Paul's Posts

In one of my Ask Paul videos, I was asked about distortion in vinyl. My reply was, well, probably worth watching the video to see, but more importantly, in that video, I... Read more...

Factory Tour

One of the greatest joys we once had was offering our community the chance to tour our Boulder facilities. We got to meet our HiFi Family members in person. That... Read more...

Strength Of Belief

I recently got this comment in response to a video I produced about interconnects and their differences. “Not with an interconnect. Not possible. They all sound the same. Exactly the... Read more...

A Whole New Experience

Octave Record’s first release, pianist Don Grusin’s Out Of Thin Air, was a huge success and much loved by those who bought it on SACD or download. We’re nearly sold out... Read more...

Swiss Cheese

Never question the efficacy and importance of keeping yourself and others safe during the pandemic. However, if you’re questioning your own sanity after more than a year of lockdown, here’s... Read more...

Half Right

I was recently sent this picture as a joke and it is rather funny. Humor aside, it does point out a trend I’ve noticed as of late. Half-truths. The idea... Read more...

Oddballs

Of the hundreds of people I have been privileged to know it’s the oddballs, the characters, the off-the-charts bonkers people I remember most. I am not sure why I am... Read more...

Visual Roadblocks

Long ago, in a time far, far away, when there was no pandemic, visitors regularly flocked to Boulder Colorado to hear PS Audio’s reference system. Though the sound made us... Read more...

The New Norm

I was just ruminating on the date. February 23, 2021. Two months into the second year of a pandemic lockdown. Who’d have guessed? As audiophiles, we’re thankful our passions are... Read more...

Center Perfection

Over the years I have noticed a perfect center fill can foretell a perfect soundstage. And while it might at first seem a simple formula—get the center image right and... Read more...

Benchmark

The term benchmark, or bench mark, originates from the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle-iron could be placed to form a "bench" for... Read more...

Mixing purity

Octave Records continues to be a learning experience for both Terri and me. Which is one of the reasons we so love what we do. As we delve deeper into... Read more...

Hysteresis

Hysteresis describes how something appears or responds based on its history. What we see in the present is that way only because of what happened in the past. Stretch a... Read more...

Lane changes

Whenever I veer away from writing strictly about audio I receive more than a few finger wags to "stay in my lane". My recent Paul's Post of my experience with... Read more...

Personal DSP

Our hearing is a combination of what we receive from our ears and how those signals are processed by our brains. As our ears change over time so too does... Read more...

Ferrotypes

My most productive mental state is the hour before I get out of bed and start my day. During that hour I drift in and out of sleep planning, inventing,... Read more...

Valves

We're all familiar with the terms amplifiers and valves. We use electronic valves like vacuum tubes and transistors to amplify audio signals. Yet, even writing those words makes me a... Read more...

Brain fog

As I mentioned yesterday, I got my second vaccination for CoViD. I feel pretty lucky and this is one of the few times I am grateful for being more than... Read more...

Our first integrated

I just received my second CoViD shot last night and so find myself on shaky ground at the moment but wanted to make sure I didn't miss a day of... Read more...

Starting point

Where you start matters. For example, when it comes to designing a new amplifying circuit, if your starting point is first the amplification path and second the power supply, you'll... Read more...

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