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…

Scale Windom Peak The PS Audio DirectStream and DirectStream Junior DACs are unique. They are the world’s only DACs upgraded—rebuilt and improved—for free, via software. Every few months we’re giving owners a new DAC. While traditional DACs rely on fixed architecture integrated circuits, and cannot be upgraded via software, the DirectStream series fundamentally change the…

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….

Going Direct PS Audio has a long history of shaking things up in the audio industry, and we’re excited to be doing it again. During our 45-year history, we’ve always sold direct to end-users in the US, and we’ve also had a significant presence in dealer showrooms across America. Over the past several years, our…

An epic struggle First things first, I owe you an apology. This is July’s Newsletter and I am emailing it to you in August. Yes, it’s all true and it is my fault. We weren’t quite ready to launch the video I want you to see so we waited. See the smiling face above? That’s…

A note from Scott I wanted to personally reach out to our PS Audio family about something really cool and so my father, Paul, asked me just to write this month’s entire newsletter. So, here goes. Ours is a growing community we call the Hi-Fi Family. We’re glad to count you among its members. One…

99% True A bit more than 2 years I began writing my memoir, 99% True. On Tuesday, June 4th, the book will officially go on sale to the public in multiple forms: paperback, hardback, Kindle, and an audiobook (that I narrated). For those of you unfamiliar with the book you can go here to read up…

PS Audio AN3 Having a complete PS Audio music system, from the AC wall socket to our ears, has long been a dream that was finally realized earlier this month at Chicago’s Axpona high-end audio show. Thousands of audiophiles visited our room to hear the new speakers. The prototype AN3 loudspeakers, powered by a pair…

AN3 Debuts I certainly wish we were debuting the finished AN3 loudspeaker but alas, it is only a prototype—the first cut at this extraordinary new speaker from PS. But oh my, what a prototype it is. Standing just a little under 51 inches tall, 15 inches wide, and 23 inches deep, this 4-way hybrid is…

Antarctica One of the hallmarks of PS Audio is our community. Call it our Hi-Fi Family if you’d like. That family extends from the 50 people that we work with every day to the thousands of audiophiles around the world. We’re all family—lovers of music and great sound. On occasion, we’ll feature one of our…