Paul McGowan is a best-selling author, the publisher of Copper Magazine, and co-founder and CEO of audio manufacturer PS Audio. He is a self-taught analogue electronics engineer and has designed most of the analogue products built by his company. While he loves music and audio and adores a great high end system, his true love is inventing, creating, communicating, and marketing.
In this excerpt from Paul McGowan’s The Audiophile’s Guide, overlooked spaces like basements and garages become ideal listening rooms through smart, minimal upgrades—proving great sound starts with practicality, not perfection.
In this Copper Magazine piece, Paul McGowan argues that specs alone can’t capture what makes music magical—highlighting the emotional pull, holographic soundstage, and personal ritual that define the audiophile experience.