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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Less Than Obvious Choices

Paul McGowan

Now that we’ve moved the main PS Audio reference system from Music Room Two to Music Room Three we have a new challenge at hand. Where formerly the problems in...

Reaching equilibrium

Paul McGowan

If I am to enjoy a morning breakfast of blueberries, yogurt, and granola there has to be a proper balance between the flavors. My preference in berries runs towards the...

Are we crazy?

Paul McGowan

I have been asked so many times whether or not I am crazy that those questions not only roll off my back like water and ducks, but I have become...

THD

Paul McGowan

Ever wonder why harmonic distortion figures include the word total? Surely we don't benefit from knowing partial harmonic distortion. Or do we? Harmonic distortion happens when higher frequencies that are...

The best of two worlds

Paul McGowan

Two of the most valuable tools we have at Octave Records are a pair of Audeze headphones and the FR30 loudspeakers. Putting the headphones on while setting up a recording...

See through music

Paul McGowan

When you are watching a live show you can see the musicians and hear their individual instruments. The visuals add clarity to what you are hearing. Listening on your stereo...