Articles

We are a CEA Member!






PS products have received hundreds of reviews and articles over the last 30 years, and there’s no reason to believe the future will be any different.

Inside we offer you the newest reviews on our products as they are published, news of awards we have received, news of upcoming products and events at PS Audio, and feature stories that range from our Listening Room Project to do it yourself projects.

The stories and reviews contained in this section will be dynamic in the sense that they will be updated and added to on a weekly basis.

We invite you to check back often for stories and reviews of interest to you.


September 2008
  • Ciao!
  • Last chance for the cables!
  • Power Port Premier
  • PWT and Ultralink meet Italy
  • Schedule to see both
  • Soloist contest
  • PowerPlay

  • August 2008
  • The Contest
  • Be our guest at CEDIA
  • Why we have been suggesting the Apple TV
  • ….and speaking of the Ultra System
  • Martin Colloms on the Premier
  • and speaking of measurements
  • The best unknown product we’ve ever made
  • The Wadia iPod dock tuner
  • Internet radio and the kitchen sink

  • July 2008
  • News of PWT and Ultralink
  • The Premier scores
  • DIY music server
  • Wadia's iTransport
  • Cables going fast
  • High res audio notes

  • June 2008
  • Great cable sale
  • Free HD tracks
  • A fun gathering
  • Radar scores!
  • The 3d of July

  • May 2008
  • Ola!
  • Premier gets two Golden Ear awards
  • Premier has a new video
  • Three new reviews
  • Apple fixes USB stuttering
  • The Audiophile Wiki

  • April 2008
  • Think of me in May
  • Montreal High End Show
  • Upcoming look at compression
  • HRx recordings
  • Apple update

  • March 2008
  • First optical recording ever
  • We visit Apple
  • Digital music ramblings
  • The Q Lady is back!
  • Duet and Quintet take center stage
  • Museum call

  • February 2008
  • Airplanes
  • GCPH
  • Trio P-200
  • Quintessence closeout
  • Harvester applications
  • Funny story about power cords

  • January 2008
  • The secret behind CES
  • Naming contest
  • Perfect Wave?
  • Juice Bar II
  • Dave Kakenmaster
  • DLIII static problems
  • Lastly

  • December 2007
  • Ho, ho, ho!
  • Paul gets an iPod
  • Great Holiday sale
  • Win a free Memory Transport
  • PPP challenge
  • Good news for Canada

  • November 2007
  • Paul gets new speakers
  • Speaking of speakers
  • Lambda turns to UMP
  • The three things you need

  • October 2007
  • Happy Halloween!
  • A memory player from PS?
  • Two new videos
  • Black Quintessence

  • September 2007
  • Unwelcome guests
  • TAS Awards
  • London High End show video
  • RMAF and the CD transport
  • Playback magazine

  • August 2007
  • Gliding
  • HK High End show
  • UK Show
  • GCPH in the news
  • DLIII out again + Sonos and Squeezebox
  • Black Pearls?
  • Your dream system

  • July 2007
  • The heat
  • The Black Pearl
  • I've been experimenting
  • Come on by!

  • June 2007
  • DLIII DAC news
  • Current to voltage conversion
  • Quintessence ships and results
  • New additions at PS
  • New forums page
  • Distortion on the AC line

  • May 2007
  • Munich high end show
  • Quintessence ships
  • Cullen mods big time
  • Permanent price reduction Quintet and Duet
  • Welcome Audio Consultants
  • Best damn stand I ever heard

  • April 2007
  • Trip to Turkey
  • PS and Crutchfield
  • Quintessence finally in production
  • EU units delivered and CTC on the cover!
  • New Critical Link fuse sizes available
  • Noise Harvester gets reviewed
  • Welcome to Toni Hester

  • March 2007
  • Spring has sprung
  • Spring Cleaning Sale
  • Cool new 10-minute video
  • Premiers finally in stock!
  • EU Premiers released in May
  • Have we got a deal for you!
  • Must-have new book
  • Jim Smith’s tips

  • February 2007
  • DLIII and Trios reviewed
  • Quintet revelation
  • P1000 upgrade
  • Coal to Coltrane received
  • Jim Smith tip

  • January 2007
  • CES show in Vegas
  • Coal to Coltrane ships
  • Power Plant Premiers ship
  • Quintessence delayed
  • Quintets and video
  • Jim Smith tip

  • December 2006
  • Free DVD finished
  • Premiers ship
  • 220 volt Premiers delayed
  • Quintessence Super Filter and delay
  • Two new Trio products ship
  • CES right around the corner
  • Jim Smith's Tip #6 on AC polarity

  • November 2006
  • Premiers start to ship
  • Quintessence is a little late
  • Coal to Coltrane done
  • Questions about Duet and Quintet
  • Soloist installation
  • $800 glass CD!
  • Secret number 5

  • October 2006
  • Coal to Coltrane report
  • Premier Power Plant
  • Quintessence Super Filter
  • Trade up program is ending
  • New website
  • Jim’s tip and it’s a biggie!

  • September 2006
  • New power line announced
  • Being in the zone
  • New Power Plant
  • New passive Control Centers
  • A few new/old Power Plants left
  • Sex, lies and video surge defined
  • White Harvesters announced
  • Set up a grid for speaker placement

  • August 2006
  • From Coal to Coltrane
  • And speaking of the DVD
  • We introduce the Soloist
  • Power Link fuses
  • Upgrade your P300 Power Plant
  • Digital Link update
  • Interested in a white Harvester?
  • Fine-tune your tonal balance

  • July 2006
  • A film and a contest
  • Noise Harvester revelations
  • Trio amps arrive
  • PS Digital Link III DAC
  • Clearance sale on Statements
  • Free shipping for members
  • Michael Fremer turntable setup video
  • Summer sale is going hot and heavy
  • Jim Smith’s tips

  • June 2006
  • Our trip to Europe
  • Free screensaver
  • Noise Harvesters
  • Fuse mania
  • Premier SC cable
  • $995 Power Amplifier?
  • Sizzling summer sale of Power Plants

  • May 2006
  • Tri-annual vacation?
  • AC line noise
  • The Noise Harvester
  • Is it similar to the Quiet Line filter?
  • A quick filter lesson
  • Paul goes Hollywood

  • April 2006
  • Not the kind of bath I had in mind…
  • Pond Skimming
  • PS Power SC cables
  • Trade up deal
  • Yikes, Brasso and CD’s?
  • MS bike ride

  • March 2006
  • We get multiple Stereophile Class A ratings
  • Register your old and new PS equipment and score!
  • P300 mod program upcoming
  • Spring cleaning
  • Survey results
  • An engineer’s view of power cables

  • February 2006
  • A brush with fame and our icebox
  • Why amp manufacturers say “don’t”!
  • Survey results
  • Should we support or reject mods?
  • A quick note on G Series and UO’s

  • January 2006
  • Football frenzy
  • The end of the UO
  • Do iPods and MP3’s have a place in high end?
  • P500 Follow up in Stereophile
  • B-stock specials
  • Taking your system’s pulse

  • December 2005
  • Happy Holidays
  • A Christmas present for PS
  • Redeem your coupons and cables are back
  • Cleaning out the warehouse

  • November 2005
  • The Tofurkey
  • The GCPH phono stage
  • A lot of flack about moving coils vs. moving magnets
  • The world is flat
  • PCA-2 phono stage and multi-channel stage deals
  • Piano music from Germany

  • October 2005
  • Personal notes
  • GCHA gets great reception
  • GCPH almost released
  • Moving magnet vs. moving coil
  • The Magic Box
  • UPC and UPC HB
  • Do parallel filters isolate?

  • September 2005
  • Fall in the Rockies
  • GCA-MC review in Widescreen Review
  • GCHA headphone amp released
  • GCPH phono preamplifier
  • The RIAA curve
  • What makes the GCPH unique
  • A phase and mono control?
  • Impedance loading tricks for moving coils

  • August 2005
  • The biggest sales event of the year
  • xStream Video and Digital
  • Survey results

  • July 2005
  • Should we make a Digital Lens II?
  • Fill the survey out and get a $25 gift for your troubles
  • G Series Bi-amping mania
  • Transcendent’s flipping people out
  • PS Video xStreams released

  • June 2005
  • xStream Resolution audio series released
  • Cable trade up program announced
  • GCC gets another review
  • GCPS ready to ship
  • GCHA ready to caress your ears
  • Meet the Bonge
  • and another CD worth auditioning

  • May 2005
  • South Park
  • Humbuster- UPC
  • How to choose the right conditioner
  • Sneak Peek new cable line
  • Chipotle Mexican Grills

  • April 2005
  • Oops
  • Clean Wave comments
  • UPC Humbuster
  • Barrows Worm and forum upgrades
  • Spring Cleaning tip
  • It ain’t just a Plasma cable
  • Music picks for the month

  • March 2005
  • Plus version of MultiWave II ships
  • Does your unit qualify?
  • Cleaning bubbles
  • Multi-channel amps
  • The new listening room

  • February 2005
  • The new G Series wins product of the year!
  • MultiWave II ++++++
  • System Cleaning feature
  • Ultimate precision turntable control
  • GCA-MC multi channel amps ship

  • January 2005
  • CES rundown
  • Power Plants still kicking booty
  • UPC’s backordered
  • We were never digital
  • GCP-200 shipped out
  • GCA-MC will be just a little late

  • December 2004
  • Ho, Ho, Ho
  • GCC arrives in people's hands
  • GCP is shipping this week
  • GCA-MC ships next month
  • We announce the GCC-MC

  • November 2004
  • Power products and where we’re going
  • Questions and answers about power
  • Warranty issues and authorized dealers
  • GCA bi-amp questions
  • GCC Control Amplifiers shipping
  • GCP preamp and GCMC multi
  • Sneak preview of a new product

  • October 2004
  • Control Amp takes off in Asia
  • GCA Power Amplifiers shipping
  • PCA-2 trade up program
  • UPC-200 comments
  • Plasma Cable released
  • 2 new CD’s to grab

  • September 2004
  • Gain Cell™
  • GCA amplifiers
  • GCC Control Amplifiers™
  • GCMC multi-channel amplifier
  • GCP preamplifier
  • UPC ships

  • August 2004
  • Ultimate Power Cells™
  • UPC 200
  • Getting ready for CEDIA
  • Passive vs. active power
  • Our new logo

  • July 2004
  • Humbuster HBAC released
  • Price increase
  • Multi-channel and phono cards ready
  • Power Punch ship
  • Andy’s corner

  • June 2004
  • Get ‘em while they’re still here
  • Our engineering team
  • Why Power Ports are nickel plated
  • Phono stages start to ship
  • The great 'analog only' vinyl offer

  • May 2004
  • Computers contaminating your AV system
  • We finally combine sex, Power Plants and Brooke Burke
  • Juice Bar and UO tips
  • Power Punch series ships this month
  • Last chance at the $500 cable credit
  • 'Just gimme' a great seat!'
  • Music picks

  • April 2004
  • A new face at PS
  • HCPS feedback
  • HCPS and PCA-2 bundle
  • Phono Stage update
  • PD 3.5 feedback
  • PD 3.5 power package
  • Power Punch on the way

  • March 2004
  • Power Director 3.5 unveiled
  • 3.5 Shepherd
  • 3.5 and xStream Plus bundle
  • Analog HCPS ships
  • Push it, pull it, Drag it is back!
  • Radians are here and shipping
  • xStream interconnect review hits
  • Music picks

  • February 2004
  • Phono madness
  • Paul sells his beloved Revel
  • loudspeakers
  • HCPS on schedule
  • HCA-2 backorders
  • Check out the new Radians
  • MultiWave II update
  • Music picks

  • January 2004
  • CES wrap up
  • Multi-channel amplifier update
  • Multi-channel PCA-2 option card
  • PCA-2 High Current Power Supply
  • Power Punch series
  • xStream Radian for Levinson owners

  • December 2003
  • Happy Holidays!
  • New IEC end for the xStreams
  • We solved the ground problem
  • New Statement PC
  • Levinson owners rejoice!
  • Music winner

  • November 2003
  • Review of the PCA-2 and HCA-2 combo in!
  • PCA-2 external power supply sneak preview
  • PCA-2 phono stage update
  • PS Audio’s new building
  • Ask The Experts expands
  • Speaker Cable program ends
  • Music contest, win $250

  • October 2003
  • Speaker cable trade up program almost over
  • HCA-2 now available in Europe
  • HCA-2 gets another rave review
  • How SDAT works
  • Multi Channel’s next
  • Music pick

  • September 2003
  • CEDIA show report
  • Sony and PS
  • P1000
  • Ultimate xStream Cable
  • P500 gets CE approval!
  • MW II update
  • Last chance for the cable trade up
  • Music Picks

  • August 2003
  • Speaker Cable thoughts Push it, pull it, drag it in!
  • Dog ate my homework
  • Show what ya’ got
  • Music picks

  • July 2003
  • The P1000 Power Plant released
  • xStream Bi-Wire speaker Cables
  • MultiWave II kits arrive
  • Staff Hat update
  • xStream Power Cables back in stock
  • New music picks

  • June 2003
  • Get ‘em while you can….
  • TubeWave is announced
  • MultiWave II ships next week
  • The servo system
  • P1000’s begin to ship

  • May 2003
  • Spring snow in the mountains
  • MultiWave II
  • xStream Speaker Cables
  • xStream Statement power cord
  • Preamp’s are received
  • Paul's vacation sale
  • Music picks for the month (good!)

  • April 2003
  • Preamplifiers ship
  • Beta testers report their findings
  • xStream™ Speaker Cables ship
  • The perfect combo
  • New music picks

  • March 2003
  • P500 announced
  • MultiWave II
  • AutoWave
  • Preamplifiers ship this month
  • xStream Power Cables get raves
  • Two new SACD's released

  • February 2003
  • We reinvent the power cable
  • A cool trade-up program
  • Last chance for the Labs
  • PCA-2 info – new features unveiled
  • HCA-2 a perfect match
  • xStream Audio’s ship
  • xStream bone to pick
  • The Black CD's
  • Music picks

  • January 2003
  • Happy New Year
  • CES Report
  • Rack Shelving
  • Designer Power Ports
  • Audio xStreams ship
  • Sneak Peek
  • Ultimate Rack
  • Paul's lobster pasta
  • CD’s worth getting
  • Next month

  • December 2002
  • Audio xStreams released
  • UO gets two awards!
  • Last minute shopping
  • An apology
  • CD and LP picks

  • November 2002
  • The cover of Stereophile!
  • PS goes black!
  • PCA-2 Beta testers chosen
  • Audio xStreams in the December newsletter
  • Careful in the airport
  • A wish list!
  • CD’s and LP’s cheap!

  • October 2002
  • Power Director 4.7 is unleashed
  • Preamp update (sneak peak too)
  • Here’s your chance to be a Beta Tester
  • Class A recommended HCA-2 makes waves
  • More CD’s for cheap!

  • September 2002
  • HCA-2 power amplifier receives Stereophile's Class A rating!
  • xStream Digital cable is a huge success
  • Preamp Update
  • Classic 250
  • PS Audio Product idea of the Month
  • Cheap music!

  • August 2002
  • Our new headquarters
  • xStream Digital cables ship
  • xStream Digital now available in TOSLINK!
  • Classic 250 amplifier ships
  • Power Posts released
  • The return of the Ultimate Lab Cable
  • Serious discounts on awesome CD’s

  • July 2002
  • xStream Digital Cable announced
  • HCA-2 Review and special
  • Moving Sale
  • Classic 250 Photos and update
  • Recommended CD

  • June 2002
  • Micro Lab power cord released
  • Results from the preamp survey
  • Classic 250 flicks next week!
  • Ultimate Lab Cables gone
  • CD's of the month

  • May 2002
  • Help us design our new preamplifier
  • Classic 250 update
  • Robert Lee's trip to Asia
  • UO graphs published
  • Product Spotlight
  • CD of the month

  • April 2002
  • Hybrid amps ship
  • Beta testers and customers love it!
  • PS Heads to New York
  • Product spotlight

  • March 2002
  • Hybrid Class A amplifier is unveiled
  • Beta testers post their reports
  • HCA-2 technology explained
  • Introductory price will end on April 2nd
  • The look of the HCA-2
  • Product Spotlight

  • February 2002
  • Beta units ship
  • Hybrid Class A deal
  • PS Spotlight

  • January 2002
  • CES report
  • Music Library
  • Beta units trickle out
  • Chassis change
  • A great year to come

  • December 2001
  • Beta Testers chosen
  • Ultimate Outlet review
  • We’re kind of backordered
  • Amplifier update
  • Happy Holidays

  • November 2001
  • Amplifier Update
  • One, two, three...punch!
  • Be a Beta Tester, get a free Power Port
  • CES
  • Web site improvements
  • Setting up your system
  • Thinking of an Ultimate?
  • Lingering Lab Cables
  • New office hours

  • October 2001
  • Getting the ball rolling
  • Power Director reports in
  • Power Ports a 'shocking' success!
  • Ultimate news
  • We need your help, and we’ll pay you for it!

  • September 2001
  • September 2001

  • August 2001
  • New Website a hit!
  • Power Director launch
  • Lab II is here
  • Deals on Lab I
  • Power Port and Juice Bar
  • New Product Updates

  • July 2001
  • New website announced!
  • Lab Cable II out in a few days
  • Power Port upgrade kit for Power Plants
  • Power Ports now on P300, P600 and P1200

  • June 2001
  • Power Ports arriving this week
  • Lab Cable and UO Price increase
  • 20 amp Labs now shipping
  • The Juice Bar
  • P1200 Review
  • New web site in July

  • May 2001
  • We announce the Ultimate Lab Cable
  • 20 amp Ultimate Outlets ship and get raves
  • Let your ears warm up!

  • April 2001
  • The PS Power Port
  • 20 amp Ultimates announced
  • Spring cleaning special on Power Plants
  • Improve CD performance for pennies