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
Convenience
Convenience always wins… until it doesn’t. We’ll trade almost anything for ease—until we remember what we lost in the process. That’s kind of how I feel about CDs and SACDs. Right...
Taking measures
Not everything that counts can be measured. And not everything that’s measured counts. That’s one of those cliches we audiophiles like to pull out when a piece of gear sounds magical—even...
First!
You never forget your first car, your first apartment, or your first stereo that made music feel real. That’s because “firsts” are the spark that starts the fire. For me,...
The clap
Nobody claps at a recording. We only clap when it feels live. That’s because what moves us isn’t just the sound—it’s the presence. The sense that someone is there, playing just...
Being moved
You don’t have to see wind to feel it, and you don’t need to hear a subwoofer to know it’s missing. That lowest octave—from 20Hz to 40Hz—is mostly felt, not...
Chasing the illusion
A photograph can be sharp and still feel lifeless, and a painting can be blurry and still move you to tears. That’s the strange truth we live with every day. A...