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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The bit game

Paul McGowan

32 bit is certainly better than 16 bit. Or is it? We examine bit depth and what it means.

Don't forget the dealer

Paul McGowan

High-end audio dealers play a big role in helping people decide what to buy, but they are a shrinking category. Why?

Audio vanity

Paul McGowan

How much are we paying for a beautiful chassis and is that money well spent? I can recall long ago, in the first few years of our existence, that Stan...

Who do we believe?

Paul McGowan

Who do you trust when it comes time to make a purchasing decision? What the manufacturer tells you? A reviewer? Or your buddy who has no more knowledge than you...

The lens of microphones

Paul McGowan

Everything you listen to is most likely colored by a microphone so "real" is truly subjective.

The ear's adaptability

Paul McGowan

How we evaluate live vs. recorded is anything but an exact science and can never get close to real.