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
Getting goats
To get someone's "goat" is to make them angry. Where in the world did that term come from? Best I can tell, its roots are in American slang from the...
The accidental discovery
When we're on the hunt for answers it's good practice to question our conclusions. That's because we tend to land on the quickest answer that fits the problem. If you fix...
Crank down to crank up
On most Octave Record's releases, I can set the volume level on the BHK Preamplifier to a comfortable 40 and the tracks play at exactly the right level. On our...
The importance of AC power
It's always fascinating to me reading people's comments on how the AC out of the wall doesn't matter to sound quality. Their logic is simple. In every audio product AC...
Forward motion
On September 15, 1830, in Liverpool, England, a pivotal moment in the history of technology occurred. The world's first passenger railway, the Liverpool to Manchester was inaugurated. The event showcased...
Audiophile etiquette
Etiquette refers to an accepted code of polite behavior and social conventions within a particular society or group. It can vary depending on different cultures. In western cultures it's customary to finish...