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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In Rare Form

Ugurcan K

  Astounding finds: a JBL Metregon speaker system alongside a JBL Paragon system. Currently located at Audio Classics, owner Steve Rowell noted, “finding either of these is extremely rare. To...

Streaming vs. discs

Paul McGowan

The controversy over streaming vs. physical disc seems endless. On the one hand, we know that all things being equal, there's no difference to the DAC how it gets its...

Keeping score

Paul McGowan

Most businesses are profit-centric. Their decision-making process is based on how to best maximize profits. That does not describe PS Audio. PS Audio has always been more about affording all...

Headphones Vs. Speakers

Paul McGowan

I’ve never understood the rift between headphone and speaker advocates. Chat rooms, forums, and blog posts by the hundreds are rife with strong opinions why one’s superior to the other....

A place of honor

Paul McGowan

If you're an important person invited to dinner, tradition suggests you be given the place of honor, perhaps the seat next to the host. But places of honor aren't reserved...

Live end dead end

Paul McGowan

As we move forward building the new Octave Recording studio we're learning a great deal from both Gus Skinas and J.I. Agnew. Most of you know Gus, the mastering engineer...