Paul's Posts

I get a lot of flack for my dislike of USB as a medium between the computer and DAC. Truth is, it's not USB I don't like. It's what USB... Read more...

Practical matters

A few years ago when we were researching the PS Audio PowerBase product I spent a few weeks digging into the sonic impacts of vibration control. What I discovered is... Read more...

Obvious vs. faith

My small home theater has 12 loudspeakers that cover the walls and ceiling making it pretty obvious why a movie plays in surround sound. You are surrounded by speakers. The... Read more...

Looking In The Wrong Places

Digital audio is a very complex subject, one most of us don’t really understand at a level deep enough to make a reasoned technological change. Yes, we can change cables,... Read more...

The Decca Tree

Wikipedia describes the Decca Tree as a 3 microphone spaced array most commonly used for orchestral recording. The technique was developed in the early 1950s and first commercially used in... Read more...

Being there

One of the big advantages of Octave Records for me and the other design engineers at PS Audio is being there—at the source of music. You cannot get any closer... Read more...

Appearances

When my friend, Sandy Gross was responsible for marketing Polk Audio in the late 70s and early 80s one of the challenges he faced was acceptance of the brand as... Read more...

While In Rome…

Well, we’re not in Rome but you know how old sayings go. We are on our last day in London because of the show that, unfortunately, got canceled. What better... Read more...

Sadly....

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...

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