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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Relativity

Paul McGowan

Ever watch one of those climbing shows where mountaineers scale a sheer cliff with their bare hands? Or watch those folks jump off a mountain and fly their bat wings before...

What really matters?

Paul McGowan

It can often be difficult to figure out which specs matter. Lower distortion is always a good thing unless it is at the expense of something else. High bandwidth is certainly...

Stepping stones

Paul McGowan

Just because something is different doesn't mean it's better. Back when I was a kid my parents, who considered themselves progressives, had read a new book on child rearing by...

Taking for granted

Paul McGowan

In yesterday's post, Changes, I made a remarkable mistake. I wrote that we have pretty much moved on from physical media and have only the smallest collection of SACD and...

Changes

Paul McGowan

While wandering around our local Target store I was struck by the complete elimination of the DVD Blu-Ray movie section. Vanished. Gone. Upon further examination even the little aisle they once...

The Audiophile spark

Paul McGowan

How many audiophiles does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one—but they'll spend hours debating whether the light output has the proper "warmth" and "presence," and they'll insist...