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
Who's on first?
Making a decision as to which model of amplifier, phono stage, or preamplifier can be daunting. There are more brands than one can count and, within those brands, many models....
Auditioning speakers
If you go to a big box store, or even a medium-sized store, you're likely to encounter a switch box approach to speaker selling. Multiple pairs of speakers are lined...
External power supplies
On the periphery of exotic upgrades is the external power supply. Sometimes this supply is bigger and more powerful than what's standard inside products, but more often than not it's...
Syrup on pancakes
In the 1990s, the idea of an AC power conditioner feeding a stereo system was about the same as adding syrup to pancakes: a nice but unnecessary sweetener. Few people...
Who's it for?
Ok, I'll admit it. I am a Trekkie. My current favorite Star Trek spinoff is Discovery. In second place is Picard (though it started off so slow I had to...
Temples of sound
For a small handful, it is possible to build temples of sound—a dedicated purpose-built room. They are rare. More of us convert existing space into dedicated listening areas that we...