Paul's Posts

Today was going to be the start of the UK HiFi Show and Terri, Scott, Travis, and I are here in London in all our finery..... ....but then the sad... Read more...

Devilish details

They say there's a devil in those details. That it's awfully easy to imagine wholesale change until one rolls up their proverbial sleeves and gets going. Which is why I... Read more...

Bamboo socks

One of the more consistent product pitches I receive in my SPAM box is for bamboo socks. Let's ignore for the moment the fact I haven't a clue what a... Read more...

Getting down to tastes

When we hear a HiFi system that is just plain wrong there's little discussion about its merits. We can all agree it needs some help. But when systems are good... Read more...

EXtreme Digital

One of my readers, Mark, asked me to explain what DXD is and why we’ve even heard of it. Most of us know about DXD because of Octave Records and... Read more...

Dolby noise reduction

Ray Dolby was a pioneering engineer. While many folks would recognize the name as associated with multi-channel home theater—Dolby Atmos for example—the beginnings of Dolby were an attempt to reduce... Read more...

DSD256 downloads

A few weeks ago we had announced that our entire Octave Record's catalog was now available in DSD256. Many of you got excited (me too!) and purchased them..... .....only to... Read more...

The 19" rack

As long as I am getting nostalgic I might as well ruminate about the 19" rack. When we first started PS Audio in the mid-1970s and well into the late... Read more...

Everything Matters

Back in the 70s, 80s, and even into the early 90s there was no such thing as Power Plants or power conditioners for high-end audio. Heck, there weren’t even high-end... Read more...

Outsiders

Living in our little audiophile bubble means that everything we obsess over seems normal. It isn’t until we step outside the bubble and view our little world through the eyes... Read more...

Cable Placement

A great deal of angst can be had when it comes to the proper placement of cables. The worry is getting audio cables too close to noisy power cables and... Read more...

Paul's finally lost it

We could all see it coming. A screw loose here, a rattle in the old brain cage, a distant look in my eyes. Yup. Lost it. When Octave Record's executive... Read more...

Neighbors

One of my readers in the UK, Kevin, asked me a very interesting question. “I’ve noticed that when my neighbours are away my system sounds better with wider and deeper... Read more...

A Whacky Idea

Following my post about cable damage, it occurs to me that there is an opportunity for an interesting experiment. We’ve all seen the techno-wizard’s proof that cables make zero difference. They routinely... Read more...

Cable Damage

I often speak in terms that make a few people nervous. Take for example the notion that speaker cables damage sound quality. To me, this is a fairly obvious notion.... Read more...

Musicians Know Better

Musicians know best how their instruments and music sound. I disagree. Musicians have a unique perspective, one that is not shared by those of us who enjoy their music. Imagine... Read more...

Audio Renaissance

According to Wikipedia, the Renaissance is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an... Read more...

Analog Pure

Our perception of analog is one of purity. Analog is pure. Anything else is impure. Only, that’s never been true. The only “pure” analog is what we hear directly from the microphone... Read more...

Just A Little Off The Top Please

Darren Myers and I were having one of those classic water cooler conversations (even though we don’t have a water cooler). We were speaking about the upcoming FR20 loudspeaker Chris... Read more...

Horns Are Good Because…

In one of my YouTube videos, I railed against the sound of horns and how they are difficult for me to adjust to. They simply sound unnatural until my brain... Read more...

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