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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SE vs. balanced

Paul McGowan

We sometimes form incorrect conclusions based on logical leaps. For example, just because a balanced interconnect is quieter than a single-ended type doesn't mean single-ended systems are noisy. A single-ended...

Genre based system

Paul McGowan

I am often asked if a particular system setup is appropriate for a genre of music. Or, put another way, would this or that amp or speaker be a good...

The golden ear myth

Paul McGowan

I wonder about the origin of the audiophile myth of golden ears. In my experience, the differences we hear, the quality of the music played on our systems are immediately...

Ringing in the new year

Paul McGowan

Wow. Here we are once again. Ringing in the new year. What an amazingly nutso period of time we've been through together. As PS Audio's president, Jim Laib, is fond...

Breaking with tradition

Paul McGowan

I know what I am about to do isn't proper, kosher, or acceptable, but it's the last day of the year so, what the hell. The first time I heard...

What counts?

Paul McGowan

I think it was Einstein that said “Everything that can be counted doesn’t necessarily count. Everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” There are so many variables in our stereo...