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
Chickens and loudspeakers
In our world of high-end audio there's a debate as old as time: what's more important, the source or the loudspeaker? This question is akin to the classic conundrum of the...
VU Meters
I have always been curious about our passion for VU meters on the front panel of power amplifiers. Companies like McIntosh have made their mark on our industry by making...
The shield
Back in the days where swords and knives were the weapons of choice, a shield was an awfully effective way of staying alive. It protected you from getting skewered by...
When is it right?
On a couple of recent Octave Records recordings I have been experimenting a bit with the drum kit. On a typical session where there are drums, my preferred microphone setup...
Predatory plumbing
A bit of a warning. Today's post is long, it's a rant, and it's not about audio. It's about predators. Feel free to skip it. For the past several months...
Careful what you wish for
In the "glory days" of HiFi, between the 1980s and 90s, HiFi manufacturers were in a fierce competition to produce audio equipment with the lowest possible THD, a measure of performance...