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Octave Pitch and Other Notes
We have a new president and vice president-elect. I and any other person in an editorial position might be expected to comment about it. However, I don’t do politics in...
Shapes of Things
When my cat had finished playing with his tennis ball, it was in just the right spot in the shadows of the vertical blinds. Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot...
Art Goes on Record
Reel dancing! Mercury “Living Presence” stereo tape, catalog number MDS5-4. Not an easy one to find; this one’s from my collection. Variable-speed cutting: Marie Hippolyte Rose making a record...
Walter Schofield of Krell Industries, Part Two
In Part One (Issue 122) we interviewed Krell Industries’ Walter Schofield about his early audio career, some of the landmark products he worked on, his ideas about the return of audio shows and more....
AES Show Fall 2020, Part Two
I’d like to commend the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for the depth and choice of topics that online attendees of October’s AES Show Fall 2020 were offered. The tent-pole attraction...
Four Classic Holiday LP Reissues From Sony Legacy
We’re taking a break from the usual new release record review format this issue to focus on some holiday classics, just in time for the holiday season. My wife (heretofore...
The “Sound” of Speaker Cables: an Analysis
From time to time Copper offers guest articles from audio manufacturers and others in the industry. These viewpoints are their own and we publish them in the spirit of providing information from...
The “Sound” of Speaker Cables: an Analysis
From time to time Copper offers guest articles from audio manufacturers and others in the industry. These viewpoints are their own and we publish them in the spirit of providing information from...
Boogie Wonderland
A great man once wrote: “Once upon a time in New York City, when the city finally went to sleep, a magical place opened its doors and invited people in...
Rediscovering Johannes Ockeghem
Beethoven has enjoyed all kinds of attention in 2020 to celebrate his 250th birthday, but Johannes Ockeghem deserves a birthday party too. He’s turning 600. Never heard of him? Some recent...
The Coil and Its Significance for Recorded Sound
A few days ago I was in the lab (which in itself is hardly surprising, considering that a significant part of my life is spent there) winding some tiny coils...
Chet Atkins: The Country Gentleman
He was known as The Country Gentleman, and his guitar playing was a major factor in developing the so-called Nashville Sound. Chet Atkins (1924 – 2001) wrapped his long fingers...
Arran, a Whisky Tale
The ad ran something like this. “Invest in a new distillery in the Isle of Arran. Your £450 payment will result in 12 cases of blended whisky and a holder...
Stairway to Heaven
My friend Ira is a committed audiophile and we seem to make leaps into audio system upgrades based on an almost ping-pong effect of gear that travels between our two...
Bel Canto, Part 1
Recently I’ve been watching a lot of Dark, now streaming on Netflix. It’s both an epic tragedy and a sci-fi Bildungsroman like Stranger Things or Back to the Future. I like it! Dark is just clever enough, creepy enough, “deep”...
Hearing Loss and Audio: Not a Conflict; a Path ...
This article was prompted by a comment Robert made to last issue’s article, “Hearing Loss and the Need for High-End Audio.” I asked Robert to expand on his comment here. – Ed....
Otis Taylor’s Hey Joe Opus | Red Meat
Octave Records released its third album on November 16, an exclusive Direct-To-Master high-resolution audio reissue of Hey Joe Opus | Red Meat by blues/rock artist Otis Taylor. Winner of multiple Downbeat and other awards...
Split Enz: True Colours, Part One
We drove our three rental cars up to the lobby entrance of the Sunset Marquis at 1200 North Alta Loma and started to unload our luggage and stuff. A few...
Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 10: No Directi...
I was a shy kid. The fact that I was skinny, had big ears, a big nose and big teeth, developed psoriasis when I was 13 and probably wouldn’t have...
Holiday Songs You Should Be Spinning!
Most people who know me well are familiar with the fact that I’m not a big fan of holiday music. Sure, the classics still work. But year after year, big...