Archive for 'May,2011'
It spins me right round like a record baby
Great reviews of music on vinyl from Josh Bizar. Fleetwood MAC, Charles Mingus, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the new Pink Floyd release. This is vinyl at its best from someone who certainly knows. [...]
Welcome to PSTracks
There's a new kid on the block, PSTracks. This is the online newspaper dedicated to connecting the high-end together, both figuratively and electronically. Find out what we're all about by reading our charter. [...]
No longer living in shame
PSTracks reader Robert Guerin saw his picture in one of our newsletters and contacted us. We asked him to share his story and his system with us. We hope more of our readers will [...]
MOG is it high-end?
There's a new streaming music service that's claiming to be "CD Quality" on-demand music streamed to your home for $10 a month. Great if it's true. PSTracks investigates the claim of high-end and find [...]
Moving from old to new
After 10 years of writing the PS Newsletter it's time for a change and not a small one. The Newsletter connected PS Audio customers together with the company. Now it's time to expand that [...]
Music industry turned upside down
If the music industry is in shambles, is anyone doing well? Absolutely. In this report we learn about the new paradigm of delivering music through independent labels and music lovers are the ones that [...]
The state of audio retailing today
Are high-end brick and mortar audio stores going away? If so, why? Ken Kessler delivers a scathing report on the state of audio retailing, why it is in this position and what retailers might [...]
New iPad and iPhone app released
Now there's a new Apple app for UPnP streaming audio that includes cover art and helps make the experience a real pleasure. PS Audio releases its latest UPnP controller that works with Linn, Olive, PS [...]
My last high-end system?
How many times have you said to yourself, "this is the last system I am ever going to own?" Reader Jack Bolton believes this latest system just might be "the one". Share his system [...]
Elyric gets a facelift
eLyric, the free UPnP server and music management software from PS Audio has a new interface that makes it a lot easier to edit and manage your music library. Download your free copy on June [...]
Reflections on Recording Vijay Iyer’s latest album
What's the recording process like when making a high-end album from scratch? Blue Coast Records engineer Cookie Marenco walks us through the process of making a high-end recording with artist Vijay Lyer. [...]
How Wall Street Destroyed the Music Industry
The music industry is a wreck and while most people blame iTunes and Napster, musician Dan Schwartz has a different view: exposing the real reasons for the collapse and it isn't who you might think [...]
The very first product
What goes into designing a high-end audio product? PS designer Paul McGowan walks us through the process started nearly 40 years ago as PS Audio designed its first product ever, a phono stage. [...]
Have a network and just don’t know it?
Just what is a network and do you have one at home? Chances are good you already do but you may not understand what it is or what it can do. The PSTracks staff [...]
Get 50% off HD Tracks download
It seems everyone wants to try a high resolution download. Here's a 50% off discount coupon you can use to join with everyone else and get some great music as well. The album is [...]
Home networking part 1
You just bought the best router on the market and you're all set. Really? Actually, what you have is the low end of what's possible for a home network and expert Aaron Gutin starts [...]
PSTracks Mobile ready
PSTracks is an online newspaper about the high end and it's available now as a special mobile viewing edition on Apple, Droid, Blackberry and other mobile devices. Check out this high-end viewing experience. [...]
Paul Simon – SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT
Paul Simon hasn't had an album released in five years, so what's the opinion on his latest release? Reviewer Gilbert Heatherwick reviews Paul Simon's latest release So beautiful or so what. See what he [...]
3-D sound real or a gimmick?
Anyone into high-end audio knows the goal with a great system is to create a three dimensional lifelike image from the system, one that sends tingles when the lights are off. New advances in stereo [...]
Downloads and serious music collecting
What's it like to go from years of collecting vinyl, moving on to collecting CD's and then transfer all that to a hard disc drive to make a new system? Gilbert Heatherwick walks us through [...]
Google’s Music Service
First there was iTunes which lives on your computer. The trend today is to get the media out of your storage and into the "cloud". Apple's rumored to be going this way and Google [...]
Ham fisted upsampling
Some downloaded music that claims to be high resolution isn't - yet customers are asked to pay a premium price for it. Is upsampling something really high resolution or is there more to it than [...]
The First CES
The first in a new series about the high-end. Industry veteran Paul McGowan shares with us some funny stories about the high-end, the first trip to the consumer electronics show and we relive some of [...]
Recent Comments
- Tchaikovsky’s Fourth (4)
Soundminded: First impressions of the first movement, four ideas seem evident. Romeo and Juliet Overture stands...
Soundminded: This two disc set is from analog recordings originally made in 1975-1976. It’s DG 453 088 2....
Lawrence Schenbeck: You have to admit, though, the third movement seems a long ways away, expressively, from the...
Soundminded: I’ve got a set of the Karajan recordings of 4,5, and 6 on CD and I’ll be listening to...
- Andy Narell and Steelpans (3)
stimpy2: I believe that Andy Narell’s pans were crafted by Ellie Manette who is I believe the preeminent...
- Microphones (2)
Soundminded: I always like these postings that stand back and try to look at more than one or two trees but...
Bassman23: It’s important to remember that both microphones and loudspeakers are members of that class of...
- Pat Metheney (3)
stimpy2: I enjoyed reading reading this article very much and have been at several of his concerts and up close...
- Serving it up (11)
Paul McGowan: Sure. The idea is to build an active differential low pass filter whose rolloff is low enough to not...
Paul McGowan: No worries – but I don’t actually have any control over where these post or when,...
stimpy2: I just joined the group and was under the impression (notice that I am not using the word assumed) that...
Rick Dieterich: I have been searching for a new sub(s) for my system and one brand I’m considering is the...
Soundminded: Does your use of the term “servo” in this context mean frequency dependent negative...
- The best way to organize music files and folders (4)
Dan Gravell: Great comment! It comes down to how your music player works. Personally, I don’t see filenames...
countessouroboros: I realize this post is a bit old now, but for future viewers I feel I need to point out that...
- What’s all the fuss about? (2)
Paul McGowan: Thanks Scott!
sbrinck: Paul The Munich audio show was the bomb !! I am extremely envious ! If you ever decide to quit your day...
- Treat the cause or the symptoms? (13)
Paul McGowan: Yes the apertures are located in the 1/8 space corners so they should be as effective as possible....
Soundminded: I’m quite curious and I must admit somewhat skeptical about how effective these frequency tuned bass...
Paul McGowan: Aging memory Mark. I wrote what I remembered and then went back and actually measured it.
The Q...Soundminded: Paul, on April 27 you posted “The main listening room at PS Audio is approximately 16 feet wide...
oliver T. Finch: Simple. Treat the cause and there won’t be any symptoms.Regards.
- Get that mole! (5)
Paul McGowan: You’re certainly correct and I’ll do my best to give a full report.
Paul McGowan: Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying.
petewilson: As suggested above, it’s a Good Idea to fix the cause(s). But, in general with real-world rooms,...
Soundminded: In response to the question about treating the cause or the symptom in medicine it’s my...
jb4: Thank you for very interesting posts and video’s. I totally agree with your approach, cure the cause,...
- Jelly rolls (3)
oliver T. Finch: Excellent posts. I look forward to them everyday. Very informative too.I am being convinced more...
Paul McGowan: Oh my goodness yes, depending on the capacitor type the inductance is certainly an issue – for...
coppy: Great articles, Paul, Thanks. And thanks also to all those knowledgeable folks who add their comments as...
Tchaikovsky's Fourth
First impressions of the first movement, four ideas seem evident. Rome
Andy Narell and Steelpans
I believe that Andy Narell's pans were crafted by Ellie Manette who is
Microphones
I always like these postings that stand back and try to look at more t
Tchaikovsky's Fourth
This two disc set is from analog recordings originally made in 1975-19
Microphones
It's important to remember that both microphones and loudspeakers are