Paul's Posts

Perhaps one of the greatest innovations in our computer-centric society is Control-Z. Undo what you just did and try again. In fact, I am so used to the freedom this... Read more...

Does size matter?

I know, my old teenage male brain resurfaces with a smile when I read those words in the headline. I guess it never quite grows up. But the question of... Read more...

Feeling threatened

On top of everything I delve into, as crazy and obsessive as I am, I find it fascinating that I am also constantly looking inward to figure out what makes... Read more...

Gettin' naked

A few nights ago, Terri and I were recording a session at Octave Studios. There were two musicians: a drummer and a resonator guitar player that also sang. Great music, wonderful session... Read more...

Playlists

In my April Newsletter I posted a link to a list of tracks that we played at Axpona. That list can be accessed here: https://forum.psaudio.com/t/ps-audio-axpona-playlist/37396/ In the meantime, more tracks and... Read more...

Free nibbles and drinks!

As soon as I hear that not only can I get a demo of the what HiFi News called "the £10k standard in loudspeakers", but, there's also free snacks and drinks... Read more...

Technology and music

In yesterday's post about the language of music we touched on a few similarities: Letters form words, musical notes generate melodies. When I think about big picture concepts like these I try and... Read more...

The language of music

There are 26 choices of letters in the English alphabet. My task, as a writer, is to organize and group the appropriate letters in such a way that when you... Read more...

A long and wonderful run

2024 marks the 50th year of existence for PS Audio. Fifty years of designing, building, and servicing our HiFi Family. Just writing those words seems strange enough....fifty years since Stan... Read more...

Never heard anything like that!

Following yesterday's post about sample rates and how they wound up being different for pro and consumer, one of our HiFi Family members, Elektor asked a really interesting question. "I... Read more...

Blame it on video

One of the more interesting irritants in the recording and playback of digital audio is the great divide between pro and consumer. The crux of it is this. The pros making... Read more...

We're all crazy

When an outsider takes a look at our stacks of equipment and big speakers their reaction is often a head shake and a tongue click. "Wow, this is crazy". And... Read more...

Aha! moments

There's perhaps nothing better than an aha! moment: the lightbulb flicks on, the answer to the problem is clear, the puzzle is solved. The trick with aha! moments is to actually... Read more...

Judging an amp by its Watts

Most of us would snicker if told the way to choose a power amplifier is by its Wattage. The greater the amp's power output the better it will sound. For those... Read more...

Family jewels

Gain stages are like the family jewels. They need to be protected. To be specific, there are two types of gain stages: current and voltage. It is the latter type... Read more...

Less than amazing

On the phone yesterday with a mix engineer that I was preparing tracks for, I found myself feeling like I had jumped through a time machine. We had just finished... Read more...

Armchair warriors

I know how to fly a plane. I have even sat in the jump seat of a 747 and observed every step the pilot made to safely land the beast. Despite... Read more...

Heart and soul

Every product in your system is a manifestation of a designer's heart and soul. Someone, somewhere, had a vision or a directive and from that they proceeded to create a... Read more...

Secondary effects

When we need an energy boost we sometimes drink a caffeinated beverage and bingo! We're energized. Did the coffee act as a battery unleashing energy or did it trigger a... Read more...

Direct to disc

For many years, record labels like mastering engineer Doug Sax's Sheffield produced some extraordinary vinyl call Direct To Disc (DTD). The idea behind this type of recording was to eliminate... Read more...

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