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
Where's your focus?
Most of us have both vinyl and digital in our systems. I certainly do. But where do we focus? Where do we put our energy, our investment, our tuning efforts?...
Getting it right
When something is right, we don’t notice it. That’s the curse of perfection. The better something works, the more invisible it becomes. A system with impeccable tonal balance, seamless imaging,...
Like it or not
Physics can be a cruel mistress. The perfect listening position is often just that—a position. A single chair, perfectly centered, where everything is dialed in just right. Move too far...
The topology challenge
Designing a preamp or amplifier comes down to a series of choices: single-ended or balanced? Tubes or solid-state? Class A for purity or Class D for efficiency? Every choice shapes the...
Trust
Music isn’t math, and specs don’t tell the whole story. Trusting our ears means letting go of preconceived notions. A component with “perfect” measurements can sound sterile and lifeless, while...
Embrace the space
We all get it—pulling our speakers out into the room isn’t exactly interior design-friendly. A pair of FR10s or 20s standing proudly away from the walls can look, well, a little...