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
Unexpected treasure
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a particular technology helps us know what to listen for, but true evaluation takes time. For example, if I’m auditioning a new Class D...
Process matters
Two identical new cars—matching in weight, wheelbase, and horsepower—will exhibit significantly different performance characteristics depending on whether a gasoline engine or an electric motor powers them. That's because process matters....
variety and variability
One of the keys to successfully setting up a stereo system is variety and variability. Make sure you use a broad variety of music that covers the gamut of tones...
One way ticket
You can make a digital copy of a vinyl record and lose nothing, but the other way around doesn't work. What does that say? Logically, I would suspect the conclusion...
The process
When we see new products come off the showroom floor, we're thrilled. Shiny, new, and ready for your living room. Rarely do we think about what went into their creation....
Warm and comfy
In yesterday's post, I wrote about the "problem" of a revealing system. Great recordings sound amazing while poor recordings can wrinkle the nose. Would it make sense to reintroduce controls...