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

Have you ever noticed?

Paul McGowan

Have you ever noticed how much better your car runs after you wash it? This isn't something unique to just you.

Numbers and tastes

Paul McGowan

Numbers always tell the truth if they are in context - but without a reference, they can mislead us badly.

The pure and the practical

Paul McGowan

There's pure and then there's practical, sometimes you need a bit of both.

It's just wire...the last

Paul McGowan

Once you understand cables can only subtract, not add, the next step is to take advantage of their weakness.

It's just wire...again

Paul McGowan

Wire has no ability to add anything to the music. So when we say it adds bass or brightness, what we really mean .....

It's just wire

Paul McGowan

This wire adds too much top end to the music! I choose instead a cable that is gentle on the top and brings out the bottom end....what's all that mean?