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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Paul's Posts

Enhanced or held back?

Paul McGowan

If we make a change for the better to our room or equipment, one that gets us closer to the music, was it achieved by a fundamental change or by...

Op amps vs. chips

Paul McGowan

I wince when people equate op-amps with chips. An op-amp describes a topology, not a chip. Yes, the op-amp topology is often built onto a silicon wafer, but we should...

Tech talk

Paul McGowan

I am most comfortable in the company of engineers. It's more than just camaraderie. To non-engineering folk, our conversations might sound like a different language what with all the terminology...

Things worth remembering

Paul McGowan

I've managed to live approximately 26,800 days so far. That seems like a lot of days and yet my memory of all that's transpired in that lifetime of days numbers...

Holding back

Paul McGowan

While over the weekend I had the pleasure of spending time in Music Room Two and the IRS auditioning some new Octave releases. The producer and audio engineer, Scott, had...

Simplicity

Paul McGowan

Conventional wisdom would have us believe best results are obtained via simple solutions. The simpler the solution the better and cleaner the outcome. I find simple solutions are often the...