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 color of music
We talk about warmth, brightness, darkness, air, and weight. These are more than just audiophile jargon—they’re communication terms rooted in how sound feels. A cello has a dark, woody tone....
Audio cooking
Assembling a world-class high-end audio system is like putting together a tasty meal. Think of a dish where everything works together—sweet balancing sour, a bit of heat offsetting richness. That’s...
Ear blindness
We all go nose blind to our own cologne. Same thing happens with our systems. Live with a setup long enough, and even its flaws start sounding “normal.” A dip...
The best mistakes
Mistakes are underrated teachers. I’ve learned more about speaker placement from getting it wrong than I ever have from getting it right. You toe a pair of speakers in just...
Lights out
Sometimes the best listening happens in the dark. There’s something that changes when you turn the lights off. The room disappears. Your eyes stop scanning. You’re no longer distracted by...
Taming the room
The room is the most important component you never plug in. It’s funny—we’ll obsess over cables, power supplies, even fuse direction. But the room? That big, reflective, resonant space we...