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.

Easy to subscribe and even easier to unsubscribe if you wish. Join us.

Paul's Posts

Let me do you a favor

Paul McGowan

Don't forget Mother's day. It's today and most markets have flowers ready for those who forgot. On a run yesterday morning I was blissfully listening to my favorite music, opera,...

Best sounding subwoofer

Paul McGowan

First I want to take care of a bit of housekeeping. Terri always makes me clean up BEFORE I start making a new mess with a project, so following in...

Sprout's sprouted

Paul McGowan

Ok, I've waited a long time to write that. I just couldn't resist. Scott McGowan's 2-year quest to design and build a high-end all-in-one music player for his generation is...

When brands lose focus

Paul McGowan

Thiel is no longer Thiel. After Kathy and Dawn sold Thiel to an investment group, the brand no longer represents what we would think of as high-end and certainly not...

The next symphony

Paul McGowan

I have written this blog for nearly three years without missing a single day. I was terrified I wouldn't have anything to write after a week, or that no one...

Device types

Paul McGowan

I am of two minds when it comes to making sense that different devices sound different in the same circuit. On the one hand, if you take an identical analog...