PS Audio founder and CEO, Paul McGowan, writes a daily blog: short, informative, fun, often controversial, but always interesting. Subjects range from personal stories, how to setup your system, news of the day, streaming, vinyl, tubes, transistors, loudspeakers, holographic imaging and more. Kind of like the Car Talk of audio. Not much is sacred, and there’s rarely a mention of our own products.
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Paul's Posts
Open vs. closed
You've probably heard the engineering terms open loop versus closed loop. It might be a bit of a mystery as to what we're referring to so, if you're curious, I'll...
Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese word that embodies much of what we in high-end audio are focused on. Slow, steady improvements over time. Rooted in the Japanese words "kai," meaning change, and...
Bangs and bucks
I suppose the term biggest bang for the buck comes from the gun or explosives industry, but wherever it came from it's often what we're hoping for. Maximizing our investment in...
Adapting
We're an adaptive species. Given enough time we can get used to just about anything. When I walk into a room playing music, sometimes the audio quality is so far...
THD vs. IM
When we look at audio specs we typically see distortion as a goal to keep as low as possible. After all, distortion is the opposite of perfection. But there are...
Old practices
Does anyone bi-amp anymore? For the longest time, many of us were obsessed with the synergistic benefits of assigning different quality power amplifiers to the tweeter and the woofer. It...