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 Power Supplies Matter
Every component in an audio system is at the mercy of its power supply. The circuits may handle the signal, but the signal itself rides on the back of the...
The Truth About Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Signal-to-noise ratio is one of the most misunderstood specifications in audio. It’s supposed to tell us how much louder the music is than the background noise of the system. On...
Resolution
Resolution and musicality are often set in tension, but they don’t have to be opposites. Resolution refers to how much detail a system can reveal—the ability to hear every strand...
Warmth and coolness
Here are two terms we often use when describing the performance of a system, despite the fact they have nothing to do with temperature. Warmth and coolness are two sides...
Speed and transient attack
Speed in audio isn’t about tempo, it’s about how quickly a system responds to musical events. Every note begins with a transient, the initial burst of energy that defines its...
Coherence
As we continue our delve into the linguistic treasures of Audiophile-speak, one word comes up often. Coherence. Coherence is the sense that music flows as a single, unified whole. It’s...