Stereophile Recording of the Month! “Why is Stereophile publishing its fourth review (at least) in three years of a recording of Bach’s Six Cello Suites? Partly it’s because the suites, which were composed ca 1720 but remained in obscurity until a young Pablo Casals rediscovered them in a secondhand sheet music store in Barcelona in 1890, contain some of…
Octave scores again! Wowsers as my lovely wife Terri is fond of saying. Just wowsers. Octave Record’s latest release is a sonic and musical knockout. Beautiful melodies, great music, and to date our best recording. This is one release you have to give a listen to. The recording was brilliantly captured in pure DSD by…
Octave gets rockin’! Love great music? Well, hang on to your hat. The indie rock band, Augustus, knocks this latest Octave Record’s release out of the proverbial ballpark. From their foot-tapping driving beats to their haunting melodies, Augustus never ceases to surprise and delight with their unpredictable power. This is one hell of a recording…
“Stunning!” “Nothing equals it!” Wow. I have never been so excited over a musical release in my life. Octave Records is both proud and excited to release one of the world’s greatest works of music by one of the world’s most celebrated musicians. The Bach Cello Suites, recorded in both two-channel and 5-channel surround in…
It’s the Nature of Things “I bought and downloaded this stunning Foxfeather album. The recording is like nothing I have heard before – extraordinary.” Thanks, to Richard Peace for those kind words about our latest release, FoxFeather’s, The Nature of Things. It is, truly, one of those great recordings and musical pleasures we will long…
Our very best release yet! “This recording is the best sounding piece of music from any of my sources. I have a low six-figure system… Wilson, dCS, c-j class A, and you can really enjoy the beauty of the recording.” Bob Coppersmith. Volume One of Octave Records Audiophile Masters contains ten of the best recordings we…
Vintage test equipment One side of PS Audio most of our community never gets to see is our test equipment. We share with you the products that came from using test equipment, but rarely the actual pieces that perform the measurements that make our products possible. Today, all our test equipment is fancy-schmancy ultra-expensive Audio…
PS Audio gets a new website! While to many it might seem somewhat of a yawn, PS Audio’s new website is a really big deal to us. Two years in the designing and programming, what started out as a 6 month project went way over time and budget. But, in the end, we’re delighted it’s…
Tour PS Audio We’re all a bit crazy with the pandemic entering its second year. Crazy or not, it’s important when we’re in public to wear our masks and when it’s our turn, get vaccinated so we can someday get back to normal. But still, it’s restricting. Terri and I have been fortunate enough to…
The Audiophile’s Guide Imagine building or improving your home stereo system in a way that makes your music come alive—like the performers are right in front of you—even on a budget. It’s easier than you think. In The Audiophile’s Guide book and its companion reference music tracks, I walk beginners and veterans alike through this…
Bye bye 2020 Gosh. I never thought I’d get a chance to write those words. Let’s do it again. Bye, bye, 2020. It’s been one hell of a crazy year, one we likely all would rather look at in the rearview mirror instead of being blinded by yet another oh sh!t!. 2021 has to be…
The Audiophile’s Guide Imagine building or improving your home stereo system in a way that makes your music come alive—like the performers are right in front of you—even on a budget. It’s easier than you think. In The Audiophile’s Guide book and its companion reference music tracks, I walk beginners and veterans alike through this…
Turkey Freedom As committed vegetarians for more than 40 years, Terri and I loved Copper cover illustrator Bob D’Amico’s art for Issue 124. Our mascot, Nipper, is helping to board a flock of turkeys while co-conspirators Louie and Patti make sure the coast remains clear. Whatever your dietary predilection we hope and trust you were…
Build your power foundation AC power is the foundation of our stereo systems. When we spin a disc or stream a song, everything we hear starts out first as AC power. The better your power the better music sounds. From as far back as 1997, PS Audio has been building the best power foundations made,…
PerfectWave SACD Transport Our much-anticipated SACD Transport, the PST, has begun shipping to anxious beta testers. We couldn’t be more excited. As soon as beta testers receive their new PSTs they’ll have most of the month of October to evaluate their units and put them through their paces. They will then post their findings on…
There’s a new arrival! Say hello to our new PerfectWave SACD Transport. The PerfectWave SACD Transport (PST) is is our most advanced optical disc transport. As with the PST’s predecessors, the PWT and DMP, PST is based upon an advanced Digital Lens which electrically isolates the mechanical transport/laser mechanism of the optical disc reader, removes…
Strata goes interstellar I just had to write that headline. No, Strata’s not scheduled to fly aboard the next Space-X voyage to the International Space Station, nor is it on its way to the moon. It is, however, a stellar way of expressing what this latest product from PS Audio represents: the best of our…
Power the Performers During the month of May, we had a special on the Stellar Power Plant 3. Get a great price and for every one sold in the US, we’ll donate $100 cash to Music Cares, the charity arm of the Grammys. We are delighted to have presented Music Cares a check for $18,400…
Strata escapes PS Audio’s long-awaited integrated amplifier, Strata, is officially out in the world and into the hands of a cadre of beta testers. It’s been a long time coming and a ton of work to get Strata ready for them. Strata is an all-in-one amplifier, preamplifier, DAC, and music streamer in one sweet chassis….
Power The Performers The ongoing efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 is working. Staying at home and maintaining social distancing are all helping to get us past the pandemic’s peak and starting to move us back to some semblance of normalcy. We will get there, especially if we band together to do what we can…
Staying Home We have been publishing PS Audio’s monthly newsletter since the year 2000. By my count, that’s a solid 20 years during which all manner of crazy world-altering events occurred outside of HiFi. And, yet, they pale to today. Within my 71 years on the planet, it feels like there have been more short term nail-biting…
Two new products New products from PS Audio are always an exciting time for us and our Hi-Fi Family, but when there’s two, nearly at the same time, well, it’s almost a party! March and April are the months we will be beta testing two new Stellar products: the 1.2kw monoblock monster amplifier, the M1200…
A sliver of light When 18-year-old pop singer Billie Eilish swept the Grammys it was for her album When we all fall asleep, where do we go. The album happens to be a really good recording, one we routinely play in Music Room 2 as streamed from Qobuz. What’s interesting is that the work was…
Stellar Phono It’s not often the world’s most respected reviewer within a product category heaps praise on a company’s products, but when that happens, it’s time to celebrate. Stereophile’s Michael Fremer has been at the forefront of vinyl reproduction for as many years as I care to admit to. He’s a tireless advocate of the…
Happy Holidays! The holiday known as Thanksgiving is thought to be a uniquely American celebration first set as an official day by US President Abraham Lincoln. It was a time in our country’s history where our divided nation really needed a day to be together with family enjoying a meal together. It wasn’t until many…
Old for new There aren’t too many things in life that float my boat more than getting new products—retiring what was once valuable and upgrading to something dramatically better. It’s why I allow my phone and computer systems to automatically be upgraded, or even more exciting, installing a new version of DAC software like Windom….