Ignorance and confidence
From Paul McGowan When we set our sights far in the future the world looks nice and rosy. Imagine that new pair of speakers gracing your living room, the new amplifier, the rebuilt room. According to Mark Twain imagining the…
Exposing cheese to round-the-clock hip hop music could give it more flavor, according to Swiss researchers
By Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani, Reuters From Business Insider Swiss researchers exposed wheels of Emmental cheese to round-the-clock music in order to determine its impact on aroma and flavor. Nine wheels of cheese were placed in separate wooden crates…
Demanding proof
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio There are plenty of loud voices in audio. Is it incumbent on us to answer them? What is it in our nature that when we’re faced with a proposition we don’t agree with we revert…
Keeping it personal
by Paul McGowan from PS Audio Emotions, as well as passions, run deep in high-end audio and that’s one of the reasons I am personally invested in it. In our discussions on preferences for the various camps of reproduction—like vinyl…
Gadget of the week
Robots are playing ASMR-infused techno at SXSW By Jessica Conditt From engadget Moritz Simon Geist is a new breed of conductor. In 2012, Moritz Simon Geist left a promising career as a research engineer in Germany to build robots and…
Making luck
By Paul Mcgowan From PS Audio Can we make luck in the same way we make other things like love, fun, and music? Luck can seem so random at times especially when the dictionary defines it as “success or failure…
Digital gaps
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio It’s common wisdom that because digital breaks up sound into bits there’s missing information between those bits—information not lost with analog. But is that accurate? The comparison between the uninterrupted straight line picture of…
Audio scribes
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio It’s no coincidence we refer to musicians as artists: They transfer what’s in their heads into ours through a language we call music. If we are accepting of what we receive a connection is…
Album art
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Say what you will about vinyl’s good and bad points but it’s hard to deny the joy of holding a 12″ album cover while you’re playing the treasures inside. Album art and liner notes…
Cayman Islands: DPSC rollout of new radio system functions
The country’s new interoperable communication system is now fully operational across all Islands. As part of the Cayman Islands Government’s ongoing commitment to deliver the highest standard of public safety services, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced that the country’s…





