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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Golden ears

Paul McGowan

With all due respect to my dear friend and founder of Golden Ear Audio, Sandy Gross, I would like to dispel a myth that seem rather pervasive out in the...

Our trust

Paul McGowan

What if I told you that McDonalds released a new entrée that rivaled the best you could get at a Michelin star restaurant? You, like me, would likely wonder if it's...

The VU Meter

Paul McGowan

If I had to guess, I'd put the percentage of audiophiles that openly or secretly love VU meters at around a solid 80%. McIntosh, anyone? VU stands for Volume Units...

dB and digital

Paul McGowan

I was recently asked how it is possible to relate Decibels (dB) to digital. This question makes sense when we consider that the decibel is an analog measurement—and we cannot...

Just because…

Paul McGowan

The top button on my short sleeve casual shirts really upsets me. I don't wear ties, I never button that top button, and yet it is there just because that's the...

Today is the day

Paul McGowan

Today's the opening day of the UK HiFi show.   My son, Scott McGowan, and our resident loudspeaker genius, Chris Brunhaver are there at the show waiting to say hello...