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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Ground point

Paul McGowan

I am often asked to explain ground. No, not dirt, but electrical ground. Counter to what many people might imagine—that ground has something to do with Earth—ground is defined as...

Emotional transports

Paul McGowan

If music is an emotional transport that speaks differently to each and every one of us, how can we possibly erect standards? It seems as big a challenge as setting...

Lunch with Chris

Paul McGowan

PS Audio's senior loudspeaker designer, Chris Brunhaver, is one of the most knowledgeable people I have ever known. His mastery with respect to loudspeakers, acoustics, and design is, in my...

Changing minds

Paul McGowan

Changing a tire makes sense. The car won't go much further on a flat tire. Changing a mind is nearly impossible. Imagine being asked to believe in a different religion,...

Speaker quality and soundstage

Paul McGowan

I am often asked if one must have a killer set of speakers in order to experience the wonders of a great soundstage. Fortunately, the answer is no. In fact,...

Film caps

Paul McGowan

Capacitors all sound different, especially when they are in the signal path. Now, I didn't write that just to raise the hairs on the backs of engineers who scoff at...