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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Matching components together

Paul McGowan

One of the constant challenges we audiophiles face is the matching of components. Pairing together two products to make musical magic. We can rely upon a previous matching effort like...

Talent vs. skill

Paul McGowan

We think of someone with talent as having a natural ability—a born-with level of skill. They got the brass ring. I would suggest this notion of talent is somewhat of...

Montreal

Paul McGowan

Just a quick note to share with you the setup in our room at the Montreal High End show. Today is the last day of the show so if you...

Trade secrets

Paul McGowan

Not that long ago there was a time when tradesmen guarded their secrets as a means of staying employed. If a tradesperson such as a welder, plumber, mechanic, cameraman, or...

Reverse engineering

Paul McGowan

I remember my first trip to Hong Kong back in the 1990s. Breakfast that morning was to be fruit, Miso soup, rice, and salted plum. When the server brought my...

FR30s go live

Paul McGowan

Tomorrow, Friday the 25th, marks the world's public premiere of the FR30 loudspeaker. If you're planning on attending the Montreal High End show at the Hotel Bonaventure, you can drop...