Copper


Issue 52

Issue 52

...and yet, I have to work on Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day AND Ash Wednesday. Life ain't fair. Anyway... Welcome to Copper #52! John Seetoo is back with another interesting interview---this one with Andrea...

Issue 52

Issue 52Opening Salvo

...and yet, I have to work on Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day AND Ash Wednesday. Life ain't fair. Anyway... Welcome to Copper #52! John Seetoo is back with another interesting interview---this one with Andrea...

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Cinque Terra

Cinque Terra

Cinque Terra

Issue 52PARTING SHOT
Bach Violin Sonatas

Bach Violin Sonatas

J.S. Bach’s works for solo violin are compositional marvels that show off the instrument’s potential while allowing the musician to indulge in intellectual and emotional exploration. In three recent recordings,...

Bach Violin Sonatas

Issue 52SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

J.S. Bach’s works for solo violin are compositional marvels that show off the instrument’s potential while allowing the musician to indulge in intellectual and emotional exploration. In three recent recordings,...

Jesca Hoop

Jesca Hoop

I can’t imagine a more auspicious start to an indie songwriter’s career than the one Jesca Hoop had in the early 2000s. She was nanny to the children of Tom...

Jesca Hoop

Issue 52... AND INDIE FOR ALL

I can’t imagine a more auspicious start to an indie songwriter’s career than the one Jesca Hoop had in the early 2000s. She was nanny to the children of Tom...

Rikers

“Roy, would you do me a favor? Can you visit Sammy in Rikers Island? He is stopping there for a few weeks on his way upstate to prison and he...

Rikers

Issue 52MUSIC'AL NOTES

“Roy, would you do me a favor? Can you visit Sammy in Rikers Island? He is stopping there for a few weeks on his way upstate to prison and he...

Climbing to the Audio Summit Part 2: Amps/Preamps

The response to “Climbing to the Audio Summit:  Turntables” was truly amazing. The comments really were, for the most part, insightful, and some manufactures should read them. I also have...

Climbing to the Audio Summit Part 2: Amps/Preamps

Issue 52TWISTED SYSTEMS

The response to “Climbing to the Audio Summit:  Turntables” was truly amazing. The comments really were, for the most part, insightful, and some manufactures should read them. I also have...

Bates—Mason, Not Norman

I have recently been introduced to the American composer Mason Bates, and in particular an album of three of his symphonic works recently released by the San Francisco Symphony.  Indeed, the...

Bates—Mason, Not Norman

Issue 52QUIBBLES AND BITS

I have recently been introduced to the American composer Mason Bates, and in particular an album of three of his symphonic works recently released by the San Francisco Symphony.  Indeed, the...

What the Hell is Going On?

Back in my school-days, I found the subject of history completely boring. I realize now that it wasn’t the subject itself that was boring, but the way in which it...

What the Hell is Going On?

Issue 52THE AUDIO CYNIC

Back in my school-days, I found the subject of history completely boring. I realize now that it wasn’t the subject itself that was boring, but the way in which it...

In Defense of Taste

My last piece seems to have raised some eyebrows, though in the end it seems I came out more favorable than not. But it got me to thinking. How much...

In Defense of Taste

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 52MUSIC

My last piece seems to have raised some eyebrows, though in the end it seems I came out more favorable than not. But it got me to thinking. How much...

Awards Season!

Once every year, a year passes! Pundits, critics, observers far and wide seize the opportunity to assess yada yada yada. “Best Of 2017” lists pop up, also Grammy Nominations, BBC Music Magazine...

Awards Season!

Issue 52TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Once every year, a year passes! Pundits, critics, observers far and wide seize the opportunity to assess yada yada yada. “Best Of 2017” lists pop up, also Grammy Nominations, BBC Music Magazine...

Some Good News, Some Bad News

In Copper #51 we wrote about the demise of Thiel Audio.  The reality of the situation was that the Thiel that was important to audiophiles and music lovers, died long ago. The company that...

Some Good News, Some Bad News

Issue 52INDUSTRY NEWS

In Copper #51 we wrote about the demise of Thiel Audio.  The reality of the situation was that the Thiel that was important to audiophiles and music lovers, died long ago. The company that...

The Mysterious Binder

The Mysterious Binder

I wrote about ephemera back in Copper #37. In that column I wrote (and I’m quoting myself because I don’t think I can say it any better now): “I also learned that there was...

The Mysterious Binder

Issue 52VINTAGE WHINE

I wrote about ephemera back in Copper #37. In that column I wrote (and I’m quoting myself because I don’t think I can say it any better now): “I also learned that there was...

Schwartz Does NAMM

Schwartz Does NAMM

I’ve just been to my 41st NAMM show. I’ve only been to a few CESs, about a dozen exclusively Hi-Fi shows, a bunch of AES, but NAMM… I just keep going. For...

Schwartz Does NAMM

Issue 52FEATURED

I’ve just been to my 41st NAMM show. I’ve only been to a few CESs, about a dozen exclusively Hi-Fi shows, a bunch of AES, but NAMM… I just keep going. For...

The Blues: Willie (who was also blind) Johnson

The Blues: Willie (who was also blind) Johnson

Out of one the darkest periods of our history came a style of music that would have never happened without the slave trade.  Let me be clear, for one man...

The Blues: Willie (who was also blind) Johnson

Issue 52MUSIC TO MY EARS

Out of one the darkest periods of our history came a style of music that would have never happened without the slave trade.  Let me be clear, for one man...

Audio Fidelity: Andrea Bass

Audio Fidelity: Andrea Bass

[Back in Copper #44 I devoted a Vintage Whine column to the 60th anniversary of the single-groove stereo disc, first launched by the small American indie label Audio Fidelity. As there was a lot of interest in that...

Audio Fidelity: Andrea Bass

Issue 52THE COPPER INTERVIEW

[Back in Copper #44 I devoted a Vintage Whine column to the 60th anniversary of the single-groove stereo disc, first launched by the small American indie label Audio Fidelity. As there was a lot of interest in that...

...But It's An Honor!

...But It's An Honor!

...But It's An Honor!

Issue 52FEATURED