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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Overkill

Paul McGowan

What an odd concept. Overkill. Makes me think of Monty Python's "not dead yet!" As (sometimes) obsessive audiophiles we are often accused of overkill but I prefer a different description....

Megan Burtt

Paul McGowan

Wow. Sometimes things and projects just fall into place. Beautifully. Such is the case with Octave Record's latest release from singer and songwriter, Megan Burtt. Goosebump-good music. Her album reminds...

Personal standards

Paul McGowan

We all have our personal standards by which we determine whether or not something lives up to our expectations. When I play a new track of music I expect a...

Credence Clearwater

Paul McGowan

Poking around last night for something to watch on Netflix we ran across Jeff Bridges, The Dude, narrating a well put together film on Credence Clearwater Revival's concert at London's...

Keeping time

Paul McGowan

We're all aware that jitter in the digital audio stream is to be avoided. Jitter is all about timing deviations where the audio data isn't exactly where it is supposed...

When better should be ignored

Paul McGowan

It is comforting to believe that we use the best simply because it is the best. Tell that to Mark Levinson (the man) when he tried to force a change...