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    Frankly SpeakingIssue 154

    The Spreckels Organ: A Historic Musical Treasure, Part One

    The Spreckels Organ is a remarkable musical instrument: it is…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 132

    Talking With Andrew Hoffman of Audiophile Archive and Grading Services

    Audiophile Archive and Grading Services (AAGS) is a vinyl record-grading…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 133

    Confessions of a Setup Man Part 12: Failed Experiments

    Many audiophiles are tinkerers. We’re constantly striving to squeeze the…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 134

    Living With Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Davinder Bedi of RadiAsian.London

    Electromagnetic fields (EMF) are all around us. We’re constantly bombarded…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 135

    Copper Listens to Copper: Stockfisch Records’ DMM Dubplate Vol. 1

    Stockfisch Records is an audiophile label established in Germany in…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 136

    Cliff Chenfeld: From Razor & Tie to Kidz Bop and Beyond

    We are proud to have Cliff Chenfeld as a Copper contributor.…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 137

    Confessions of a Record Collector, Part One

    I wonder if a lot of Copper readers are record…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 142

    Confessions of a Record Collector, Part Two

    In Part One (Issue 137) I noted that many of…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 141

    Art Dudley: A Tribute

    On July 11, 2021 at Brown’s Brewing Company in Troy,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 143

    Seeking Clarity About Transparency

    Back in the 1980s or maybe earlier, “transparency” became the…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 146

    Twisted Business: Jay Jay French’s Lessons Learned from Rock and Roll…and Life

    Jay Jay French was the lead guitarist and is the…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 148

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 13: Engineering Complex

    I’m not a degreed engineer. True, I understand and can…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 150

    Jazz Lives: Saxophonist Frank Catalano Ascends

    Last summer I had the honor of playing on a…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 150

    From Rock to Schlock: 150 Desert Island Albums

    Most “desert island” record articles make the assumption that you…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 151

    Who Decides What’s Good or Bad? And, Some Mini-Reviews

    In the process of putting together a list of 150…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 131

    Will A Perfect Audio System Ever Exist?

    As a hard-core audiophile, I’ve spent the better part of…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 155

    The Spreckels Organ: A Historic Musical Treasure, Part Two

    In Part One (Issue 154) we looked at the history…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 158

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 14: The Reluctant Reviewer

    I don’t think I really have the temperament to be…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 159

    Copper and PS Audio’s WL “Woody” Woodward: In Memoriam

    It was the kind of message you never want to…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 162

    How AXPONA Got Its Groove Back, Part One

    One man. More than 150 rooms and 200 exhibitors. 25…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 163

    How AXPONA Got Its Groove Back, Part Two

    Part One of this report appeared in Issue 162. To…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 164

    How AXPONA Got Its Groove Back, Part Three

    Part One and Part Two of this report appeared in…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 166

    150 Favorite Rock Albums: More Mini-Reviews

    In Issue 150 I listed my 150 desert island favorite…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 167

    Talking With Larry Jaffee of Making Vinyl, Part One

    Copper contributor Larry Jaffee is the co-founder of Making Vinyl,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 168

    Talking With Larry Jaffee of Making Vinyl, Part Two

    Copper contributor Larry Jaffee is the co-founder of Making Vinyl,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 169

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 15: Avoiding Burnout

    We’ve all experienced burnout in one form or another, exacerbated…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 171

    Talking With Dan Mackta of Qobuz

    Streaming and downloading audio service Qobuz specializes in delivering high-resolution…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 175

    Talking With Elliot Goldman of Bending Wave USA, Part One

    Elliot Goldman is a partner in Bending Wave USA, distributor…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 176

    Talking With Elliot Goldman of Bending Wave USA, Part Two

    Elliot Goldman is a partner in Bending Wave USA, distributor of Göbel…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 118

    A Visit to Audio Classics: Vintage Vibe, Modern Mojo

    Founded in 1979, Audio Classics, located in Vestal, New York,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 101

    James Lee Stanley: Musical Survivor

    Every now and then I’m going to write about artists…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 104

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part One

    This is the first in a new series about my…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 105

    Bang, Zoom! Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Two

    The higher the resolution of an audio system, the more…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 106

    Haunted: Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Three

    When I was Harry Pearson’s setup man at The Absolute…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 107

    The Shows Must Go On

    I never thought I’d have to write a piece like…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 108

    You’re Grounded! Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Four

    Hum has no place in an audio system. It’s often…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 109

    In Memoriam: Art Dudley

    The audio industry lost one of its greatest with the…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 110

    Getting It Wrong: Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Five

    Audio system setup is, I feel, as much an art…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 111

    The Incalculable Influence of Kraftwerk

    Kraftwerk’s influence on today’s pop music is so pervasive, the…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 112

    How I Met Buck Dharma of Blue Öyster Cult

    When I was a teenager I wanted to be a…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 113

    Introducing Octave Records: Audiophile Sound, Benefiting Musicians

    Hope you don’t mind if I put on my proud-family-member…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 114

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Six: Sinister Stairways

    What Goes Up, Must Come Down When I worked at…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 115

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Seven: You Can’t Have It!

    When I was a few years out of college I…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 116

    Talking with Carl Marchisotto of NOLA Loudspeakers

    Carl Marchisotto is the president of Holbrook, NY-based Accent Speaker…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 102

    My Life with Harry Pearson

    I worked for Harry Pearson full-time for many years in…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 118

    Rumer: Nashville Tears

    Rumer has one of the most beautiful and captivating voices…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 119

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Eight: Too Hot to Handle

    When I was working at The Absolute Sound as Harry…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 120

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part Nine: Inconsistency

    Many of us know that the sound of our stereo…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 121

    Talking With Gayle Sanders of Eikon Audio and MartinLogan

    Gayle Martin Sanders was one of the co-founders of electrostatic…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 122

    Gayle Sanders of Eikon and MartinLogan, Part Two

    In Part One, Gayle talked about his formative years in…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 123

    Hearing Loss and the Need for High-End Audio

    Many of us have hearing loss. I do. I used…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 124

    Confessions of a Setup Man, Part 10: No Direction Home

    I was a shy kid. The fact that I was…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 125

    Steve Guttenberg: the Audiophiliac, Part One

    Steve Guttenberg is the host of The Audiophiliac Daily Show,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 126

    Steve Guttenberg: the Audiophiliac, Part Two

    In Part One of this interview (Issue 125) we talked…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 127

    Confessions of a Setup Man 11: Can A System Be Too Good?

    As audiophiles, we are on what can sometimes seem a…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 128

    Hanging With Les Paul

    Les Paul was a tremendous influence not only on guitar…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 129

    EveAnna Dauray Manley of Manley Labs, Part One

    EveAnna Dauray Manley is the president of Manley Laboratories, Inc.,…
    Frankly SpeakingIssue 130

    EveAnna Dauray Manley of Manley Labs, Part Two

    In Part One (Issue 129), EveAnna talked about her early…
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