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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Guideposts
How many times have I been disappointed by following someone else's unqualified advice? "My favorite restaurant is...." "Best movie I have ever seen...." "Most revealing speakers I have ever heard..."...
How big?
How big an image is too big? If the soundstage exceeds to limits of your speakers, does that qualify as bigger than life? Or, does it depend on the music?...
An amp's sound
We talk a great deal about the sound of an amplifier: warm, big, thin, weak, transparent, musical. Truth is, what we're hoping for is no sound at all. Not the...
Magical moments
Summers are a delight in Colorado. They are warm and dry with a fluff of white clouds floating against the deep blue sky. Got home from PS Audio at about...
Controlling the tone
Remember back when we had controls for tonal balance? Bass, treble and sometimes even midrange. I recall several integrateds from high-end manufacturers that sported a full 5-band graphic equalizer. This...
The great reveal
One of the conundrums of high end audio is its revealing nature. The better the system the more obvious both the flaws and wonders of a recording. We sometimes refer...