Sprout now $499 Scott McGowan, creator of Sprout, always wanted the price to be within reach of his peer group. When first envisioned the perfect price for this all-in-one high-end music system was $399, a dream dashed quickly when we added up the initial bill of materials. Over the three-year-long development process we kept upgrading…
Listening rooms Customers send us photo of their system and they are a joy to receive. Most are lower quality photos taken with mobile devices, though no less interesting or appreciated because of it. Keep ’em coming. But once in a while we get lucky, like this shot from Bruce Jodar of Bozeman Montana. When…
PS Audio July, 2015 Newsletter Yale released Residents of Buena Vista, Colorado, are eager to correct newcomers mistakenly enunciating the town name in proper Spanish. They will proudly tell you it is, instead, “Boona Vista.” But pronunciations aside, their town sits in the shadow of one of Colorado’s most beautiful ‘fourteeners,’ Mount Yale. And that is…
Munich was awesome but not without pain. Every year in May the PS crew loads up and flies to the Munich high end show. This year we introduced the BHK Signature stereo power amplifier to Europeans and the reaction was great. But setup was a nightmare.The first trouble started the day before the show. We…
NuWave DSD Released What product uncovers treasure long buried in CDs, plays DSD files, has an I2S input, and helps music from any digital source come alive? The NuWave DSD, our latest DAC. Affordable, beautiful and great sounding, this newest addition is built in Boulder, designed by a brilliant engineer and begins shipping today.The NuWave…
Details on the BHK released Here’s a riddle. What’s the most important electronic piece we almost never think of? (Hint: it’s the last stop in the chain where everything funnels into). It is the power amplifier. It sits quietly without benefit of an interface, requires nothing more than power and good cables to connect, yet has more of…
PS Audio March 2015 Newsletter Montreal Show Montreal is a great city and my only complaint is the cold. Much of Canada is still in winter’s grip and the short walk from my hotel to the Bonaventure, where the show was being held, was a cold one.We took the new BHK Signature power amplifier on…
Major upgrade is free Reactions to Pike Sprout winner announced! Failed music revolution Learn how to listen Fourplay Horns, Part 1 Major upgrade is free By the looks of the headline we’re giving away a free upgrade to freeze your tush off on top of a mountain like the two folks shivering on this bench….
January 2015 PS Audio Newsletter It’s a new year Win a pair of Aon 3 loudspeakers BHK Signature Amp progress All about power supplies Why music lovers are turning to vinyl Audiophiles vs. audioworkers and *** Magnificati It’s a new year We start off each new year with high hopes and expectations for a great…
A 2014 thought It’s at this time we reflect on the events of the past year. For many cultures, including ours, the year ends in a few days and the new one begins. Every culture I am familiar with has a yearly ending and beginning although the dates may differ. For example, Chinese New…
When Thanksgiving was weird Author Linton Weeks tells a great story you don’t read often about Thanksgiving on NPR. “People — young and old — got all dressed up and staged costumed crawls through the streets. In Los Angeles, Chicago and other places around the country, newspapers ran stories of folks wearing elaborate masks…
27 year new speaker Thanks to Herb Reichert from Stereophile for this great photo of the PS Audio room at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, better known simply as RMAF. The room was packed all three days and we had a blast saying hello to the community. Coolest of all were the 27-year-new loudspeakers…
A new DAC We’ve just released what I call ‘a new DAC’. Ted Smith designed new firmware for DirectStream that takes one of the best DACS in the world into another orbit; placing it in a very special category of rarefied air. And any owner of DirectStream can upgrade today, for free. Here’s the…
Almost killed me I’ve mentioned before that summer always finds Terri and I on some hike amongst the streams and wildflowers abundant in Colorado. This time the hike nearly killed me. Terri decided we were going to tackle a big one: a very famous hike starting in Aspen Colorado and 11 miles and 4,000…
Summer activities Terri and I always enjoy summers in Colorado. To be honest, I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be. The evenings are warm enough the crickets sing their songs, yet cooling down so you can sleep after 10 P.M.. On the weekends we hike; our last at Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks…
DirectStream kit availability We are delighted to let you know we are again taking reservations for DirectStream Kits. The kits that convert any PerfectWave DAC (PWD) into a full-fledged DirectStream DSD, are again available, but there aren’t many. If you’ve ordered one through your dealer or distributor, they should be receiving it shortly. If…
Munich video released Scott McGowan and I travelled to Munich Germany for the 2014 High End Audio show. Â As promised, I shot another video for you and added a pretty cool soundtrack you can enjoy while watching. Â If you’re familiar with our videos, they’re fun, you get to see a great view of the…
April’s newsletter is packed full of news: new website, DirectStream ships, defining product registration, building a music server and essays on “Do recordings kill music?” and “Will we ever run out of music?”. Music articles include Franz Liszt and the Manhattan Transfer.
I suppose by now you’ve probably heard the big news I promised last month?
After nearly a five year run with the PerfectWave DAC, it’s time to retire the old girl and bring in her replacement. It’s called DirectStream.
DirectStream is not an upgrade to the PWD, but an entirely new and revolutionary product that has already set the high-end world abuzz.
On March 1st we’re going to shake up the world of high-end audio. In a big way.
If you’d like to join in the speculation of what we’re about to announce, you can start with this quote from one of the lucky few who have heard it:
“But… the real show stopper was a new component that will set your system on it’s ear. ……
It’s the start of the new year for most of us already, although our friends in China will be celebrating their new year starting this Friday. So it’s time to focus on all the good things we can accomplish this new year and hopefully music and getting our systems to sound their best are among them. I know they are for me.
It’s that time of year again when everything draws to a close and we start reflecting on our year’s past. On Wednesday it’s 2014. We hope all of you and yours have a wonderful new year and get everything you want in life.
Happy holidays to you and your families. This is a great time of year as the seasons change, snow starts falling here in Colorado and we get ready for the big festivals and feasts shared all over the world in recognition of the changing year.
It’s a great time and we wish you and yours a healthy, happy holiday.
Every year in October the Colorado Audio Society puts on one of the biggest consumer high-end shows in the country, the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) and we were there meeting our friends and making new ones. You can see a picture of the room we were in.
By now most all of you have heard of the devastating floods in Colorado, the worst of which hit outlying areas close to Boulder but not actually in Boulder. Don’t get me wrong it was scary enough in Boulder with the sirens blaring and announcements of impending doom going all night. Here’s a picture I took the day after the worst that hit Boulder roared through. This used to be the athletic field at Boulder High School.
I started out last month’s newsletter telling you that Terri and I were headed out to parts north of Boulder to enjoy some hiking and a few days off.
I think we may have found one of the prettiest spots ever – Lake Louise near Banff Canada. Here’s a shot I took with my phone – it was simply amazing.