Copper
Table of Contents – Issue 223
“Art is the highest form of hope.” – Unknown To the person who sent me the very nice e-mail about my Korean soundtracks article – an e-mail problem caused me to...
Judging Albums by Their Covers
We’ve all heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but what about albums? In the 1970s and early 1980s, I had pretty good luck picking a record...
Recent Arrivals and 12-inch Royalty
New Grooves A few new records arrived on my doorstep over the past two months. Here are a handful of them, all of them reissues that may fly under the...
Summer of Creem, Part Two
Note: "Summer of Creem, Part One" can be read on Critical Conditions, Wayne Robins' Substack. Part Two deals with the ins and outs of putting out a magazine, which is...
World Fusion Meets Flamenco in Gratitude from S...
Gratitude by master guitarist Steve Mullins and his band Rim of the Well is the latest release from Octave Records and its blend of flamenco, Balkan, African, Latin and musical...
Recording Engineer Barry Diament of Soundkeeper...
Barry Diament is a veteran recording and mastering engineer, the head of Barry Diament Audio, and founder of Soundkeeper Recordings, whose philosophy is to create recordings that are natural-sounding and...
Tea on the Terrace
Rather than meet at a bar with all the noise, bustle, and distractions, a few of us retired guys prefer to meet on the terrace every week. I call it...
How Good Can Car Audio Get?
Dateline: 1964, Poughkeepsie, New York – inside my family's 1961 Plymouth station wagon. On the AM radio crooning their hearts out were Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons; the song...
The Advantages of a Dedicated Listening Room
Let’s face reality. Unless you’re living solo, transforming your living room into an acoustic temple isn’t likely to win many supporters in your household. The living room, after all, is...
1! 2! 3! 4! Surrounded by the Ramones in Dolby ...
WOW! It’s the Ramones like you've never heard them before, unless you were lucky enough to see them live. (I played on a bill with the Ramones on New Year’s...
PMC’s prophecy1 Loudspeaker Holds the Line
Recently, The Listening Chair’s Adam Goldfarb reviewed The Professional Monitor Company Ltd.’s prophecy9 floorstanding transmission line bass loading loudspeaker ($12,999 per pair/all prices USD). For most, that company is simply...
Quick Takes: Eddie Daniels, The Secret Trio, An...
Header image: Zack Lober and NOFILL3R: Jasper Blom, Zack Lober, Suzan Veneman, Sun-Mi Hong. Courtesy of Govert Driessen. I have been lucky to have been turned onto a number...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 22: Reel-to...
To noodge is Yiddish for “to pester,” but with a vengeance. It isn’t just whining and nagging. It’s full-blown, incessant, won’t-take-no-for-an-answer annoyance. That’s how I managed to drive RX Reels’...
Grant-Lee Phillips: A Troubadour for Today Rele...
The best troubadours find a way to seamlessly marry bright, upbeat melodies with lyrics that tackle some of life’s toughest topics. When done right, the listener is first drawn in...
How to Play in a Rock Band, 16: Rehearsing for ...
If you’re going to play in a band, you need to get your act together. Literally – and that means rehearsing. Sure, there are pros who can just get together...
The People Who Make Audio Happen: Making Music ...
The annual NAMM Show is a wondrous event. If it involves music, you’ll see it there. Classes, concerts, technology, music, engineering, producing, music law, publishing, amazing musical instruments, sound reinforcement,...
The Art of Listening
Copper has an exchange program with selected magazines, where we share articles between publications. This one's from Canada's PMA Magazine. Music is mainly the organization of silence… To listen…...
PS Audio in the News
Audiophilia had effusive praise for the PMG Signature Preamplifier, which earned a Star Component Award. Reviewer Karl Sigman noted, “I gambled and took a risk: I bought one. Now that...
Joy to the World
Here's a legendary pair: a 1970s Quad 405 amplifier and Quad FM-4 FM tuner (introduced in the 1980s), both courtesy of Vintage Chief.com. Even today the 405 is prized for...
Now You See Her, Now You Don't
This striking artwork can be found on the Pacific Coast Highway in Del Mar, California in front of a plastic surgery office.
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