noir, as the treble was definitely (to my ears) more refined, the original Pilgrim brighter. The Noir was richer sounding, which (in broad brushstrokes) I tend to favor. For example, between the Focal Utopia and Utopia 2022, I very clearly favor the newer version. Drew from Moon Audio very clearly favors the older version.
There are times I think the names of products have an effect on how we perceive them. For example, I think in this case a different name (more different than adding "Noir") might have made more sense. Same with the variety of Andromeda models Campfire released -- several of those maybe should have had non-Andromeda names. Another example that comes to mind is the Empyrean 2 by Meze. The name makes sense because they replaced the OG Empyrean with it (as did Focal with the 2022 version of the Utopia replacing the OG Utopia). But, for me, given my love of the original Empyrean -- and I do also love the new Empyrean (but it's very different from the OG) -- I wish they'd kept the OG Empyrean in the line and named what is the Empyrean 2 as the Empyrean Studio or Empyrean Pro, as the new one definitely has a studio-monitor-type sound signature (whereas the OG Empyrean definitely didn't).
Anyway, I digress.... Long story short, the Pilgrim and Pilgrim Noir are not the same (despite what their names suggest), and, while I'm very impressed with the Pilgrim for the expected price, the Noir was definitely more to my liking.