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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The myth
Yesterday's post got me remembering there’s a myth out there that somehow bits from a CD or SACD are purer than bits from a stream. That if it came from...
From vinyl to polycarbonate
I still remember the first time I held a CD in my hands. It was 1983, and the promise was huge—no more surface noise, no stylus to wear out grooves,...
Doh!
As long as I am reminiscing about Quad electrostatics, I still remember my first experience with a subwoofer and another electrostat I owned. The sub was an M&K, one of...
Best of both worlds
The first time I heard a pair of Quad electrostatics, everything I thought I knew about loudspeakers went out the window. They didn’t sound like speakers at all. No boxiness,...
Toe in and out
Ask a room full of audiophiles how much toe-in to use, and you’ll get a dozen different answers. Some people like their speakers pointed right at them. Others prefer them...
It's not what you think
Ask most people why they need a subwoofer and you’ll hear the same answer: to get deeper bass. But that’s not really why subwoofers matter—at least not in a properly...