— 09 July 2012
By Paul McGowan
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Paul McGowan is the CEO and co-founder of PS Audio Inc. a Boulder Colorado design and manufacturing company of high-end audio products and services. McGowan has been designing and building high-end products for nearly 40 years. Hobbies include skiing, music, hiking, artisan bread baking, kick boxing and cooking. He lives in Boulder Colorado with his wife Terri and his 4 sons.
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Recent Comments
dr.goodears: Paul, Denon 103D interesting, very old school, i’m visualizing a fresh soft warm loaf of...
Terry Franklin: Can you tell us more about the PerfectWave Power amp?
Paul McGowan: Clear Audio Master Solution Denon 103D
Terry Franklin: What turntable and cartridge setup are you using?
Paul McGowan: Thanks Oliver. Happy fathers day to you as well.
Paul McGowan: Thanks! Same to you.
Paul McGowan: Nope. The best I have at home is a small bookshelf system. Someday I’d like to have one but...
Paul McGowan: It’s a good question and as I mentioned in an earlier post, the ultimate loudspeaker would be...
Paul McGowan: Headphones are a whole new ballgame that have their good and bad points. For me, they can never be...
oliver T. Finch: Better to be a music junkie than a drug junkie to get a dopamine high. Regards.
IGBAMV: Ah- And I will bet that there is a great deal of dopamine flowing in Boulder these days. That is why we do...
Lawrence Schenbeck: Hi Soundminded, thanks for the comments and suggestions. I listened to the Delibes but fell...
Soundminded: Is the Sorcerer’s Apprentice a funny piece of music by itself? It didn’t strike me that...
Soundminded: Lawrence you are right about some classical music being funny but I don’t agree with your...
Lawrence Schenbeck: You really summed up his appeal well — DEFTLY mangled! If Schickele hadn’t been so...
Steve Leenhouts: For better or worse, I was introduced into the world of classical music through the deftly...
dr.goodears: Paul, Apparently Neil Young & Co stopped in at Meridian for a visit with Bob Stuart this week...
Paul McGowan: Thanks for sharing! Yes, Larry’s really got a knack for this.
Bassman23: Interestingly enough, I have a few friends I occasionally forward your post to – either...
Tabare: Great, thank you !
Paul McGowan: You are so correct Oliver it’s like a big piece of candy just waiting to be eaten. It sits...
oliver T. Finch: I can imagine how torn you must be between the day’s necessary chores on the one hand and...
m3 lover: Yes, I remember the Garrard. That arm looks as if they were inspired by the human fore-arm. ;^) But I...
Soundminded: Here’s a photo of one on e-bay. You can see how the mechanism worked. This was a one of a kind...
Soundminded: Excellent point. Anyone remember the Garrard Zero One Hundred with an articulating head shell linked...
m3 lover: On the question of replicating the angle of the cutter head on the original master disk with analog, I...
Soundminded: True. And that was the rationale behind the development of radial tracking tone arms in the first...
TinEar: …and it was uphill both ways.
Streets Still Works: Isn’t this a case where “overdesigning” the problem results in too much...
Soundminded: In any good knock down drag out flame war on audio blog sites not nearly as polite and respectful of...