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

Bring in the new

Paul McGowan

If you read any of the magazines or blogs in our industry you're probably aware that the high-end isn't attracting a lot of newbies to the field. Why is that?...

Do you think some posts are too long?

Paul McGowan

Yesterday's post was long and several of you asked if I couldn't make one shorter.

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...