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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Musical chairs

Paul McGowan

In yesterday's post, I discussed the two main methods of speaker setup: straight ahead and far and wide. There is another, simpler, way of changing the systems presentation: that is...

Chocolate or vanilla?

Paul McGowan

When setting up your stereo speakers there are two main approaches (and a handful of exotic different ones): straight ahead or far and wide. The straight ahead method is what most...

The investigator

Paul McGowan

One the easiest ways to add credibility to a point you're trying to make is to cite the work of "an investigator". The investigator doesn't have to be real. He could...

What are you looking at?

Paul McGowan

Find a great piece of music. Turn down the lights. Close your eyes, and let the music take you somewhere. What a treat! For many of us, we have the earned...

The leaking dilemma

Paul McGowan

If you have a leaky roof you've got a problem that crops up every time it rains. On the other hand, if you have a leaky listening room, you should feel...

The journey

Paul McGowan

Along the path from casual listener to discerning audiophile there are plenty of both roadblocks and milestones. What a wonderful road to travel down. A road most people don't even know...