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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Paul's Posts

Stepping back

Paul McGowan

As Audiophiles we constantly search for what we consider the holy grail; reproducing the sound of live music in our homes. Yet is it even possible given that most recordings...

Big air

Paul McGowan

Some of my readers may remember I have the insanely big Infinity IRS loudspeakers on the way from Vestal New York. News that I am changing my reference system to...

The finishing touches

Paul McGowan

The new power amp I've written about is finished and it's everything I ever hoped for in an amp. Unfortunately there's only one in the world at the moment and...

Massed strings

Paul McGowan

One of the most difficult to reproduce bits of music is massed strings, whether they be cellos, violas, or violins. It takes a complete and near perfect chain to get...

Unintended consequences

Paul McGowan

While enjoying a morning cup of coffee I was reading Art Dudley's engaging article on his acquisition of an old pair of Altec Lansing loudspeakers in the May issue of...

The cheapest tweak

Paul McGowan

David Pogue, one of my readers, suggested to me "the cheapest tweak" that he's ever tried and I thought it might be interesting, this fine Sunday morning, to give this...