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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Not making sense

Paul McGowan

For quite some time I have labored under the conclusion that music ripped to a hard drive sounds better than playing it directly from the disc. In fact, many of...

A+

Paul McGowan

I think I managed a single A in all my years of going to school. I was definitely happiest whenever I managed a C. The most recent print issue of...

Danger of words

Paul McGowan

We often use incorrect terminology. Take for example the terms "phase" and "polarity" when we talk of flipping the plus and minus of both channels at the same time. What...

Mac Mini server

Paul McGowan

In an earlier post I detailed how to build a music server from a Mac Mini. It's now up on our How To Section of the website if you're interested....

Synergy

Paul McGowan

Wikipedia describes Synergy as "the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts." And that's what takes place with careful assembly of your audio...

Amp wars

Paul McGowan

In yesterday's post Listening through another's ears, I mentioned my trip to Arnie Nudell's home to begin voicing the new BHK power amp. Many of you asked for the results....