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Paul Bowes
Paul Bowes has been a hi-fi enthusiast ever since he was a teenager and heard Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love on a high end stereo. He has since been on a fascinating journey of musical discovery, upgrading his audio equipment along the way and finding ways to optimize his system for better performance. Paul is an avid cyclist and spends a lot of time mentoring students at the University of British Columbia, where he obtained a PhD in Science.
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Signal loss impacts imaging, clarity, and bass—but it’s fixable. Discover 10 years’ worth of tips for unlocking your system’s potential.
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It’s that time of year again—the season of giving! In that spirit, I’ve put together a list of Holiday audio gift ideas that even Scrooge might approve of.
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Decades of hi-fi tweaks taught Paul Bowes that optimizing gear—not endless upgrades—unlocks music’s full potential. From speaker placement to EMI fixes, these methods elevate performance dramatically.
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Paul Bowes shares his story of getting invited to the UK, Europe, and North America to perform space optimization in the listening rooms of complete strangers who later became friends.
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For Paul Bowes, music comes first—but with Cardas cables, Synergistic grounding, and a Linn Utopik PSU, his upgraded system now delivers sound so immersive, it nearly brings Ella and Muddy back to life in his room.
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Once dismissed as a passing fad, surround sound is staging a comeback—with streaming giants offering immersive content and home tech better than ever, it may finally be time to rejoin the multichannel revolution.
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With cooler months inviting longer listening sessions, this seasonal hi-fi checklist—ranging from vinyl care and NAS backups to speaker tweaks and cable swaps—offers practical tips to refresh your system and elevate your sound.
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Paul Bowes dives deep into the invisible threats to audio purity—EMI, phase distortion, and vibration—offering hands-on tweaks, from copper shielding to Tranquility PODs, to extract maximum musical fidelity from your hi-fi system.
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After a decade-long journey optimizing his system, Paul Bowes claims 30–40% of sound quality is often lost due to factors like poor source components, room acoustics, EMI, and subpar cables—but that much of it is recoverable.
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In this latest instalment, Paul Bowes reveals how purifying your power supply—through shielding, isolation, and waveform correction—can dramatically elevate musical clarity, dynamics, and emotional connection in your hi-fi system.
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Paul Bowes returns with more no-cost and low-cost tips to transform your sound—taming cable spaghetti for EMI-free clarity and using everyday items like IKEA trivets to squash vibrations and unleash your system’s full potential.
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Scientist and audiophile Paul Bowes kicks off PMA’s new “Make your system sound better NOW” column by sharing game-changing, hands-on tips—from speaker leveling to torque tuning—that could dramatically elevate your system’s sound.