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 argument
Most arguments arise out of a basic misunderstanding. I declare the sky is blue; you argue it's gray, and we realize we're not in the same city. In one of...
It's easy!
Boy, how many times have you heard that tired line, "it's easy"? Lots of stuff is "easy" if you know how to do it. But, for the person standing on...
A far cry from "normal"
"I have had quite a number of younger people sit down in front of my high end system and literally weep. I think everyone just settles for Bose, Apple, Sonos,...
The pace of technology
Progress happens in stages, some so small they are imperceptible, while others feel like leaps. Viewed over time, it is easy to see this familiar pattern of many small blips...
Looking in the wrong place
A friend of mine is asking me for advice. He wants to have "audiophile sound" in a situation where that won't be possible. It's kind of like asking what combination...
Bias
When it comes to keeping an analog circuit operating in its linear region, we need to have a certain amount of bias—making sure it is always on—running through it. Various...