— 11 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
firedog: Paul- Your system intrigues me. Any present day makers of line array speakers you could recommend?...
oliver T. Finch: With your kind permission may I point out that the results of the comparison seem predetermined....
Paul McGowan: No, and perhaps that was overstated. Put another way – on this system I believe there’s...
beebobb: Paul, You are not the messenger. Your final paragraph is certainly obnoxious at best. “Sorry, I...
Paul McGowan: Thanks Michael and good to see you again in Munich. I am washing each record on the VPI and...
ridgerunner: I am a old FOH (front of house) engineer with over 35 years in the field. I don’t think I would...
stimpy2: Only the first track, Miserere. This was a recording that I’d hoped that you would get a sense of...
Paul McGowan: I am using the stock earbuds. I might try and upgrade at some point – you think those are the...
Paul McGowan: and that’s a good thing!
Paul McGowan: Thanks – I am struggling right now with the woofer towers and all of a sudden...
Paul McGowan: I don’t know but have seen some really excellent concerts at the Boulder Theater. Love that...
Paul McGowan: No, he’s threatening to bring Bascom King and himself down to Boulder in July – I have...
Terry Franklin: After reading your posts about Class D amps and power plants, I think I understand why my 9-Kappas...
Paul McGowan: It’s an all FET design for the front end, followed by a class D Hypex module on the output....
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: 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...
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...