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
The power of wrong
The best engineering lesson comes wrapped in failure. I used to cringe when someone proved me wrong. Now I get excited. Being wrong, especially in audio, means I’m about to...
Stories
We understand the world not as it is, but as the story we tell ourselves about it. These stories explain to us how everything works and how we fit in....
Lively
A lively system engages us. It’s not about volume. It’s about pace, timing, and dynamics that feel natural. Liveliness is what makes your foot tap. When it’s missing, music feels...
Too much
More detail isn’t always better. We’ve all heard systems that sound hyper-detailed: every pick on a guitar string, every lip smack from a vocalist, every squeak of a chair. It’s...
It's show time!
Flying in to New Jersey yesterday morning to setup the Aspen FR20s and PMG equipment stack at the New York Audio Show, I had forgotten just how pretty this part...
Depth
Depth in a soundstage isn’t recorded as a measurement—it’s created as an illusion. What makes some recordings feel like they stretch back beyond the speakers, while others sound flat against...