From the desk of Paul McGowan

Paul's Posts

Notes on music, gear, and the long pursuit of better sound. New most mornings.

Paul's Posts

More from Paul

  1. AutobahnContinuing on the subject of separation and vinyl, I have been working diligently on voicing and polishing our new phono preamplifier, the NuWave Phono Converter. I...
  2. SeparationI have been listening to a lot of vinyl as of late - we're getting ready to launch a new phono preamp - and the evaluation...
  3. SeagullsYesterday's post on the Golden Age of Recordings sparked a fair number of emails and one them asked me "what is live"? Is it sticking your...
  4. Golden age of recordingsMark Waldrup of AIX Records, Cookie Marenco of Blue Coast, Keith Johnson of Reference, Bruce Leek of Studio in the Forest, Peter McGrath of Wilson, Tod...
  5. Building a Music RoomPart 5 of of our video series on Building a Music Room has been uploaded on YouTube and available for you to watch here. We cover...
  6. Leveraging soundMost of us have an idea how our ear works. We have an eardrum, which is a diaphragm or membrane, and sound pressure moves this membrane...
  7. Microphones like lensesThe two parts to any sound reproduction chain that are imperfect - in fact not very close to perfect at all - are the inputs and...
  8. MicrophonesIf we mentally step back from focusing on just the reproduction chain (your stereo system) and look at the entire process of capturing and playing back...
  9. Serving it upIf the high-end designer really wants thunderous bass response in his equipment, a servo is perhaps the very best way to go. You've probably heard of...
  10. Rolling it offYesterday I explained the real problem in using a direct coupled product like a power amp or preamp is not the DC they produce, which is...
  11. What's all the fuss about?Nearly two weeks ago Scott McGowan and I traveled to Munich Germany for the high-end audio show and I put together a short video with a...
  12. Young turksBack to our subject of direct coupling. Why did we wind up with coupling capacitors in the first place? We know that many are simply a...
  13. Get that mole!Do you treat the room or the system? The cause or the effect? The illness or the symptoms? Our quick response to these questions would be...