Paul's Posts

Rules Are Made To Be…
Rules Are Made To Be…
In any endeavor, rules, standards, and procedures are essential. They exist to help us wade through often complex tasks. Learning a new system or technique I find myself following carefully... Read more...
Industry Standards
Industry Standards
When it comes to the recording industry there are no standards. There are, however, personal standards for each company. Take Octave Records for example. Working with DSD is always going... Read more...
Why DSD Isn’t Everywhere
Why DSD Isn’t Everywhere
As diehard advocates of DSD as the ultimate capture technology, we are in the infinitesimal minority. We find ourselves here on the wild frontier for one reason and one reason... Read more...
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
When we’re chasing down audio gremlins like hum or jitter it’s always helpful to know what’s actually happening. Take hum for example. We might suspect a nasty buzz is caused by something... Read more...
Checkboxes
Checkboxes
Low distortion? Check. DC to light frequency response? Check. Noise low enough that only the dead can hear it? Check. Even after all the checkboxes have been filled out and... Read more...
Ramifications
Ramifications
Ain’t it the truth? Everything we do has its consequences or, as the headline of today’s post suggests, ramifications. When we transfer digital audio out of a computer there are... Read more...
The Outer Edge
The Outer Edge
It’s unlikely you’ll ever read in the local newspaper about your neighbor cutting their grass. It’s not news. News happens when an event we have some interest in moves far... Read more...
Grab One Before It’s Too Late
Grab One Before It’s Too Late
In case you haven’t heard, we produced a limited edition double vinyl album of Zuill Bailey’s brilliant work, the Bach Cello Suites. This work represents a lifetime achievement for the... Read more...
A Little Tilt Back
A Little Tilt Back
When setting up a pair of speakers it’s standard practice to move them closer or farther apart, more or less toe in, and away from or towards the front wall.... Read more...
The Great Unboxing
The Great Unboxing
Unboxing videos have become quite popular. Like opening Christmas presents online to see what’s inside! Our BHK600 unboxing video is different. For one thing, it’s more than 30 minutes long. Half an... Read more...
Using Your Own Products
Using Your Own Products
One of the delights of Apple products is their packaging. Easy to open, clean, simple, and elegant with a promise of more joy to come with the product itself. If... Read more...
Tomatoes And Stereos
Tomatoes And Stereos
In our country with its great distances between the agricultural areas and the cities that consume what’s grown, the tomato has been re-engineered. To survive long bumpy roads and the... Read more...
The Rule Of Thirds
The Rule Of Thirds
Rules are made to be broken and I cannot think of a better one to break than that of the Rule of Thirds. When that rule is applied to loudspeaker... Read more...
Budget Systems
Budget Systems
People new to our corner of the world of high-end audio often find what we do daunting. Eyebrows are raised at the idea of many thousands of dollars spent on... Read more...
The roundabout
The roundabout
With every major improvement to my system, I find myself revisiting all my favorite music. Tracks I haven’t heard for sometimes years get pulled off the shelf and replayed. Cutting-edge... Read more...
Tentative Steps
Tentative Steps
Our first steps are the most difficult. We’re in unfamiliar territory. Our brains haven’t yet caught up with our feet. Case in point, I’ve been immersing myself in learning the... Read more...
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
When we make recordings the engineer has to decide from what viewpoint or perspective the recording should be made from. The best example of this is a symphonic orchestra. It’s... Read more...
Shorting plugs
Shorting plugs
Whatever happened to the shorting plug? For those of you scratching your head, a shorting plug is an RCA connector with its signal and ground wires shorted together. Here’s a... Read more...
The Kindness Challenge
The Kindness Challenge
My wife Terri has on her small kitchen table blackboard a handwritten note: “Every person you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Treat them with kindness and... Read more...
Customer Service
Customer Service
For nearly 50 years, PS has prided itself on helping customers get what they need. It’s as simple as picking up the phone or dropping us an email. We’re here... Read more...
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