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
Nearfield FR30 loudspeakers
The first round of FR30 loudspeakers are almost ready to be shipped to anxious customers. We're close. Very close. How exciting! Never ones to rest for very long, as we're...
Autotune
One of the more famous plugins available to recording artists is called autotune. Autotune allows a singer or instrumentalist's pitch to be adjusted to perfection. Is it cheating? Many would...
Polish before cutting
It sure is tempting to add the polishing steps to a system before finishing the basic cuts and steps. Kind of like seeing how the jewelry looks before getting fully...
Beyond the sides
The soundstage illusion is complex. Move your speakers far apart, point them towards you, and the soundstage appears like a hologram between them. Put them closer together, toe them towards...
The importance of measurements
Somehow the opinion that I am hesitant to embrace measurements as a means of determining sound quality has grown into a "thing". It's funny how ideas and notions can become...
Octave Studios
Grab a glass of champagne! Octave Studio is up and running. After months of construction, wiring, adjusting, and hair pulling (not to mention years of planning), we're finally recording in...