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
The chase
Every one of us eventually asks ourselves: Am I listening to the music, or just listening to my system? It’s a fair question. We tinker, we tweak, we swap out...
Closing the gap
For years, CDs and SACDs have been the gold standard for digital playback. Spin a well-mastered disc on a top-tier player like the PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport, and the...
The lonely amp
Power amps are easy to ignore. They sit there, silent and unassuming, just a big box with a plain faceplate. No knobs to turn, no screens to watch, no dials...
The beauty of mistakes
Baking sourdough seems simple—just water, flour, salt, and starter. How hard could it be? But then you realize the variables: fermentation time, hydration levels, room temperature, even the way you...
The magic of synergy
You can have the finest ingredients in the world—a perfectly ripe heirloom tomato, hand-pressed olive oil, fresh basil—but if the balance is off, the dish falls flat. Too much salt?...
Going green?
Solar panels and going green are the right things to do, but they will impact audio quality. Converting the rays of the sun into electrical energy takes another level of...