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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analog vs. digital
We define analog as a continuous unbroken stream, while digital means it is built from discrete bits. But, of course, our definition of analog is not accurate. Sound itself is...
Magnifiers
When the fine print's too small we put on a pair of magnifiers so we can better see the writing. I wonder if we might define what we in high-end...
SE vs. balanced
We sometimes form incorrect conclusions based on logical leaps. For example, just because a balanced interconnect is quieter than a single-ended type doesn't mean single-ended systems are noisy. A single-ended...
Genre based system
I am often asked if a particular system setup is appropriate for a genre of music. Or, put another way, would this or that amp or speaker be a good...
The golden ear myth
I wonder about the origin of the audiophile myth of golden ears. In my experience, the differences we hear, the quality of the music played on our systems are immediately...
Ringing in the new year
Wow. Here we are once again. Ringing in the new year. What an amazingly nutso period of time we've been through together. As PS Audio's president, Jim Laib, is fond...