Weird to wonderful

By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Bringing new ideas, concepts, and radical change to an established way of doing things requires great effort—moving from weird to wonderful. Imagine just a few of the major shifts within our lifetimes: tubes to…

A sonic cyberattack could hijack a device’s speakers

By Rachel Kraus From Mashable Weapons that injure crowds of people by emitting dangerous sounds may seem like the stuff of science fiction. Unfortunately, malicious hackers might be able to do just that — but with Bluetooth- or WiFi-capable smartphones,…

Another major radio station conglomerate thinks podcasts are the future

By Ashley Carman From The Verge A way to pull in new, younger listeners Entercom, one of the biggest US radio corporations, thinks podcasts are essential to the future of audio. The company announced today that it’s acquired two big names in…

Shiver me timbers

By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Perhaps the greatest compliment a piece of audio gear can get is a shiver down a spine—exactly what Calord experienced on his first listen to the new Steller Phono Preamplifier. Read all his comments here….

If poverty were based on a ‘Comfortable Wage,’ the new poor may surprise you

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling In addition to inescapable truths, there are lots of inequality truths – something Pope Francis said was “the root of all social evil.” We live in a country where extraordinary wealth is concentrated in remarkably a…

Reaching consensus

By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Is it possible to reach consensus among dissenting views? I suspect it’s pretty rare. I think one of the classic problems with communication is how we present differing viewpoints as “evidence” to support our…

Why work at training?

By Paul McGowan From PS Audio When I first got involved in high-end audio I was not a good listener. Sure, I loved music and always have, but I struggled with discerning small differences in the reproduction of music—a skill…

Best Internet radio

10 of the best internet radio stations for music By Andrew Murphy From What Hi-Fi There’s a whole world wide web out there When commercial radio and streaming service playlists can feel more like you’re being advertised to by record…

Uncovering gems

By Paul McGowan From PS Audio “There’s buried treasure in them thar speakers! I feels it in me bones.” Sometimes I do feel like a pirate in search of buried treasure when I go to listen. Working on new technologies, new firmware,…

“Bringing Bigger Than Life Fun Back To Radio” at WWRS 2020