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
Rationalizing
On a recent road trip to California, I snacked so much as to have gained back that which I had worked so hard to lose. Five pounds. I rationalized the...
Audiophiles Vs. Music Lovers
We just love to apply labels to people and things. Puts them in neat little boxes we can shuffle around in our heads. “Audiophiles are more interested in the gear...
The Glass Race
It’s relatively easy for our purchaser, Dan McCauley, to order the thousands of parts needed to build a PS Audio product. If you look at one of our BOMs (Bills...
Mix Tapes
Do you remember mixtapes? Cassette tape copies of curated LP tracks. Today we call them playlists. Only, something’s lost. With mixtapes, one shared with a friend what was, in essence,...
Micro, macro
Our feelings towards music often depend in part on our view. Micro, or macro. Are we listening closely or from afar? When we listen intently we're focused on the minutiae....
Cartridge OCD
My post on coils, magnets, and compromise certainly has spurred a lot of interest from Vinylphiles. Several correctly pointed out I neglected to mention the very interesting light-based phono cartridge from DS Audio....