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 McGowan

*A quick reminder that this morning at 11 AM MST we'll host our first live webinar which you can watch on YouTube or join us on Zoom by clicking on...

Our first webinar

Paul McGowan

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 28th at 11 AM MST we're hosting our first live Chat with Paul webinar. This will be a Zoom webinar limited to 500 participants and if you're...

What is the truth?

Paul McGowan

I saw a survey that suggested nearly everyone believes they are an above-average driver. In fact, it turns out that most of us believe we're not only above average, we're...

Balanced is better

Paul McGowan

In my mind, there's no question that between components the best connection is balanced. Balanced cables offer lower noise and better sound. I understand there are single-ended holdouts (wait, we...

Diferent: better or worse?

Paul McGowan

My friend Seth tried out new speaker cables. They were definitely different—a fact in itself that surprised him—but were they better? Apple just unveiled its new operating system, Big Sur....

Before remotes

Paul McGowan

When we started PS Audio in the early 1970s there was no such thing as a remote controlled volume. No, we had to get off our lard butts and adjust...