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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Adjustment Time

Paul McGowan

When evaluating a piece of audio gear there are two schools of thought. Make a quick judgment or live with the device for a while and see how it feels....

What Am I Missing?

Paul McGowan

What’s the old gag about making sure you’re not missing anything? The one where you touch four corners of a make-believe cross and say: “wallet, watch, spectacles, testicles”. Humor aside,...

Stand Out Products

Paul McGowan

When a piece of audio gear sonically singles itself out in a system it is typically not a good thing. What we hope for is a synergistic pairing of components...

Measuring Measuring Gear

Paul McGowan

One of my readers, Jake from Boston, sent me the following note that might someday make it to an Ask Paul video, but for now, it’s certainly worthy of a...

Can There Be A Right And Wrong?

Paul McGowan

Whether you believe in gravity or not you’re going to get hurt when you hit the pavement after falling off a 30-foot ladder. It’s not a question of right or...

New gadgets

Paul McGowan

I love great gadgets that make life better and I want to share two of them with you today. The first is something affordable you should own, the second is...