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
Why less isn't always more
We often repeat the mantra that less in the signal path is more. On the surface, it makes perfect sense. Every component, every connection, every circuit element has the potential...
Synergy
As audiophiles, we sometimes get caught up in evaluating components in isolation. A new DAC, a different amplifier, a better pair of cables—we judge each piece on its own merits....
The fragility of imaging
For many of us, imaging is the quality that keeps us glued to the listening chair. It’s the ability of a system to place voices and instruments in a precise,...
Crosstalk
As audiophiles, we spend much of our time listening for space—how wide, how deep, and how convincing a stereo image can be. One of the factors that directly affects that...
It's absolute!
As audiophiles, we go to extraordinary lengths to preserve the integrity of the musical signal, and one of the more subtle but fascinating areas of debate is absolute phase. On...
Balanced vs. single ended
Noise is the enemy of fidelity, and how we move signals from one component to another has a major effect on how much noise we let in. Most audio gear...