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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Art on the internet

Paul McGowan

In my post Getting what you bargained for I talked about the rise of the second tier dealers who offer low prices instead of what the neighborhood retailer provided and...

Status symbols

Paul McGowan

I've been noodling on a comment made a few weeks ago that high-end audio is mostly a status symbol owned by wealthy people who do not care about audio or...

Do you have a life jacket ready?

Paul McGowan

In yesterday's post we we lamented the shift away from the neighborhood dealer who provided our advice, information, opinions and service. There are a number of reasons why this has...

Getting what you bargained for

Paul McGowan

In our comments section of PS Tracks magazineI mentioned how we in the high-end got what we bargained for when we chose the lowest price over service and advice. I...

Surprise and delight

Paul McGowan

Yesterday's post Good enough raised the hair on a few people's necks wondering why I had apparently thrown in the towel and accepted having to make products and services that...

Good enough

Paul McGowan

When is something good enough? I think the answer is complicated but if we boil it down to two simple measurements it becomes easier to answer: perfection level and expectation...