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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Being safe

Paul McGowan

We do appreciate single mindedness, dedicated purpose over multi-functioness, don't we? We choose an Astell and Kern portable music player over an iPhone or Android multi-purpose phone, although the two...

Extremes

Paul McGowan

Following RMAF a very nice couple came by to visit and hear Music Room One. They were excited to play their own music and see what it sounded like. It...

I just couldn't resist

Paul McGowan

When I saw the picture of Bascom King caressing his amplifier in Scott Hull's Part Time Audiophile column, I just couldn't resist posting it. I can't think of a single...

Retro

Paul McGowan

I'll warn you up front. I am going to whine. If that's upsetting, skip reading today's post. Sitting in our management meeting yesterday and our director of engineering, Dave Paananen,...

The great divide

Paul McGowan

I was fascinated by the traffic flows at RMAF. We had two rooms connected together and separated by a door. In the larger room the main system, Sprout Lounge in...

Compromised cabinets

Paul McGowan

While at RMAF one of my readers approached me asking what the ultimate subwoofer cabinet might be like. I replied that one made of concrete or stone would be best:...