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
Active problems
I have always been enamored with the idea of building a state-of-the-art active monitor. Yup, what a great product that would be. Only, there's no room for customizing. One of...
Crossing the chasm
My father's father, Claude, would probably find our modern technological wonders magic. Or unbelievable. Imagine getting in a time machine and over coffee explaining to him that we can talk...
The impermanence of trends
Trends are nearly impossible to see in the moment. When I was growing up men all wore hats and women were daring if they wore pants. That's just the way...
Listening to critics
We're all a bit worried about being criticized. What if those we respect don't agree with us or have differing opinions? What would happen if you played for someone your...
Near vs. far
Upon hearing a well set up near-field speaker system or, for that matter, a properly set up far-field rig, it is hard to say one is better than the other....
The hot seat
When someone says you're in the hot seat it's usually either frightening or bad. But not in the case of HiFi listening. The seat of honor; The hot seat; the...