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

Live vs. canned

Paul McGowan

Terri and I have another live recording to make on the 10th, and it got me thinking. The goal for a live recording is to capture the event as if the...

The threat

Paul McGowan

I find that there are two basic ways I can deal with new information. Accept or deny. If that new information appears to open new doors or further my progress,...

Give and take

Paul McGowan

It occurs to me that not all of us are of the understanding that speakers take and amplifiers give. Not the other way around. You can have the biggest most...

Understanding technology

Paul McGowan

How much of technology do you need to understand before making a purchasing decision? Does one need to know the technical differences between an LCD and OLED television to decide...

Miles of wire

Paul McGowan

Most of us take for granted the power that comes out of our home's AC wall sockets. They are there. Plug something in and it just works. For products that...

Black boxes

Paul McGowan

In the mid 1930s, Charles Pogue was said to have developed a revolutionary carburetor that could achieve incredible fuel efficiency allowing a car to travel 200 miles or more on...