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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The outside edge

Paul McGowan

Reader Tom Richard writes "As a long-time bass player, I've always used cymbals to judge music reproduction. The worst systems give you white noise; the best present so much information....

Just A Little Lovin'

Paul McGowan

We released the details page on DirectStream which you can access here. A number of you have asked me what the music is that has the cymbal the listeners were so...

What price musicality?

Paul McGowan

With the launch of our new DirectStream product I have been in spirited debates with many interested music lovers. Some ask if the rumors are true: that DSD is but...

Grand finale

Paul McGowan

Good Sunday morning to you. We'll wrap up our story of the movie mogul today and return to audio matters tomorrow. Just thought it'd be fun to take a small...

Special effects

Paul McGowan

In yesterday's post The Ice ManI began the tale of my first adventure into cinema. Armed with my 8mm film camera, my leading man and a hesitant neighbor with a...

The Ice Man

Paul McGowan

Thanks for the kind notes on the DirectStream video. Part 2 has been released and you can view it here. Making videos is fun and I've making them since I...