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    Opening SalvoIssue 11

    Opening Salvo

    Welcome to Copper #11! Wherever you are, we hope it’s…
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    Birth Of A Child

    The birth of a child is always a cause for…
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    Welcome to the lucky thirteenth edition of Copper!

    As is probably clear by now, we’ve decided to shake…
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    …almost World Series

    As we draw nearer to the time of the World…
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    Future And Past

    Welcome to Copper # 15! Our contest in issue #13…
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    Back By Popular Demand

    Welcome to Copper #16! We’re excited by our recent additions.…
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    More, and Better

    As we approach the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, our…
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    Welcome Back, My Friends…

    Anyone who has been around rock music at all knows…
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    Too Mean To Die

    Welcome  to Copper #19! Believe me, no one is more…
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    …and the Hits Just Keep On Comin’…

    Welcome to Copper #20! I think this is a particularly…
    Opening SalvoIssue 21

    Where Did the Year Go?

    Welcome to Copper # 21! It’s hard to believe that 2016…
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    Happy Holidays!

    Welcome to Copper #74, the second of three December issues, and one…
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    Good Riddance, 2016!

    Happy New Year, and welcome to Copper #23, and 2017!…
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    A New Year’s Resolution

    Happy New Year to all, and hope my colleagues are…
    Opening SalvoIssue 25

    The More the Merrier

    Neither rain nor snow nor CES crud nor car crashes stays…
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    So Much for Punxsutawney Phil!

    I would never overtly diss a legendary Groundhog, but six…
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    Happy Birthday to Us!

    It honestly, really, truly  came as a shock to me…
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    Second Verse, Same as the First

    The first year of Copper saw the mag start from…
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    …Out Like a Lamb?

    The bizarre year proceeds apace as here in Boulder, we’ve…
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    It’s Showtime!

    Welcome to Copper #93! By the time you read this, the…
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    Beyond the Listening Room

    By the time you read this, Axpona will be over.…
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    It’s a Big, Big World

    Welcome to Copper #32!  If you’re a reader of fine…
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    On the Road Again….

    As you read this, I’ll have just returned from the…
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    Wiser? Or Just Older?

    Welcome to the 34th issue of Copper! As I approach…
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    Retro-Introspection?

    Welcome to Copper #35! Lately, I’ve been blathering a lot…
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    Across the Chronographic Divide

    Welcome to Copper #36! I recently crossed the Continental Divide,…
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    …But It’s a DRY Heat….

    Welcome to Copper #37! As temperatures topped triple digits in…
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    Changes

    Welcome to Copper #38! Just as there are continual changes…
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    Summer’s End

    Welcome to Copper #39! For many of us, it’s almost…
    Opening SalvoIssue 40

    After the Eclipse

    Welcome to Copper #40! The old expression “a miss is…
    Opening SalvoIssue 41

    Fire and Rain

    Welcome to Copper #41! The title isn’t to announce a James Taylor…
    Opening SalvoIssue 42

    Woodsmoke and Oranges

    Welcome to Copper #42! An all-too-brief vacation in the smoky Pacific Northwest…
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    Trick or Treat!

    Welcome to Copper #44! I hope you were able to…
    Opening SalvoIssue 45

    Fall Has Fallen….

    …and it can’t get up! Welcome to Copper #45! The year ticks…
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    Thanks!

    Welcome to Copper #46! For music lovers, it is the…
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    December??

    Welcome to Copper #47! I’m alarmed at how rapidly 2017…
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    Happy New Year!

    Welcome to Copper #75, and welcome to 2019! It truly is difficult…
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    We’re Golden!

    Welcome to Copper #50! It’s hard to believe we’ve reached…
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    Area 51

    Welcome to Copper #51! We’ve passed New Year’s, we’ve passed CES, and…
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    So Many Holidays!

    …and yet, I have to work on Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s…
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    Happy Anniversary to Us!

    Welcome to Copper #53! Our very first issue appeared on…
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    Happy St. Pat’s!

    Welcome to Copper #54! Beannachtai Na Feile Padraig Oraibh! —which is allegedly,…
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    Happy Passover/Easter/April Fools’ Day!

    Welcome to Copper #55! It’s a little odd when holidays…
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    See You in Chicago?

    Welcome to Copper #56! With the recent Montréal Audio Fest,…
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    The Winter of Our Disc Content

    Welcome to Copper #57! One last gasp of winter’s wrath in Chicago,…
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    May Day, May Day, May Day!

    Welcome to Copper #58! Every May I wonder how the phrase “May…
    Opening SalvoIssue 59

    Munich and Everything After

    Welcome to Copper #59! Blame any errors in this issue on jet…
    Opening SalvoIssue 60

    Summer, Already?

    Welcome to Copper #60! Ye Olde Editor may still be…
    Opening SalvoIssue 61

    Numerologist’s Delight

    Welcome to Copper #61! Someone, somewhere will undoubtedly be able to extract…
    Opening SalvoIssue 62

    The Endless Summer (Cold)

    Welcome to Copper #62! My daughter Emily believes that men…
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    High Heat

    Welcome to Copper #63! This issue’s menu offers summer reading ranging…
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    On the Road Again

    Welcome to Copper #87! Family business had me on a plane…
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    August Heat

    Welcome to Copper #91! Having left the relatively-balmy temps of the…
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    Moving On

    Welcome to Copper #66! Summer ends, fall begins, change abounds.…
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    Every New Beginning

    Welcome to Copper #67! It may be my Irish heritage…
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    Falling Into Showtime

    Welcome to Copper #68! By the time you read this, the first…
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    Autumn

    Welcome to Copper #69! The aspens are starting to turn yellow here…
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    Snow Comes; Snow Goes

    Welcome to Copper #70! The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest took place October 5-7,…
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    Vote!

    Welcome to Copper #71! The leaves have mostly passed peak color here…
    Opening SalvoIssue 72

    It’s Summer Somewhere

    Welcome to Copper #72! It’s a cliche’ that travel expands the mind,…
    Opening SalvoIssue 73

    Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

    Welcome to Copper #73! While the saying, “days drag, years fly by”…
    Opening SalvoIssue 76

    Without CES, Does January Exist?

    Welcome to Copper #76! —here we are, halfway through January already, and…
    Opening SalvoIssue 77

    Blood Wolf WHAT?

    Welcome to Copper #77! I hope you had a better view of…
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    From -6 to 86 and Back Again

    Welcome to Copper #79! This issue features my walkaround of the first-ever Florida…
    Opening SalvoIssue 80

    Leather? Really?

    Welcome to Copper #80, our Third Anniversary issue! Some investigations require more…
    Opening SalvoIssue 81

    Welcome to Spring?

    Welcome to Copper #81! This is being written on the first day…
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    It Might As Well Be Spring

    Welcome to Copper #82! I’ve never been good with ambivalence.…
    Opening SalvoIssue 83

    Every Day is Earth Day?

    Welcome to Copper #83! I rarely react to PR pronouncements with…
    Opening SalvoIssue 84

    A Long Time Ago….

    Welcome to Copper #84! Being the picayune sort, it annoys me…
    Opening SalvoIssue 85

    Another Day, Another Plane

    Welcome to Copper #85! It seems like only yesterday when I…
    Opening SalvoIssue 86

    June Means No More Snow—Right?

    Welcome to Copper #86! A week or so ago, here in…
    Opening SalvoIssue 88

    Half a Year, Half a Year, Half a Year Gone

    Welcome to Copper #88! The day this magazine goes live, July…
    Opening SalvoIssue 89

    All Fingers on Deck

    Welcome to Copper #89! I hope you emerged from the 4th…
    Opening SalvoIssue 90

    Happy Landings!

    Welcome to Copper #90! By the time you read these, the…
    Opening SalvoIssue 92

    See You in September

    Welcome to Copper #92! With the last gasp of summer comes…
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    In the Air Tonight

    Welcome to Copper #94! As this issue goes live, I’ll have…
    Opening SalvoIssue 95

    10-4, Good Neighbor

    Welcome to Copper #95! This is being written on October 4th—or…
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    96 Tears

    Welcome to Copper #96! One thousand, three hundred and twenty-three days…
    Opening SalvoIssue 97

    The Editors, They are a changin’

    I’m thrilled and honored to be named the new editor…
    Opening SalvoIssue 98

    Better Living Through Music!

    First of all, I want to give a huge thank…
    Opening SalvoIssue 99

    Music Appreciation

    We’re in the midst of the holiday season, a time…
    Opening SalvoIssue 100

    One Hundred Issues and Counting!

    This holiday season marks a major milestone for the magazine…
    Opening SalvoIssue 101

    Happy Musical New Year!

    Numbers have been on my mind lately: 97, 98, 99,…
    Opening SalvoIssue 102

    “I Got a Fever…”

    It’s 102 – I got a fever and the only…
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    Audio Diversity

    I’ve been thinking about this lately and seeing Paul McGowan’s…
    Opening SalvoIssue 104

    Expanding Horizons

    Copper has been moving to increase its audio-related articles. We…
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    Building Community

    (With a tip of the hat to the Hank Stone…
    Opening SalvoIssue 106

    Not Fade Away

    This issue’s cover: conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882 – 1977). One…
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    All Together Separately

    Cover: violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901 – 1987). Many consider him…
    Opening SalvoIssue 108

    Write On

    This issue’s cover: of course, the Beatles in their iconic…
    Opening SalvoIssue 109

    Balancing Act

    This issue’s cover: Judy Garland (1922 – 1969). One of…
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    Changing Perspectives

    This issue’s cover: Amy Winehouse (1983 – 2011) and Tony…
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    Imaginations Real

    (With a tip of the hat to Dave Davies for…
    Opening SalvoIssue 112

    Tiptoe Through the Tweeters

    This Issue’s Cover: Bob Dylan (born 1941). The times they…
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    Peonies en Regalia

    This issue’s cover: Joni Mitchell (1943 –). Riding on the…
    Opening SalvoIssue 114

    They’re Back!

    We are thrilled to announce the return of Patti, Louie…
    Opening SalvoIssue 115

    You Can’t Think of Everything

    Sometimes even the most perceptive of us can have a…
    Opening SalvoIssue 116

    Only Two More Days Till Tomorrow

    “Baby, there’s only two more days till tomorrow.” That’s from…
    Opening SalvoIssue 117

    Ridin’ the Storm Out

    This was the hardest issue I’ve ever had to put…
    Opening SalvoIssue 118

    I Leave My Fortune

    I recently got a fortune cookie that said, “Music melts…
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    Take 22

    This is my 22nd issue of editing Copper. 22 issues…
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    Name That Column Contest!

    PS Audio recently launched its record label, Octave Records. (Read…
    Opening SalvoIssue 121

    A Question of Time

    Do you sometimes feel like we’re living in an alternate…
    Opening SalvoIssue 122

    Light Up the Sky

    The music world has lost an icon with the passing…
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    Learning to Fly

    Every day is an opportunity to learn something. Even when…
    Opening SalvoIssue 124

    Octave Pitch and Other Notes

    We have a new president and vice president-elect. I and…
    Opening SalvoIssue 125

    Anniversaries and Appreciations

    Thanksgiving has come and gone in the US (and Brazil…
    Opening SalvoIssue 126

    Hope for the Holidays

    The term “Happy Holidaze” has become a cliché, the progenitor…
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    Hoping All the Verses Rhyme

    Goodbye 2020 and here’s to a better 2021. Anything else…
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    Things Change With Time

    Things change with time, as my very close friend likes…
    Opening SalvoIssue 129

    Keep Your Eye on the Prize

    It’s hard to believe – or maybe not – that…
    Opening SalvoIssue 130

    Clickbait-Free Zone

    Clickbait has become pervasive. It’s not hard to see why,…
    Opening SalvoIssue 131

    Is There a Thinking Cap?

    I wonder if artificial intelligence is the natural result of…
    Opening SalvoIssue 132

    Headspace

    You can only put so much of an input signal…
    Opening SalvoIssue 133

    Oh, Look!

    Copper has a new look! So does the rest of…
    Opening SalvoIssue 134

    Only Two More Days Till Tomorrow

    With Copper’s new format, long “Opening Salvo” intros take up…
    Opening SalvoIssue 135

    Moonlight Feels Right

    Found inside a fortune cookie: “Because of your melodic nature,…
    Opening SalvoIssue 136

    With Age Comes Wisdom

    I was hanging at the assisted living facility and an…
    Opening SalvoIssue 137

    Accountability

    When you’ve been paying your dues, after a while you…
    Opening SalvoIssue 138

    Glitch Transitions

    Since moving to the new Copper platform, there have been…
    Opening SalvoIssue 139

    Copy That

    Copper’s writers and I strive for excellence, and work hard…
    Opening SalvoIssue 140

    Platinum Award

    We’re proud to announce that Copper writer Alón Sagee, chief…
    Opening SalvoIssue 141

    We Remember Art

    I recently had the honor of attending an event in…
    Opening SalvoIssue 142

    Dust

    Is there a reader among us who doesn’t dig ZZ…
    Opening SalvoIssue 143

    Should You Accept Cookies?

    One of the features readers like Randy Vogel and others…
    Opening SalvoIssue 144

    Magic and Loss

    I and so many of us are saddened by the…
    Opening SalvoIssue 145

    Sunset Over the Rocky Mountains

    Recently we received an e-mail stating that “Rocky Mountain Audio…
    Opening SalvoIssue 146

    The Write Thing

    “Writers write.” – Dave Kindred. “Nuff said.” – Stan Lee.…
    Opening SalvoIssue 147

    Do It Now!

    Readers may know I’m a fan of weird fortune cookie…
    Opening SalvoIssue 148

    Dreamtime

    “A dream goes on forever.” – Todd Rundgren I’ve been…
    Opening SalvoIssue 149

    Ripples in Time

    “Sail away, away/Ripples never come back.” – Genesis, “Ripples” Remember…
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    Milestones

    This is the 150th issue of Copper! We are thrilled…
    Opening SalvoIssue 151

    Holiday Wishes

    Happy holidays, everyone. We at Copper wish all of you…
    Opening SalvoIssue 152

    To a Brighter Future

    All of us at Copper once again wish all of…
    Opening SalvoIssue 153

    Make It Easy on Yourself

    Happy New Year! I have a perhaps selfish New Year’s…
    Opening SalvoIssue 154

    Audio to the Max

    The audio world has lost another legend with the passing…
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