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
Words can get in the way
Language is a funny thing. It helps us get close to truth—but it rarely brings us all the way. We say a preamp is “direct coupled from input to output,”...
Looks can be deceiving
You can’t judge a book by its cover, and you sure can’t judge a house by how clean the living room is. Surface impressions might be tidy and impressive, but...
It Starts with the Engine
A car only goes as far as its engine takes it. No matter how sleek the design or how skilled the driver, if the engine’s weak or temperamental, the ride’s...
Who needs a preamp?
You don’t often find a tire shop recommending shoes. And that's human nature—if a company doesn’t make a certain product, they’re probably not going to champion its importance. Which brings...
Power IS the signal
It took me a long time to fully appreciate that the power we feed our systems is the signal. Think about it. Every sound that comes out of a loudspeaker...
Winning an argument
It’s hard to win an argument with a spec sheet. Digital trounces vinyl. Lower noise, wider dynamic range, flatter frequency response. In theory—and in measurement—digital wins every time. And yet,...