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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…

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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…

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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…

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After the Eclipse

Welcome to Copper #40! The old expression "a miss is…

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Fire and Rain

Welcome to Copper #41! The title isn't to announce a James Taylor…

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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…

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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…

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Munich and Everything After

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

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Summer, Already?

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

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Numerologist's Delight

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

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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…

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It's Summer Somewhere

Welcome to Copper #72! It's a cliche' that travel expands the mind,…

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Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Welcome to Copper #73! While the saying, "days drag, years fly by"…

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Without CES, Does January Exist?

Welcome to Copper #76! ---here we are, halfway through January already, and…

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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…

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Leather? Really?

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

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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.…

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Every Day is Earth Day?

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

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A Long Time Ago....

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

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Another Day, Another Plane

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

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June Means No More Snow---Right?

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

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

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

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All Fingers on Deck

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

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Happy Landings!

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

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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…

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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…

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The Editors, They are a changin'

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

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Better Living Through Music!

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

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Music Appreciation

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

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One Hundred Issues and Counting!

This holiday season marks a major milestone for the magazine…

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Happy Musical New Year!

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

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"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…

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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…

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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…

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Write On

This issue's cover: of course, the Beatles in their iconic…

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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…

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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…

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They're Back!

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

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You Can't Think of Everything

Sometimes even the most perceptive of us can have a…

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Only Two More Days Till Tomorrow

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

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Ridin' the Storm Out

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

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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…

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A Question of Time

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

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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…

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Octave Pitch and Other Notes

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

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Anniversaries and Appreciations

Thanksgiving has come and gone in the US (and Brazil…

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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…

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Keep Your Eye on the Prize

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

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Clickbait-Free Zone

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

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Is There a Thinking Cap?

I wonder if artificial intelligence is the natural result of…

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Headspace

You can only put so much of an input signal…

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Oh, Look!

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

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Only Two More Days Till Tomorrow

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

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Moonlight Feels Right

Found inside a fortune cookie: "Because of your melodic nature,…

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With Age Comes Wisdom

I was hanging at the assisted living facility and an…

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Accountability

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

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Glitch Transitions

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

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Copy That

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

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Platinum Award

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

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We Remember Art

I recently had the honor of attending an event in…

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Dust

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

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Should You Accept Cookies?

One of the features readers like Randy Vogel and others…

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Magic and Loss

I and so many of us are saddened by the…

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Sunset Over the Rocky Mountains

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

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The Write Thing

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

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Do It Now!

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

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Dreamtime

"A dream goes on forever." – Todd Rundgren I've been…

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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…

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Holiday Wishes

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

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To a Brighter Future

All of us at Copper once again wish all of…

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Make It Easy on Yourself

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

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Audio to the Max

The audio world has lost another legend with the passing…

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Never to be Forgotten

It is with great sadness that we report the loss…

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Unreal Reality

The English rock band Everything Everything announced that their upcoming…

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Getting a Read

Sometimes I forget that people actually read this magazine. Just…

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Springtime Solace

For me, music always has been, is, and will be,…

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Time Passages

It is with deep sadness that we report the passing…

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Two is Better Than One

According to a recent article in The Hearing Review, acoustics…

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On With the Show

AXPONA, Audio Expo North America, is happening as you are…

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Showgazing

As you might have seen or heard, AXPONA 2022, Audio…

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We All Belong...

Thanks, mom. For everything. “La, la la la, la la…

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The Space Between the Notes

Sometimes, music is good. Other times, silence is good. It…

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Here Comes the Sun

As a bandmate likes to say, a day without the…

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Seeking Enlightenment

I’ve noted before that I’m a connoisseur of silly fortune…

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Sitting Down and Listening

We are pleased to say that audio reviewer and photographer…

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Under the Same Sky

As a fortune cookie connoisseur, this one caught my eye:…

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Selective Memories

Through good times and bad, we always have the memories.…

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Digital in an Analog World

We are greatly saddened to report the passing of Chris…

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The Meanings of Life

For though your ship be sturdy No mercy has the…

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Redemption Song

Sir Rastus Bear who’d ever believe You’d be by a…

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Club 19

We are saddened by the loss of Loretta Lynn (90),…

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Commentary

We’d like to take a moment to let readers know…

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Setting the Scene

You go through changes, it may seem strange Is this…

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The Long and Short of It

Seen on a fortune cookie: “A short pencil is usually…

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