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Table of Contents – Issue 224
“When you feel down, I recommend to you/Have lots of fruits and vegetables!” – Shonen Knife, “Fruits and Vegetables” In this issue: we have the first in a series of...
T.H.E. Show New York 2025, Part One: A New Begi...
Header image: PS Audio's James Herod does what it takes to wire up a system. Anyone who has set up an exhibit at an audio show can relate! I...
Fool’s Leap of Faith is the Extraordinary Octav...
Singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Tyler Burba crafts songs that balance vulnerability with power, with memorable melodies and a richly textured musical palette that blends Americana, folk, world music and other diverse influences. Fool’s...
The Beatles’ “Aeolian Cadences.” What?
An Esteemed Classical Music Critic’s Endorsement In 2018, I went to my first “academic” music conference as a presenter. The event, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’...
Persona Non Grata
My friend Ricky had just as tough an upbringing as me. His father did exactly what my stepfather did, he took every opportunity to denigrate his son's self-esteem – his because...
Talking With Recording Engineer Barry Diament o...
In Part One of this interview (Issue 223), Barry Diament and I talked about how he started his career as a recording engineer, and his equipment and recording philosophy. We...
B Sides, B Movies, and Beware of Zombies
Due to a slip of the mind, and a busy schedule that has left me distracted, it totally escaped my mind that this issue of Copper would publish a couple...
The Burn-In Chronicles: 1,000 Hours to Sonic Sa...
Copper has an exchange program with selected magazines, where we share articles between publications. This one's from Canada's PMA Magazine. A journal pulses with ink and intent as a listener records...
A Conversation With Mat Weisfeld of VPI Industries
Dateline: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1967. I had just taken the municipal bus from downtown PoTown to home, replete with a 45 of the Strawberry Alarm Clock's blockbuster "Incense and Peppermints."...
Blues-Rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd Celebrates 30...
For most fans, their introduction to Kenny Wayne Shepherd came with his breakout debut album, Ledbetter Heights. When it was released in 1995, Kenny was just 18 years old. Alongside fellow...
Playing in a Rock Band, 17: When Good Gigs Go B...
They call playing in a rock band a glamor profession, but believe me, there are times when it isn’t. As I mentioned in Part One (Issue 217), nothing equals the...
From The Audiophile’s Guide: Dealing with Odd-S...
The perfect listening room might be rectangular in the textbooks, but real life rarely gives us textbook situations. Many of us face challenging spaces: L-shaped rooms, rooms with alcoves, sloped...
TEAC’s TN-3B-SE Turntable Plays Bob Dylan
“The times, they are a-changin’,” goes the Bob Dylan song. If Mr. Dylan only knew how things would change in the audio industry. For example, my latest infatuation seems to...
PS Audio in the News
Add The Audiophiliac to the list of reviewers who are highly impressed with the PMG Signature Preamplifier. In his YouTube video Steve Guttenberg said, “this preamp nailed the sound of...
Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 23: Better Than Rice K...
Ken Kessler revels in the stories told by scraps of paper found in tape boxes However old the tapes, however worn and unloved, nothing amuses or delights me as much...
I Bring Joy!
Now that's one big subwoofer from EMF Audio. Not the world's biggest though – check out this 100-inch diameter model from Ascendo Immersive Audio. We just love vintage 1970s audio...
Screen Test
“I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. Doris.” This little (2 inches from nose to tip of tail) western fence lizard managed to get between the screen and the glass door....
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