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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Today is the day

Paul McGowan

Today's the opening day of the UK HiFi show.   My son, Scott McGowan, and our resident loudspeaker genius, Chris Brunhaver are there at the show waiting to say hello...

Recording challenges

Paul McGowan

I am sometimes asked what's the most difficult instrument to record at Octave Records and I will have to say woodwinds. If you have a chance to spend time with...

If you're heading to the show and reviews

Paul McGowan

This Friday, the 20th, it's the UK HiFi Show at the prestigious Ascott Raceway.   Our own Scott McGowan as well as Chris Brunhaver will be there waiting to meet...

Audiophiles and werewolves

Paul McGowan

One of my YouTube audience members commented that audiophiles are like werewolves: once bitten they never go back. That's surely what happened to me so many years ago. My first...

Rabbits and hats

Paul McGowan

We're always amazed and delighted when the magician pulls the rabbit out of the hat or opens a sealed envelope with the right answer inside. It's magic! In the same...

The eyes vs. ears

Paul McGowan

Have you ever noticed how we're amazed when big sound comes out of a small pair of loudspeakers? Take the aspen FR5 for example. To a person, folks are stunned...