Copper


Platinum Award

Issue 140Opening Salvo

We’re proud to announce that Copper writer Alón Sagee, chief troublemaker of the San Francisco Audiophile Society, has received the society’s first Founder’s Award. It happened in a surprise ceremony...

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Swept Away

Issue 140AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

The Klipschorn Decorator Birch was a less-expensive unfinished version of the loudspeaker. They could be veneered or painted. This one has a Richard Modafferi-modified crossover and it’s next to some...

Guy Michelmore: Film and TV Composer, YouTube E...

Issue 140THE COPPER INTERVIEW

Guy Michelmore is a creative powerhouse. His talents have made him the go-to “Guy” for composing scores for some of the most entertaining TV shows and films of our generation, including major...

The Home Entertainment (T.H.E.) Show: People an...

Issue 140INDUSTRY NEWS

After trade show after trade show were understandably cancelled due to the pandemic, I wondered, which would be the first show to reopen? Signaling the provable reduction in threat, and...

Born-Again Brahms

Issue 140FEATURED

The intrepid Hungarian pianist András Schiff has pressed against received wisdom since indulging in Bach early on and rarely programming any Chopin (a cornerstone of any pianist’s repertoire). You can...

The Giants of Tape, Part Seven: The Telefunken ...

Issue 140REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

To follow a few installments dedicated to Ampex (Issues 136 and 137) and MCI (Issues 138 and 139), it is time to return once again to the Old World, and discover Europe’s best-kept audio secret! While...

Cal Tjader, Part Three: Odds and Ends

Issue 140FROM THE SWEET SPOT

Eddie Palmieri, The Skye Records Era, Savoy Records, and Huracan In our previous installment (Issue 139), we reached the end of Tjader’s tenure with Verve Records. (Part One of this series in Issue 138...

Metallica: An Inside Look

Issue 140THE COPPER INTERVIEW

When my good buddy James asked if I’d like to do a Q&A with his friend and Metallica stage manager, Mike Washer, I said “absolutely.” I knew a Q&A with...

A Charmed Life

Issue 140FEATURED

 One of the attendees I met at The Home Entertainment (T.H.E.) Show in Long Beach last month was a guy named Carter. Every time I noticed him in the listening...

Chinese Food for Thought

Issue 140NEW VISTAS

After five weeks consuming the compromised cuisine of Mongolia – an almost vegetable-free land of herders and nomads – eating while traveling in China was an exciting daily adventure. Each...

Ancient Garrard Turntables: Still Relevant Toda...

Issue 140DEEP DIVE

In Part One (Issue 139), Adrian Wu outlined a history of Garrard 301, 401 and other turntables, and provided an in-depth examination of their advantages and foibles. Part Two concludes...

What Was the B.F.D. About R.E.M.?

Issue 140FEATURED

My neighbor is a generation younger than me. I’ll call him Trent. Like everyone else in my neighborhood, Trent and his wife are spending part of the pandemic cleaning out...

The Ramones, Early On

Issue 140TRUE-LIFE ROCK TALES

It was a conference call from Linda Stein and Danny Fields in 1976. They told me they managed the Ramones and had a UK tour coming up. They offer me...

A Tale of Two Systems...

Issue 140TWISTED SYSTEMS

...and a podcast announcement. I now have a podcast called “The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music,” available on the Spotify, Apple Music and PodcastOne platforms. On a recent...

Tanya Tucker: Delta Dawn Never Sets

Issue 140OFF THE CHARTS

Child stars have a way of losing their luster in adulthood, but country singer Tanya Tucker is a rare exception. She had her first hit single in 1972, when she...

The Chamber Music of Luigi Boccherini: Elegance...

Issue 140SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

In his own day, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was decidedly retro. The Italian composer was trained first by his cellist father in the town of Lucca and eventually in the musically...

The Allman Brothers and the Making of the 50th ...

Issue 140DISCIPLES OF SOUND

When Jaimoe, one of the last surviving original members of the Allman Brothers Band reached out to his former bandmates early last year, no one could possibly have imagined how...

AES Show Spring 2021, Part Two: Psychology and ...

Issue 140INDUSTRY NEWS

As a result of COVID-19, AES Show Spring 2021, named “Global Resonance,” was conducted online from Europe. This afforded me the rare opportunity to view a number of the presentations,...

Alone Together

Issue 140PARTING SHOT

Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California, October 2018. The rock formations are about knee-high and sharp enough to cause cuts.