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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Is anything ever simple?

Paul McGowan

A great writer once said in a note to his friend: "I apologize for the long letter. I didn't have time to write you a shorter one." That note was...

What's the value when it's free?

Paul McGowan

Free advice is worth exactly what you paid for it: nothing. But is that true? If I recommend a technique to help your high-end system sound better and it works...

How you can tell a servo sub from a slug

Paul McGowan

There are not many subwoofers out there that have servos running them and that's a shame. A servo is like a little microphone placed right on the woofer that listens...

Pet peeves and credibility

Paul McGowan

I get a lot of SPAM in my inbox. When I go to unsubscribe I sometimes get a notice that my request will be processed in 24 to 48 hours....

Beware the mattress police

Paul McGowan

Yesterday's post Perfectly Legalhad a few of you scratching your heads about being law breakers. If you rip a CD and then sell it or give it away, technically you...

Perfectly legal?

Paul McGowan

If you own a CD it is perfectly legal to sell that CD. It's your property. It is also perfectly legal for you to make a copy of that CD...