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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Schools of thought

Paul McGowan

The polite way of saying that we are fundamentally opposed is to refer to each worldview as a separate school of thought. In so doing, we honor the other's viewpoint...

How long is long enough?

Paul McGowan

I am often asked to predict how long of an evaluation period it will take to decide if a new product stays or go. If we ignore burn-in (something not...

Just a little louder please

Paul McGowan

For many years I marked the volume setting for each track in my reference library. On playback, it was easy to set the proper level by adjusting it up or...

The perfect mistake

Paul McGowan

The perfect musical rendition is one that captures our soul and connects us in a way only music can. Which means, of course, that the perfect performance—one without any flaws,...

If you have a moment

Paul McGowan

Our good friend and former editor of Copper, Bill Leebens, is facing some hard times at the moment. Bill's looking at some expensive surgery for which he does not have...

Crossfeed

Paul McGowan

One of the touted advantages of headphones is their lack of crossfeed. Unlike loudspeakers, the left and right channels are always separate. And so it surprised me to learn of...