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
The myth of the asynchronous DAC
Synchronous and asynchronous are two buzz words manufacturers realize gets people's attention. We may not understand what they mean but we've figured out asynchronous is better than being synchronous. So...
The personality of equipment
Have you ever noticed that many dogs resemble their owners? I think the same is true for equipment and the personality of the designs. In our hand-crafted industry of the...
How do you describe truffle fries?
The language an artist uses to describe her work is by necessity vague and intentionally non-specific. How else could she describe the feeling of the work? The language a programmer...
In the garden of Eden
In the late 1960's the way music was played over the airwaves was going through a major shift, much like it is today. For many years only songs of less...
Pots in a box
In the early 70's Stan (The "S" in PS) and I only made phono preamplifiers. They had no controls, just a turntable input and a set of RCA outputs. Designed...
How to explain the high-end
"The justification for a great music system is the same as for a great instrument: It makes possible a musical experience that cannot be duplicated by lesser means" My friend...